The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-03

morning, Rev. j. e. Wright officiating. To
| the home circle, for the first time broken,
the many friends of the family extend their
warmest sympathy.
Shady Rill.
The Central Vermont Pomona Grange
will hold its second quarterly session at
| Shady Rill Middlesex, Wednesday, June
10. The public is invited to attend the
! afternoon session.
Moretown.
Father Brelivet held mass at the Catholic
church on Sunday last.
Mrs. Taylor has returned home from st.
| Adams, where she has been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Holland
Rev. Harvey Webster was at Stetson post,
Waterbury Center, and took part in memo
rial services on Saturday.
Bert Define of Fayston had the misfor-
tune to put his shoulder out of joint one day
last week while at work for j. III. Somerville,
but is all right again.
Slas A. Farnsworth and s. d. Moulton
took part in decorating the graves of de-
parted comrades at Waterbury Center and
at Waterbury Street on Saturday.
Northfield.
Emerson's block has been somewhat i'm
proved by painting.
Davis & Phillips moved the first of last
week into their new sheds near Riverside
park.
The village trustees have appointed Jo-
I seph G. Rice as street commissioner and
Edmond Miles as night policeman.
Frank Harris is to have machine shop
| in the south end of Cross Brothers new
building and he will run the engine for
them.
The Dartmouth Reserves played the Uni
versity nine on Riverside park, Monday
afternoon, and the cadets won by score of
eight to SEVEN 1t was one of the best
games ever played here.
The regular monthly temperance meeting
under the direction of the Good Templars'
! lodge will be held in the Congregational
church uext Sunday evening, and Principal
Aiken will give the principal address.
On Friday evening of this week an enter
tainment will be given in the Juvenile
temple in Good Templars hall. After the
| literary exercises ice-cream and cake will
be served, the proceeds going to the temple.
Henry Chamberlain, about twenty-one
years of age, was arrested for ntoxication
on Sunday evening by Policeman Miles,
and at the justice court, Monday morning
he pleaded guilty and was fined the regu-
lar $9.41.
John ID. Hodgdon died at his residence at
the South village on Monday afternoon of
consumption, at the age of seventy-nine
years. Funeral services are to be held this
Wednesday, forenoon, Rev. j. Hamilton
officiating.
Last Wednesday evening, at the Catholic
church, j. S. Wrafter of Boston was mar
ried to Maggie, daughter of John Donahue
| of this place. After the ceremony recep-
ton was held at the home of the BRIDES
parents on Summer street.
Rev. w. S. Hazen exchanged, Sunday,
with Rev. G. w. Gallagher, pastor of Beth
any church of Montpelier. 1t is reported
that pretty good joke on the visiting cler-
! gyman can be told by Rev. Mr.. Hamilton,
pastor of our Methodist church.
| Rain prevented carrying out the outdoor
part of the programme for Memorial day.
The band and Company F, V. N. g., Cap
| tain Bates commanding, escorted Boynton
post to the Congregational church, where
the regular exercises were held.
Mrs. DR.. Porter died about six o'clock
Saturday afternoon of blood poisoning,
with which she has been suffering for some
time. Funeral services were held on Tues
day at eleven o'clock at the house, Rev. w.
S. Hazen officiating. She was forty-nine
years of age
AS Martin Rumril was driving on the
south end of Main street, Saturday morning,
a dog ran out and barked at his horse and
| in the disturbance which followed the horse
fell on Mr.. Rumrill. He was very seriously
| injured but it is expected he will recover.
| William Joyce, who was riding with him,
was hurt in one arm.
Monday afternoon a pair of horses be-
longing to James Kelley started from near
the Riverside granite sheds and ran across
the common. The wagon was left in front
of Houstons store, and in front of Stebbins
| & Jones' Calvin Cady was struck and
knocked down by them as he was trying to
turn them away from his own team stand
| ing there. Mr.. Cady received some cuts
and bruises on his head, hut it is not thought
that he is seriously hurt. Not much dam
age was done to Kelley's team.
The graduating exercises of the grammar
school room were held in Concert hall last
Wednesday evening. The class numbered
eighteen. On Thursday afternoon the class
of '9 of the high school held class-day eX-
erciseg on the school grounds. Led by the
band, the class and school marched from
the building to the ledge, where the chron-
icles of Miss Alice Nj. Webster of East RoX-
bury and the prophecies of Michael j.
Ryan of Gouldsville were delivered. Next
came the class-tree Grafton by Miss Maud
NJ. Briggs of the Center, and the farewell
address at the porch by Clarence McDer-
ment of Brookteld. In the evening the
graduating exercises took place in Concert
hall, consisting of the welcome address by
George n. Tilden of Mortified, lecture,
Reading as a Branch of Education" by
Professor John X Lord of Dartmouth Col
lege, and farewell address by Homer A.
Flint of Gouldsville Walter G.. Huntley
acted as class marshall Inc class consisted
of nine, Misses Lima f. Brooks and Irene
s. Sployd, in addition to those mentioned
The diplomas were presented by Frank
Plumley, Esq, president of the schoo
board. Miss Anna Langdon acted a.
pianist, assisted by Misses Carrie Cushmar
and Martha Hazen, and vocal music was
furnished by quartette from the Dart
mouth glee club.
Captain Darius Thomas of Waltham
Mass. has been in town for a few days
looking after some repairs to his house OF
Pearl street, occupied by q. III. Newell
- f. S. Parker returned Thursday
night to his home at Glendale, n. d. -
| Miss Carrie Gilchrist of Burlington, Mis-
, Nellie Bixby of Chelsea, and Miss Minnie
, and Master George Hogan of St. Adams
visited in town last week. - Colone
George n. Carpenter of Boston came Satur
, day morning, being called here by the i'll
! ness OF his sister, Mrs. Porter - Free
, Wilder has gone to Princeton, Mass, wher
he is bellboy in the Wachusett house
- f. j. Martin, Esq, of Barre was il
town on Monday. - Rev. III. c. Howart
has returned from Oberlin, where he ha
been attending the theological seminary
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