The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-15

tended tnaJ OF MIS-. Gu0nlSOn, anu new IL
f. Fortney that OF Mrs. Trueheart.
North Pomfret.
Several farmers will finish hayng this
week.
A carload of cows was shipped to North
Carolina last week
Summer boarders are arriving, and still
there's more to follow
Misses Anna Vaughan and Cora Atwood
have gone to summer resort on the Maine
coast. Myrtle Thatcher goes to the
very sick. - Mrs. Julia Lamberton is
visiting in South Weymouth. - Dwight
Penn and Dana Bugbee are at home.
East Roxbury.
The Messrs. Holden are to do Mrs. Steees
hayng. - w. T. Pope was taken to the
asylum at Brattleboro for treatment last
Thursday. 80 George Wardner is at
home from Post Mills to help his father,
Jacob Wardner, do his haying. - Mrs.
s. II. Aliens sister, from Laconia, N. H., is
stopping with her for several weeks. -
Mrs. Lizzie (Alen) Smith of Portsmouth, N:
H., is visiting her relatives. - Mr.. and
Mrs. II. H. Degoosh of Bradford visited at
| H. p. Abbott's last week. - 1t is ex-
pected that Rev. II. G. Howard will preach
here next Sunday.
West Topsham.
Moses Stanley has recently received pen
sion of $12 per month and SIPS back pay.
The town was full of horse-buyers last
week. Only one was taken away. Z. f.
Smith sold one to Montpelier parties for $50.
Will f.. Poole was injured in the small Of
the back by being hit by a wheel at Brad
ford, July Fourth. He is at home for few
days, recovering from his injury
Mr.. Charles Laxon, wife and children of
| Manchester, n. H., are stopping with her
father, Mr.. o. f. Bagley, for a few days.
- Mr.. and Mrs. #. s. Rogers of Milton
are stopping in town for short time.
Tunbridge.
Rev. Mr. Sargent was at home over Sun
day.
The young peoples prayer-meetings will
be held on Monday evening for the present.
Rev Mr.. Miles and friends are visiting
places of interest in this and neighboring
| towns.
Last week was a time for runaways. Fred
Ross horses ran first injurng one so that
it had to be killed. Next, George Farnham
thought he heard neighbours little child in
the brook, so left his horses to rescue the
child. The horses took the opportunity &c
run, smashing a nice mowing-machine
| Thirdly, on Friday, as Mesdames Flint and
Ross, Minnie Allen and little Pearl Ross
| were coming down steep hill, the harness
gave way, throwing them all out, and the
horse finished the buggy before it was
stopped. Minnie's arm and face were in
jured. 1t was narrow escape for all.
Waterbury.
The framework of Martin McIntosh''
house is now well under way.
Cecil Graves has sold his block on Stowe
street to Mrs. Dan Chase for 81 900.
Mrs. Nathaniel Moody has a lily upoI
which are thirty-four blossoms and many
buds.
In the death of George Wallace, gooC
man has gone. The funeral was attended
on Friday by his pastor, Rev. W. r. Daven
port.
The Epworth League of the Methods
church is prospecting finely. 1t received tel
new members at business meeting las
week.
Robert S. Bigeow and John Sweene!
have each received pension of S12 month
The former has S275 back pay; the latter
S135.
The band gave an open-air concert OIL
Friday evening. A fine display of firework
from the residence of G. G. Warren great.
added to the evenings entertainment.
game of baseball between the loca
team and a combined force of the Mont
pelier and Barre mines resulted in score o
thirty-three to thirty-tive in favor of thu
latter.
School in district No. 3, taught by Dor
NJ TAFT, closed on Friday, July 3, with al
average attendance of sixteen and one-hal
out of a whole number of seventeen. Their
were only two tardy marks during the tern
OF ten weeks.
In his very interesting address, Sunda
evening, Hon. Mr.. Mohler, secretary OF tn
Kansas State Board of Agriculture, sal,
that only one-third as much liquor was cor
sumed in his state as before the adoption @
prohibition. The address was specially va
} liable in its refutation of the many false
hoods current concerning the bushes
effects of prohibition.
AT meeting of the Waterbury Librar
Association the following officers wer
, elected Directors, w. p Dillingham;, Rev
L. II. Elliot, George III. Frary, Mrs. w.
| Dillingham;, Mrs. A. N. Atherton, Mrs.
w. +. Dillingham;; secretary, l.. III. Elliot
treasurer, G. n. Arms; librarian, Jessi
Straw. By vote of the meeting the lbrar
will be open evenings during the months {
July and August. An entertainment 70
the benefit of the library will be given at a
early date.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Wyman are visitin
their daughter, Mrs. f. X. Graves, in SwaI
ton. - Esther Bowman is quite low
- Miss Dora TAFT has been engaged t
take charge of the primary school the con
t ing year at Olcott. Thereby Waterbur
loses first-cass teacher. - Rev. l..
Tenney of Essex is spending his vacatio
with his parents and sister - Mis-
Edith Rogers has been visiting friends i
town during the past week. - Georg
Frary spent Sunday with his parents, VIII
are at Hinesburg. - j. E. Sheple r,
i turns to his duties at Buffalo, n. Y, to-da,
- Miss Abbie Haines returned to he
! home last Thursday. - Ned Frary an
wife are spending short vacation with tn
parents of Mr.. Frary, who are camping
Hinesburg.
Waitsfield.
: Mrs. Mary A. Paro, who has been Twin
with Henry Greene for two years, died O
: Thursday and was buried Friday.
While Charles Kew and gentleman wit
: him were driving down the Newcomb hill
; the horse they were leading became frigh
: ened at dog, upset and demoralized the
a buggy and gave the occupants a gener
shaking up.
3 Miss Edith Goodrich, popular elocutio
q list and impersonator from the State Norm
i School at West Randolph will give rea
:. ing at the Brick church on Friday evenin
4 July II.
!. Union services were held at the Method
:. church last Sunday, Mr.. Howe taking f,
"a, o1.t