The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08

will pledge them their hearty support in the
unfinished work that is before them.
The Congregational Sunday.school will
hold concert in the church next Sunday
at four o'clock p. NJ.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union meeting will be held at the Meth
odist parsonage next Saturday.
Charley, son of William Parks of Marsh.
field, called on friends here last Monday in
company with his father. He will -etnrn
to Minneapolis in few weeks.
The spring terms of school are closed
with one exception. The attendance of
pupils has, as rule, been more regular
than usual, and all the teachers appear To
have been faithful.
union meeting was held under the di-
rection OF the Christian Endeavor Society
on Sunday evening, at which Mr.. Van
Grizzen gave an extended report of the con-
vention at Warren.
Erastus Batchelder is having two.story
dwelling.house erected on his land near the
depot. When completed it will rank among
the best residences in the village. s. A.
Batchelder and +. G. Hoyt are the builders.
West Randolph.
One hundred twenty tickets were sold to
Montpelier the Fourth. - George Rising
and family of Brooklyn, N. Y, are at
Maricastle" for the summer, but Mr..
Chandler will return Wednesday. - G..
II. Bass and wife and s. G. Adams and
wife OF New York city are registered at the
Red Lion Inn. - f. A. Thomas and
wife and j. ID. Wheeler and wife started
on Monday for carriage drive to Green's
boro Pond. - Miss Carrie Haufler has
taken her old place as cashier in Thurs
toms and Miss Lizzie Parkhurst will have
charge OF the upper department. - A.
T.. Bass was elected fourth ce-president of
the Firemen's Association at Rutland last
Saturday. - Rev. G. w. Gallagher of
Bethany church, Montpelier, will preach in
the Congregational church next Sunday
morning and evening. - Will Bruce Of
Boston is visiting his parents. 80 Fred
and Harvey Beedle are playing at Rye
Beach, New Hampshire, for the summer
60 The Misses Gladys, Lula Jones and
Jennie Beecher have gone to the White
Mountains as walters - John Hobart
took possession of the depot, vice j. w. At
wood, removed, July |. The baggagemaster
and two operators will remain. - Mrs
Ledmer of Wolcott is visiting her mother,
Mrs. DIR. Curtis. - Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Coleman of Boston are with her
parents, Lyman Hutchinson.
South RoyaIton.
Professor Avery of Waterbury spent Sum-
day with L. e. Dickinson. - DR.. Car
penter has returned from his tour through
the West. - Mrs. w. V. Eastman has
returned from her visit to Worcester, Mass.
- DIR. and Mrs. l. p. Dana have re-
turned from their trip to Montpelier and
vicinity. - Rev. Mr. Ramage goes this
week to Minneapolis as a delegate to the
Christian Endeavor convention.
Crops are looking finely. The wet weather
will insure fair hay crop in this vicinity.
Stowe.
Christopher Blume, native of Peru, who
Is taking course at the Institute Of Tech
nology in Boston, is spending his vacation
in town.
The Fourth passed quietly. Several went
to Montpelier and Morrisville Ten dollars
worth of fireworks entertained the villagers
in the evening,
Among the recent arrivals are Mrs. Peter
son of Wisconsin, daughter of Mrs Relief
Bigelow, Mrs. Ira Bigelow and daughter of
Salem, Mass, and Henry Mcmahon and
wife.
STAFFORD
Mansel Nelson has sold the Billiard farm
to Fred Penn of Sharon.
j. III. Harding suffered triple fracture
of the bones of one leg, near the ankle, by
the kick of a horse that had fallen, and
which he was trying to free from the har-
ness.
The Fourth was celebrated here in an
old-fashioned way, the Sunday -school and
the citizens making it something of dual
affa1r-short addresses by Senator Morrill,
and Will II. Sanborn, essays by Edith Pres
ton and Ruby Harding, Rotations by
Laura Hatch, Maria Pixley and Matilda
Kendall. To the toast Vermont" Sen.
ator Morrill, responded to that of "The
Great Men of Vermont" response was
made by Hon. S. F. Frary. The vocal and
instrumental music in the hall was excep-
tionaly good. In the evening there was a
large and fine display of fireworks. Two
accidents marred the enjoyment of the
evening A boy, Joseph Jones, was
badly burned in the face and neck hy a
bomb, and Bessie Brown was run over nv
a frightened horse, the wheels passing over
her limbs.
S. c. Chandler and family of Cambridge,
Mass, are now here at their summer resi-
dence for the season. - Among the WIS.,
itors in the place are Mr.. and Mrs. William
NJ. Hatch, Mr.. and Mrs. William Morrill,
of Washington, ID. c., Fred p. Morrill, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Stoddard formerly known as
Mrs Lucy Noyes) of California, and Mrs.
Harriet Wallace of Barnet.
South STAFFORD.
The only child of f. l.. and Minnie
Quimby died on Monday morning of
erysipelas. They have the sympathy of the
entire community.
West Topsham.
c, c. Thurston's daughters from Massa-
chusetts are visiting in town.
About forty couples attended the prone
made at School-house hall last Friday even
ing.
The hay crop is much better than farm
ers supposed it would be. Many will begin
haying this week
On account of the rainy weather, but few
from this place attended the trot at Barre
or the celebration at Montpelier.
Rev. Mr.. Wright of Corinth Meadow oc.
cupied the pulpit at the Union church last
Sunday, in exchange with Rev. Mr.. Davis.
Charles Metcalf of Corinth, while driving
home from Barre, Saturday night, was
unable te see the road, and ran into the
fence near X. M Harvey's, tipping over and
breaking both thills, but escaping without
injury to himself.
r. M. Harvey, Esq, is in St. Johnsbury
on business for few days. -" Jim !"
jackson is putting up new barn.
Tunbridge.
The Emery brothers from Washington,
ID. c., are spending the warm weather with
their grandfather, l.. ID. Monkey.
Mrs. Chloe Kibbey died early Friday morn
ing The funeral was Sunday at the house.
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