The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-24


Don johnson OF Newport. 80 Rufus
BuckliD, who has been spending the winter
in Florida, returned to this vicinity last
week. 80 Gertrude Richardson Is quite
poorly from the effects of a hard cold. Her
brother Ira will take her place in school for
time. 80 Benjamin Poland had a cancer
removed from his liplast Saturday. "A
union prayer-meeting was held at the Con-
gregational church Sunday evening. 60
| u. II. McAllister is adding stable to the
rear of his barn. - John Poland cut his
foot quite badly last Friday 80 Mrs. T,
Il. Fisher went to st. Johnsbury on Thurs
day to attend the graduating exercises at
the Academy, where her son Herbert gradu-
! ated. He returned home with her Monday
night.
East Warren.
A colt belonging to Nahum Nichols was
badly. injured last Saturday. 1t is feared it
may die
Mr.. and Mrs. Melville Eaton and son of
Hydepark have been visiting in town.
Their colt was badly frightened while here,
throwing Mr.. Eaton from the carriage. He
was considerably hurt and the carriage was
almost completely demolished.
W. e. Barney, Esq, of Barre spent the
greater part Of last week in town. 60
Rev. Leander Brigham spent last Sabbath
in Newbury. - Mrs. Lydia Nichols is
visiting her son Dayton in Roxbury. -
Mrs. George Williams and children of Chel-
Waterbury.
Mrs. G. Z. Richardson spent Sunday in
town on her way to commencement at
Hanover.
The temperance lecture Sunday evening
by Frank Plumley, Esq, of Northfield, was
highly appreciated by large audience.
The work of concreting was begun again
on Monday. The streets have been greatly
improved during the past week. under the
supervision of Mayor Anterior.
Mr.. j. A. Burleigh and family wish to ex-
tend their sincere thanks to the members of
the Epworth League and Christian En-
deavor Society, and to their friends and
neighbors for the kindness shown them in
their recent affiiction.
The Middlesex ball-club played the
" Raspberry nine" on Perry hill Saturday
afternoon. The score, so the Middlesex
boys say, at the end of the fifth inning was
thirty-eight to nothing in favor of Middle
sex, when the Rasberrys failed to come
on time. 1t is early forI rasberrys. When
they are ripe they will change the score.
The survivors of the Thirteenth Vermont
held reunion here on Wednesday of last
week. About one hundred fifty veterans
mustered from various parts of the state and
country. Albert Clarke of Boston delivered
an address, and impromptu speeches were
made by Ex-Governor Dillingham; and 9TH
ers Men who had not met for twenty years.
newed the ties of comradeshp, spent an
hour in recalling the incidents of their cam
paigns and lighting their battles Ger
again" The next reunion will probably be
at Montpelier.
The social of the young people, Friday
evening, was well attended, and a pleasant
time is reported. - The Citizens Band
gave its weekly concert Friday night on
Union street. - A picnic is to be given
by the Sunday-school of the Congregational
church on Friday. - Rev S. II. Wheeler
exchanged with Rev. c. w. Longren of
gave ice-cream social last evening.
Quite goodly number was present. -
The remains of Mrs. Stowell, former resi-
dent of this place, were brought here for
burial last week. - George Woodward
is spending his summer vacation in town.
- Mrs j. Moore, with her two sons, are
stopping at Waterbury hotel. - Miss
Carrie Wells has returned from school at
Northfield, Mass. - Miss Mary Wrisley
returned from Burlington Saturday
G. L. Harwood of Boston was in town
during the past week. - Miss Abbie l..
Haines left to-day for a trip to western
New York. She is to be accompanied home
by Miss Mabel Wells.
Williamstown.
The Williamstown Construction Com
, pany is about to build some houses on lots
back of E. f. Walkers place.
John McKissor, superintendent of Lynde
, " Cheney's granite-polishing shop, lost a
small part of little finger last week, it hav-
ing been caught in chain while handling
granite.
George P. Robertson, a granite cutter and
|, promising young apprentice of John
| Dutfus, is in poor health, and may have to
return to his home in Scotland for change
and rest.
Will Bohonon, an epileptic who has been
in the asylum at Brattleboro for some time
past, was found dead in his bead one morn
ing last week. His body was brought here
for burial on Friday
Rev. Idrys Jones, former pastor of the
Congregational church here, and who has
taken postgraduate course in Yale Theo-
logical Seminary in the last year, is now
located in Ellsworth, Conn.
} The subject of the sermon at the Metho-
dist church next Sunday forenoon will be
Thoughts on the Flag" in the evening,
Thoughts on Music" There will be sing
ing by quartette during the services.
Rev w. r. Davenport, a native of this place
and now pastor of the Methodist church at
Waterbury, preached here last Sunday in
exchange with Rev. l.. Tenney. His morn
ing and evening sermons were very much
liked
There was match game of baseball last
Saturday afternoon, here, between the
granite-cutters and the town boys. The
granite DOyS, VIC bolltNcJ udI lldu uuCu ltSS
experience than their opponents, but lost
the game only in the ratio of some two to
three
Early last week the three married daugh-
ters of James Burnham and wife, with their
husbands and children, made the family
circle complete, as they gathered in the old
home, around the festive board. The occa-
sion was a pleasant one. Again, last Satur-
day, Mr.. Burnham's sixtieth birthday was
celebrated by family friends.
The sad news has been received of the
death of Mrs. Sylvia Clark Newcomb, at
her home in Waukegan, H., at the age of
seventy-four. A woman of sterling rharac-
ter, she has always had in marked degree
the love and respect of her old home ac-
} quaintances, as she must have had of all who
have known her since her removal West,
many years ago.
Southern California, with even an orange
grove worth $4,000 thrown in, seems TO be
not wholly paradise A Vermonter thus
circumstanced tells of some months in the
year when the morning mercury is at 30 de-
grees, and rises " with the SUI" to 115 de-
grees at some time in the day. While Yer
monters here at home may be signing, in