The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-10-26

son was born Sunday morning to Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred j. Davis 80 Mrs. e. V. Booth
and child have returned from Bellows Falls.
- Little Miss Nellie Minott has ton
silits.
| Marshfield.
e. W. Gilman is putting up new horse
barn.
The schools in town observed Columbus
day in an appropriate manner.
Mark Mears is liberal now with cigars,
candy, and other treats for the boys.
Why?-twins at his house.
Moretown.
Freeman Parker is repairing his sawmill,
e. Belden doing the work.
II. o. Ward erected a new building last
week for storing capboards.
Several of the young people went to
Watstield last Friuay night on account of
Columbus discovering America
Columbus day was appropriately observed
by the teacher of the lower school and her
scholars, assisted by some of the scholars
from the Common district. The exercises
consisted of speaking and singing by the
scholars and remarks by Rev. Harvey Web
ster.
A sad accident happened to Charley
Freeman on Friday last. He came from
home to this village on the river after
load of plastering sand Immediately after
commencing to load, his horse started to
run, and in attempting to stop it, the
wagon wheel hit his left foot, breaking both
bones below the knee.
Mr.. Webster from Jacksonville, Florida,
in company with his sister and her two
children, visited his uncle, Rev. Harvey
Webster, last week. 60 w. G.. Tayte is
at work for Freeman Parker in his saw
mill - Jed Haskins, from Waitsfield,
has moved into the mill house with j. w.
Taylor and gone to work for Trip, Tenant
& Co - Mrs. j. ID. Bidgood from Man
chester, n H., came to town last week and
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. j. w. Taylor.
Mrs. Bidgood has been doing pastry cooking
the past summer at the Intervale Hotel at
the White Mountains. 60 Ed Wakefield,
from Warren, is at work for Mr.. Perkins,
putting in machinery for the manufacture
of chair stock in Freeman Parker's mill.
60 b. j. Avery has closed his labors
with Trpp, Tenant & Co.. and gone to
work at masonry, his trade 60 Frank
Evans with wife and family, from Water
bury, visited Mrs. Evans parents last week
Orange.
Mrs. Achsah Goodrich fell down cellar
recently and put her knee out of joint.
The exercises on Columbus day gave gem
eral satisfaction Flags were raised in the
morning with short exercises; in the even
ing the people assembled at the church.
where were Rotations and singing. The
Washington Cornet Band lent it's aid in
playing some very fine music, which was
great addition to the exercises. At the
close there was public supper at the town
hail.
East Orange.
Rev. A. B. Truax, presiding elder, held
quarterly meeting here last Sunday.
There was photograph exhibition at the
vestry last Friday evening.
About thirty invited quests attended the
wedding, October II, of Mr.. Duncan Nc
Donald to Fannie L. Hutchinson. 1t was
at the residence of w S. Paine, and they
were literally served by Mrs. Paine, sister
of the bride, with refreshments of nearly
every sort A few presents and many con-
CALCULATIONS were given to the bride and
groom, who returned the next morning to
their home in Barre.
Mrs. j. NJ. Smith is visiting friends in
Corinth. - Mrs. H. H. Colby spent part
of last week at Charlie Huntington's in
Washington. - Rev II. +. Dickey is
boarding at Mrs. e. c. Colby's for the pres
emit - e. E. Colby, who has been spend
ing the summer here, intends starting for
his home in Iowa on Tuesday. - Mr..
and Mrs. r. S. Currier of Barre were in
town on Sunday. Miss NJ. A. Merrill
is spending the week in Corinth.
Plainfield.
The top of Mount Truro was white with
snow on Monday morning, for the first time
this season.
The meetings in progress at the Methodist
church for week past are to continue until
Thursday evening of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lane and Mr.. and
Mrs. George d. Kidder returned last week
from visit to friends in Syracuse, n. Y.
:" Mrs. Mary kidder is at home after
visit of several weeks in Manchester VT,
! with her daughter, Mrs. A. G.. Ferrin.
- Fred Bruffe, for year employed at
Barre as tool sharpener, is out of employ
ment, and has returned to this place, where
he will work at blacksmithing.
Randolph.
E. r. ODER has commenced holding sing
ing-schools here. The second one will be
next Saturday evening.
Two sons of Henry Gilbert who have been
in Hartford, Conn, attending school, are
both at home sick with maarial fever
The Episcopal society is reshingling the
church, and the Methodist society is re-
arranging the heating apparatus in the
church.
Columbus day was duly observed here on
Friday. All the schools met at the town
house and participated A flag was raised
over every school-hOuse in town where a
children was of the best. The band and a
double quartette furnished music. In the
evening at the Normal school essays were
read of a historical character, all bearing
, On IRE udy. MUSIC was furnished there by
the students. Altogether, the day was
filled with pleasure and profit TO all in at
tendance and the attendance was large
, Much credit is due to j. b. Adams one OF
the school directors and to the several
teachers in town for the interesting exer-
cises of the day.
North Randolph.
The scholars are rejoicing over a new
, flag raised here last week. - Frank
Durkee and wife were in Barre last week.
- Nettie Wilson has returned to her
, home in Woodstock. - Grace Banister
; of Bethel spent last Sunday with her grand.
! mother, Mrs. Nelson Carpenter. - Mrs.
Carrie Stanley and her son Elmer have re-
turned home. During their absence Mrs
: Stanley spent two weeks at the Mary
Fletcher hospital, Burlington. She also
visited her sister at West Randolph. -
Will Blodgett of st. Adams was in town
, one day last week. 1t had been five years
t since he visited his relatives here.
West Randolph.
j. w. Lynch is raising up, and otherwise