The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-07

Memorial hail. A cordial invitation Is ex-
tended to all.
Charles Martin and his sister, Mrs Susan
Mcknight, who have been visiting in this
| vicinity for several months started on
Monday for their home in Augusta, Wis.
Chelsea.
E. Il. Ober's singing-school is proving
quite successful. The time has been
changed from Saturday to Tuesday even
ing.
William b. Hale, son of Harry Hale Of
Chelsea, died on the oath ut., in Louisa
county, Va, where he has resided for some
years. There now remain but three of this
large and distinguished famly-Thomas,
OF Plaintield, N. j., Laura, the wife OF Rev.
w. T. Herrick of Castleton, and Judge
Matthew Hale of Albany, \. Y.
The winter district schools are now in
session, with the following teachers No. /,
Sarah Il. Hemenway; No B. Flora M. Cor
win No: s., Eta /. Martin; No. 7, Mrs.
Ella f. Medcalf; No. 8, Jennie e. Moore !;
No g. Walter S. Goss; No. 10, Martha L.
Noyes; No. II, Alice Brown of Royalton;
No II, Mrs. Clara A Goodwin; No. 10,
Bernice H. Skinner; No. 16, Hattie f. Car
penter; No. II, Laura II. Fuller; No. IS,
Ben. e. Sargent.
Miss Ella N. Jones has so far recovered
from her severe Illness that she has re-
sumed her work of teaching at Penacook,
N. II. - e. l., Harwood has moved into
DIR. Corwin's house, next to the Methodist
church. - Cecil G. harrington has gone
to Stock bridge to work in a store.
Corinth.
Mrs. f., s. Carpenter has been laid up,
the past few days, with acute rheumatism.
Fred Welton has bought the Simeon Hast
ings farm, aud is soon to move on to it. An
other vacant farm tenanted
The winter term Of the graded school has
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Fuller, who taught the same school in the
fall.
A lyceum has been organized at Cookville,
and a commendable and successful effort
has been made to produce a yceum paper
worth listening to.
The bodies in the old family burying-
ground on the Banks farm now owned by
| Will Richardson) were disinterred last week
and placed in the public cemetery.
One lifelong democrat in Corinth has a
correct appreciation of the situation. After
hearing the election news, he remarked:
" am sorry sorry. | can't sell my horse
now"
Please ask Representative Ellis of Castle
ton, for my benefit and that of the people of
| the whole state, " How full of rum a tourist
must be to suitably appreciate the best Ver-
mont scenery"
Mrs. j. p Sargent, who has been confined
to the house mostly for five months past,
the results of last winters grip, and whose
recovery seemed doubtful much Of the time,
is at last able to do some light homework
and to ride out in pleasant weather.
A Cleveland chill settled upon Albert n.
| Parker the next morning after election,
making him seriously i'll for some time, but
he is now recovering. IF the democrats
carry out their whole programme, the bust
! ness enterprises of the country will not all
be as fortunate as Mr.. Parker now appears
to be.
The multitude of creameries in this vicin-
| ity make a lively demand for cows. The
difference in human nature is conspicuous
| in the way some buyers freeze to a good
cow, although they have to pay good price
compared with other stock, while others
regard COW as a cow, and buy only the SIG
and $50 " critters" By the way, these
creameries have put new life into some far
| mers and farms in this vicinity.
East Montpelier.
j. ID. Brown, the New York horse-buyer,
was in town last week.
The East Montpelier annual ball will be
held at Village hall, Friday evening De-
cember 10.
The fair held under auspices of the Uni
versalist church at Village hall, last Wednes-
day and Thursday evenings, was a success,
the fair netting $175,4. James Young held
! the lucky number on the crazy quilt, and
Enos Stevens the crib quilt. l.. c.. Ham
NETT and Orlando Clark were tied on the
guessing on the number of beans in a bottle
for handsome quilt. Those who entered
the race for the handsomest man in town
were Austin Templeton, Theodore Clark,
Austin Foster, Frank Kelton, j. NJ. Will
lard, L. Q. Hammett and F. H Sibley The
race, especially at the close was quite holly
contested. J. NJ. Willard received the
largest number of votes, and was awarded
the Black Dinah."
Fayston.
j. B. Thompson furnished oysters and
other good things for twenty of his neigh
bors, last Friday evening, in consequence
of his mistaken surety that Harrison would
be elected. John is comforting himself with
the idea that IL the democrats do as they
have agreed to, the other party will be pay
ing bets in four years. He thinks a majority
of the people don't know when they are
well off.
The schools in town are now in good run
ming order. with the following teachers;
No. 1, Luna b. Howe; No 2, Mrs. Abbe
Palmer of Duxbury; No 4, Eva Goodspeed
of Warren No. 5, Mary Cressy; No. g.,
Georgia Kingsbury of Warren; No. Z, Cor
nelia Goss of Moretown; No. 9, Sherry Nc
Allister of Warren. Miss Hattie Mehuron
is teaching in Waitsfeld. Misses Della and
Ida Thompson are teaching in Barre vii
village-the latter in the Spaulding graded
school.
The lumbermen are patiently waiting for
snow.
Hall, Cochran & Clark, complete their
business in the tannery January /. Then
it goes into the hands of Clark K Renfrew
j. r. Darling & Sons S. P, WEIGH and A.
H. Kicker have each car of lumber at
Woodsville to be reloaded, Too much lum-
Der on the cars.
b. NJ. Kicker on Monday loaded eight
pairs of fine oxen and other stock for Bos-
ton. Mr.. Kicker is doing a large business,
and paying good prices.
Mrs. Phibrck, who is living in Mrs.
Bliss house, has found bones in the cellar.
and claims that they are the bones of a
human being. If so, how came they there?
The harvest concert was very well at
tended at the Methodist church, last Sun
day evening, and the children did very
well The singing of Miss Leanor Sinclair
was especially good.
Miss Annie Olney finishes her school next
Friday. This is her first term and the peo-
Pile of the district report a successful school.
Miss Olney will take weeks vacation and
then go to Peacham to attend school.