The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-09-14

plceS Oh oUOW IOSu, III "A. H., OF CalalS, rev,
l.. Warren officiating. The services were
held at Union church and were very i'm
pressive.
East Gilmore.
Eddy Gale of Barre is visiting friends in
town. - f. b, Morse has sold his farm
to his uncle, b. f. Morse, who takes i'm
mediate possession. - School in district
No. commenced this week Monday.
Groton.
Brock Darling, son of Judge Darling, and
Mrs. Cyrus Darling are visiting relatives in
town. - Mr.; Davis from Corinth is the
new clerk at S. p. Welch's store. The for
mer clerk, Walter Welch, is attending
school at Peacham. - Mrs. Charles
Lawrence, formerly of this place, died at
her home in Hardwick, September IL. Flu
neral at her home September Is. A few of
funeral - Mrs. Q. q. Foster of Bath.
N. H., is visiting at W. N. Clark's 80
Mrs. Hopkinson and daughter are visiting
relatives in town. - Ross Clark is spend
ing his vacation in Andover, Mass -
William Goodwin has completed his job at
pairing his mill. - Charles Kicker was
presented with nice gold watch by his
wife, last week. - Ira G. Blake and
wife are visiting at Mr.. Stowell's -
Alex Cochran is in Boston this week. -
Mrs. Orson Kicker is visiting her son Will
w
Marshfield.
Edwin Lane was elected town repre-
sentative on the first ballot, receiving 126
votes to 62 for II. +. Townsend and 10
scattering. The justices elected are Ira II.
Edison, Z. w. Pitkin, j. B. Pike, A. N.
Flood, Horace Hill, NJ. ID. Bemis and o. II.
Smith
A. T. Davis has gone to Rochester to
clerk in store. - Clarence Wilson and
Nahum Kidder are home from Boston,
spending vacation, - George Gorham
Mrs. L. A. Bemis. - E. G. PitSin is TAX
ing weeks vacation, visiting friends in
Peacham and st. bloomsbury, - George
Bliss goes to st. Johnsbury this week to
visit his mother and take in the fair. -
The bands in the village and at the lower
end of the town are talking of consolidating
- ID. W. Edison came home last Satur-
day on his new "Victor " wheel, and rode
back Sunday. - Eli Edison is expected
home this week from a three weeks visit in
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
Lanesboro.
Edwin Lane, representative-elect from
Marshfeld, will hold a reception at his new
steam mill in Lanesboro on Saturday, Sep.
TENDER II, at Z: 80 p NJ. A special train
leaving Montpelier at 6: 30, Plainfield at
$50 and Marshfeld at Z: o. will be run for
will be in attendance during the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lane cordially invite all their
friends to be present.
Moretown.
A. E. Lovejoy had the misfortune to lose
one of his matched pair of four-year-old
horses, Saturday. He valued the pair at
five hundred dollars
School commenced in this village on Mon
day, the 9th inst, with George Wallace
teacher for the upper school and Mrs. Jen-
ME Baird for the lower.
At the Mad River Valley fair, first prize
for two-year-old stations was awarded to
U. p. Child of Moretown, instead of L. Will
cox as reported last week.
Albert, Goss commenced clerking at
George M. Fletcher's on Monday of last
week, and Barney Gillet commenced the
same day clerking for l.. Wilcox.
Mrs. E. A. Kelley of Mortified and Mrs.
Elmer Kelley of Athol, Mass, have been
visiting at A. E. Lovejoy's, recently, he be-
ing brother of the former and uncle of the
latter.
Freemen's meeting passed of very quietly
in this place. Mr.. Ward, republican, for
Lamphear, democrat, received 1902; scatter
ing IA, giving Mr. Ward majority of five
on first ballot.
Mortified.
A Bidwell and Cranfill flag was raised at
Gouldsville, Monday evening.
w. F. Parmelee has moved his excelsior
machinery to Milton, and will run the bust
ness there.
F. w. Dutton is repairing the Lane house
on Main street and will occupy it himself
when finished.
On account of the fair, there will be no
session of the graded school Wednesday
and Thursday.
The new iron "dry bridge" is completed
at last and was opened for travel on Monday.
1t is a substantial and handsome structure
A sidewalk has been put on the south side
of the roadway.
Our annual fair is being held this week
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, on the
association grounds. This is the first fair
pairs and improvements have been made
on the buildings and grounds, and large
attendance is expected
s. A. Farnsworth's house and barn at
Gouldsville, in the rear of l. B. Clark's
house on the east side of the main street,
was burned Monday evening. The fire
caught in the south end of the barn about
half-past seven, and the barn and ell part
of the house were all on fire before the en-
gines came from the depot village a few
minutes before eight. No. 2 engine put a
stream on the house, but it was too late to
save 1t. Everything in the house was taken
out, but of course much of it was badly in
jured.
The teachers for the fall term of school in
this town are as follows No l. LOOMS dis
trict, no school; No. 2, circuit, Julia Hol-
land; No. 3, Center, Nellie Brown; No. 8,
South Village, Louise Pope of East Rox-
bury; No. 7, Holton, Mrs. w. A. Plastridge;
No. 8, Harlow bridge Jennie Morse; No 8,
Jason Dole, Nina Evans; No. 10, four corners,
no school; No. IL, Brooks, no school; No.
49, Gouldsville, Marian Sanborn and Clara
Holton; No. IA, Andrews, Mrs. Hill of Rox-
bury; No. 49, Rice, Percie Case; No. 16, EN-
erson, Amy Dole; No. II, Glidden, Josie
Farrar; No. 90 O'Neill, Katie Flood. The
following are teaching out of town: Walter
Brown, Nina Loveland and Gertrude Briggs
in WILLIAMSBURG; Lima Brooks and Maggie
Harrigan in Berlin; Maud Briggs at East
Warren.
Election turned out very satisfactorily to
the republicans Their candidate for rep
resentative, Rev. l. p. Booth, was elected
by majority of forty-one, the largest since
1876. Colonel Fuller had forty -four major
ity, Judge Stanton seventy, Sheriff Howe
sixty-seven, General Grout fifty, and the
average on state, district and county tickets
was forty-seven. The whole number of
persons who voted was 673. There were 669
votes for representative. of which five were