The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-27

WOnanS CnrlStlan temperance OnlOn
meet with Mrs. Ira Bemis Friday afternoon
of this week.
Middlesex.
Rev. Lester Warren expects to preach in
Middlesex next Sunday, May 1, at one
o'clock, in the afternoon.
Moretown.
Some of the knowing ones predict a cold
backward spring.
Trip, Tenant & Co. commenced saving
clapboards in their mill here, Thursday
last, and are running night and day.
H. G. Ward is manufacturing and ship
ping regularly three carloads of packing
boxes each week. He also has the best
stocked West India goods store in Mad
River valley.
George G. Thornton of Montpelier is in
town visiting friends - Frank Carpen-
ter of White River Junction, former resi-
dent OF this place, was in town short time
last week. - Mrs. Frank q. Evans of
Waterbury, with her children, are visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs Albert e. Love-
joy. - Philo G. Towle of Waterbury
bought nice horse last week from Charles
Bagley. - e. e. Joslyn and wife of
Montpelier spent Sunday in town. -
Emmett Taylor is on the sick list.
Mortified.
The new Methodist pastor, Rev. s. Don
aldson, preached here Sunday.
The democrats held a caucus Saturday
afternoon to choose delegates to their state
and district conventions
The quarterly election OF officers of the
Good Tempars' lodge will take place at the
meeting this week Friday evening.
The Good Templars' monthly Sunday
evening temperance meeting will be held at
the Methodist church, next Sunday
The annual meeting of the Library Associ-
alton will be held in the library room in
Paine's block, this Wednesday, evening
Newcomb Huntley has sold out his stock
of goods, closing with an auction Saturday
afternoon, and goes to Burlington this week.
Mr.. Bancroft of Montpelier gives his lee
ture on English ballads at Concert hall this
wednesday, evening under the auspices Of
the Episcopal society.
The time of the evening accommodation
from the north was changed Monday to 6; Al,
eighteen minutes later, and it is hoped it
will be nearer on time than it has been.
The grammar and high school depart
ments of the graded school will use the
" solid session y for the remainder of this
term, school keeping from eight o'clock to
| one.
| "A. o. Chase and G. G. Gokey have bought
| the Bayer building in which their shops are
located, and will fit up the upper story of
the main part into hall for the Granite
| cutters OD1On.
Patrick Duggan has sold his farm on the
| West hill to his sons, John and Jerry, and
has rented the Donley house on Wall street,
where he is to live for the present. The
house is being painted and repaired
The annual meeting of the Congregational
society was held last Thursday, and the fol-
| lowing officers were elected: President, j
l.. Moseley; secretary and treasurer, o. D.
| Edgerton (his twenty-fifth annual election
70 Off frtrat nrrin Il i'm hul
Joseph Denny and w. w. Holden; col
lector, A. E. Denny.
The teachers for the spring and summer
terms of school in this town, so far as they
have been engaged, are as follows: District
No. 2, Orcutt district, E j. Connell; No. 3
Center, Nellie Brown; No. 3. South village
Alice Webster of East Roxbury; No. Z
Holton, Myrtle Tarbell, No s. Harlow
bridge, Jennie Morse; No. 10, Four Cor
ners, Minnie Jerome No. IS, Gouldsville
Marian Sanborn and Clara Holton; No. IA
Andrews, Mrs. T. b. II. Hildreth; No. 10
Rice, Percy Case; No; l6, Emerson, Annie
Loveland No. II, Glidden, Josie Farrar
No. 10, Dunsmoor, Lima Brooks; No. 20
ONeil, Katie Flood. The following resi-
dents of this town are also teaching il
other places: Mrs. Clara McClearn, Hattie
and Grace Ingalls,, Della Kimball anC
Mamie Wooster in Barre; Charley Plumle,
and Sadie Corcoran in Moretown; Miriam
Kimball in Waterbury; Monte Hassett
Mamie Doheney, and Lettie Prior in Der
lin; Edna Parish and Clarence Booth il
Stowe Mamie Loomis Nina Evans an,
Myra Morse in Roxbury; Gertie Briggs AM
Nina Loveland in Williamstown; Minnie
Huntley in Granville. In the graded school
eight of the nine teachers are residents o
this town, which makes the whole numbe
of teachers forty.
Miss Lottie Williams returned Saturday
to her home in Burlington. - Mis-
Gertie Bean is learning to set type in tn
Ne,cs office. - Miss Nellie Briggs ba
begun an apprenticeship at the miIIiner,
business with Gilchrist & Smith. -
Rev. j. Hamilton is to build a house thi
summer on a lot which he owns at Whit,
River Junction. - Mrs. Grow has move,
into part of Jesse Aliens house on Vim
street. The house which she leaves will b,
occupied by w. H. Mansfield after beinl
considerably remodeled. - Mrs Ir
Doyen of Marlboro, Mass, is visiting he
father, w. G. Joyce - Mrs. Georg
Davenport goes on Friday to San Simon
Arizona. to join her husband. - Mrs
w. III. III. Kenfield is visiting Mrs. Kent
- Miss Minnie Moore visited in Bul
lington last week.
East Orange.
Mrs. Benjamin Patterson is improving
. and able to ride out. - Alice Lamb
slowly convalescing. - Burt Coffin wa
home from Bradford over Sunday. -
f. and E. w. Hutchinson went to Berli
last week and purchased number of frui
3 trees. - Mrs. III. j. Paine and chldre
of Corinth spent Sunday with Mrs. SimI
8 son, her mother. - Miss May Farris {
, East Topsham has engaged to teach tn
t spring term of school here, and to con
| mence May 2. - Rev. j. T. Baxendalt
, who is to supply for the Methodists tn
coming year, for some reason was not pres
, ent Sunday - Mrs. Simpson, who ha
been visiting her daughter in Mancheste
n. H., the past two weeks, has returne
home. - K. r.. Norris, former reside1
J., of this place, is in poor health at Roswe
Crooks in Corinth. - NJ r. Hamilto
, and daughter attended the oyster suppe
and dance at Judge Tenney's in Corintl
last week. - Sugaring is over, most
I the buckets are gathered, and only abol
I one-half the average quantity has bee
made this season.
PittsfieId.
, Mrs Brown, who has been visiting Mr.
: Raville, has returned to her home in Bral
4 don. - DR.. q. w. Brigham's sawmill
booming, these days. George Cheedle h;
: returned from New Hampshire and is man
r ger of the mill. - Rev. S. g. Vail is
: remain here another year, as pastor of I'll
o Methodist church. - Interesting East,