The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-06-22


tected from the Topsham lawyers at the
Chelsea court, recently. They had not
forgotten the way to Chelsea" ell, doctor?
W. II. Snyder of Manchester, N. H., is in
town taking vacation from business. He
thinks of purchasing farm in this vicinity
churchyard fence. He says "it will look
better still when he gets it whitewashed
overhead" - Daniel Mouton goes to
Burlington this week for treatment of his
eyes. - E. S. Frost of Hanover, N. H.,
is visiting relatives and the trout brooks
He caught 125 in two hours fishing.
Ellie" son of George Pillsbury of Han
over, n, H., was called suddenly home
last week, by the illness of his father, and
the destruction, by Tuesdays windstorm,
of several sheds and other outbuildngs.
Two hundred dollars will not repair the
damage. A large quantity of timber was
also blown down.
Tunbridge.
Mr.. Washburn from Canton, N Y,
preached at North Tunbridge, Sunday
morning. He is engaged for the summer.
The various instruments for the Tun-
bridge band arrived last Friday night, and
now there is music in the air in good earnest.
Charlie and Daisy Rolfe are home from
Springfield, where they have been attend
ing school. 60 The hard shower last
Thursday night did quite little damage to
the hill roads in town. - III. II. Kibbey
OF Newport, N. H., made short visit in
town, last week. - Jennie and Lizzie
Hayward and Carrie Goodall are home
from Boston for vacation. 80 Mr..
Coolidge of Rutland is visiting at DR..
Deans. - The grange day for the chill
dren was grand success, more than hum
dred children, beside many parents and
teachers, having nice time and one to be
long remembered.
Waitsfield.
Rev. A. J. Hough will give his lecture,
Between the Harbors," at the Methodist
church, Wednesday, June 80, lecture to be-
gin at eight o'clock P. NJ. Ice-cream will be
served in the vestry from five to eight
o'clock.
At the republican caucus, the other even
ing, three anti Fuller delegates were cleo
ted-Charles F. Eddy, Charles e. Jones,
and George w. Wallis. Two of the district
delegates elected were w. G. McAlIister
and o. G. Wilder; and the republican
town committee are G NJ Richardson, j.
E. Berry, Charles f. Eddy.
Rev. III. L. Buzzell began his labors as
pastor of the Union church, last Sunday.
- James B. Somervlle and his mother
spent sunday in Putnamsville. Miss
| Louise Gleason, who has been attending
school at Montpelier, is at home on her va.
cation. - NJ. b. Eaton, formerly of the
| firm of Eaton Brothers of this place, is at
work for o. G. Eaton, and will remain
during the summer. - John q. Joslyn
of Maiden, Mass, is in town on a short
vacation. - The next meeting of the
ladies' aid society of the Methodist church
will be held with Mrs. A. ID. Bragg, Tues
day, June %.
Warren.
Miss Flora Stevens, who had been i'll
| of consumption long time, died last Sun
day evening, aged eighteen years.
| g. A. Ford, who has been i'll for the past
three months, is slowly improving. -
| The republicans of this place are well
pleased over the result of the Minneapolis
convention. - Crops are looking fine.
Many of the farmers have commenced hoe
ing and some of them contemplate COM
mencing haying the last week in June.
| Grass never looked any better. - l.. j.
Russell is driving work on his new house,
and expects to move into it about the last
of July. Mrs. X. Shattuck is rapidly
| failing. - DR.. Green has his new barn
nearly finished. - G. K. Moore, who has
been attending Green Mountain Seminary
is at work in the hotel ON Mount Mansfield
- e. w. Slayton lost valuable horse
one day last week. - Bert Austin is
smiling over the arrival of new member
in his family. It's a boy.
Waterbury.
Joseph White of this place has received
an increase of his pension from Sc to ST.
a month, with $50 back pay.
L. S. Blondin has his engine in place and
a polishing machine at work. A dozen mer
are now employed in his stone-sheds.
Still other parties were in town, last
week, looking for a suitable location fol-
! granite sheds. Evidently Waterbury,
| boom is on.
1t will interest many friends here to learn
| that w. M Newton will prpacb at Waat
! Fairlee the rest of the year. beginning as
soon as the term at Wesleyan University
closes.
st. Andrews Catholic church was the
scene Of a wedding Monday morning oil
this week, the contracting parties being
James Flint and a Miss Goodwin from
Moretown.
The Children's day concert at the Meth
| odist church, last Sunday evening, was uT
| to the usual high standard, and the attend
ance was very large in spite of the pro
tracted rain.
Committeeman Guptil has purchased new
seats for his school-house of Carroll w
Clark of Boston, who was in town ON Fri
day and Saturday to bid ON the pews for the
new Methodist church.
Joe Ather, Jr., was married at his resi-
dence, last Saturday evening, by Rev. S
III. Wheeler, pastor of the Congregations
church. The wedding festivities were en-
joyed by goodly company.
Rev. II. w. Worthen of Hardwick, for
merly for three years pastor of the Meth
odist church in this town, was honoreC
with the degree of DID. at the recent com
mencement of New Orleans University.
AS usual, Waterbury took high rank
commencement week, at the seminary a
Montpelier. Miss Belle Henry easily took
the palm as the best commencement
speaker, and Fred Somerville received {
prize for the best examination in geometry
Pro essor K. c. Mercy formerly of tn,
Methodist Seminary, and well known here
and Miss Ida S. Award, formerly of the
same institution, have been recently mar
ried and will ultimately make then HON,
in Boston, where the Professor has hatter
ing position.
Ex-Governor Dillingham; was elected
president of the board of trustees of Yer
mont Methodist Seminary at Montpelier
and also chairman of the executive com
mittee. This will tend to give the schoo
prestige, and still further increase the pub
lie confidence in its future.
Fred Somerville and Frank Lavell go t,
Portsmouth, N. H., to work in a hote
during the summer The former takes tn,
| preliminary examinations at the Worceste