The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-09

used for the first time last week. - T.
ID. Haughey is erecting store building at
Gallups village, which he expects to oc-
cupy soon. 80 The ladies' aid society
will hold fair at the town house. next
Tuesday evening. - William Buzzell,
proprietor of the hotel at Gallup's mills, is
to move to Damon's Crossing and Mr..
Whittier will run the hotel.
Groton.
B f. Clark took Grant Patten to the
reform school, Monday.
Hail. Cochran and Clark ship two car
loads OF leather this week.
The town is now practically out Of debt,
the present obligation being about $3.50.
Before town meeting there were rumors
OF revolution, but when the time came all
was as calm and peaceful rs a summer
evening.
There is to be an oyster supper at the
Baptist vestry, Friday evening" for the bene-
fit of the Young Peoples Society of Chris
tian Endeavor.
Josie Cochran, Mabel Clark and Lizzie
Hall are the Epworth League delegates to
the district convention at Mortified, March
s and 8. - II. q. Whitehill, Josie and
Gertie Cochran are home from Vermont
Methodist Seminary for the two weeks
vacation. - a very pleasant reception
was given to ID. N. Mckay and bride, Fri
day evening.
East Hardwick.
Mrs. r. L. French died very suddenly,
Thursday morning. 20. Underwood is
getting out lumber for new barn. -
Mr.. Keith has his lumber all in from the
mountain. - Mrs. J. E. Hancock is Wis.,
iting his sister in Barre. - James
DEMO of Franklin county is visiting his
brother. - The Junior Society of Chris
tan Endeavor will give concert and en-
tertainment, Thursday evening of this
week. - The papers prepared by Gale
donia grange, on the early history OF the
town, are being prepared for publication
- The grange held a sugar meeting"
Tuesday.
Middlesex.
Farmers are well satisfied with the very
efficient administration of the provisions OF
the sugar bounty law
Hon. William Chaplin is to talk to the
farmers club at Weybridge, March 8, aud at
the lecture course of the society of Kings
Daughters at Williston, on the evening of
March 9.
The examination of AFRO Chase and his
son Eugene, for an assault with intent to
kill Alfred Cormier, resulted in their being
! bound up to appear at the county court. 1t
appeared in evidence that AFRO told Eugene
to Kill him" Gene is evidently a good
boy to mind his father, for he battered the
! little FrenChmau bravely; broke his arm
and nearly broke his head. But it should be
a high crime to bring boy up that way.
The dwelling-house of Joseph Knapp,
with large part of its contents was CON
suIned by fire last Saturday morning. 1t is
supposed to have taken from the stove-pipe
some time the evening before, for when
Mr.. Knapp arose in the morning and went
into the kitchen it was on fire. He had
barely time to arouse his family and get
them from the house. The chamber of his
oldest son, Harry, was full of smoke and
the closet on fire when he was Weakened by
his father. The house was insured for ST.
100 and the contents partially covered.
Sylvanus Daniels has been ill for over
two weeks, but is a little better. -
Pliny Chase and wife have bought Myron
Miles farm and will take possession about
April 1. Mr.. Miles moves to the Bell
Holden house in the village recently pur-
chased by him. - G. G. Graves is soon
to move to Waterbury. - John Farm
ham is moving into Rolan Knapps house.
u. b. Chamberlin has pneumonia.
- Jerry Miles is to try farming, having
rented q. G. Graves farm for year.
Moretown.
March meeting passed off very quietly,
the town being pretty we'll united in its Sc
lection of officers.
G. b. Evans and wife of Waterbury came
to town, Saturday last, as also did f. E.
Joslyn and wife from Montpelier.
William Sullivan and Miss Minnie Honan
of this town were married Tuesday morn
ing, March 1, at Northtield, Father Donahue
officiating.
The adjusters of the Vermont Fire In.
surance Company were on hand promptly
Monday morning, at the residence of Charley
Newhall, TO settle the loss by fire on j. III.
Knapp's house and contents, which they
did NTH dispatch in a gentlemanly and
businesS-like manner, to the entire satisfac-
ton of Mr.. Knapp and wife.
The fortune recently reported as coming
to Otis Clark of Duxbury proves to be a
failure, and the man calling himself Brown,
and claiming to have power of attorney in
the interest of the Clark heirs, proves TO
have been tirst-class fraud, no man by the
name of Brown or Clark being known at or
around Chattanooga, Tenn, where the So
! called Brown purported to come from,
parties interested having tel graphed the
chief of police of that city for information
and being advised to the above effect.
Mortified.
Fl. L. Kenyon has moved into the tene-
ment in Emerson's block recently vacated
by G. III. Emerson.
A. A. Joslin has retired from the manage
ment of the Northfield house, and N. r.
Warrington Is now running it alone.
The Congregational church was crowded,
Sunday evening, at the temperance meet
ing. Professor Mowry took up the su bject
from scientific standpoint and showed in
an interesting and forcible manner the in
furious effects of alcohol on the human
system. Music was furnished by the choir
of the Congregational church, and there
were exercises by members of the Juvenile
Temple.
Orrin Kimball of Berlin has rented Mrs.
Bliss house on Summer street and will
move in soon. He will work at his trade of
carpenter. - Homer Denny has rented
his farm to Charles Flint of East Rox bury.
=C g. NJ. Johnston returned last
! Wednesday to his home in Detroit, Mich.
80 Miss Minnie Smith visited in Barre
last week. - Miss Addie Smith has re-
turned from Brookheld, Miss Polly Russell
from West Randolph and Miss Belle Hous-
ton from st. Johnsbury. - Alfred Booth
read sermon at the Uuiversalist church
Sunday, in the absence of the pastor, who
was at Hinsdale, n. III. 60 l.. NJ. Waldo
and wife of Williamstown were at Denison
Browns over Sunday. - Will Russell
and wife and her sister, Mrs. Mary Reed,
have moved from the Adams house ON
Main street to the Russell house on Elm
street. - George Tilden has gone to
Barre, where he has "a situation in Morse
oil ar