The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04

Chelsea.
Amos b. Wright has bought the Josiah
Pitkin house for $3.50.
Supreme court sits on Tuesday of this
week. Judges Tyler, Munson, Start and
Thompson are expected to be present.
Calvin N. Dearborn found his COW dead in
his barn, Sunday morning. The animal
was all right when last seen the night be-
fore.
The contract for building the creamery
has been awarded to III. w. Dearborn for
$3.50. The tune within which the building
is to be completed has been extended to the
last of june
A runaway horse on Saturday afternoon
was the immediate cause of a smash-up an
arrest for intoxication, a disclosure, and va
rious resulting proceedings not yet com
pleted when this correspondence is mailed.
The spring tern of Chelsea Academy
closed on Friday, with written examina-
tons and graduating exercises. The grad
uating class consists of Miss Flora NJ. Cor
win, who completes the English course,
with the addition of Latin.
The following spring schools are in SEES
sion, mostly beginning this week: No. !,
Sarah E. Hemenway; No. 2, Lillian M.
Wells No g. Laura r. Fuller; No. s,
Jennie e. Moore No. 8, Edna f. Robbins;
No. 10, Martha l.. Noyes; No. II, Mary
penter No. 10, Mrs Abbie l.. Davis; No.
16, Myrtle f. Sprague; No. II, Flora M.
Corwin; No. Is, Grace f. Ordway.
Corinth.
The season is cold and backward.
Hard colds and the measles are epidemic
just now.
Mrs Louisa Moulton died April %, aged
eighty years.
Funeral services for Mrs. Eli Moulton
were held, April 26, at the residence Of
Charles Woodcock. The remains were taken
to New Hampshire for burial.
East Corinth.
The village school commenced Monday,
with W. X. Rowland as teacher.
George Corliss died at his home in East
Cornth, Thursday, aged about seventy
years. The funeral was held at the house,
Saturday, Rev. e. w. Hatch officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Chamberlin and a
Mrs. Torrey of Wellesley Hills are in town
for a few days. - j. j. Jackson was in
town last week, attending to creamery bus
mess. - Mrs. X. G. Sargent and son OF
Westfeld, Mass, are in town, visiting at e
p. Sawyer's.
North Montpelier.
Rev. NJ. Nickerson of Barre will preach
in North Montpelier, next Sunday afternoon
at half-past two o'clock.
Eden.
Work will be resumed on the new mill
the coming week.
Papers are in circulation for subscriptions
| to retain Rev. b. II. lockwood the present
| year.
Miss Katie Blake has gone to Morrisville
| to work in the millinery store of Mrs. .. X
Luce.
Weston Shattuck moved to Cambridge
| L. s,1 . h.
Junction depot.
w. and B. B. Blake finished filling
another car with potatoes, last Wednesday
for which they paid twenty-five cents pei
bushel
Mrs. Matilda (Garland) button dropped
dead, while milking her COW, last Thursday
morning. She was the youngest daughter
of the late Robert Garland. She had been
married to Mr.. Dutton for few years, but
their life has not been very pleasantly spent
together.
East Gilmore.
Edith Silloway is teaching in district
No. 4.
George A. Morse is putting in the founda
tons for the engine and boiler room for his
lumber mill
Fayston.
Nearly all the schools commenced las
Monday The teachers are: No. /, Miss
| z,
Samuel Baird of Waitsheld; No. 3, Mis-:
Annie Avery of Moretown; No. 4, Miss j
May Harmon of Warren; No. 3, Miss Mary
Cressey of Waterbury; No. Z, Miss Mabe
Ryle of Waitsteld No. 8, Miss Jenni,
Shea of Waitsfied.
The people of the south part of the towI
were shocked by the sad intelligence tina
Mrs. Cornelius McMullin eliza j. Max
welD died last week Wednesday morning
Mrs. McMullin was born in this tow
forty-eight years ago, and her home hat
been here until fourteen years ago, whei
Mr.. and Mrs. McMullin and their tire,
children-two boys and a girl-moved t.
Fitchburg, Mass. The remains were taker
| to Waitstield for interment, and the funera
services were at the residence of he
brother, Samuel Maxwell. She will lon,
be remembered as one whose bright an(
cheerful disposition gave joy and comfort t.
| all her associates.
Groton.
Lois, widow of the late William F. Clark
was stricken with apoplexy, last Tuesda.
afternoon, and died before nightfall. Tn
funeral was attended at the house, Thursday
The farm advertised by Lizzie Whitehill
at the auction sale, last Thursday, wa
bought by r. II. Orr for 81, 130-a low pric
for farm of 145 acres. The stock went a
from $21 to $45 per head.
Mrs. Olive Minard has conveyed life
lease deed of her property to f. p. Smitl
and wife. - 1. M. Kicker took trip T.
Washington, D. c., and vicinity, last week
- d. n. Richardson of the DavenpOr
Qowa) Democrat is in town, the guest O
Judge Darling. - Rev. Mellen Howar,
and wife of East Haverhill, n. H., were il
town over the Sabbath guests of Mrs. Mel
son II. Darling. - Alex Cochran is GU
among the sugar bounty farmers, this week
taking the weight of the seasons make
- Our water-power mill-owners repor
unusually low water for so early in the sea
son. - G.. II. Olney has so many order
in the harness line that he has engaged Il
p. Smith to assist in pulling the needle.
Hardwick.
son was born, April 81, to Mr.. an,
Mrs. Frank Emerson. - A. B. Thoma
has his bobbin factory nearly completed
and expects to have it ready for bushes
by the middle of June. - Chandls
& Tibbetts have leased of the John Bride
man estate a three acre strip of quar-
land, and have already gone to work on it
The company will work az least fifty men
- The new mail rack contains 90
boxes in all, including thirty lock- boxe
and sixteen drawers. - Mrs. Clar
Keller will be proprietor OF a milliner
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