The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30

same time last year. All the other services
showed an increased attendance, and the
amount raised for benevolent purposes was
considerably in advance of any previous
year during the present pastorate.
AT the annual meeting of school district
No. 1, on Tuesday evening, w. p. Dilling-
ham was elected committee for three years.
Four schools of thirty.four weeks were
voted. Tax thirty cents, payable on or be-
fore December /.
The subscriptions to the new Methodist
church will be due in four installments,
coming as follows: May /, June 10, August
/, September 10 The treasurer to receive
these funds is j. w. Moody, our post
master.
The contract for the new Methodist
church has been let to Messrs. Sweat, Cum
ming & Co., of Richford. They agree to
have the structure completed by the first Of
next October. Naturally, the members and
friends feel jubilant over the prospect.
The many friends of Forrest Pickett were
glad to see him back again, with the inten-
ton of making Vermont his home for the
present He gave up good position in
Iowa and came East b cause of the entreat-
les of his parents to come home and help
them
One Of the local officials attempted to ar
rest young man who was walking on the
street one evening last week. After con-
identified himself as a student of Dart
mouth College, and was allowed to go on
his way. No reason has as yet been dis
covered why the officer disturbed him.
Miss Lena Fullerton has gone to Clinton,
Mass, for a short visit. S. X. Parker
is at home from Amherst for two weeks
vacation. - We were glad to see the
genial face of A. II. Cheney on the street
last week. - w. B. Gould spent Sun
day in Montpelier. - Minnie Armes
spent Sunday at her home. - Frank
Caldwell, who went to Colorado recently
for his health, is not yet well, the climate
not agreeing with him - Bell Henry
was the guest of Miss Eva Burleigh last
Sunday. - Annie Morse returned to her
home in Royalton last Friday. - Kate
Warren gave very pleasant party to her
| young lady friends last Saturday evening.
- l.. r. Joslyn of Waitsheld was in
town last Thursday. - Mrs. Rev. L. II.
Elliot was summoned to Little Compton,
Monday morning, by telegram announc-
ing the sudden death of her father. Mr..
Elliot was away at the time. - Profess.
sor f. X. Graves and wife left for their
home in Swanton last week Wednesday.
IS. S. Foster goes to Hardwick to
work at his trade again this summer -
Will Nichols is on the sick list, and his
wife officiates as salesman. - AL Ath-
erton and wife, George Dale and wife, aud
o. e Scott and wife went to Montpelier by
sleigh last Thursday evening to attend an
entertainment there. - Mrs. w. =. Dill
bingham and son are in Boston, and the
residence here is closed, Mr.. Dillingham;
being at Montpelier attending court. -
The Fortier boys, having had trouble with
their eyes, have returned from their school
at Toronto, Canada. - Dan Russ is tC
move into the tenement on South Main
street vacated by Fred Mills. - Will
Town moved to Richmond on Tuesday
having bought a barber shop at that place
- Mr.. and Mrs. David Warden o.
Minneapolis, who are both well known il
this place, are rejoicing over the birth of 4
girl who has come to be sister to theil
four stirring boys. - sister of Mrs
Dillingham; visited here last week.
"illiamstown.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs B. F
Sibley yesterday.
Our farmers may be glad to know tina
they can get good seed oats of John Byrnes
An Edison phonograph has been on ex
hibition here during the last two days
Will it ever cease to be "a wonder -?
Mrs. Ebenezer Seaver died at her home il
Chicago, last week. She had been i'll abou
a week from disease of the heart and othe
troubles.
; Mr.. and Mrs. John Ellis have for month
) kept up Sunday school work at the w. q
Pratt school-ho in the quarry district
) Arthur Ralph, son-in-law of j. NJ. Bass
. has again been promoted, and now ha
charge of the Thompson Houston Electri
Co.'S business in Atlanta, GA.
4 A. Clark Shepard of Barre and F.
Little went through our village, south, on
day last week, and returned with twenty
five rabbits, twenty-one of which were she
in the afternoon.
Fred Blown, in the employ of Lynde
Cheney, is negotiating for the " Return Ds
Wis farm in the south part of the towI
,. Henry Waldo has barganed for the " Davi
, Burnham farm"
A conundrum supper will be given b
the Christian Endeavor Society at the tow
= hall on Friday evening next supper to b
served from seven to nine o'clock. Admi,
e sion to the hall free. A cordial invitatio
j is extended to all.
Rev. r. l. Nanton, last Sunday gave hi
e congregation "quid to chew" in the wa
4 of a sermon on tobacco. If not a root
:. all evils" he advanced medical and otht
= testimony enough against it to brand it a
a enemy Of mankind, however fair its guise
e Oscar Davis, stone-cutter, has bought
farm ON the Chelsea road, just below Oph
I. S. Martins. Irving Robinson, purchaser
d the Dan Royce farm" thinks farming wi
q have to put its best side out with hi
soon to keep him from returning to ston
= cutting.
3 The Congregationalsts are preparing Il
f. Easter. The music, it is expected, will
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