The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-23
From Town Correspondents.
Bethel.

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| Fred Chapman has moved into tene-
ment in the G.. e. Foster house.
Harrison Powers children are all suffer-
| ing with severe attacks of the whooping-
cough
F. NJ. Whitcomb is thoroughly renovat-
ing the Lewis Bates house, recently bought
by him.
f.. G. Brown, coming proprietor of the
Wilson house, was in Boston last week,
buying furniture for his hotel.
Mrs Frank Bailey who has been spend
ing several months with friends in the
West returned home last week.
Walter Brooks is still confined to the
house and does not gain in health as fast as
his many friends wish he might.
Edwin Kittredge is moving into the Well
ington house recently bought by him, and
G. II. Rood is to move into the Kittredge
house.
Nathaniel, son of Moses Dustin. and Miss
Jennie Wilson, daughter of Samuel Wilson,
were married last week Tuesday morning,
and took the morning train to Derry, n. H.,
where their future home is to be.
The vote for presidential electors stood,
in Bethel Harrison 800, Cleveland 81, Bid
well 3. -Four " American sOvereigns I"
walked up and deposited blank ballots.
Twenty-one voted split tickets the balance
voted their straight party tickets
The democratic flag in Bethel village was
befttngly decorated with clean sweeping
brooms, shortly after the result of the
election was known, but the most notice
able result of the election was the audible
smile on the faces of the ninety-One demo-
Gratis. 1t could be heard plainly ten miles
in the woods.
The streets of Bethel village have been a
disgrace to any civilized community for the
| last two weeks. The muddy and filthy con-
gomeration that has served as a thorough
fare in our prosperous and busy village Is
| bad enough for teams to traverse, but when
| it comes to men and women-Bah! Any
respectable farmer would be ashamed to
! have his cattle live in a barn-yard as filthy
as our streets; yet we have considered
them fit for decent men women TO use. We
do not find fault with any one for this con-
dition except with the patient, long-sutfer-
! ing drt-clodden human beings who endure
this state of affairs when a moderate outlay
every year would put the roads in trst-cass
condition in ten years. At least a few con-
crete crossings could be put in that would
not cost more than IS or $40 apiece. Sixty
cents a square yard is the cost of concret-
ing.
Calais.
The average attendance in each room for
the fall term of school at Maple Corner was
good.
Regular meeting of Stow post and relief
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corps, Saturday evening, November 26, at
Memorial hall
The new fence about the cemetery at the
West church is about completed, and is a
decided Improvement.
! Efforts are being made to organize a sing
! ing school, to be held in the Maple Corner
school-house during the winter. A sum
sufficient to insure the success of the enter
prise has been raised
There was a good attendance at the re-
| ligious service in Maple Corner school
house, Sunday evening; and the sermon,
by Rev. Joseph Hamilton of st. Johnsbury
was an interesting one. Rev. j. e. Wright
will preach there next Sunday evening at
the usual hour,
Moretown.
Miss Bessie Bruce has gone to Montpelier
to work
Miss Annie Avery has finished her school
in DuXbury.
Mrs. +. e. Spauding IL in Warren visit
ing her daughter Mrs. Pierce.
Miss Nav Webster has been in st. Adams
for short time, visiting her brother, but
has returned.
w. G.. Tayte, with his two friends, Nc
Curdy and Goldsmith, returned home to
Salem, Mass, the 10th inst.
There is to be a picnic dance at Hotel
hall, Tuesday evening, November 30, with
music by Elnore's orchestra
Willie Sullivan has bought the Doctor
Kingsley farm, paying one thousand dollars
for farm and yoke of oxen and sugar tools
Rev. Mr.. Clapp was advertised to deliver
lecture last Friday evening, but owing to
the inclenency of the weather, was unable
to reach here.
Wednesday evening" the 10th, the young
people in this village had a candy pull in
the dollhouse. The next evening part
o. 90, went to Waitsfeld to listen to lee
ture on Scotland.
Morgan.