The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-09-28

lin" G. G. Shepard won tho open race
with Pat Wheeler" Ed Smith Of Lower
Cabot took first premium with his two
year-old stallion.
MoretowB.
Russell Sawyer of this place was called to
Boston, last week, to attend the funeral Of
his brother, G. G. Sawyer. - The potato
crop In this vicinity seems to be almost
failure this year in some parts, while in
other parts the yield is quite good, with but
few rotten. 60 Mrs. Sidney Atkins re-
turned from Ware, Mass, last week, where
she has been on short vacation visiting
friends. - William Deal has Mr.. Wards
mill dam all finished and ready for bust
ness. - Comrade Frank Hart Of this
place went to Washington, d. g., to the en-
campment. He started on Sunday, the 18th,
and returned home Saturday, the oath, en-
joying the trip very much. 60 <. A.
Shattuck Of West Randolph and his niece,
Miss Maud Haskins, came to George Q.
Evans visiting Saturday last. - Miss
Jennie Foley of Montpelier is at home Wis.,
iting her mother.
Morrisville.
The young people will hold a masquerade
promenade and box party at town hall on
Friday evening.
A severe thunderstorm passed over this
section, early Monday morning, and con-
Siderable damage is reported.
The annual Lamoile county Sunday
school convention will be held here on
Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.
The September meeting of the Village
Improv ement Society will be held on
Thursday evening at Mr.. Randall's. Ad-
dresses will be made by pastors of the
churches.
The twentieth annual meeting of Norris
vile Valley Fair was largely attended on
three days of last week. The exhibits in
all departments we're good, and the fair was
decided success in every particular.
A union temperance meeting was held at
the Methodist church, Sunday evening
under the auspices OF the Woman's Tenn
perance Union, Remarks were made by the
pastors of the three evangelical churches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boardman Shaw are to go
West to spend the winter. - Postmas-
ter Earle leaves on Saturday for Chicago.
Mortified.
e. Miles is painting and otherwise repair
ing his house on Summer street.
The infant son of e. f. Deering and wife
died Saturday evening, and the burial was
Monday afternoon.
K. L. Sloper is to move his family to West
Randolph this week. His house on Central
street is rented to c. II. Newell,
The Stevens block on Central street is
undergoing repairs, new stills and an addi-
ton at the south rear corner being the most
important.
H III. Slack and Emma Sawyer were mar
ried on Tuesday by Rev. II. l.. Thornton,
and are away on a short trip. They will
board at e. W. Colby's.
During the thunderstorm of Sunday night,
Moses Fields barn, on his farm near the
-Four Corners, was struck and burned. Hay,
farming tools and four cows were burned
with it,
The young men of the Universalst So
ciety will hold an oyster supper Friday
evening from 8: 80 to 4: 80 o'clock. Chase's
orchestra will furnish music for dancing in
the evening
G. r. Andrews has been repairing the
double tenement near the excelsior mill,
and is making the office building into ten
ement which will be occupied by Willis
Cady of Roxbury when completed.
Examiner Booth held teachers examin-
alton at Montpelier, Friday and Saturday.
There were fifteen applicants. The list of
persons holding teachers certificates in
Washington county contains about 1876
names.
The village trustees are building reser-
voir on the graded school grounds. This is
a step in the right direction, as the school,
house is poorly protected against fire, the
river in rear being so far below as to make
it useless to the engines.
Willie Joyce was caught, last Wednesday.
stealing money from A. e. Denney's store,
where he had formerly been employed. He
was taken to Montpelier waived examina-
tiUn before Justice Nj. f. Smile, and was
committed to Jail to await the action of the
grand jury.
Norwich University began its fall term
Thursday evening, with sixteen new stu
dents. Not all of the old students have re-
turned yet, and there are more new ones
yet to come, which will make the corps
number about sixty men. Dodge hall is
completed and contains the offices of the
faculty, chapel, laboratory, drawing and
recitation rooms. The rooms which were
used for these purposes in the north bar
racks have been converted into dormitories
and thus fill long-felt want for more rooms
for students There is every prospect for
most prosperous year for " Old n. IT,"
C. A. Gilchrist of somervile, Mass, was
in town Sunday - Miss Addie Smith
returned Saturday from New York.
Mrs. Line is seriously ill, with a heart
trouble. - Miss Hattie Rowland came
home Monday from Jericho. -W w. II.
Sprague was in town Sunday. - Editor
Johnson is away on a vacation this week.
- Captain Rumbaugh and family left
W
- Rev. H. l.. Thornton and family left
town Thursday. He goes to his new charge
at Lapeer, Mich, and his wife and child will
remain at her home in Omro n. Y, for the
present. - g. K. Reed went to Boston
His wife and daughter went
with him and will remain fortnight. -
Mrs. c. E. Randall of Woodsviile n. H.,
arrived in town on Tuesday of last week.
- Eliza Metcalf returned Wednesday
night. She has been on five months trip
to California. - Frank Plumley, ESQ,
goes to Michigan, October 10, to take part in
the campaign. - Mrs +. K. Stevens re-
turned on Saturday to her home in Lowell,
Mass. Her daughter remains to look after
the repairs on the block. - Rev. Ira
Beard and Mrs. Cox are visiting in East
Randolph. - Cheney Prentiss and wife
went to STAFFORD, Saturday, and are TO stay
few days. - G. G. Davis is teaching in
Vergennes, but his family remain in Massa-
chusetts till after election. - Mrs. e. A
Newcomb Of North Lawrence, n. Y, is WIS.,
iting at G. A. Edgerton's. Mrs. Blod-
gett is visiting in West Randolph. - Our
freight agent, A. Shaughnessey, is at his
home in northern New York. Miss
Cora Edgerton is in st. Johnsbury, where
she is teaching painting. - William H.
Goats, proprietor OF the Pittsburgh music
store at Pittsburgh, N Y, is stopping with
Il. Il. Wright, his local agent. - Charles
Clark is reported at present to be slowly i'm
proving. His brother, f. II. Clark, who
has been with him for few DAYS, returned