The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-27

him to this responsible position Vermont
Methodists have done themselves honor,
and secured representative to this i'm
portant body who will do credit to them
and the cause. Mr.. Dillingham; will be ac-
companied by his wife, and they will visit
several points of interest during the trip.
The Duxbury Corners Methodist Sunday
school held their Easter exercises last Sun
day, the pastor being absent at conference
the Sunday before. The members of the
school were assisted by several children
from Crossett hill. The entire exercises
were credit to the school, to the partc-
pants and the teachers. Especially notice.
able was the large amount of Scripture
which the school had memorized, and the
familiarity which they showed with regard
to the leading events in the life of our
Lord. Miss Lydia A. Gilman, the faithful
and efficient superintendent, and her coad-
tutors, have reason to feel thankful that
their services have met with so much sue
Gees, and that so large a number from both
sides of the river were interested specta-
tors of the exercises.
Last week our community was shocked
and saddened by the death of Cecil Graves.
On the previous Sabbath he was In his &C.
customed place at church, but on Monday
he was iudisposed, and on Friday symptoms
OF pneumonia were apparent. The disease
made rapid progress until Saturday morn
ing, when, conscious to the last, attended
ny his son ana daughter, Dr. ana MIS-.
Leonard X Graves, he passed away. Mr.
Graves was born in Greenfield Mass, in
May, 1922, and was thus nearly seventy years
old. His whole life, nearly, had been spent
in or near the village of Waterbury. For
many years, in company with his brothers,
Josiah and Francis, he successfully con-
Quoted the hardware business, which in
time,he yielded to his son, Charles o Graves
now of Washington, Kansas. In 1S47 he
married Mary j. Knight of Barre-a true
and faithful wife-with whom he labored in
church and society with great zeal until her
death, ten years ago. For thirteen successive
years he was superintendent of the Sunday
school in the Congregational church, of
which church he became a member in his
thirteenth year. He was a consistent men,
Der of the church, and was in his regular
place on Sunday long after he bad become
so deaf that he could not hear a word of the
sermon. But he declared that it made him
" feel good " to meet with Gods people.
OF his fathers family only two, Arad and
Levi Graves, now remain of the six brothers
whose lives of uniform Christian integrity
| have left an abiding impress upon this COM
| munity The funeral will be attended from
| the Congregational church on this (Wednes-
day. afternoon at three o'clock-awaiting
the arrival of Fred c. Graves of Colorado
| Springs. A large circle of friends extend
their sympathy to the near and far who
mourn the loss of father, brother and friend.
Mrs. Louis Blair is very low with con-
sumption. - DR.. Leonard Graves has
| been in town for few days. - G.. S.
| Blaisdell has sold an eight-months colt to
DR.. James for 500. - Eva. NJ Burleigh
is taking lessons on the pipe organ at the
| Montpelier Seminary. - The Morris
Daley house is being repaired. - Dora
Tate went to Sharon, Saturday, where she
is to teach the village school. - Guy
| Boyce has been obliged to suspend work for
| a carhuncln. a..
Larkin has returned, and works for Bert
Demerrit. - Nellie Moody goes &c
Sharon, next Saturday, where she will teach
the coming term. - Clarence Marshal
has engaged to work for w. e. Gupt
the present season, and has moved from
Waterbury river to his old place. - b
e. Wallace has been spending few days
in Hartford and Boston. - g. II. Ship
man and family of Montpelier spent Sunday
in town. - Miss Kimball and Paul Dill
bingham board at the hotel during the alb
sence of Governor and Mrs. Dill ingham il
Omaha. - Dan Russ has gone to Durkee
vile to build house for Mr.. Thomas
- Fred A. Rowland of Lancaster
n. H., has just returned from flying tril
to town, where he looked in on his man,
friends. - George Jacquith has finished
work for the Frarys, and goes to West Ran
dolph to assume the general agency TO
Hills Handbook of the United States
- There was death at the asylum
Monday. - Miss Josie Loware has beef
arrested and taken to Massachusetts ON
charge of infantcde. - Mr.. and Mrs
G. Z. Wyman have returned from their tril
to Swanton. - Arthur Graves has gon
to Rutland to work in clothing store
- NJ. o. Evans went to Randolph las
Wednesday. - Jesse Arms is moving
his house back from its present position AM
will build new house about where the oil
one stood. - Judge Start of the suprem
| rf at
guest of DR.. Giddings. DR.. Giddings
improving slowly. - DIR. Leonard X
Graves, formerly of this place, has been az
pointed assistant superintendent of tn
asylum. - Miss Carrie Donaldson of til
Vermont Methodist Seminary was the CUES
of Miss Mary Moody over Sunday. -
Mr.. Wheelock of Bridport has been visitin
with Mrs. Wheelock, his sister. - Mr.;
George H. Atherton returned, last Satul
day night, from Lowell, Mass.
Williamstown.
j. X. Lynde is in Boston buying goods.
: Henry Lasell is purchasing potatoes, I
, ship from here by rail the last of this weel
: j. X. Lynde is " finishing off - mes
market in the basement of his new store,
be occupied by X. p. Blanchard.
James A. Cruikshank is likely to 500
return from Aberdeen, Scotland, If grant
matters are prosperous hereabeuts.
Some twenty of our citizens attended tn
Mary Howe concert at Montpelier, la
Thursday. 1t was greatly enjoyed.
B. F. Sibley, recently chosen committt
; of the village school district, has engage
Miss Ella Martin as teacher for the summe
An assistant teacher will also be needed.
There has been, in the year ending viii
! March 81, an increase of almost sixty fl,
per cent in the number of transfers of re
: estate here, over that of the preceding yea
Saturday last being the eighteenth brit
day of Miss Ollie Farnham, her frien'
;; made little jubilee of the event She is
teach the summer term of school in the
ID. Abbott district
= The musical public is cordially invited
|, meet Professor Willis Ii. Gale at eig
o'clock on Wednesday evening (to-nigh
at the Methodist vestry, for the purpose
!. organizing musical society.
+ There were large number of prosec
a tons here, last week, for violation of ii
!, liquor law. The like of it has, perhaI
hardly occurred in the place for gener
y tion if ever. But we hope for bett
things.
. Rev. Isaac Jackson died recently
u Bridgeton Maine, at the age of eighty-si
= He was a native of Berlin, and an occ
y sional visitor of his nephew and nice
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