The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-06


Snyder trotted under protest. There was
also scrub ball game between the Mont
pelier and Barre apprentices in the after.
noon. The balloon ascension occurred at
quarter past six o'clock, and was in every
way successful. The aeronaut descended
to the ground by means of parachute when
he had reached hight of about five hun
dred feet.
Berlin.
Jerry E.. Downey is home again, after
few weeks stay with friend in southern
Massachusetts. - Fred Warren is home
for short time. - Five members of the
Christian Endeavor Society attend the New
York convention this week-Misses May f.
Crandall, Irene w. Hubbard, Efie A.
Turner, Walker L. Bancroft and G. w.
Pearson,
West Berlin.
The hotel project is again being agitated.
The Emerson Building association offers to
donate two acres of land as a site to any
party that will erect hotel within a rea-
sonable time.
The school in district No. 4, taught by
Miss May Crandall, closed last Saturday
with the usual closing exercises. Miss
Crandall seems to meet with unusual sue
cess as teacher, and has been engaged to
teach the fall term, which appears to meet
the general desire of the district.
Aaron Rowell came near meeting with a
SerlOuS dCClutuJ, ldSJ WHlle QrlV-
ing the twO-horse team of II. b. Ayers with
load Of lumber. In coming down the hill
below the Mountain View house, the pole
to the wagon broke, but fortunately caught
in the ground in such manner as to stop
the wagon.
Miss Grace Dewey starts this week for
North Dakota to spend the summer. -
j. M. Stone went to Cabot, last Friday, to
be gone about month. - Charles
Leonard has bought Dan McCarty's big bay
mare for $40. 90. A. Stickney is
building new barn for Kimball q Hall
- H. b. Ayers is having storehouse
| built on Turner street. Emerson Hill has
charge of the job. u. f. Preston of
| Hanover, n. H., former resident OF this
place, is visiting here.
Cabot.
Hardwck people may well congratulate
themselves upon their centennial celebra-
ton. The weather was as fine as could be
asked for, the attendance large, the provi-
sion for the crowd ample, the procession a
| fine display, the music excellent, the speak
ing first-class, and, to sum it all up, it was
a big time and everybody and all their
| cousins were we'll pleased.
| j. III. Damon received a telegram,
| Wednesday of last week, announcing the
death of his sister, Mrs. Dee, widow of the
| late Dr. John Doe, at Fort Worth, Texas,
of malarial fever. Mrs. Doe spent year
| IN tnlS town with her sister, MIS-. HalneS,
| leaving here about the last of June, 1891, GO
| ing to her sons in Arizona, returning to her
| former home a few weeks before her death.
! She was buried beside her husband who
preceded her to the grave a year or two.
| Her age was seventy-three years. She will
be kindly remembered by the acquaintance
she renewed, and by new ones she made
during her stay in town, as very pleasant
and agreeable lady.
George Harvey and family have arrived
in town from Saratoga to spend their vaca.
ton. Widow James Stone is visiting
friends in Norwich, Vt. - A large mum.
Der of citizens attended the celebration al
Hardwick, July A.
| Calais.
Rev. j. G. Wright is to preach at the yes
try in the school-house at Maple Corner,
next Sunday, the 10th, at seven P. NJ. -
The school in district No. IL, taught by
Miss Nora Mower, closed Friday, the oath
- Several of the members of Wymau
r. Burnap camp, No. 80, attend the divi
sion encampment at Brandon, this week
The regular meeting of the camp is next
Saturday night the 9th. - Among
those who have visited here of late we note
Mrs M. A. Kent and son Dorman of Mont.
pelier, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Burgin Of