The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13

kept by Clarence Fullam. - George
Crane Of Iowa is expected to visit relatives
in town this week. He attended the Chris
tian Endeavor convention at New York last
week - Miss Mary Dewey Of this place
attended the Christian Endeavor conven-
ton at New York, and is to go from there
to Pennsylvania for a few weeks. - Ula
McWhorter of Barre is spending few
weeks with her grandmother, Mrs. d. A.
Morse. - Mrs. John Buzzell of Concord,
N. H., is in town visiting her father and
brother, W. w. and Oliver button.
Cabot.
G. w. Stevens has a job on stone-work at
Waterbury, Conn. - Walter Smith is
home from Dartmouth College for the sum-
mer. 60 Herman Osgood narrowly es.
capped serious injury by falling from stag
ing on the barn OF Edwin Burnham, last
George Perkins, with two children of
Pueblo, Col, are stopping with their father,
Il. Il. Coburn, at Lower Cabot. 80 Rev.
II. A. Russell preached at Peacham last
Sunday in exchange with Rev. Mr.. Will
Jams of that place. - George Harvey
in town.
Calais.
School in district No. 8, taught by Miss
Carrie A. Towne, closed on Friday, the Sth
inst. - There was a fair attendance at
the Sunday service conducted by Rev. j. @.
pie Corner. He is to preach there again at
the same hour on Sunday, the Oath inst.
- Fred Beard was in town Saturday
night, to attend the meeting of the Sons of
Veterans. - Mr.. and Mrs. G. " Kent
made a trip to Morrisvile, the first of the
week. ~ viii White Is in Hardwick,
this week, looking after some improvements
on his property there.
East Calais.
n Ill
Sunday morning at the usual hour. -
Mrs Charles Murray and three children, of
Lawrence, Mass, have been at A. D..
Pearces for couple Of weeks. - The
Good Templars had lawn party at the
home of A. Dwinell, on the evening of July
/. The house, with its broad piazza, and
the grounds are particularly adapted to that
sort of entertainment, and were well lighted
with colored lanterns. A musical enter
| tainment was given, and ice cream and cake
served. 81 ID. b. Dwinell is quite i'll with
typhoid fever. - b. p. White has re-
| turned from his visit West. - John
Bancroft, who has suffered from ill-health
for years, died June %, and was taken to
| Plainfield for burial the following Saturday.
His son William, of Pawtucket, X. l., was
caring for him at the time of his death.
Chelsea.
The Congregational church does not now
expect the lady evangelists, Misses Milton
and Rodgers, till about the first of August.
Miss S. Ada Hall, retiring division presi-
dent Of the ladies' aid society," attended the
encampment of the Sons of Veterans at
Brandon, last week.
The prohibition county convention was
held here on Thursday. The following
| nominations were made: Senator's Horace
II. Runnels of Newbury, Elmer E. Reynolds
of Williamstown; assistant judges, Lewis
| Hutchinson of Orange, Thomas Ii. Minard
of Topsham; sheriff, Erastus Young of Chel-
sea; high bailiff, A. w. Barrett of Bradford
county commissioner. w. Z. S. Celley OF
Fairlee; judges of probate, j. A. X Corwin
of Chelsea, Wilbur Kimball of Topsham.
The Orange County Veterans Association
held its annual reunion ON Brocklebank
| Hill on the glorious Fourth" There were
speeches by Richard Smith and j. X. Oar
| ling of Chelsea, A j. Noyes of Bennington
and others, and the following officers were
chosen for the ensuing year: Colonel, G. w
| Flagg of Braintree; Northumberland, A
A. Smith of West Randolph; major, e. w
Role of Tunbridge; adjutant, e. V. Parker
of STAFFORD; quartermaster, Dr. s. n. Goss
of Chelsea.
The railroad called out an unusually
large town meeting on Wednesday. State
ments were made by Messrs Blackwell
aud Ferguson, representing the Thomson
Houston Electric Company, and by +. NJ
f. Cain, representing something that your
correspondent could not quite make out
1t was considered that the town was not
yet sufficiently in possession of the facts &c
act intelligently, and the meeting was ad
journed for six weeks, after appointing S
b. Hebard, William Robbins and j. B. Ba
con a committee to investigate and report
Corinth.
A republican flag. raising was held al
Cookville, last Saturday.
NJ. E. r. Darling of New York has ar
| rived at his old home in this place. bring
| ing dozen or so of summer boarders with
| him.
Boarders " have been taken in the fam
lilies of Joel Bixby, Herbert Wilson, Will
Moulton, Charles Carleton and Benton
Rowell.
j. NJ Richardson died July 4, after long
sickness. He was Frustrated with the griL
last winter and partially recovered, but was
taken worse some two months ago, since
which time all efforts to regain his health
| proved fruitless.
Several farms have exchanged owners
this season. The prices are low compared
with former times, but are better than
could have been obtained two years ago
Within the past few days Will Richards OF
Topsham has bought the George Banks
farm and Charles Metcalf the w. n. Worth
ley farm.
East Montpelier.
The school in district No. O. taught by
Mrs. Alpa Daniels, closed June 20.
Children's day was observed at the Brick
church, last Sunday. Two children were
dedicated.
Fred e. Worcester is preparing to build a
house at Barre. j. S. Wheelocl & Co. will
furnish the lumber and do the carpenter
work.
The depression of business at Barre is fol-
| lowed by an increase this way, and we see
the granite from Sodom " moving toward
Montpelier
Grafton.
Harry Putnam, who has been in Texas
for nearly five years. has returned. -
S. w. Goodridge, who has been out OF
health for long time, is but little better
FL Norman Adams has sold his milk
business to Amos futile. - The cheese
factory receives nearly 5000 pounds OF
milk daily. A quick sale is found for all
the cheese made. S. w. Eaton and
wife were called to Stoddard, n. H., on &C.
count of the death of his aunt.
Marshfield.
Rev. II. f. Lesh, graduate of Tufts Di-
vinity School, will preach at the Universal.
ist church, next Sunday at eleven o'clock