The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-10-12
From Town Correspondents.
Barnard.

through town last week with large drove
of cattle. This was the first drove of the sea-
SON.
Farmers who keep sheep are locking for
Shropshire sires. The Shropshires about
here are not heavy shearers, but the lambs
are large and sell for better prices than
those of other breeds. In olden times,
when wool sold for forty or fifty cents per
pound, the Merno was the most profitable
sheep, and there is now and then farmer
who persists in keeping the Merino.
Brookfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. wheatley of Peaks
Island have been visiting friends in town
the past week. - Mrs. ID. A. Morse
spent last week in Winchendon, Mass, with
Mrs. Katie Chase and other relatives. -
Mrs. William Wheatley is quite i'll at
Ira Carpenters. 60 Frank Ainsworth of
Royalton has been in town for the past few
days re-shingling his house now occupied by
Frank Dibbell. - DIR. b. q. Goodell is
making repairs and improvements on his
house. 60 Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Nelson of
Woodbury. were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
II. Morse last week. - III. II. Fullam
has purchased the Richards place of DR..
Goodrich. - Arthur Bigelow, son of
Representative G. II. Bigelow, has the posi-
ton of page in the senate at Montpelier.
- Mrs. y. NJ. Upham is visiting her
daughter in Uxbridge, Mass. - Mrs. A.
w. Edison is spending few weeks at T.
Calagan's. She is still suffering from poor
health. 60 Graves and Calagan went to
market with a drove of cattle last week.
60 Harold Burt son-in-law of Marshall
Green, started for Philadelphia on his BIZ
cycle on Tuesday of last week, but, owing
to stormy weather, he took the train at
Brattleboro.
Calais.
There was a rousing old-fashoned corn
huslSing at s. II. Fosters last Wednesday
IN, Ers1 I'm ht,al
visited 7. T. Lamphere ana husked out
over two hundred baskets of corn.
Preparations are being made by the
teachers and scholars of No. o. at Maple
Corner, for the proper observance of Column
bus day. The town superintendent, Miss
Alma Leonard, has requested the several
schools in town to make an effort to OBJ
serve the day.
Representative Burnap was at home over
Sunday. Harvey Burnap and wife
of Marshfield were in town last Sunday.
- Mrs. Alice Howard was away last
week at Mortified to attend the funeral of
Mr.. Towards father. - Miss frankie
and Miss Dora Kent visited in Cabot on
Friday and Saturday. 80 Frank Carr
went to Montpelier, Friday night, to take
up two horses shipped from Massachusetts
by G.. V. Kent. - Miss Kate Kent is
teaching school in Worcester, and Miss
Maud Morse at Putnamsville. - Rich
ara henu was at nome from Dare On Ou0-
day. - Mrs. l.. A. Kent visited in Barre
the first of last week. - Will l.. White
and Alice b, Spaulding, formerly of Perry,
Iowa, were married at Mortified, on
Wednesday, by Rev. Henry Howard.
They made trip to Burlington and vicin-
ity, and have received many valuable and
useful presents. - Charles Townsend,
with Wells & Richardson of Burlington,
was in town lately. - Dr. Provost is
soon to move into the Watson house.
East Calais.
There will be preaching here next Sunday
at one P. NJ. by Rev. Mr.. Davenport of
Stamford, Conn.
See what Mrs. c. r. Dwinell and l. NJ.
Pearce have to say in the local column.
Duxbury.
Robert and Cushman Gray, who have been
away from home during their mothers ill
ness have returned.
A. A. Lewis has returned to Burlington
his sister, Mrs. Russell, returning with him
for weeks visit.
l.. ID. Hills is improving slowly. g.
Miss Atwood returned Monday. - Mrs
Zerah A. Hills has returned from Burling-
ton, where she has lately been visiting
- Mr.. Funk has returned from his
hunting expedition in the Adirondacks, and
reports good time and plenty of venison
UFOuOn.
A meeting of the Ladies' Temperance
Union will be held to-day
A delegate was elected by the Epworth
League to attend the convention at Mont
pelier this week.
/. p. Dunn is repairing his house-clap-
boarding and painting it. 1t would add to
the looks of the village if others would fol-
low the example.
The candy-pull on Saturday evening was
enjoyed by the students of the higher de-
partment of the graded school,
The excursion TO the White Mountains
was much enjoyed. The day was pleasant
and good many took the opportunity to
see the mountains.
Mr.. Richardson gave lecture in the
Methodist church, Friday evening, and it
was enjoyed by all.
n r. Darling and r. l.. Sherry were away
looking after a pair of heavy warehouses
last week, but did not find any. - Mrs
Alex. Cochran goes to Chicago, this week,
to attend the dedication of the Worlds
Fair grounds. - Mr.. and Mrs Richard
son OF Davenport, Iowa, returned home to-
day. - Thomas Taisey, who has been
away working for his brother, returned
home last week. - Eta Clark is work
lug at c. A. Ricker's. - Wilfred Davis
was at home over Sunday. - Sewell
Carpenter is in Boston, visiting. - Mr.
by the coming OF a son.
East Hardwick.
w. L. Dow is loading a couple of cars of
telephone poles.
T. G. Bronson started fifty-eight head of
Jerseys for the West on Tuesday.
Sherman Gage has gone on the road in the
interest of M. w. Crocker's hat manufac-
tory. Mr.. Croker has established good
business here, and will soon be obliged to
move to larger rooms to be able to fill orders,
The second annual fair of Caledonia
grange was held in the village hail. Satur-
day, October 8. There was "A large exhibit
in all departments. The show of vegetables
did not quite equal that of last year, but
was more than balanced by the show of
fruit. The butter exhibit was judged by a
scale Of points, each exhibitor having his
own scale card, thus being able TO tell where
his was defective. In all there were about
three hundred entries The grange can well
feel proud of their efforts to build up fair
at this place.