The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-06

the sugar festival given by the RELIEF Corps
last Saturday evening. The avails are to
be used for the Soldiers Home.
Rev. G. II. Morse is preaching a series Of
biographical sermons upon the Kings of
Israel" That of last Sunday was the third
in the course, the subject being Solomon"
Cabot.
The outlook is not good for a large sugar
crop.
A daughter was recently born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Shaw.
The Sociable Society met at Mrs. II. s..
Dow's Lower Cabot, last Friday evening,
and was one of the pleasantest of the sea.
son. The Epworth League held social at
Rev. j. o. Sherburne's the same evening.
AT the annual school-meeting o. II. Col
Inns was elected prudential committee, NJ.
D. Wells clerk and treasurer, and s. G..
Voodry collector. A tax of twenty cents
on the dollar of the grand list was voted for
school purposes
There will be quotation contest between
the members of the Christian Endeavor
and Epworth League societies, followed by
refreshments, at the Congregational vestry
on Friday evening, April %. Shakespeare
and Longfellow are the two poets selected.
A. NJ. Foster has received an order for
more than half ton of maple sugar from
parties in Oakland, California. -
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over Sunday. - Miss Lillian Wells has
returned from Barre. - j. b. Knight
is in Boston and vicinity for week or more.
Chelsea.
Miss Ella K Herrck, now of Wellesley
College, spent last week in town.
Carroll the four-year-old son of Philip j.
Little, broke his leg, while sliding, recently.
George G. Eaton has rented the G.. w.
in
there.
County Examiner Morris met eleven can
didates at his teachers examination here
last week
Grin P. Bacon has bought of q. L. Stow
for $3.50 what is known as the Waterson lot,
lying on the west side of the old Washing
ton road.
The ladies of the Ten Pin Club held a
very successful "mum sociable" at the
hotel hall on Wednesday evening of last
week. The proceeds are to go for the cree
ton of a horse drinking-fountain in the
village.
The organization of the Orange County
Creamery Company was completed on
Wednesday of last week by the choiee OF
W. II. Emery, William Robbins, w. II. H.
Hall, E. n. Bacon and Willis Scales as di-
rectors. A location for the creamery has
not been definitely chosen.
uuOT6 Iudu Vic usual amount Oh
spring moving is taking place. William
Ashley moves into the house lately vacated
by A. @. Underhill Frank II. Tracy has
moved into his own house, and his father
will live with him; Mrs. G. w. Coburn,
who has been living there has returned to
her farm. j. NJ. Sanford has taken the
Sleeper house next to the school-house, and
Edgar Grosvenor, its last occupant, has
gone to the hotel, where he is to work.
Joe Abbott is in Ira Thompson's new tene.
ment on the Back Bay, and Amos b.
Wright succeeds him in the Drew house.
Rev. John Gardner Hale, of the old-tme
Chelsea family of that name, died at Red
lands, CAL, March %. He was born in
Chelsea on September H. 1924, graduated
at the University of Vermont in 1845 and at
Andover Theological Seminary, was Or
dained for home missionary service in the
Congregational church here on September
20, 1852, and was for several years home
missionary. in California. Returning to
Vermont, he was pastor successfully at
Lyndon, East Poultney, Chester and Stowe.
Some ten years since he returned to Cali
fornia, and was for some time engaged in
building up an academy at the place where
he just died.
c. A. Kent shipped valuable geding,
sired by Auctioneer," to party in Mas
sachusetts last Monday. Price S175.
East Calais.
Rev. H. Hammond of Woodsville, N. H.,
will preach for the Congregationalists next
Sunday at one o'clock P. NJ
Miss Silvia Bliss was accompanst at the
rehearsal at Montpelier last week. She did
very acceptable work.
G. j. Ainsworth of Gardner, Mass, is Wis
iting his parents. - l.. l.. Provost has
moved into the rooms over the store OF
White q Pierce. - Inez Pearce is TAX
ing her usual April vacation - Mrs. G.
r. Dwinell is in Boston for a couple OF
weeks. - Miss Nancy Ainsworth OF
Cabot has come to live with her niece, Miss
Nancy Parker, for the present. - Mrs
Ralph Lyford of Lowell, Mass, is spending
the spring at her old home.
North Calais.
The regular meetings of Stowe Post and
Relief Corps will hereafter be held in the
evening instead of the afternoon.
West Concord.
This season has not been a successful
one, thus far, for sugar-makers
r. P. Kidder & Son have sold their gro.
Gerry to Frank Currier, and their hardware
store to Mr.. Hutchinson
Last week Wednesday evening the st.
Johnsbury quartette gave a fine concert al
the Universalist church. The selections
were well rendered. Professor II. H. May
baritone, and Edwin Owens, tenor, are Con.
cord boys and have won professional dis
tinction at st. Johnsbury.
j. III. Walbridge ais engaged in sheep.
raising. From his flock of thirty-eight
ewes, last Friday, during about twenty-five
hours, six pairs of twins and two single
lambs appeared, and the next day added
five more to the number. All are alive and
well at this writing
East Montpelier.
Rev. Mr.. Nickerson of Barre will supply
the pulpit at the Brick church next Sunday
afternoon at two o'clock.
Groton.
A. NJ. Heath has taken j. E. Vance as
partner in the meat and fruit market. The
new firm will enlarge the business.
The lumbermen have disposed of several
Jokes of oxen during the past few days
The Darlings have several Jokes awaiting
buyers.
The sun and wind of Sunday caused q
rise in the river. Z. b. Halls boom and 6
lot of logs were swept out.
Hall, Cochran g. Flint have sold the tan.
merry plant to Manley Clark and Carly lie
Renfrew, the last-named gentlemen to take
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