The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-21

Miss Florence Brooks is at home from
Wellesley College for the holidays. -=
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Smith are in Boston this
week. 80 Station Agent Hobart spent
Sunday with his brother in Windsor. 60
Professor Aliens equine paradox company
gave two entertainments here, last week,
leaving for Bethel, Monday morning
Rochester
The fair of the Congregational society
last Friday evening was success, netting
about 800
NJ. M. Ball is agent for the celebrated A.
Il. Chase organs, and will also take sub
scriptions for this paper, clubbing it with
others.
Galen b. Fish, graduate of the Detroit
training school of elocution, will give an
entertainment at Grand Army hall, Tues.
day evening, December 81, consisting of
readings, Rotations, etc, at which he will
be assisted by male quartette.
Miss Mary Sawyer of Plymouth has a
class in music here. - j. A. Vinton and
wife of Granville spent Sunday in town.
South Ryegate.
The Shepard Family concert was well
attended.
There will be a Christmas tree at the new
church next Monday night.
Mr. Sargent put his lumber teams in, last
week, for the winters work.
The Concord men who have been at work
in the Ryegate Granite Works sheds have
returned to Concord.
The second entertainment In the course
next Friday evening, is to be by the ST.
Johnsbury orchestra, assisted by fine
reader.
Mrs. George is reported little better
go George Robins has been having a
serious time for the past week with his
tame animals. 60 Dan Mcfarland, we
IL On IN ha I..pa
- Miss Meader is quite sick. 80 W.
L. George has finished mis- counting.
Mrs. Lydia Brown has been quite sick for
the past week.
West Topsham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernal f. Clley are happy
over the birth of a son. - Charles
Minard of Barre was in town last Sunday.
- Charles Heath has taken large
lumber job of n. ID. Wood and is to begin
operations Immediately. - Mrs. N. r.
Cilley is very ill. - Mrs. d. A. Watson
of Montpelier visited few days this week
with DIR. and Mrs IL. l.. Watson.
Last Sunday evening John G.. Wing, ESQ,
of Montpelier spoke to IA large audience in
the Union church upon the Kelley treat
ment. Not one in the audience found any
thing but words of interest from this
speaker Mr.. L. l.. Stow of Barre, Mr. p
S. Prior of Barre, DR.. o. l.. Watson of
Montpelier and DR.. Horace l.. Watson of
this place made a few remarks. Thirteen
persons paid 81 each and wished to become
honorary members of the Kelley League.
1t is expected a local branch league will be
started here soon.
Tunbridge.
Charley Rolfe and his cousin Ray Hurd
returned to springfield on Monday.
Miss Lydia Hartig was in town over Sun
day. 60 Fred Farnham is on the sick
list - 5. A. Dean is renewing his aye,
and now sings in the choir. - There
will be Christmas tree at North Tuu-
bridge on Monday evening, December IS
- The social, Friday evening, was well
attended and passed off very nicely. -
Effie Kibby has returned to her school at
Plymouth, N. II. - Elmer Farrar has
moved into one of A. n. Kings houses in
the village. - new business block is
going up on j. j. Sargent's land, owned
and run by large party of enterprsing
citizens 80 Mrs. H. Il. Hayward is ill.
- Mrs. May Berry has finished her
work at Byron Howe's, and is now at her
home. - Fred Hutchinson went to Post
Mills, last week, buying cattle. - The
young people had a nice time on the ice,
last Saturday, as the skating was excellent.
- Ned Bugbee is visiting his wife at
A. q. Adams - Sherb. Cilley is coming
home in a few days to remain, as his health
will not permit of his working through the
winter.
WdteEpuES.
There will be no service at the Congre-
gational church next Sunday morning.
There is to be a reunion of the Shipman
family at James Shipman's on Christmas.
Christmas exercises will be held at the
old Methodist church on Saturday evening
of this week. All are invited.
There was no service at the Congrega-
tonal church last Sunday, the congrega-
ton swelling that of the Methodist society
Watts Brothers from Waterbury Center
moved the bell from the tower of the old To
that of the new Methodist church on Mon
day and Tuesday.
o. E. SCOTS Santa Claus" which he
has put in his show window, attracts a
crowd on the sidewalk most of tue time,
and proves good advertisement for our
genial jeweler.
No date has yet been set for the dedica-
ton of the Methodist church, owing 10 the
difficulty of securing desirable speaker at
present. The first service will be held
there next Sunday.
AT our news stand, u Stowe street, can
be procured the best magazines and papers
at any time. The pocket edition of the
laws of Vermont, published by the Watch
man Publishing Company, may also be
purchased there,
A M. Herbert from Mortified has Just
married and settled in the upper story of
the Brown Minard tenement. He will be-
an employee in the stone sheds. - Pro-
lessor K. w. Morrell, of the faculty of the
Methodist Seminary at Montpelier, was in
town ON Monday. - Olive Guernsey
and Ellie j. Woodwork of the Montpelier
Seminary spent Sunday in town. -
Emma Shipman comes home from Boston
University, Saturday, to spend the holidays.
- Josephine Taylor, a student in the
Emerson School of Oratory, is at home ON a
vacation visit. - o. Burton Bowman
and wife of Barre are stopping at the home
of Mr.. Burton's mother on Winooski street.
- Nettie Moody is at home from
Woodstock. - j. K. Fullerton has been
doing insurance business in Hyde Park and
Lowell the past week. - Frank Henry
from Cleveland and Walter Henry from
Saratoga have been visiting their mother,
Mrs. Laura Henry. - The mother of
Mrs. Charles Conant was stricken with apo
plexy at her home at the Center last week.
- Paul Dillingham; has resumed his
violin contributions to the Sunday evening
services at the Methodist church, greatly
to the delight of the congregation. -
Mrs. Edgar Call, an employe at the Asylum,