The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08

Dedicatory services Of the new Coppre.
gational church will be held Nove,nher IL
at two P. NJ. Rev. G.. w. Wright of Boston
Is expected To preach the dedicatory ser
| mon.
Peter Burrelle was brought before Justice
Adams, on Thursday on complaint of
| Grand Juror X, NJ. Chase, charging him
with drunkenness, and he was fined So and
costs, which were paid at once.
Among the out of.town people in town to
attend the funeral Of Lyman Child were
| Mrs Lucy Richmond, Lyman Collins. Mrs.
Chester Collins and Captain Emnons of
| Woodstock, Mrs. Warren Smith Of Ran
| dolph and N. +. Clark and wife of St, AL
| bans.
A. John King and Will Blossom of ROYAL.
ton Hi were returning home last Friday
evening from the shoe shop, the kingbolt
broke and let the two men out upon the
ground, Blossom alightiug on his feet aud
| King on his stomach. Neither was injured
but II was a marvelously narrow escape.
There was family gathering at Mr..
Zebina Spaulding's, Thursday, November 2,
Mr.. Spaulding's daughter, Mrs c. II Chad
wick. A most bountiful repast was served
to large gathering Of friends and relatives,
among whom were Mr. aud Mrs. Solomon
Heath of Woodstock and Miss Hattie
| Spaulding, recently Of st. Paul, Mimi, but
who has spent the last eight weeks in South
| Dakota and Minnesota and Is now visiting
| relatives in Bethel.
Lyman Child died last Friday morning.
| aged seventy-seven years. His funeral was
held Sunday from his late residence, Rev.
| q. A. wilkins officiating. MIR. Child was
| born in Rochester North Hollow, on the
Morse place, and lived there two years.
| Since then he has lived in Bethel on the
Myron Savage place, where w. f. Baker
now lives, and in the S. G. Cady house.
He was for long time in business in the
| block that now bears his name at the north
end of the village, and in many other ways
he has always been prominently identified
with the business affairs of this town.
Frank Carroll was arrested last Thursday
and brought before w. Il. Adams on the
! charge OF drunkenness, found guilty aud
! fined 50 and costs, amounting to Sl05l. At
| the same time George Kelley and Will
! Adams of Barnard were arrested, on the
charge OF breaking the peace, and brought
| before Justice Adams. At their request,
| the cases were continued to November a.
| Carroll and the two Barnard boys were well
| under the influence OF a combined dose OF
| Wyeth's Extract OF Malt, Quaker Bitters
and Vermont cider, and were using some
| pretty rough language to whomever they
| met on the street.
| Bethel people were greatly shocked Tues
day evening % learn of the sudden death
! of Edwin Morse that evening from heart
| failure. Mr.. Morse was the son OF Calvin
| Morse, one Of the earlier settlers in town.
duu WAS UOTu anu brought up on tlle DldCo
where he died. Mr.. Morse had followed
the business OF farming all his life and had
| held many offices of trust aud honor both
by vote OF the townspeople and under the
authority OF the probate court, and was
| widely sought after to act as guardian,
trustee, executor, etc. He was also promi-
| nenlly identified with the White River
| Agricultural Society, and was the secre-
tary at the time of his death. He leaves
widow, but no children.
The improvements on the Universalst
church, which have been progressing nearly
all the past summer and fall, are now APP
preaching completion The second story,
| or what was formerly Murray Hall" has
been finished into five rooms, viz, a large
hall, kitchen, dining room seating thirty
persons, pantry and a cloak room. There
| is sink and running water in the kitchen,
and the rough timber overhead in the hall
has been cased up az in the town hall, the
whole costing about $3.50, and is the gift of
Mrs. NJ K. Harrington to the church. At
the same time the society has, at its own
expense, excavated the cellar and placed
therein a Boynton wood furnace at a cost OF
about $500. The church can now be con-
gratulated on having one OF the most ele-
CANT and comfortable houses Of worship in
the state.
Roscoe Morse IS threatened with pneumo-
MIA. - DR.. and Mrs. F. E. Steele OF
Gaysville have been the guests of Mrs. NJ.
r Harrington the past two weeks. -
Maud Beckwith, daughter of c. A. Beck
with, the Pittstield merchant is very sick
at ID. I. Dykes. - Frank Kbbee who
has been doing carpenter work in town the
past year, has returned to his home at East
Randolph. - Mrs. Peter OConnel was
in White River Junction last week, going
from there to Boston to visit her daughter,
Mrs. John O'Rourke. - f. p Holden
of Penacook, n. H., has been visiting friends
in town. - Martin Chamberlin OF
Springfield. Mass, is visiting his brother,
Frank II. Chamberlin. - A son was
born October % to Mr.. and Mrs. Robert No
BILE. - Mrs. Bigelow of Barnard has
been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Will
Waldo - w. b. c.. Stickney and j. j.
Wilson have been attending supreme court
at Montpelier - George Gaffney, who
has been spending the summer with his
sister, Mrs. K. T. Arnold, has returned to
his home at Mt. Jewett, Pa. - Miss
Twiddie Stearns is taking music lessons az
Montpelier. - Frank Bly, is to move to
his farm in Rochester Hollow this week,
where he will live in company with his
father-in-law, George Martin - John
Case OF Providence, X. L., was the guest of
Fred Arnold over Sunday David
Raymond has gone to Concord, n. a..
where he is going to work on wood job
- John Dalton of New York city was
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Wilson the
first of the week. Mr.. Dalton has large
publishing interests in New York. -
George Buchanan has gone to West Ran
uOIpU, WntTe ne mas Il SITUATION as DOCK
keeper for Salisbury Brothers. - An
ME Miller, who has been teaching school in
Barnard, has closed the school two weeks
ahead OF time and come home ON account of
having been exposed to measles.
Bradford.
Mr.. Robarts Harper OF London, Eng,
will lecture in the village hall next Friday
evening on the theme, " Around the World
in Man,o'- War"
Bradford Center.
The work of hauling lumber to the steam
mill has begun.
George Townsend and wife have COM
menced their years work for f. p. Nor
cross.
Mrs Weede expects to preach here again
next Sunday, at half-past ten and at two
o'clock.
Braintree.
Many attended the teachers institute at
Brookield last week.
H. Nj. Blanchard is repairing the dam OF
his mill at West Brookfeld
j. ID. Laporte Is contemplating the build
ing OF a shop and tenement house this fall
or in the sprinP.