The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-27

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w. G. Goodwin and Merrill East
man of Barre were in town, Monday night.
60 A son was born last week to Mr. and
| Mrs. Frank Bohonan.
Middlesex.
Rev j. e. Wright is to preach in the
brick church next Sunday afternoon at two
o'clock
Many of our people are i'll with colds, sore
threats, and grips, owing to the cold, stormy
weather.
The remains of Miss Myra Taplin were
brought here on Monday from Chicago, and
the funeral was held on Tuesday at the
church.
Christmas brought Peace on earth, good
will toward men" in the form of good
weather. good roads, and enough TO eat and
to wear
About one hundred people attended the
service of sacred song at the church last
Wednesday night and enjoyed very pleas.
ant evening.
Ashton Lewis is spending the holidays in
Winooski. The pail of sugar which he car
ried seems to indicate that he is going to
have sweet time.
Orlo Barnard of Waitsfield has been APP
pointed to the Methodist charge here in
place of Mr.. Howard, who was obliged to
resign on account of Illness.
The snow roller was four days getting
from its summer resort in Bear Swamp to
the Center in the late big storm. A little
more snapaction is desirable
L. M. Cameron has fatted and sold some
500 worth of pork the past year, besides
liberal supply for home use. Pretty well
for a small hill farm with dairy of ten
COWS. His way is to get good breed and
push them fast and kill young. -Four pigs
at seven months old dressed 1,026 pounds
and brought him SS2.0S
We are all sorry about this trouble in
Hawaii and would like to help President
Cleveland ont of his terrible dilemma. Now,
Middlesex has woman who would make
an excellent Quedn for that country-one
who could run its government, monarchical,
provisional or otherwise-without any of
Uncle Sans troops or money. We can't
spare her long, or to 90 far, but are willing
TO let her go to Hawaii, for, say, two hundred
years. (All communications strictly conf
dentiaD
MoretowB.
A full house attended the dramatic re.
cita, Thursday night, by Ethelynd Could
Trip, Tenant & Co. have sold portion
of their farm over the mountain to Michael
Hayes.
d. d. Griffith has finished driving team
for ii. o. Ward and has moved his family
back to Dowsville, Roll Griffith taking his
place for Mr.. Ward.
Edward Whitcomb, from Boston, late a
member of Company B, Thirteenth Yer
mont, was IN town a snort Time last week
visiting his old comrades. He was called
to Waitsfed some time ago on account OF
the illness of his father.
Tripp, Tenant & Co. have got through
numbering over the mountain, having cut
and manufactured all the lumber ON their
land. They are soon to transport their ma.
chinery to New Hampshire to new lot re.
} Gently purchased by them.
Warren Tripp James Tenant and Fred
Z Heath, from New Hampshire, were in town
the past week. Mr.. Heath returned home
last Friday. He is administrator of Will
l liam Trips estate and clerk for the Boston
3 & Montreal railroad company at Concord
n. H.
r II. G Sherman says that although he has
3 bought the hotel he has no intention of Civ
Q ing up backsmithing as he has leased the
? shop together with the tools for one yea
that he now occupies. Certainly until tn,
4 expiration of his lease, and longer if he cal
q can get a new lease, will he keep at work a
: his trade.
b. Several of our citizens are suffering will
f colds.
b. Union meeting was held in the Congrega
a tional church, Sunday evening.
Christmas tree at South Newbury Satur
: day evening, at the Congregational vestry
Methodist church and town house, Monda.
n evening.
4 |
= from visiting her relatives in Walden ant
u Danvile. Her sister, Miss Nellie Perkins
l came home with her.
+ Clarence Wood from Brooklyn, N Y.
!. was in town over Sunday to see his aunt
Mrs. E. l.. Childs, who is at this writing
very sick. Her son Charles reached her
. Thursday, returning Saturday.
v On Wednesday, F. E. Kimball's two
# horse milk team started on 240 gait TO
home. No serious damage was done TIL
n team collided with John Woods team, bu
- not seriously enough to do any great dam
"a age.
G. NJ. Kimball has been quite busy for til
l., past three or four weeks killing hogs for thos
" that have them to kill. The price on liv
o hogs having dropped some two and one-h hal
Is cents per pound in the last two months
D pork is more plenty in this section.
e Some forty to fifty attended the agrcu
L. tural meeting, Friday afternoon, and abou
e one hundred in the evening. There ough
to have been three or four times that nun
r. Der present. The board of agriculture wa
a invited to hold a two-days meeting her
# next year.
3. The assignee's sale of personal propert
d at the Edwards farm is advertised fo
r Thursday. This sale ought to be well a
l. tended for two reasons; first, for the benef
ID of the creditors of j. & j. Edwards, ant
b. second, that j. & j. Edwards have bee
10 noted as raisers Of frst-class stock for til
past thirty years or more.
l. Principal f. e. Prichard engaged f. "
IS Powers to take fourteen of our young pee
e. pie to a sleigh ride, Wednesday evening
as having an oyster supper at Hotel Low. TIL
y. following made up the party: Mr.. and Mrs
lie f. e. Kimball. Mrs. Fred Cobb, Mrs. Clar
st Atkinson, Mrs. M. A. Gale, Miss Margart
* Laurie, Miss Matte Ghamberlin, Miss Grac
ell Wallace, Miss Ella Bixby, Messrs. H. "
b. Hibbard, n. M. Stetson, George Slack, {
8. e. Chamberlin, Principal f. T.. Prichard.
u, u. Erwin johnson came home to spen
"a Christmas. - Mrs. A. w. Silsby weI
- on Saturday to spend Christmas with he
40 sister, Mrs. Edwin A. Bayley, at Lexington
10 10 Mass, - Joel Bailey, from Corinth, vii
~ tied his daughter, Mrs. ID. M. Bond, Satu
~ day. - Laura Chamberlin was at hon
~ to spend Christmas. - A. w. Silsh
returned home on Wednesday from h
business trip in the lumber regions
cy Maine. - W. H. Worthen came to tow
y on Thursday, returning Saturday. He
in the meat business in South Danvill
81 - Charles Merrill was at home
spend Christmas.
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