The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05

| Martha Lynde Kenison returns to her home
in Illinois this week. go Cornelius Per-
rim has moved from Barre to reside here
| henceforth,
The wife OF DR.. Charles Briggs, for some
years practicing physician in Rochester,
n. Y, was thought TO be incurably i'll from
lung or bronchial trouble. AS a last resort,
she was taken to southern California. I'm
mediately she began to show signs OF i'm
2rovement, and now seems in the way Of
| entire recovery. The doctor has accord
ingly sold out in Rochester and will go to
| California to reside.
If one could hope that it would do much
good, it would be worth while to chronicle
| the regrets of a young man, yet in the
twentles, who grew up here, and, as too
many do, failed to appreciate his opportuni-
| ties for education He is out in the world Z"
now, with a family, and his eyes are open
ing to the worth of his former unimproved
| chances. But how much even such one
can do to make up his earlier losses, If be
resolves finally to use, to the best, present
| opportunities.
The town meeting on Monday was largely
! attended. -Four thousand dollars were APP
propriated to build school.house in the
village one thousand for new one in the
| George Crane district, and one thousand
for one in the William Hanson district.
| The school board-George Crane, Ophir s.
|
| point committee to attend to the location
anu building of these school.houses. After
! many unsuccessful attempts to find a man
| who would accept the constableship, Charles
| ingalls, was elected. and, as he was not
present at the meeting to decline the office,
II he had desired to, the meeting was dis
solved.
j. X. Darling x Sons let several oxen go
| to Topsham last week.
! Rev. w. N. Roberts preached at Bolton
| vile, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Ames the blacksmith, reports that
| business has opened well.
Several of Harvey's men returned to their
homes in Canada on Monday.
Wallace Clark has traded his barn with
r. S. Hooper for horse, paying $40 boot.
On next Sunday will be held the guar
terly meeting at the Methodist church.
The Methodist quarterly conference will
meet in the VI try next Friday afternoon at
two o'clock
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union met with Mrs. Cyrus Welch last
Saturday afternoon.
Many of the friends of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Darling called on them last Wednesday and
spent pleasant evening.
The Loyal League will meet in the vestry
of the Methodist church next Saturday
afternoon at two o'clock.
The sugar party at the Baptist church,
last Friday evening, was well attended,
and all had good time.
The old red shop is soon to be moved
back of Wallace Clark's house. Mr.. Heath
| will have his meat market there until the
new one is ready.
The Argus contained the startling news
last week that one of the business men of
Groton had been in Wells Rivera daily
occurrence, unworthy of newspaper note.
While Richard Dennis was loading coal
at the kilns last week, the chain sustaining
the box in which he was descending broke,
and in the fall he struck on his head, injur-
ing him quite badly
Easter was observed at the Methodist
church in the morning, and very interest
ing programme was given. The church
was finely decorated. The young children
did well, especially those from five to eight
years of age. The choir rendered some
choice music. The remarks by the pastor
were highly appreciated. The committee
having the arrangements in hand deserve
much credit.
The question that the Argus reporter
asked last week was a sumner: We
would like to have the WATcHMAN corre-
spondent specify as to what three petitions
for the post-offce are in circulation, or were
in circulation when that item was printed
last week" Well, Mr.. Grist," il you will
try real hard and cannot find that three
petitions were in circulation at the time the
item in question was printed, the WATCH
MAN correspondent will tell you.
Mrs S. n. Eastman is reported better.
- Herbert Carpenter, from Harveys
- William Cassidy is reported about
the same. - b. NJ. Kicker is loading his
bark for Concord, N. HI. - Mrs. Edward
Colby is gaining. - Neal Mckay is re-
ported sick. - Mrs. Noyes of st. Johns
bury is making her home at II. C. Clark's.
- Major Little is recovering quite rap
idly from the effects of a recent accident.
- Mrs. B. NJ. Kicker is in Boston visit
ing her daughter. - Ora Thurston re-
turned on Friday from the Kelley Institute,
visiting at his old home in Canada. g.
A young child of David Corruth was quite
sick last week. - Frank and Bert Kicker
were at home over Sunday, both thinking
there is no place like home" - Clar-
ence WEIGH is expected home early next
month. - Mrs. Martha Jones was called
to Montpelier last Monday by the sickness
of sister, - l. f. Brown, who has
been loading bark for the past month, has
finished his work, and returned to his home
in Concord - Allie Crown had one of
his fingers badly jammed last week while
horse sick with lung fever. - Mrs.
Danforth, who has been sick for the past
month, died last Sunday night.
Washington.
George A. Bohonon is at work for j. b.
Seaver.
r. Mcdonald has purchased a new Este Y
organ for his daughter Bessie.
Quite a number in town are taking music
| lessons of Mrs. c. W. Tucker.
The school directors have chosen E. c.
Smith, one of their number, as superinten :
| dent and clerk.
Mrs. Royal Ordway, who has been seri.
ously i'll, is now improving under the watch
| full care OF DR.. Warner.
New sugar sold rapidly here in one quar-
ter last week, until it became noised abroad
that the sugar was new-last year
The Huntington saw-mill starts up its
new departments this week, of which we
shall speak more at length in the next
| WATCHMAN.
The Washington Creamery Company is
duly chartered, and the stockholders meet
tomorrow Thursday evening for organiza-
ton and the election of officers. Property
will then be purchased upon which to erect
the creamery, and negotiations are going
forward for securing the land between the
residences of Sylvester Tillotson and Henry