The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-06-28

ting its leg broken in the pasture.
Waits River.
Spaulding Locke met with serious acct
dent last Friday while rolling logs in his
mill yard. A hardwood log, about two
| feet in diameter, rolled upon him, and it
took four or five men to get 1t off. He was
severely bruised, but the doctor thought no
bones were broken.
Warren.
Crops are looking fairly well for this
time of the year. Corn is uneven, but, If
nothing unusual occurs, we see no reason
why we shall not have plenty of 1t. Pota-
| toes look finely. Many have their hoeing
entirely done, but there is more hoeing to
| do than has been done Grass is booming,
and the hay crop will be the largest for
years. Many pieces of oats are thin, but
| are improving. Help in haying Is likely to
be scarce and high in price.
DR.. Norton and wife of Bristol visited
Mrs. James Cardell Mrs. Nortons mother,
| last week. - E. W. Slayton and wife
were in Worthwhile, last week, to attend the
wedding of their son Will, who resides
! there. - Riley Lovett is to build an adj
dition to his house after haying. - l..
M. Heath and wife, aud John Ryle and
wife, took trip to Lake Cham plain, fish
| ing, last week.
East Warren.
Rev. w. e. Douglas of Waitsield will
conduct quarterly meeting services here
next Sunday
The Ladies' Mite Society will meet with
| Mrs. n. l.. Dickinson, Thursday afternoon.
All are invited.
Stephen Greenslit and wife, from Mime
sofa, are visiting in this, his native, town.
| He went west some forty years ago and
became a successful farmer there, but he
now thinks he is far enough west.
Cheney Prentiss of Mortified and Ma
than Robinson of Waitsfeld made short
visit on j. G. Gleason to try target shooting
Prentiss is seventy-nine and Robinson
eighty years old, and their shooting would
have surpassed that of younger men.
DR.. Upham and wife are in town on a
visit to his sister, Mrs. j. c. Gleason, whose
health is poor. - Mary Gleason has
gone to Wallingford, Conn, on visit.
Washington.
Mr.. and S. E. Carpenter left for New
York city last Saturday, and expect to arrive
in Chicago to-day for visit of two weeks.
Lucy Calef has purchased an elegant rose
wood piano, of the Knabe make, which is
a fine addition to her hospitable home.
A deposit of marble has been found on
the farm of p. Z. j. Cheney which takes the
highest polish of any yet discovered in
town.
Henry Richards has built barn on his
premises in this village. - Ira Calef
and sister Lucy leave for the Worlds Fair
next week for stay of some months.
- Una Densmore of Barre is spending
a few days at Dr. Warmers.
Wells River.
Jesse Sheldon has put electric lights into
his jeweler' store. He has fine store, and
is doing good business.
The meetings of the Congregational so.
ciety are held in the school-house hall
while the church is being repaired.
Cl,ronoo No AIlis+or onJ INro,l, rbo,,
berlin were married last Wednesday even
ing at the parsonage, Rev. r. G. Bugbee
officiating.
One of the local papers announced that
John Peach was in town over Sunday
People think it would be news to say that
John Peach is not in town.
G. f. Avery. who taught school here two
years ago, has secured fine position as
teacher in high school in Massachusetts
and his many friends wish him success.
The Congregational church is being re-
paired 1t is being raised, the ground
graded, and many other necessary changes
made. The society has raised $1,000 fol-
this work.
Mrs e. w. Leonard has her house nearly
completed. - William Gage and wife OF
Sherbrooke, p. O., were in town visiting last
week - L. w. Smith is at Connection
Lake fishing this week. - Richard
Henderson is able to resume his place on
the railway. - Arthur Gawing broke
his wrist in the grist mill last Wednesday
- Samuel Page is quite sick.
WiIliamstown.
A cricket club has been formed here by
the granite cutters.
Our tax list has been completed and the
amount is go cents on the dollar.
A. F. Rice, brakeman, and Gertie Stevens
both of Winooski, were married last Satur
day evening.
The Masonic lodge here gave banque
last week, having for guests quite large
number of Brookfeld Masons.
The granite boys who left the Cutters
. Union last year have largely returned, We
, hear, having paid fines ranging from som,
$40 to SO.
Misses Lorena Spooner, Susie Benedic
and Sarah Burnham of the village schoo
were without marks of any kind during the
term just closed.
t Frank Lynde and Orrn Smith, students
, in Tufts College, are at home on vacation
| The former is assisting in a survey for
railroad to the quarries.
} Mrs. Rev. j. n. Perrin buried her mother
Mrs. Deacon Gale of Plainfeld, on Thurs
' day of last week She had been lOng-tim
1 invalid from heart trouble
3 A survey is in progress for feasible rout
4 for railroad to the quarries. We think w
have the route, and the question of how t,
= get the road will soon be worming its wa.
down TO our pocket books.
d, Several farmers are using separators il
: their diaries. We are told of one expert
ment made with the old-time pans and
separator, in which.the product of cream
was six OF one, and half dozen of til
other"
William Clark, Scotch stone-cutter, re
s turns to Aberdeen, Scotland, this week 70
a a visit. If he works at his trade there, h
q will get, possibly, fourteen and one-hal
q cents an hour. Here he has been gettin
4 thirty-two cents an hour
: Two more arrests as the result of tn
: drunken fracas in the quarry district
=. few weeks ago speak well for al
o concerned in the prosecution of the case
n The legal screws can hardly be turned TO
: hard in the breaking up of this nefariou
h business.
: Doctor Charles A. Briggs, son OF the lat
j. Wright Briggs, has located in Pasadeni
Cal. The fact that his wife (thought to b
@ in the last stage of pulmonary trouble whe
p carried there) writes a long letter to friend
- with no allusion to her health, speak
u loudly for her greatly improved condition.
Merrill Martin of Washington, ID. c., al
l.tw a.lI lanN Ill. 1.