The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-12

Goddard, we're guests OF George Kelton
| over Sunday.
| East Gilmore.
| II. H. Bangs has been appointed road
| commissioner and has qualified by giving
| bonds.
| The Sunday. school was reorganized last
| week with the following oflicers Secretary
Bessie A. Silloway; treasurer, Mrs. Wills;
| superintendent, G.. A. Morse; assistant SUI
perintendent, Rev. j. II. Wills.
Rev. j. II, Wills will preach his last ser.
mon here for the conference year next Sun
day. His people hope that he will be re-
| turned for another year at least. 1t has been
easier to pay his salary than that OF any
other preacher stationed here for a long
| time. He has, however, preached the gos-
| pei and hewed to the line"
Marshfield.
The Easter concert at the Methodist
| church was really good affair.
Rev. Mr.. Crane will preach at the Uni
versalist church next Sunday at one o'clock
The woman who got $40 out of two fell
lows for furnishing her husband liquor
shows good eye for business.
There will be a " bonnet party and new
| sugar festival at the Universaist vestry on
Thursday evening. Prizes will be given to
the best and the.poorest trimmer-ge gentlemen
| doing the trimming. In addition there will
| ne literary anu MUSICAL entertainment Dy
| home talent. Admission ten cents, and all
are invited. The proceeds go for the pur
| chase of carpet.
w. II. II. Gilman is better, with fair
| prospect of recovery -O 0. ID. Cole is
making preparations to raise the roof of his
house. - Rev. s. III. Tucker will start
| for conference next Monday.
South Woodbury..
Cora Wheeler returned to johnson last
week Monday to attend the spring term of
the Normal School. - DR.. Il. W. Lance
went to Boston, April 3, to accompany
patient who is to be operated upon at the
Homeopathic hospital. - Jedd Holt cut
a bad cash in his foot, last week. while
chopping wood. - Elmer Leach has va
Gated the Morse tenement and has moved to
| the Voodry house, near the Center. -
| Mrs. w. j. Town is reported sick. -
Herbert Lance has gone to Concord, N. H.,
to work in a ewelry store.
Plainfield.
Alex Spicer has returned from Massachu-
sets. - Mr.. LaMay, our shoemaker, has
moved into the tenement recently occupied
| by John Fowler. Mrs. Marsh, widow
of the late DR.. Marsh of Nantucket, is here
visiting her sister, Mrs 7. p Bartlett. -
Rev. 9. p. Taplin is to be with us but one
more Sunday before the annual conference.
- Our maple sugar makers are having
a fine harvest this week thus far, and fully
realize that Z" the trees of the Lord are full
of sap" The quality is good and the bounty
is sure-for this year only
Maple Hill.
Rev. Mr.. Drown preached at the Boles
school-house last Sunday. - Alexander
Spicer of Lynn, Mass, former resident of
this place, is visiting his children here.
quite poor health. - Mrs. Fanny Dix
has finished work in the boarding house for
William Mar in & Son. Mrs. Herman
Pierce is to work there this summer.
Calais.
1t has been pretty dull sugaring in this vi
cinity so far this season.
Charlie Foster is stage driver again, -
Mrs. Alice Howard has been in town for a
short visit. - Mr.. Simeon Scribner and
family are to have charge of the town farm
| for another year.
East Calais.
DR.. George II. Gray has been appointed
health officer for this town by the state
board of health
w. l.. Pierce has been appointed postmas
ter but will not take possession until the
close of the present quarter.
Sixty new books have just been added to
the circulating library, and new catalogue
supplements are being prepared.
W. L. Pierce is adding on an l. to the
south side OF his store for the better ac
commodation Of his stock of ladies' wear.
Clara Pike has been engaged to teach the
village school for the summer, Carrie White
in No. ., Jennie Fay in Pekin, and villa
Campbell in the Carnes district. Amf
Leonard has engaged to teach at Woodbury.
Center, and Mary Dwinell in East Mont
pelier.
Mrs. c. X. Dwinel is in Boston this week
- A. ID. Pearce is again attending u
his duties at the post-office, after an illness
of four weeks from grip. - Rober
Wark has moved from the George tene
ment to George Freeman's farm, which III
is to carry on the coming year
North Duxbury.
Miss Maggie O'Neil is stopping in town.
Henry Backus has moved from his farm
to South Duxbury.
r. II. Hay has recovered his health ant
resumed work in the mill.
Charles Sherman has moved from Soutl
Duxbury to Durkeevile.
w. r. Elliot is now running his clap
board mill on double time sixteen hour
per day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carey Of Pit tsfield
Mass, are visiting their sister, Mrs. Franz
Callahan.
The Callahan family has erected a fin
monument in the cemetery at Duxbur
Corner.
A daughter of Mrs. Gilligan, aged three
years, is dangerously sick with inhamma
ton of the brain.
} Waitsfield.
The Methodist church ladies hold thei
social at Mrs. William A. FAIRS this after
noon and evening.
Clayton, youngest son of NJ. l.. Richard
: son, took bad tumble one day last weel