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

| age done to the walls. 1t passed through n
partition near the bed of the doctors son,
| who was badly frightened, but unhurt. 1t
is supposed that the water.ppes must have
conducted the electricity into the house.
Fortunately, no fire accompanied the shock
and little damage was done to property.
| The barn of George w. Randall was struck
and slightly damaged.
w. p. Mason spent Fast day and the fol-
lowing Sunday at home in Mill Village.
60 l.. S. Way, of Ways Mills, p. O., is
visiting with his daughter, Mrs. Charles
Bailey. t. Curtis Q. Sleeper was adj
mitted to the Soldiers Home at Benning.
| ton this week. 80 Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Mack of New York state, who formerly
lived here, are on a visit to the father of
MIR. Mack - Mrs. j. G. Grggs and
| Mrs. Charles Keene, who have been very
sick for two weeks, are improving, and
their friends are in hopes that they will
soon be around again. - Mrs. Conant
has moved away from the Hutchins house
and gone to Connecticut to take care of an
| invalid sister - Will George has sew
cred his connection at the asylum and
moved to Montpelier to work at his trade of
| carpentering. - S. Ridley Parker, who
| has been home on a ten days vacation from
his studies at Amherst, Mass, returned to-
| day. - Mrs. Watson of Providence, RI,
formerly Miss Eva Scofield of this place, is
visiting her old home at MIR. T. Crossetts.
g. Nelson Monte has moved from Perry
street. - Mrs. A. Ropes of Montpelier
spent Monday in town.
West Randolph.
| Richard X. Wires will preach at Bolton
| during the coming summer.
Rev. Mr.. Hamln has returned from Bur-
| lington much improved in eyesight. He re-
sumed his duties as pastor OF the Methodist
church on Sunday.
| About fifty young people gathered in
Grand Army hall, Monday evening, to eat
sugar, play whist and to do the numerous
other things which go to make up good
| time.
Monday, where he, with a force OF ten men,
will put on his patent roofing which has
proved very good in saving the shingles
from rotting.
The class of "a will give reception to the
class of '93, Friday evening. This pleasant
feature was first inaugurated by 81 and, be-
cause Of its great success, it is to be re-
peated. Cooling will have charge of the
serving of refreshments.
j. NJ. Shepard, of the Shepard family,
was here Monday to consult W. S. S. Buck.
the printer. By the way, Mr. Buck will
put in this summer first-class cylinder job
press, which will enable him to greatly in
crease his capacity to turn out work
"Km" Morse has hired the st. George
hotel at White River junction and will
| take possession April 10. He will remain
as proprietor of the Wheelock, Hanover
| n. III. Mr. Morse was at one time proprie-
tor of the Red Lion Inn of this town, and
later Hotel Burlington of Burlington.
Ten thousand fish from the Roxbury
hatchery were removed here on Saturday.
One half will be put in Thayer brook and
the other half in Ayers brook. The Fish
and Game League will see that these brooks
are posted, and all persons fishing before
| May and after September ! will be hned
$40, the penalty fixed by law.
Arthur Pratt, the new job printer and
rubber-stamp manufacturer, is now nicely
settled in Huntingtons block He is re-
cent graduate of the Rochester Business
College, in the shorthand department., and
is thorough master of the art AS Mr..
Pratt is well known here, it is hoped that the
people will give him good trade.
The librarian of the high school library
reports the following: Number of books,
1888; new books just added, Al; number of
books of reference, 215; books of poetry, %;
novels, Ga classics, 81 These figures show
that the library, although not large, is well
selected. The new books were reviewed by
the students at a special exercise short
time ago, and it was an interesting aud in
structive evening to large audience.
George W. Temple, weigher of maple
sugar, had weighed only 100 pounds up to
Monday noon. Thus far the sugar season
has not been very brisk and the price of
syrup is anywhere from eighty-fve to ninety
cents per gallon. while pail sugar sells at
ten or twelve cents. The quality is much
better than last year. The reason, says
Mr.. Temple, why so few, comparatively,
received the bounty last year was that
many couldn't reach the acknowledgement
limit, and hence were exempt from receiv-
ing the bounty. This year many more have
applied, under the law, and, II the season is
good, the farmers will get their share OF
"Uncle Sans " munificence.
Rev. Homer White began his rectorship OF
the st. Johns Episcopal church last Sun
day morning. Many of his old parishioners
greeted him there for DR.. White was pastor
of the church seven years ago The services
were unusually interesting, and the sermon
contained much that was helpful and cheer
ing. The words of the text were taken
from st. Luke: "And the Son of Man came
into the world to seek and TO save that
which is lost" DR.. White resigned in 1886
from the rectorship of the church here and
accepted the call of the st. Mary's at North
field where he quickly endeared himself to
his people. While there the Griswold Col
lege (EpisCopalian) of Iowa gave him the de-
gree of Doctor of Divinity AS the congre-
cation at West Randolph is small, the church
at Randolph will also be filed by Mr.. White
Fred T. Huntington, who recently bought
the Wheeler block, is now having the build
ing thoroughly renovated on the second
floor. Mr.. Huntington is having a photo
graph gallery for his own use put in. When
completed, the suite of rooms consisting Of
reception room, gallery, dressing room
printing and dark rooms-will be large and
commodious and thoroughly adapted fol
the purpose of photographing. On the roo
of the building, Mr., Huntington has haC
constructed printing window, the like o.
which there is none in the state The hes
studio camera Sx10) has been purchased
and will come in about three weeks, wheI
the gallery will be done and everything
ready for business on May 1. =. S. Beatti,
of Boston will open bakery and cafe il
Huntington's block now occupied by God
ing. Mr. Beattie has had an experience o
, fifteen years and doubtless will put in a first
! class plant, which is much needed in thi
! town. ID. e. Cooling will remove his stool
of candies, etc, to the building in the rea
of his house which is now being thorough,
, renovated. This building will have two en-
trances--one off Railroad street, the other OF
, Randolph avenue. The interior will b,
+ nicely fixed up with the best of modern ap
pointments.
' Professor Charles #. Emerson, clerk O
: Dartmouth College faculty, made the state
ment, a short time since, to one OF on
o Dartmouth students that the West Ran
a dolph High School ranks fourth in the nun
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