The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25

store of Mrs. e. M. Bickford. 80 e. j.
Blodgett of Lyndonville made his second
| trip of this year on bicycle from his place
| to West Randolph last week. He returned
on Tuesday. 60 Ernest Burridge of Som
erville, Mass, was in town last Friday on
short visit to his father, Charles Burridge
- Percy S. Beattie the baker, made a
| business trip to Burlington, Monday. -
| Mrs. John Lewis of Waitsfeld is living with
| her daughter, Mrs. e. 7. Huntington. -
| Mrs. George Tatro is visiting her husband in
Hartford, Conn, this week.
South Ryegate.
The steeple of the old Presbyterian church
is being raised fifteen feet.
The creamery at Ryegate Corner paid It's
patrons 29b cents for their butter last month.
The body of child of John Crosier of
Glover was brought here for burial last Sun
day.
Henry Gray of Kansas and Marian Nc
Loud of this place were married at Duncan
Ritchie's last night.
Fifty attended the huskng at W. N. Gill
fllans last Friday night The company
husked 100 bushels of corn.
Meetings are held each night this week,
excepting Saturday night, on Jefferson Hill,
conducted by Rev. j. j. Hall.
The farmers who want milk cans must
send in their order this week. The cream
cry will be ready to start in two weeks.
The Blue Mountain Company is working
on the vault for Groton. 1t shipped a car
load of dressed granite to Bradford last
Monday.
Margaret White, aged sixty years, died
last Sunday of pneumonia. The funeral
was held at the house on Tuesday, Rev. s.
A. Jackson officiating.
G. G. Stewart is in Bradford setting up
the work on the academy building for the
Blue Mountain Company. - Moses
Kane of Woodsville had charge of the depot
while Station Agent Libbey was at the
Worlds Fair. - Jennie Blodgett went
to Montpelier last Saturday to live with her
parents. - Horace Brown and family
returned from the Worlds Fair last Friday.
- j. G. Harris and family of Marble
head, Mass, are guests at William Terry's.
- Mrs. Ella Wylie OF Saratoga, N. Y,
is visiting her father, Judge Gray. -
Rev. S. A. Jackson returned from New
York last Tuesday. 80 Henry Leonards
little son is sick with typhoid fever.
Topsham.
William G. Eastman lately sold twelve
cows to Perley Lund of Groton, and is now
milking nine.
T. S. Eastman lately brought home from
Fairlee twelve barrels of nice apples-the
present of his brother-in-law, j. j. Prescott.
William g. and 7. S. Eastman have the
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exchange for young stock or mich cows:
A yoke of good working oxen, eight years
old; good three-year mare colt, sound
and all right; sound eight-year-old horse,
a good roadster and good worker.
Waits River.
Several from this place are intending to
go to Boston this week. - John Ma
COON is sick. - Emma Rogers spent Sat
urday with friends here. - Joseph
Fetch was taken suddenly ILL.,, Saturday
morning, while at the creamery with milk,
and lies in a critical condition. - Lura
Waterman has gone to Barre for few days.
- f. A. Downing and wife and Ezra
Sherman were guests of o. V. Downing on
Saturday and Sunday. - Fred Cunning
ham was at home from Burlington few
days last week, returning on Monday.
Waitsfield.
E. o. Trask has moved to his farm in
| Duxbury.
j. w. Eagan is making extensive repairs
on (or under) his saw-mill.
Ainsworth Grand Army Post is arranging
to hold campfire in the near future, and
urgently requests every comrade, who can
| possibly do so, to attend the next meeting
Saturday evening, November 4.
| Mr.. and Mrs. John Barber, Mr.. and Mrs.
| II. B. Cady, Mrs. Cassius Joslin and son
! Howard, Captain o. c.. Wilder, E. e.
Wilder, and some others, are off on the an
nual Boston excursion this week
Warren.
George belong soon takes possession of
| the RifOrd farm.
| Herbert Brown of Montpelier has moved
into part of James Pierce's house.
e. b. Ford, while Harvesting one of f. M.
Turner's horses, was kicked, his collar
bone broken, and otherwise injured.
G. w. Cardell and wife, e. NJ. Turner aud
wife, III. A. Colby and wife, and Mrs. H. f.
| Ford started for the Worlds Fair last week
| Wednesday,
The report of the first class in spelling in
| district No 2, for last week, is as follows
Della Brown, 100 per cent; Lora Eldredge,
| 100 per cent; Jessie Mckenzie, 81 1-3 per
cent Herbert Blair, 96 23 per cent; Edith
Lovett 81 % per cent; Grace Lovett 30 10
per cent.
East Warren.
The separator in this place is not running
now The milk is carried to Waitsfeld
every second day by A. w. Estey.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cardell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. Turner, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Colby, and Mrs. j. Ford started last week
for the Worlds Fair. - Kate Tillotson
attended the convention of Christian En-
| deavor at Barre last week. - Mrs.
Charles Beach of Burlington came last Sat
mother.
Washington.
f. G. Huntington attended the Corinth
quarterly meeting last Sunday.
Pension Examiner Martin is in town TAX
ing testimony in the case of pension claim
| ants.
Charley Taggart and Mrs. Taggart OF
Topsham were at Judge Dickey's on Sat.
urday.
Rev. Alvin Smith was unable to preach
at the Universalist church last Sunday, as
expected
Mrs. Sarah Downing of Montpelier is Wis.
iting relatives and friends in this town,
where she long resided.
A large number of the last issue of the
WATCHMAN was sold in town, outside OF
the regular subscribers.
Mrs. George M. Seaver is on the road, it is
believed, to complete recovery from her
late severe attack of eryspelas.
Charles L.. Williams, Nelson Downing,
ID. p. Smith and g. p. Taplin, of this place
attended the horse sale at Barre last week
School was suspended in this village on
Wednesday last to enable the scholars 70
attend the Christian Endeavor convention