The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-06-21

Mrs. Martin G. Wheeler died last Sunday
after a short Illness. Her funeral will be
held at the house next Friday at noon.
Mrs. $. NJ. Lamphere, formerly Of Barre,
died June IS, after a lingering illness. Her
remains were taken to Barre for interment.
Regulat meeting of Stow Post, Saturday
evening the oath. A full attendance is re-
quested, az there are arrangements to I've
made for the coming Fourth of July cell
ebration.
Nervie l.. Foster has been spending a
few days at Burlington. =- Mr.. and Mrs.
b. f. Ordway of Topsham were in town on
Saturday and Sunday visiting their daugh-
ter, Mrs. G.. II. DiCkey. - Howard Kent
returned to Boston the first of the week.
He is still with the Revere Rubber Company.
60 Isaac Tabor and his mother are at
l.. A. Kent's taking charge of things while
Mr. and Mrs. Kent are in the West
East Calais.
Willard Lilley has sold his farm, together
with all the stock, farming tools and dairy
implements, to II. W. Bullc *,
w. l.. Pierce is not engf ged in the lum-
Der business, as might bt inferred by the
item published last week, but is dealing in
maple sugar.
G. j. Levison and DR.. Cornell of Brook
Ign, n. Y, stopped at j. o. Lambs over
Sunday aud are trying their luck as fisher
men at Greensboro Pond this week.
Professor II. N. Pearce of the Blooming, ILL.,,
High School is at home for the summer va
cation. He spent last week at the Worlds
Fair and also stopped over day at Niagara
Falls on his way home.
East Montpelier.
Timothy Hammett has refused $3.50 for
his fancy horse.
Dr. Walter Vincent's wife is visiting his
relatives in this town.
Lee Daniels and NJ. w. Jennings have
their house up and shingled.
Jarvis & Willard are building new Of
flee for their granite business
Many new buildings are going up, and
there is prospect of many more.
The people of this place are making plans
for Fourth of July celebration.
The people at the Worlds Fair report
very warm weather, but are having fine
time.
William Guy, foreman of the Eureka
Granite Company, reports he has the grout
all off the quarry.
The V. NJ. S. Glee and Banjo Club gave
concert here last Saturday evening. The
boys did excellent work.
There will be strawberry festival at the
hall, Saturday evening, June "a. An inter-
esting literary programme has been pre-
pared.
Jarvis & Willard are working on large
monument that is going to the West. II is
fifteen feet high, and measures seven feet at
the base
One of o. Clark's colts had its foot badly
cut while running in the pasture, and j. FL.
Worcester had a valuable colt badly in
jured in the pasture quite recently.
Mr.. Foster and Mr. Currier are expected
soon to make the final survey of the rail
road. The granite business is increasing
and railroad is very much needed.
E. B. Clifford and wife went to Haverhill
yesterday morning to attend the funeral of
Mr.. Clifford's brother. - Jean Parker
of Gardner, Mass, is visiting at G. X. Will
lard's. u. S. Wheelock began saving
clapboards this week.
North Montpelier.
Miss Glee Kent is teaching very accept
able school in this district this summer.
The young peoples society has in prepar-
alton drama which is to be given to the
public at a strawberry festival some time in
the near future.
The Goddard Seminary students and Pro-
lessor and Mrs. o. X. HOLSTER will be at
home this week for their summer vacations.
There will be services at the brick church
at the East village next Sunday morning at
eleven o'clock and at the church here in the
afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. H. Z. Lesh
in the pulpit.
Bertha f. Nye, who has been attending
the Bishop Hopkins Hall school at Burling-
ton, arrived home on Wednesday of last
week for her summer vacation. - Mr..
and Mrs. George ID. Cutler and son and Mr..
and Mrs f. NJ. Snow are all in Chicago
taking in the Worlds Fair and are not ex-
pected home until the last of the month.
- Mrs. Dora Wells and her child are
spending the summer with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. V. B. HOLSTER, while Mr..
Wells is at the White Mountains.
Fayston.
The recent rain promises an excellent
crop of hay this season.
The Waitsfield and Fayston Methodist
Sunday-schools are to have basket picnic
on the fair ground on the Fourth of July.
r. j. Brown has sold his four-year-old
Auctioneer colt, sixteen and one-half hands
high, sired by Auctioneer, Jr., to Boston
parties.
Marshfield.
Rev. S. A. Parker wifi preach at the
Universalist church in Plainfeld next Sum-
day morning at half past ten.
Rev. Joseph Hamilton and wife of St.
Johnsbury were in town last week. Mr..
Hamilton preached in the church on Fri
Children's Day was observed in the Uni
versaist church on Sunday. The house
was decorated with flowers, and the chill
dren did themselves credit.
Moretowa.
Warren Trip, from New Hampshire, was
in town the past week looking after his lum-
Der interest here.
George Freeman has returned from Frank
lin, N. H., where he has been at work for
some time past.
III. o. Ward has shipped from Middlesex
each day for the past three weeks an aver
age of a carload of lumber OF his own man
ufacture.
Children's Day was observed at the Meth
odist church last Sunday. The church was
decorated with flowers, and the exercises
consisted of speaking and singing by the
children, with appropriate remarks by the
pastor, Rev. S. G. Vail
Plainfield.
There will be no services at the Univer-
salist church next Sunday.
Rev. S. A. Parker will preach at the mi
versalist church. Sunday morning, at 1880.
The stage line from here to Hardwick has
changed hands. Dick Batchelder has sold
to Edward Stow.
A delegation of the Grand Army Post of
this place attended the campfire at Barre
lao iuht