The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-03-08

interest bearing, S7,753 &c. The grand list
Of the town is $10,62472.
The Conversational Club held a ladies'
meeting at the Mortified House last Mon
day evening in honor OF Rev. Homer White,
who is soon to leave for his new parish at
West Randolph.
Miss Kate Sployd died last Friday Of con-
sumption, aged thirty.two years. Her
funeral was held from st. Johns church
last Sunday afternoon, Rev. I. Donahue
officiating. The burial was in the Catholic
cemetery.
w. II. Morris and Charles Tilden drove
through the streets last Saturday in a
makeup" that attracted much attention.
They were dressed to represent the outgoing
and incoming administrations, and were ac-
companied by fife and drum corps.
The Mortified Improvement Company
held meeting last week and elected j. l..
Moseley chairman; G. d. Edgerton, clerk;
w. A. Blake, treasurer; j. l.. Moseey, l.
N. jerks, G. ID. Edgerton, W. A. Blake
Frank Plumley, and j. H. Orcutt, directors.
Rev. w. s. Hazen, Mrs. G. ID. Edgerton
and Misses Nellie Brown, Minnie e. Smith,
Angie King, Lillian Field and Frances
Dunsmore attended the Christian Endeavor
convention at Montpelier last Friday.
Miss Smith aud Miss Brown gave interest
ing and full reports of the proceedings at
the meeting last Sunday evening.
Miss Edith Abbott of West Randolph
visited Mrs. NJ. S. Gilchrist the first of the
week. - Mrs. M. II. Holt is in New
York Mrs. A. w. Holton has charge of
her millinery store during her absence.
- Mrs. Rowland Averill has gone to
Bellows Falls to remain until spring -
Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Allen of Concord, N. H.,
visited in town last week. - II. s.
Thresher returned last Saturday from Bos-
ton, where he has been for several weeks.
- George Friend is learning the tailors
1. Al 4
Benjamin French of Barre is working for
Cross Brothers. - Miss Electa Fish,
who has been at w. e. Shepard's for the
past year, returned to her home in West
Randolph last Saturday.
PlainfieId
A large delegation from this place at
tended the Christian Endeavor meetings at
Montpelier last Friday.
About eighty couples attended the
"Clevelandary " ball at the hotel hall last
Friday night
The ladies' of the Universalist church will
hold a socable at the Grand Army hall this
evening, the entertainment to be an old
fashioned spelling-school. Coffee, cocoa
and cake will be served, and cordial in
vitaton is extended to all.
Mrs. Charles Morse, who has been spend
ing the winter with her daughter at St.
Adams, returned home last Saturday. -
A. A. Pratt is quite sick, and his sons, Mil
Ter and George, are at home from the college
at Burlington taking care of him. -
Henry Dunbar and family, with Mrs. Wells
and son of st. Adams, visited friends in
town last week. Mrs. DIR. Smith still
remains in very poor health. - Victor
Reed returned home last Monday from Bel
lows Falls where he has been working for
the past month in drug store.
West Randolph.
w. B. Wall was away in New York and
Massachusetts last week on business con-
nected with the Central Vermont railroad.
The famous Ruggle street quartette of
Boston, so widely known throughout the
United States, will give a concert here next
Friday evening, March 10.
David Kinney of South Randolph was
brought here on Saturday in an insane con-
dition by Sheriff Boswell. While being ex-
amined by board of physicians, he gave
the sheriff the slip, and up to late Saturday
night no trace of him could be found On
Monday he was found at his home, having
taken long circuit through Bethel and
East Bethel to reach there. His condition
was found to be such as to warrant confine-
ment, and he was accordingly taken to
Brattleboro Monday morning.
Roxbury.
AFRO Simonds is expected home from the
Mary Fletcher hospital this week.
| The entertainment in the town hall for
the benefit of the Good Templars drew a
good house, and the sum of $12.10 was re-
allied.
A cancer was removed from the nose of
| Burnam Howe last week, by DR.. Mayo OF
| Mortified. He was able to return to his
home the next day.
Fred Roys and family are to move tc
town this week. Mr.. Roys is engaged as
overseer in the watch factory in place of
| Will Currier, who leaves for a more lucra-
tive position.
A liquor raid on "Sunnyside last Sat
urday brought to light some tire-water, and
on Monday, " Mansfield" has his trial. II
| G.. Ellis went to Montpelier to assist in g
similar raid on saloons there.
East Roxbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Allen returned to theil
home last Saturday. - Il. e. Field OF
N. Pages for the present, on account of the
| i'll health of his wife. - Miss Mira Bow
man is sick. - Mrs. Alice Edison il
slowly recovering from the shock she re
Gently had. - Miss Sadie Markham o
Mortified is with Mrs. s. II. Allen, who
has been sick for few days past.
South Ryegate.
Charles Green has moved from Lancaste
to his fathers home in this place.
Pringle Gibson will sell at.public auction
March H. stock and farming tools on tn,
Peter Gibson farm.
A. E. McAlister, who has been earring
his logs and sending to Woodsville, finished
his job last Saturday.
Gilmore Morrison will sell at his place
| March 9, at o'clock p. NJ, his stock o
farming and sugar tools.
Lee Quint has been found on his knees
several times since the drama singing
With her face against the wall"
Lee Brock has begun work in the Blu
Mountain Company shed. Mr.. Brock con
cludes that it is pleasanter to strike the drill
than his thumb.
Mr.. Chapman's reading will be given oil
Friday evening, March "a, at Ryegate
The change of date was made on account o
the bad condition of the roads.
The junior department in the village
school has three boys who have been t.
school every day for the past year, Willie
Farquharson and the two Mcqueen boys.
The South Ryegate dramatic club pre-
sented the drama "Capitola, or the Hidder
Hand" last Thursday night to large an,
delighted audience. Where all did 80 wei
it would be unjust to discriminate.
The last entertainment in the course wa
given last Friday night by the Norwich