The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-13
East Montpelier.

EdSJ NiOHtpelleT.
Eta Jones is teaching near Wright's
Mills.
Alden Norcross Of California has been
visiting E. p. Norcross.
j. VI. Willard shipped three tons of butter
to Boston last Monday.
A. James returned last Friday from a
business trip TO New York.
E. p. Norcross and A. b. Clifford are re-
pairing their residences, and G. A. Reed is
repairing his barn.
c. Sployd takes possession of his new
| house this week. Thomas Brazier will oc-
cupy the house vacated by Mr.. Sployd.
Ed. Fitzgerald, for two years clerk in the
store of j. NJ. Willard, has closed his labors
there and gone to his home in Plainfield.
North Fayston.
The funeral of John Goss was we'll at
tended on Tuesday of last week, Rev. w.
e. Douglass of Waitsfield conducting the
services - G. ID. Proctor and wife of
Sutton, P. O., spent the past week with his
mother, Mrs. G.. E. Story. - Mrs. Hat
tie Warren has returned to Boston. -
Mrs. b. b.. Fisher and Martha Henry are
very i'll, with little hope of recovery.
Granville.
School at the lower village begins next
Monday with Miss Minnie Wheeler as
teacher.
Mrs. Mary l.. Reed of Montpelier began
her second term of school at the Corners
last Monday.
The dance at Hazen Hubbard's last Fri
day evening was well attended and a very
pleasant time enjoyed by all.
The heavy rain of last week did consider
able damage to the roads in this vicinity.
1t is said that it will cost the town $500 to
repair them. The steam mill was obliged
- a1tt Inuyp hnnottoA of hiuh uynrnr
GrOton.
Potatoes in some fields are rotting badly,
and the crop Of marketable ones will be
therefore light.
A new tin shop is to be located, in the
building occupied by the late Josiah Kicker,
by II. Miles Of Peacham.
to Plymouth, N. H., last Friday and left on
Monday to go back to her home in South
Chicago, Ill.
H.. l.. Gilman received a consignment OF
four cars Of grain last week-an unusually
large amount for one invoice in a town the
size OF Groton.
The frame is up and boarded for Mrs
Honor's new house, and the roof is being
put on. At the present rate of progress
it will soon be completed.
Elijah Frost's team ran from the loca
station around up to Main street last
Wednesday evening, but it was stopped
without any serious damage being done.
The taxation and representation from
Groton at the East Corinth fair was large
last Wednesday and Thursday, and GrotOI
people were winners OF prizes in various
departments.
|. M. Kicker expects some gentlemen from
New York this week to look over his new
granite quarry on Pine mountain with
view to developing the business if it prove
as valuable as 1t promises to be.
The Groton selectmen have placed al
order with the Blue Mountain Granite Com
pany of South Ryegate for the requIsit,
stone to build a new receiving vault for tn
local village cemetery, The cost is to b.
about $500.
Fred Smith and wife, George Corruth
and a number of others from Groton, wen
to the fair at Sherebrook, p. @ last week
H. e. Sargent of Boltonville took +. Smith
place at the local station while the latte
was absent.
The Blue Mountain Granite Company o
South Ryegate is to furnish the granite TO
the new school house at Bradford. Alexan
der Cochran, president OF the company, wa
over there last week to make a contract 70
the transportation of the stone from the sta
ton to the site of the new building.
b. M. Kicker and son Frank were throw
from their wagon and slightly injured las
thursday evening, Iney nau been attend
ing the fair at East Corinth, and, as tn
night was cloudy, it was very dark. A
they were coming down a steep hill tn
horse got out Of the road and overturned tn
wagon. Mr.. Kicker chung to the reins an,
so prevented the animals from running.
Hiram Tabor is sick with a complicatio
Of diseases. - G.. p. Wetherbee OF Wiz
nipeg, Manitoba, was in Groton last Friday
- d. N. Richardson and another ger
tleman from Davenport, Ia, were in tow
last week, the guests of Isaac Kicker. -
j. A. Beauregard has returned from
months visit at his home in Sherbrook
+, p. @. - Ralph WEIGH has gone back I
Boston to attend school.
Hardwick.
: Edward Aiken is attending the World
Fair at Chicago.
The new hardware firm Of Carpenter
johnson is driving business.
Z School commenced here on Monday, Sci
) TENDER 4. About 100 pupils are in atten'
2 ance.
! Rev. f. A. Palmer of North DanvilI