The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-02-08

rouge TOOnlH tOr IbnbIbi bOClbl RONu Iltnb, |
with literary and musical entertainment.
Those who wish will find town hall open
and music furnished for dancing. Any who
wish may partake OF supper Mt Mr.. Ram
dall's.
PittsHeld.
Eunice Baldwfns school closed last FRI |
day with an exhibition in the evening to |
the satisfaction Of all concerned.
The village school closed last Friday, |
with public exhibition in the town hall On |
Saturday evening. John Esterbrook OF |
Sherburn was the successful teacher.
The series of revival meetings held at the
Methodist church closed last Sunday. The
pastor received valuable assistance from
Revs. G. Il. Wheeler and Silas VanDeCar.
Five consecrated their lives TO God and the
church is somewhat quickened. Three OF
the converts were heads OF families and
two were young men,
Augustus Pinney was able to be re-
moved to his sisters home in this village
last Saturday. He IL slowly recovering.
- Augustus Swan IL slowly failing, at
the home OF George McCullum. - Mrs.
Harry Bontell left for her home in Koches-
ter last Monday, - Mrs. Wallace Ellis
left for her home in Roxbury last week.
- Mrs. Sarah Chedel returned to her
home in Franklin, N. H.. last Monday.
North Pomfret.
Roads are In fine condition and teaming
is brisk.
Our lecture course--four lectures-hss
begun and is done.
Harvey Leonard from ten COWS, besides
using cream and milk for q family of seven,
sold cream 10 the Sharon creamery in one
month amounting to 500.
Edwin Allen, from twenty cows four OF
which are two. year-old and three-year-old
heifers and one a farrow cow--senC to mar
ket in one week 200 pounds Of butter.
Will Whipple, from twenty.four cows
eleven of which are two-year.old heifers,
and three are three-year- olds-sent to mar
ket in one week 200 pounds OF butter.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Darby have an in
FAINT son. - K, l.. Bass OF West Ran
dolph was in town last weeE buying fat
hogs. He paid seven and one-half cents per
pound dressed weight.
North Randolph.
Another cold wave.
Over thirty friends and relatives Of Mr.
and Mrs. b. A Duikee gave them pleasant
surprise last Wednesday evening upon the
fifth anniversary of their marriage. Cake,
coffee, cigars and candy were literally
served. The company left behind many
best wishes for the future and fifteen dol
lars in money ~ a token of their love and
esteem.
G. ID. Moulton was suffering from a
sprained ankle last week. Louise
Taft has entered the Normal school. -
Mrs. Eddy of BroOkri held visited here last
week. - Ida Clark has purchased a
Grown" organ.
South Randolph.
There is talk OF a dancing school at the
new hall in East Bethel.
The Prince farm is sold to Harry Allen of
Wells River, who is a grandson of the late
Sprague Arnold, 10 whose estate the farm
belonged,
Miss Sadie Kent, who has been on visit
in Boston and vicinity for the past three
weeks, has returned home. - Mrs. II.
p. Rilord has nearly recovered from her
late sickness, MIR. aud Mrs. T.. S.
Paine the first OF last week, attended the
funeral services OF their sister, Mrs. E. S.
| Folsom, in Tunbridge; also q. g. Paine and
| his sister, Mrs. II. w. Fu~ Ter Of East Bethel,
the same. - George Conant, who works
! for A. A Storrs has been quite severely
| i'll for some weeks past, but Is now conva-
descent. - Agnotus Cleavland of Brook
| field visited his brothers here the past
week. - Willis Severance, who re-
turned recently from the hospital in Boston,
| is very much worse and is not expected to
recover. - new baby girl at Clark
Jones' Is reported this week, Their little
boy, who has been very dangerously sick
with pneumonia, is improving. -
Charles Folsom and wife attended the fun
eral of his mother ia Tunbridge last week
Monday. - Mrs. c. Belknap has made a
three days visit with friends in South Roy
alton. - George Harlow is working in
A. A. Storrs' grist mill in East Bethel. and
Mvron Washburn is making butter in his
creamery.
Water is very scarce, many springs and
streams being nearly dry.
Rev A. B. Truax held series OF meet
ings at the Methodist church last week.
fTNt- l. .l..z
winter-cold and clustering, though gem
orally favorable for business.
An oyster-supper will be held by the
! Grand Army post at s. X. Weeks on
| Wednesday afternoon, February 10.
The death of Mr.. A. J. Robinson, aged
| sixty nine years, occurred last week Tues
day The funeral was held on Thursday,
Mr.. Booth Off eating.
strafford
Mr.. d. Robinson and wife have sold TO
John w. Hill the Fullam residence in the
Robinson neighborhood.
Death removed frou us, February /, Rev.
Eli Clark, aged eighty-tive years, twenty
| four days. He was a native of STAFFORD,
and was ordained to tn gospel ministry &C
cording 10 the usages OF the Free Will Bap-
list denomination at Tunbridge, January
%. 1896, and preached in this town and those
adjoining almost constantly, until the in
| HTlultlos VI aye Cduo upOu MIN, WITH tno
exception of three, years ministry in the
limits of the Huntington quarterly meeting.
His educational advantages were limited,
but he became preacher of no mean abil-
ity. His sermons were we'll and methodi-
cally arranged, Scriptural and impressive.
In the course of his ministry he solemnized
25S marriages and attended between five
hundred and six hundred funerals. In adj
dition TO his clerical labors, he successfully
engaged in farming. He represented the
town in 1876, was good man, good neigh.
Dor and ton nsman, a consistent Christian.
Topsham.
A. G. Sawyer lost COW last week.
The mill-yard is rapidly filling with
lumber.
G. III. Heath is doing a winters Job cut
ting lumber for II. A. Jackman on the farm
of the late Hiram Wood.
The snow storm of last Friday was az.
companied by clustering wind that filed
the roads with snowdrifts.
Services, at which Rev. j. M. Armstrong
of Philadelphia officialed, were held at the
Presbyterian church last Sunday for the
first time since fall.