The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19

| Lombard and II. Cutler, her son, of Boston,
are visiting at n. 9. Lombard's. 60 Ger
trude Greeley, Emma Spencer and Mrs
Laura Perrin are camping at Groton Pond
| this week. o. G. Batchelder stuck a
fork into his arm last Saturday, injuring
| him so badly that he was unable to work
for several days. - Mrs. Snow remains
about the same 60 Francis II. Fisher
| II. Deweys. 80 Milford Kser is at work
for George ID. Kidder putting up a new
| barn. g. Harry Parks has bought the
livery of r. j. O'Nel and is going to occupy
Nelson Shorey's stable. 80 Gertrude
Greeley of Montpelier was in town over Sun
day. - Helen Batchelder is gaining
quite rapidly. 80 Mrs. William Skinner
| is quite sick. 80 AFRO Pratt has re-
turned from Plainfeld n, H., and is stop
ping at Nathaniel Clark's. - Hattie
Kiser is very sick with lung fever. -
| Mrs Charles II. Weston of Georgetown
Mass, and Mrs cambridge Morse of Haver-
hill, Mass, are visiting at the homes of
| Charles and Nelson Morse. They are on
their way home from the Worlds Fair.
60 w. S. Brown, Jr, of Boston was in
town last week He returned last Satur-
day. - Mrs. Hattie Capswell of Boston
is visiting in town.
Maple Hill.
j. l.. Kimball of Claremont, n. H., is
holding tent meetings here.
Mrs. j. II. Evans of West Groton
preached last Sunday in the tent and in the
evening at the schoOl-house. A Mrs. Gale
is to preach next Sunday.
Lee Lane is quite sick. 60 Alice Savery
is visiting at Rev. Mr. browns in Hard
wick.
South Ryegate.
The health officer was called out for the
first time last week and performed his duty
at once.
The Christian Endeavor Society will hold
an ice.cream sociable in their rooms next
Saturday evening.
The large stones for the vault in Pough-
keepse n. Y, were shipped last Monday
by the Blue Mountain Works.
G.. II. Robin has been wandering around
| in the cemetery, and some say he is trying
| to steal design for monument.
Terry, George & Gay have just received a
| large number of Standard sewing machines.
" Bill " is after every one that needs ma
chine.
Samuel Mills, Jr,, reports fine trade in
wagons and has many more to sell. {" Sam"
is the man when you want to purchase
wagons.
Rev, j. j. Hall returned from the Chris
tian Endeavor convention at Montreal last
week Monday. He will give report next
| Sunday morning and evening.
Charlotte Ropes of Montpelier was the
| guest of Miss Marian Hall last Monday.
- The children of John Meekin are
quite sick. - Robin 4 Darling went to
| Peacham to set a monument for Mrs. Nc
Laughlin last Monday. 60 Mrs. j. T.
| Drew, who has been caring for her aunt,
Mrs. Bantil returned home last week. -
Nellie Hall was in town last week. 60
| Mr.. Mulligan had one shoulder dslocated
while coming from the quarry last week.
| He was thrown from the buggy. -
John Whitehill is working for Samuel
| Mills, Jr., in the blacksmith shop.
| Mrs Perham of Brooktield is taking care of
her daughter, Mrs. Samuel Mills, Jr -
| A daughter was born last week to Mr.. and
| Mrs. f. e. Batchelder. - George Allen
returned to his home last Friday
Samuel Mills, Jr., and wife are rejoicing
over their young blacksmith Mrs.
Henry White is quite sick. g. Miss
Eggleston caught one leg in the wheels of "a
horse rake last week, breaking one bone
and turning her ankle over. - Dan Me-
Farland and family have moved to Barre.
- Miss Holmes of Quincy, Mass, is
boarding at Mrs. Cochran's.
st. Johnsbury.
A branch of the Houston Cure has been
established in st. Johnsbury
A son was born last week to Mr.. and Mrs
Ernest Nj. Jones, formerly of St. Johnsbury
The st. Johnsbury base ball team did up
the Woodstocks last Saturday by score OF
10 to s.
II. A. Rice of Greensboro has been dan
gerously i'll at st. Johnsbury since July /,
when he came to town to spend the day
with his daughter.
Charles A. Prouty, Esq, of Newport, who
has just returned from Minneapolis, will
meet all interested parties to-day at the st.
Johnsbury House, and give them all the
information in his possession relative to the
defunct Northwestern Guaranty Loan Com
pany.
Work on the building for the Citizens
Savings Bank and Trust Company that i.
to be has been suspended, pending a settle
ment OF the difficulty between the owners
OF the property and the railroad company
regarding the purchase of the strip of land
lying between the extension of Eastern
avenue and the bank property.
The trustees of the academy have filled
the vacancies in the faculty of the academy
occasioned by the resignation of Messrs
Dakin and Chaplin by the election of Frank
b. Pierce of Great Darlington, Mass, a.
teacher of Latin and English; Miss Eleanor
G. Stephens of Winchendon, Mass, elocu
ton and physical culture, and Mrs. France.
Appleton, st, Johnsbury, French. Thes,
are all experienced and successful teachers
and under their supervision the high stand
ards OF their departments in the past will
be fully maintained.
Frederick Brooks, organist of the FRS
Congregational church of Minneapolis
played the organ at Grace church last Sun
day 60 Mrs. Russell Underwood o
Waltham, Mass, is at the home of A. G
Harvey for the summer. - Cora An
drews of Hartford, Conn, is the guest o
Miss Josie Tabor. 60 Rev. j. w. Hamil
ton and wife are visiting in Canada. -
Fannie Hoag, "A member of the sub JUNO
class of the Academy, died last Saturda.
morning.
South STAFFORD.
Hon. Seth Chandler and family have ar
rived at their summer home in STAFFORD
Emma Eastman has closed successful
term of school in this place and returns t
resume her labors in the fall
, Large congregations greet Rev. e. d. Ben
nett at the Universalist church every Sun
day. The church is usually filled almost t.
overlooking The subject for last Sunda
was Child-savng in Its Relation to Wor
Publication" AS Mr. Bennett has give
considerable time to work among the poo
of Boston, and has been much interested i
the Boys Club" work among the stree
boys, his discourse was both interesting an
instructive,
! Waitsfield.
Mr. and Mrs &c s. Fiske returnel froI