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

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understood they will return to their former
home in Moretown. Mr.. Burt Savage will
resume the bakery business for the present
in addition to his duties as baker at the
asylum.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist
church invites the public to an organ reci-
tai to be given by W. A. Briggs, assisted by
Mrs Briggs, soprano. at the Methodist
church this evening. Ice cream and cake
will be served to the audience in Assembly
Hall after the entertainment.
#. l.. knights with a party of six visited
Mount Mansfield last Friday, arriving at
the summit in season to enjoy delightful
view before and after sunset. Their an
ticipation of glorious sunrise was sadly
interfered with by dense cloud with rain.
Their visit was greatly enjoyed by all.
The Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor gave very enjoyable social last
Friday evening, after which reports of the
secretary and treasurer were read, showing
the society in most prosperous condition.
During the past six months many additions
to membership have been made and much
interest shown by all. The result of the
election of officers for the next six months
was as follows: President W. r. Seabury;
vice-president, j. G.. Griggs; corresponding
secretary, Myrtle Huntley; recording secre
tary, Alice Palmer; treasurer, 7. T. Farrell.
Waterbury River.
Mrs. Dolly White is visiting at s. b.
Chases.
The Ladies' Aid Society met with Mrs.
Frank Town last week. Mrs. E. G. Wal
lace will entertain the next.
Rev. e. w. Cummings will take his va
cation the second and third Sundays in Au-
gust Consequently there will be no meet
ings at that time. He expects to spend the
time visiting friends in Shady Rill and
North Tunbridge.
Washington.
Sidewalks are being laid in the village
much to its improvement.
The Ladies' Aid Society met with Mrs.
G. w. Huntington on Friday last
Misses Martha and Hattie Smith of Bur-
lington are visiting relatives in town.
Mrs. Elizabeth Huntington and Mrs. FL
len Powers visited in Barre last week.
The Ladies' Mite Society meets with Mrs.
John f. Calef this afternoon and evening.
Williamstown.
Miss Bernice Sibley is about to return
from the West.
DR.. Charles Briggs has purchased house
in Pasadena, California.
Mrs. P. Elliott is visiting her parents in
the south part of the state.
A farmer tells us of more than an average
nay crop III bOWn UulS StdSOu.
Mr.. and Mr.. Cornelius H. Hill of Worces-
ter Mass, are visiting their niece, Mrs. b.
f. Sibley.
in town last week. Mrs. Colby comes this
week for visit.
Will o. Martin, having returned to Bos
ton, expects to start out on another COM
mercial trip this week.
Fred A. Ainsworth finds his health i'm
proving somewhat by his stay here and DR..
E. b. Watson's treatment.
Allen, son of Henry Martin, has finished
his preparatory course at st. Johnsbury and
thinks of entering college next year.
Clara Dickerman, whose headquarters
are in Boston as professional nurse, is WIS.,
iting friends in town.
Mrs. John Duffus with her children, is to
spend the coming two weeks with her
mother, Mrs. Luther Davis of Waterbury.
1t does not look, now, as if our railroad
trains-one each way-were to be restored
to us at present, owing to filling the trestles.
Frank, son of Ophir S. Martin, is to teach
the fall and winter terms of school in the
Newman district in the south part of Wash
ington.
Mrs. Ella Perrin Wheeler has left here
for her home in Des Moines, Iowa, accom-
panied by her aged and feeble mother, Mrs.
S. 7. Perrin.
Charles Ingalls,, in the employ of Messrs.
Smith & Seaver in their meat market, has
had to suspend work for short time on &C
count of i'll health.
DIR. e. b. Watson has bought building
lot of Mrs James NJ. Beckett, near his Of
flee, paying, it is said, at the rate of some
eleven hundred dollars an acre.
Orville II. Briggs goes next week to
Chicago, where the family of his brother,
Mr. ini,, TIT
of his youngest brother, Edwin, in Chicago.
We are told that the sons of our former
townsfolk the late John and Mrs. Jane
Bailey Martin are among the brightest and
foremost business men of Watseka, Illinois.
Merrill Martin, who came here from
Washington, ID. c., some weeks ago, is
gaining fast in health aud flesh on the old
farm of his late grandfather, Denison Mar
tin.
Alfred Carnes is taking some nice honey
from his hives nowadays He sOws
asike " for his bees to work on, and also
cultivates, TO a small extent, the honey
plant"
Rev. j. N. Perrin and wife returned last
week from little and delightful vacation
at Groton Pond. Mrs. Perrin made her
first mark" in fishing by hauling in one
of the iinny tribe weighing over two pounds
Mrs. Mehitabel Stebbins learns of the
death of her granddaughter, Frank Fellows
of Foscoro, Wis. He, with his brother,
were loading hay, when the binding pole
broke and he fell TO the ground and broke
his neck. He was twenty years of age.
DIR. Elan G. Lewis, after years of honor
able and successful business life in Rutland,
has sold out his drug store, and we are glad
| to hope he will in the future identify him
self to some extent with the growth of this
his native place, where he has already made
| investment,
Discouragng as the times are to business
men, we cannot learn as any more of our
granite workmen are TO be laid off this
week. Cesar Commute, one of the best of
| them, has just returned to work here, after
the manner of many of them, who work
here any length of time.
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