The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-30

Agnes Sinclair and daughter returned from
Littleton, N. H., last Thursday. =
sewer carpenter and wife returned from
the, White Mountains last "wednesday
night 60 The Methodist parsonage IL
being painted, Frank Downs doing the
work. - Mrs Walter Heath and Son Of
Laconia, N H., who have been visiting at
u. r. Heath,s, returned home last Satur-
DAY. = Mrs III. G. Carbey of Woods
vile and Nellie Huntington of Bradford
recently. visited at Frank Hanchett's. -
MIS-. Babcock OF Cabot and Mabel Darling
OF Concord, N. H., visited at A. G. Taisey's
"a last ~ week. - - Will Pollard visited Mrs.
I. IL. Taisey, his mother, last week. -
Carrie Woodruff of Jericho is visiting
friends in town - Peter Chase and
Alfred Kicker are at the Kelley Cure at
montpelier - George Scott of Mont
pelier was in town last week spending his
vacation.
Marshfield.
last week.
Forty-six registered at the Commercial
House last week,
Grant West was married to lady from
the West last Friday at Montpelier.
Miss Spauldng gave very pleasant con-
cert, August 10, with her music students
AT the late auction sale Of the property of
the late Isaac Bemis, good prices were real
lied.
II. II. Meader has sold his fancy four
year-old colt to f. Il. Meader of Hardwick
for 5000.
The secretary of the Epworth Leaeue
chapter is Ellen Shepard, and not Alien
Spencer.
Myra Hudson, and not Myron Hall, at
tends school at the Vermont Methodist
Seminary.
Rev. r. c. Vail and family OF North Dan
vile visited at the Methodist parsonage on
Thursday
j. Berton Pike, Minnie and Bert Davis and
Myron Hudson are attending school at the
seminary at Montpelier.
Miss Andrews preached at the Univer-
salst church last Sunday. She will preach
every Sunday for short time.
Alex. Guyette proved to be not guilty last
Friday of giving the boys liquor, and the
boys were proven guilty of breaking into
the house.
The village schools commence next Mon
day. Anna Burnham will teach in the
lower department and Miss Leonard of
Calais in the upper department.
Demorest silver medal contest was
held at Coventryville, N. Y, on the even
ing OF August "a. The medal was won by
John r. Whitney, formerly of Marshfield,
and at present senior in st. Johnsbury
Academy.
Carrie Beckley is working at Frank Mer-
Is visiting relatives in town. - Mark
Mears has a very sick child. - Peter
Weston and Harvey Dole of Danville were
in town last Monday buying cows. -
Charles f. Shepard and wife visited in
Barre last week. - Ellen Shepard com
menced her school in new discovery"
last Monday - Charles Bullock of
Nashua is in town visiting his parents.
- Mrs. James T. Carpenter and son,
Alvin Carpenter and family, and Fred
xva OF ~, ,i,,o,l ast
week.
Middlesex
George Alexander and family started last
week for the Worlds Fair. They were ac-
companied by Miss Lettie Darling who will
60 to her home in California after week at
the exposition.
Nearly one hundred of the neighbors and
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Long gath
cred at their home last Friday night to cele-
brate the sixteenth anniversary of their
marriage, and presented them with several
useful articles to the value of nearly $50
Mr.. johnson of Moretown is making ex.
tensive repairs on Widow Farnhams cot
tage. - j. Harry Holden and family re-
turned to their home in Amherst, Mass,
last Saturday. - p. j. Chase is peeling
bark on his wood lot - Mr.. Heineke
has another fat boy. - Moses Farrar is
il; also the infant daughter Of Cassius
Hodge. - Lumberman Cameron is TAX
ing a much needed vacation. - Miss
frankie Stewart has been very i'll with
rheumatic fever, but is recovering -
Miss Nellie Moriatta of Waltham Mass, is
visiting Mrs NJ. j. Scott. - II. L. Nc
Elroy and wife are visiting in Massachu-
sets. - Martin Herbert spent last Sun
day in st Adams.
Moretown
Father Donahue held mass at the Catholic
church last Sunday.
Very few attended the camp-meeting at
Northtield last week.
There was no service at the Methodist
church last Sunday because of camp-meet-
ing at Northfeld
Orlo Barnard and Wyram Chase are sell
ing very nice quality of cheese through
town for ten cents per pound.
Several two-horse loads OF ladies and
gentlemen went through here to Waitstield
to attend Good Templars' County Union on
Wednesday.
Edward Sargent from st. Johnsbury and
John Murray from Montpelier are repairing
the curbing around the Uriah Howe lot in
the cemetery.
The heavy rain of last week seriously in
jured the oats, both cut and standing. Mad
river flooded the meadows, washing mud
upon the oat and corn fields.
H. o. Ward has the underpinning laid
for an addition to his store, 80 d. his bust
ness having outgrown his room. He thinks
he is not trading much unless the amount
exceeds 500 in a day. He often sells
double that amount in the same time.
The young people to the number of thirty
attended party at Milo Griffths in South
DuXbury last week Tuesday evening and
had an enjoyable time. On returning home,
because of an obstruction in the shape of
beehive in the road a short distance below
Albert Phillips, couple of their teams col
lided, causing smash-up.
Mrs. DIR. Wheelock from Waterbury and
Miss Grace Lewis from Buffalo, n Y, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs George NJ Fletcher
last week. - Mr.. Warren from Water
bury Center was in town the past week
looking up a location for blacksmthing.
- Mr., Davis from Iowa, a veteran of
the Mexican war, is in town visiting his
cousin, NJ. NJ. Davis. - Lester X. Holt,
from Hartford, Conn, is in town visiting
friends 60 George G. Evans has gone TO
Rome, n. Y, TO have a canceri removed
from his face.
Newbury.
Richard Doe is quite i'll.
Mrs G. j. Richardson is sick.
Erwin johnson is at home from Newton,