The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-02-01

Is to furnish homemade candies. Admis-
sion ten cents. Concert opens at 7: 30.
The young people of the Congregational
church give a soCiable at the vestry on Fri
day evening OF this week at seven o'clock.
Mrs. Charles II. Perkins, who has long
been an invalid, died on Friday. The fun
eral services were held on Monday, Rev.
Mr. Howard officiating.
The death OF Mrs. Carrie II. Chandler on
Tuesday of last week was an unusually sad
one, and her husband, her aged mother, and
her young step-daughter have the deep
sympathy OF the whole community, The
funeral services were held on Friday, Rev.
Mr. Sherman officiating. Mrs Chandler is
the third member of the Congregational
church who has died since the new year
Barnard.
There has been less sickness and fewer
deaths in town than last winter or the win.
ter before.
There is now preaching at the Methodist
and Universaist churches. Heretofore,
during the winter, there has been preaching
at the Methodist church only.
Never has there been a better winter for
numbering and getting up the years supply
oil WOOD than the present-lust snow enough
to make good shedding and sleighing.
AT the farmers meeting lately held under
direction of the Board of Agriculture there
was large attendance. Scion ID. Putnam
delivered the address of welcome. Refer
ring to his leaving his Barnard home for the
far West, and his return, he said that If
Horace Greeley was now alive he would
say 60 East, Young man, where land is
cheap" Messrs. Vail and Sanford of the
board, talked to the people ON dairying,
sheep-raisiDg and other farm topics. Their
addresses were interesting and instructive,
and their sallies of wit often brought down
the house. Judge w. G. DaDforth, quite
hnrg Gat taIl cd n1,g
vised farmers to raise more horses, as he
thought they were more profitable than
any other farm stock. Farmers could do
their farm work with pair of brood mares
Horses like Old Clifford Morgan, the famous
Barnard horse of fifty years ago, which
could trot to and fro ON June train
ing day, had had their day. People
now want different style - some
thing fast in this age of steam power.
Thought the Hambletonian could fill the
bill There were none present to speak for
the Morgans, and the Hambletonians had it
horsemen still have faith in the Morgans.
Farmers who raise horses should breed as
near to the Morgan type as possible.
BrookfieId.
A son Of Mr.. Josiah Smith was married by
Rev. q. III. Morse at the residence of his
father, last Thursday afternoon.
1t is expected that the lady evangelists
will close their labors in town next Sunday
evening. Meetings are to be held this week
until Saturday evening at the First church.
The grange held an open meeting last
Friday evening for the purposeof getting
the opinion of those interested in dairying
in regard to establishing creamery in
town.
Rev. g. III. Morse, Misses Milton and
Rodgers, and several members of the Chris
tian Endeavor Society, attended the Chris
tian Endeavor Union at West Randolph
last Saturday.
Miss Frances Graves, who has been suf-
fering from partial paralysis for some
able to walk a little with the support of
some one. - Mrs Walter Howard has |
been on the sick list the past week. -
John Green is suffering from poor health |
this winter.
A union of the district schools of this |
town with two or three schools from Ran |
dolph, was held at the First church last |
Thursday under the direction of Mrs. h. NJ. |
Prince, superintendent. There was a good |
exhibition OF the methods and results of this |
winters work in the several schools, but |
the elimination of interest was in the spell |
ing. 1t was proved, as 1t has often been in |
the schools, that the photography of English |
can be mastered, difficult as il is. Among |
those who stood longest in the "spelliug |
down f" were Charlie Bgelow OF No. IL, and |
Gertie Edison of Randolph and frankie vii. |
cox of No. 10, who still stood his ground |
when the meeting disbanded. Among those
who distinguished themselves in the class
under eleven years Of age were Blanche
Durkee, Wallace Fullam aud daughter OF
Martin Rowell of Randolph
The mortuary record of the town for 1899 !
IL as follows: Deaths, twenty -five-fifteen
males and ten females. These are the
names and dates of death; In January,
Sprague Arnold, SO; Mrs. Martin G.. Flint,
81; Mrs. Brigham Persis Whitney, II;
Lorenzo d. Smith, 76 Mrs. Asa Grimes, 90;
William II. Smith, So; Mrs. Sidney Smith,
SS. In February, John Sprague, IS;
Mrs. Levi Johnson, 6J Levi johnson,
GA; William freeman, 6S; Mrs. Mary
Adams sc; John Rnmrill, g. In March,
Sidney H; Allen, 81; Storrs Hail. 81.
In April, Mrs c. C. Spiler, 81; Charles
j Holden. In August, Daniel Patterson,
&C; infant of Waldo Perkins; Andrew N. |
Woodruff, AZ; Frank Fullam, AZ child of
Fred West, /. In September, Mrs, Betsey
so. In November, Mrs. Henry Boyce. In !
December, Charles Whitney, y.
Eden.
b. B. Blake of Morrisville is in town look |
ing after the lumber business on his land |
here. - Work has begun on small |
scale at the steam mill in the west part of |
the town. - Many teams are at work |
hauling logs to to the various mills in town.
- Mis- Orson Adams is still in a criti. |
cal condition, but is said to be slightly i'm
proving. - Mr.. G. Dunton was buried |
last Tuesday beside his wife, who died |
few months ago. Two small children are |
left orphans by this double afflction.
Granny.
So far this has been an excellent winter |
for logmen-just snow enough for good |
roads aud not deep enough to be trouble
some in the woods.
Wedding bells have been ringing right |
merrily since New Years. The happy |
couples are 7. ID. Haughey and May Wilson;
Eugene Wilson and Jennie Prescott Myron |
Smith and Katie Wilson.
Herbert Shores, who has been attending |
school at ST. JOhnsbury is very sick with |
typhoid fever - Sidney Wilson Is in |
New York working for relative. -
Mrs Florence Frye and Addie Wilson are |
attending commercial school in Portland, |
Maine.
Groton.
j. r. Darling & Sons have purchased the |
tannery lot for $3.50.
Hazen's mill at Groton pond will be taken |
down and moved away this spring.
The ladies of the two churches met in the
Do E.sl f,,