The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25

wick and moving there.
Newton Darling has purchased the gran
lite quarry lot below the cemetery, and is
building house thereon.
w. j. Mills is building a house back of
L. b. Halls saw-mill for his son Andrew,
who is soon to take a better half.
w. N. Clark was hooked in the head by
COW last Thursday. He was unconscious
all night, but is now able to work.
Mrs E. j. Battles of woodsvile gave
display of trimmed hats and bonnets in Mrs.
j. L. Darling's parlor last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Welch are delegates
from the Methodist Sunday-school to the
convention held at Rutland this week.
Charles Corruth and James Frost are
thinking of going to Boston to purchase
pair of heavy horses for their winters work.
Rev. I. G. Sowter read his resignation
last Sunday. 1t has been accepted, and he
will preach his farewell sermon next Sun
day.
Mason S. Stone, state superintendent of
education, will lecture at the Methodist
church next Friday evening on the subject
of education. All parents and scholars who
are interested in the cause OF education are
invited. 1t is expected Mr. Stone will have
something to say that will interest the
whole community.
Edward Kicker is repairing his house,
- Mrs. George A. Lovejoy has returned
to Manchester. - Mrs. Betsey Honers is
very i'll with pneumonia. Mrs. Bowley of
East Corinth is taking care of her. - SIP.
WEIGH, Alex. Cochran, Rosie Corruth, and
III. n. WEIGH and wife leave to-day for Bos-
ton. 80 Mrs. Elizabeth Noyes is visiting
in Hardwick. - John II. Evans has
moved the post-otfice into his new store.
80 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Carpenter are
making their home with A. j. Carpenter for
the present. 60 Maggie Sinclair has COM
menced work at f. M. Yields. - Will
liam Goodwin returned from the Worlds
Fair last Saturday, and l. NJ. Kicker and
has been confined to the house with a lame
knee. - Flora Carpenter is working at
j. T. Darling's. - Mrs. Joseph Noyes of
st. Johnsbury is guest at II. G, Clark's.
- Rev. o. NJ, Boutwell, returned from
his western trip last Thursday. - A son
last Thursday. - Rev. Mr.. Holland and
wife of Haverhill, N H., visited Mrs. n II.
Darling over Sunday. - John Crown
and sister have returned to Hanover, n. III.
Hardwick.
NJ. V. B. Hathaway has much improved
the outside appearance of his fine new res
idence with new paint.
Rev. II. A. Spencer conducted service at
the Methodist church last Sunday. Quar-
terly services are announced for Sunday
next. The presiding elder is expected to be
present.
d. j. Persons, occupying the Frank John
son house on Wolcott street for several
months past, has moved back to Calais,
where he has purchased or rented a farm of
his father
The frame of A, G. Hoolxer's new double
tenement house on North Main street is up,
and, if present fine weather continues
through the present week, will be boarded
and rooted in.
The special town meeting to see about
moving the hearse house to accommodate
the wishes of the Free Baptist society,
which desires to erect church building
upon that lot, is called for Saturday next.
Ora c. Wakefield, son of Mrs. Carrie
Wakefield, started on his return to Sprague,
Wash. on Tuesday last, going via Boston
and New York. j. V. button, in charge of
our railroad station here, brother-in-law,
accompanied him as far as Boston.
The Green Mountain Granite Company,
e. h. Meader manager, has purchased some
granite territory at Nichols Pond of G. III.
Smile. There are extensive deposits of
granite in that vicinity, and, no doubt, val
liable quarries will be developed there in
the near future. These deposits are near
the Hardwick and Marshfield railroad line,
as surveyed in 1873.
The prospects of the granite cutting bust
ness here have rapidly declined recently,
and more men are idle than ever before.
The threats of tariff revision, on the lines
OF low rates proposed by the administration
party, are having legitimate fruit, per-
fectly logical sequence, as judged from
business standpoint, and also in accordance
with the past history OF the country. 1t
seems evident that every succeeding gem
Grafton has to try the same experiment and
with same disastrous results, industrially
and financially. The silver question, no
doubt is small factor in the present
trouble.
Bears destroy more sheep in Lowell than
do the dogs. V. M. Parker and his small
boy went out for partridge one morning,
and when about mile from the village
they came upon nice, fat, full black
bear Parker put ball into his eye, and
the bear went for the boy, who was very
near. just as he rose to give the boy hug
he gave the bear his charge of shot in the
mouth, knocking him over, but he returned
at once to the charge. The father had by
this time put another ball in his gun, which
gave him his quietus.
Marshfield.
Singing school next Saturday evening
Mr. and Mrs Henry Preston, from New
Hampshire, are visiting in town.
Rev. Mr.. Crane will preach in the Uni
versalist church next Sunday morning
Mr.. Clark of Boston, of the firm of Clark
& Co., coffee dealers, was in town last
week.
Frank White is to move this week to near
Peacham woods, where he has taken lum-
Der job.
Many of our people go to Boston this
week on the excursion; among them, Mr..
and Mrs. George f. Bliss, Mr.. and Mrs ID.
w Bancroft, Mrs. Cora Preston, Jessie
Wilson, Hattie Cole, Ed. Spencer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Perley Whitcher and Perley Pike.
MiddIesex.
l.. White and son are painting and other
wise improving their house.
j. F. Hastings is handling large quanti-
ties of garden truck this season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Swift have started for
visit to Chicago and other points in the
West.
Wilmer Vaughn is to go on the excursion
to Boston. Fred Stone is to take charge OF
the farm during his absence
Fred Jewett is making cider in his barn
grinding the apples by horsepower. Justin
Jewett is also running cider mill on II. e
Badgers place.
MOretOwR.
Leon Child started for the Worlds FAN
last Friday
Fl O. Sherman. from Waterhnrv has