The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-06-07

- a. w. Mears DIETER known a
Chubb " of Morrisvilie is visiting hi
Mrs. James Bouldry went TO Ryegate las
week to attend the funeral of her niece
Miss Eastman. - A. w. Slocum of
Boston, Mass. buys butter here every
Thursday. 80 George Thomson and wifi,
and Mrs. George Freeman of Woodstock
were in town last week visiting at Jane,
| Newton's. - May Gorham has returned
70 Boston, but has left her little girl will
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Dwinell where she i,
sure to have good home
Middlesex.
Jerry Miles has put up new barn.
Feed in the pastures is good and cows are
doing finely.
School commenced in Bear Swamp dis
trict last week, Dell Virgins as teacher.
| A. r. Leonard has, at his Highland
farm" one OF the finest lots of hogs in this
section.
Henry o. Carr has sold his farm to f. e
Lewis aud Mr.. Hawkins from Marshfeld
Price 81 600
Lester Cameron is trying a new separator
in his dairy. 1t is said to work well, but il
groans like person with sick headache.
John Guare of Middlesex and Luke Rob.
erts of Waterbury are having lots of work
Trying TO find the line between their noun
tain land. 1t is a town line, and why not
call on the selectmen of the two towns, as
the law provides?
The farm lately sold by Homer w. Hea-
ton, Esq, to William Chaplin, situated lust
north of the Center, at Middlesex, though
one of the abandoned " and compare.
lively worthless kind, has a somewhat
curious history. One of its first owners was
the lion-hearted hero of the Green Mountain
Boys, Ethan Allen, who decided it in his own
Dolu pad handwriting, dated at Litchlield
Conn, in 1770 1t was first settled about
lbs by Joseph Chaplin, Sen, grandfather of
the present owner. Since then at least
thirty different men have owned the whole
or parts of this lot, five houses have been
built on it and twenty-five families have
lived there. The price of this one hundred
acres, with all its history, was S40O Will
liam Chaplin seems from his youth to have
" run to land " like an old-fashioned side
nil plow. He has owned more than one
tenth of his native town, and claims to have
made more money in real estate than he
ever did in swapping horses.
Moretown.
Rufus Barnard, an old gentleman living
Just across the line in Waitsfeld, died last
Sunday morning. He had been a great
sufferer with dropsy and heart trouble.
". l.. Barber has been in Springfield,
Mass, the past week. - Dow S. PRillips
attended William Trips funeral at Con-
cord, n. H., Wednesday last. - Harry
Buikely and j, w Taylor started to attend
william Trips funeral at Concord, n. H.,
last week, but on account of railroad
smashup at Roxbury they were unable to
get there. - Jed Haskins is soon to
move into B. j. Avery's house.
PIainfield.
John Hill is raising a large quantity of
T. R. Gibson is repairing his house on
High street.
John Whitcher and daughter of Illinois
are welcome guests at the home of his
nephew, George Whitcher.
Children's Sunday will be observed at the
church next Sunday at the
regular hour of service in the forenoon.
Miss Abilene Foss, who has been in poor
health for many years, died suddenly last
Saturday. The aged mother, two brothers,
> Ohm A. and Addison E., and one sister,
Mrs. George Whitcher, survive her.
Mrs. Laura Perrin of Wiliamstown is
here helping care for her mother, Mrs S. b. |
Gale, who was much worse for few DAYS
last week, but is more comfortable at the
time of writing this item. Mrs Snow is
also in less pain than she was, and resting
more quietly
b. b. Martin, road commissioner of Marsh.
held, with his men, has put the road in good
distance of eight miles, and the work was
performed in five days. This will be good
news tothose fishermen who recently com
planned of the condition of the road
Maple Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mcknight are visit
ing at j. NJ. Marshall's in Craftsbury. |.
- Frank Aiken is reported quite sick.
A series of revival meetings, conducted |
by Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Kimbal of Clare |
mont, n. H., has been held during the past |
two weeks with good success. Three were
baptized by Immersion on Sunday.
Waitsfield.
Several of our juvenile bicyclers took
trip to Moretown last Saturday.
Arrangements are in progress for an Odd
Fellows picnic In the near future, but the
exact date or the location are not decided
on as yet.
Business at the new creamery is booming
right along, the amount of milk taken in
June ., being about $500 pounds
and the number of patrons has increased to
over fifty.
Straw berries and cream. etc, will be
served this afternoon and evening on the
lawn in front of the Methodist church by
the Ladies' Aid Society. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to all.
Rufus III. Barnard, aged about sixty
seven years, died Sunday, June 4, after a
long illness with dropsy and a complication
Of diseases. Funeral at the family resi-
ience on Tuesday morning, the 9th at ten
o'clock.
Children's Day, at the Methodist church,
will be observed by appropriate exercises
by the Sunday-school, assisted by the
Sunday school from North Fayston The
church will be suitably decorated with
-erns and flowers, and a pleasant time is
Although our Memorial Day speaker,
Lieutenant Wheeler of Burlington was
unable TO fill his engagement here on &C
count of sickness, yet the entire programme
or the day was successfully carried out,
Rev. w. Il. Douglass having consented on
4 very short notice, to speak to us, and de-
ivered an able and eloquent address. The
Band furnished excellent
music for the day, and everything would
nave passed off entirely satisfactory to all
but for the shower which came a little too
'oon and fastened the closing part of the
exercises somewhat A large attendance,
including many from Warren and More
own, and the best of order during the SER
vices, tended to make the days observance
more than usually interesting.
Dan Grandy, who has been critically i'll
or some time, is said to be considerably
- Carrie Green is among the
lick ones at present