The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23

been visiting Mrs. Nellie Ellis. returned to
their home last week. - Mrs. Charles
Houghton Of Northampton, Mass is spend
ing few weeks here and at Mortified.
- Mrs. Melvin Chase spent last week
at Queen City Park. - Mary Ellis is at
Pike Station, for two weeks, taking the
place of the head stenographer while she
enjoys vacation.
Warren.
Mumps with us yet.
Grasshoppers are plenty and are destroy
ing the fall feed.
Keep out of bad company, for the chances
are that II the devil fires into crowd, he
will hit somebody
Of. James of Moretown was in town last
week to attend G. A. Ford, who had been
taken suddenly i'll, but who has much i'm
proved in health
The topic for the next meeting of the
Christian Endeavor Society is How Much
Have We Borne for Christi" Meetings are
held Friday evenings.
r. e. Long and wife are visiting in Calais.
G. j. Long sprained his arm by being
thrown from bicycle recently. - Her
bert Blair cut his knee severely last week
while chopping wood.
East Warren.
Mrs. NJ. e. Perkins and Mrs. o. NJ. Jones
were in Burlington last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nahum Nichols spent por-
tion of last week in Rochester and vicinity.
Mrs. G. Newton and daughter from Ran
dolph spent few days at A. E. Eldredge's
last week.
The creamery is now in good running or
der, and commenced to take milk last
Wednesday.
Woodbury.
We are pleased to record the marriage of
Joseph Tebbitts to Laura Goodell.
A young lad residing with Henry Leach
was playing on the high beams in the barn
few days since, and fell to the floor be-
low. DR.. Lance reports him on the road to
recovery.
The Sunday-school connected with the
Congregational church is to hold picnic
on Butternut Flat on the 3lst. Invitations
have been extended to the schools in East
Calais, Calais and Gilmore to unite with
them.
While Joseph Benjamin was driving
down the main road above the Center with
his two grandsons a few days since, they
were thrown from the wagon. MIR. Benja-
min was picked up insensble, but soon re-
covered sufficiently to drive home. The
boys were only slightly injured.
The chairman of the school board reports
the following teachers engaged for the fall
term: No. l., Ada Perkins OF Cabot; 9,
Stella King of Woodbury.; 3, Mertie
Wheeler of Calais; 4, NJ E. Foster of
Woodbury.; 3, Carroll Lamb of East Calais;
8, Minnie Farr of Woodbury.; 8, Mrs.
Joseph Tebbitts (nee GoodelD; Dutton
neighborhood, Mrs. A. ID. Kimball.
Sadie Jackman is to go to Providence, r.
l., with Mrs. A. p. Corthell in September to
remain year. - Weston Jackson and
family have gone to New Hampshire on
visit. - Clement Brown of Boston is
visiting his wife's father, Jason w.
Town. - Mrs. Cordela Webster, for
mer resident of this town. is visiting rela-
tives and old friends. - Mrs. Sylvester
Jennings, who has been dangerously i'll for
several weeks, is reported as convalescent.
- Mrs. Miller and child and Mrs. Wes-
ley Peck, who have been suffering for the
past week with summer complaint, are out
of danger.
Worcester.
G. w. Durham goes to Mortified this
week to enter upon his duties in the cadet
clearinghouse. Mrs. William Buck
is very sick - Rev. and Mrs. Silas Vau
DeCar have a newcomer in their home
a little girl. - Mr.. and Mrs. James
Derby lost their little boy on Wednesday.
The funeral services were held Friday at
their home Worcester is now with
out blacksmith.
Washington.
Rev. G. H. Richardson closes his abors
for the Baptist society in this place next
Sunday.
Misses Martha and Hattie Smith of Bur-
lington finished their visit in town last
Monday, and leave for home to-day
Messrs. Huntington & Clough are build
ing a blacksmith shop and tool house at
their quarry, and are busy in filling orders
for monumental work.
Frank Holtmeir, under an indictment
N u hiA hat and ha
town last week, leaving his bondsman in
the lurch to the tune of $50.
Mrs. Ella (Barrup) Davis, whose parents
reside in this town, took paris green with
suicidal intent and died on Sunday last.
She was at work at the time for Davis
Houghton of Orange. She had previously
shown symptoms of dementia, and had been
in trance for several days some years ago.
Her husband resides in Chelsea.
Lyman p. Barron, Esq, who has been in
falling health for year or more, was taken
dangerously i'll on Wednesday last with
Inflammation of the bladder, and for some
hours his life was despaired of. His SON.
in-law, DR.. b. l.. Dwinell of Taunton, Mass,
is now in attendance upon him, and there
are strong hopes of his ultimate recovery.
One of the old subscribers and constant
readers of the WATCHMAN in Washington is
Grin Eastman, whose farm adjoins the vii.
lage OF East Orange, and is one of the best
in town. He has resided there since 1855
and his house has ever been noted for the
generous hospitality dispensed by himself
and his daughter, the latter being a model
housekeeper,
The noted stallion " Orwell," owned by
Charles ID. Williams of this place, is stand
ing for the season at the stable of ID. p
Smith, the owner Of "Cobden S." and
under the care of Nelson Downing, the
we'll known horse trainer. "Orwel " has a
strong tIotting inheritance from his SIRE
" Ben Franklin" through whom he gets
the blood of Daniel Lambert" while
from his dam, the Fish mare, he goes to
Hambletonian 10, the fountain head of the
trotting horse of America. He has record
of 2: "a, and he will not be allowed TO forget
his trotting proclivities while under the
hands OF his present trainer. Mr.. Downing
also owns fine Black Hawk Wilkes mare
which can be seen at the same stable.
The remains of Mrs. Achsah Richardson
passed through here last week Tuesday, on
the way to their last resting place in East
Orange. The Boston Journal in It's obit-
uary of Mrs. Richardson, says: 90 Her hus-
band, the late Christopher Richardson, was
prominent lawyer and democratic poll
tician." Such alas, is fame! To the sub
ject thereof such an allusion would be the
g unkindest cut of ALL" No more UNI
compromising republican lived in Orange in
his day than Christopher Richardson. AL
though justly proud of his boys and of their