The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-02-15

GRID; grand prize, centre-laoie, JtuhI" ii"u-
son; best cake Eta Clough; homeliest man,
Ed Emery. The amount OF proceeds or
profit has not been divulged
Mrs. G.. w. Downing has been suffering
from severe cold the past week, bnt Is now
better. 80 Mrs. j. b. Seaver has been
quite i'll the past week. - George caller
Of Providence, X. l., is visiting relatives in
town. 60 A. q. Dickey has moved his
family to East Barre, where he is In trade.
East Montpelier.
b. l. Wheeler has rented part of his
house TO George Vincent, who will take
| possession March /.
A fine piano was placed in the hall, on
| Monday, having been presented by the
East Montpelier Social Club.
The East Montpelier Nickle Circle will
| give conundrum supper in the near future
for the benefit Of the village hall.
FaystoD.
The town auditors will meet next Friday.
The school In district No. l. Luna b.
! Howe teacher, closed n successful term last
Friday.
| Mrs. John b. Thompson, with her son
Dan, is visiting her parents in Huntingdon,
p. q. - A. ID. Bragg made business
trip to Connecticut last week. 80 Della
! Thompson has returned from Barre, where
she has been teaching the past winter
Bethel.
A party OF Bethel young people attended
the John Thomas lecture at West Randolph
| last week,
Fred Ray claims the cake for flowers in
winter, having pansy in blossom in his
flower garden last week.
There were no services at the Episcopal
church last Sunday, as Rev. q. A. wilkins
was called TO POmpanoosuc to attend the
funeral Of the wife Of Leslie Day
Tho noonv frianda of Mra Dr r NJ
Chase will be pleased to learn that she has
sufficiently recovered from her recent sick
| ness to be upon the street last week for the
first time for four months.
C. w. Henry of Manchester, N H., the
artist who has been painting the scenery
for the town hail. has finished his job. He
went home last Saturday evening. 1t is
generally admitted that he was skillful
handler of the brush.
Mrs Annie Burrelle Dompier of West
Randolph died last week and her body was
brought to Bethel to the home OF her ia her,
Lewis Burreile Funeral services were held
on Saturday last. The reported cause Of
her death was rheumatism of the heart.
Lemuel Purtell of Woburn, Mass, has
been at work at Place Il Sons tannery at
Bethel for the past two weeks experiment.
ing with "A new process of tanning by chem
icals, which, il successful will be used by
Place & Son in their extensive tannerles,
especially in the large tannery at Whining
ton, VT This new process is entirely ac-
cOmplshed by chemicals, doing away alto
gether with the use of bark, and is claimed
to render the leather more pliable, and al
the same time tougher. 1t is not applicable
TO all grains of leather, especially TO sole
leather The ordinary process for tanning
leather takes thirty days and leaves the
leather dark red color, while this new
process will do the work in six days and
leaves the leather a lemon color.
| To-. -.I,,,-
AT the meeting of the directors OF the White
! River Agricultural Association and some
important business was transacted, The Of
flee of general superintendent was abolished
and il was voted to leave out all premiums
for cattle, sheep, swine and poultry, and all
the money was to be put into horses and
the floral hall 1t was also voted to dc
away with helpers tickets and members
tickets, which hitherto have been a large
source OF fraudulent entries to the fair
grounds. G. j. Wallace was elected super
intendent of grounds, Daniel Bliss, superin.
tendent Of the horse department, g. ID
Gushing. superintendent OF floral hall. These
purses will be offered at the annual fair, tC
be held September 20 and 81: Three-mnute
, race, $50; 2: so race, $75; 2: Al race, 500
Q: 80 race $l25, and the farmers race, SIS
r The entrance fee for horses is to be reduced
, from ten to five per cent of the purse, and
a further fee of five per cent of the purse
} will be charged to the winners.
J. G. Sargent is quite i'll, confined to his
bed and unable to be in the store. -
Lorenzo Bird, son of A. b. Bird OF Bethe
and formerly resident of Bethel, died a
: Newport, n. H. last week. - Mrs
Henry &. Durham left for Texas to join hel
husband last Thursday, going by the way
OF the Grand Trunk railroad. - w. ID
Adams of Middlebury is visiting his father
w. r. Adams. - Warren French who
bought the E. G. Brown farm, and his wife
n are reported to be quite sick. - Arthur
Lewis is going 30 Boston to take course il
the Bryant q Stratton business college,
Z - Mrs. Ii. II, Dewey and son Ralph %
Plaintield visited at Edwin Fishers las
. week - Mrs. Langley OF Exeter. n
! H., has been stopping at the Wilson house
- The Wilson house registered three
hundred and eighteen arrivals for last j an
uary. - g. X. Noble was in town last
, week - j. w. Gabriel and wife o
Q West Randolph were in town on Monday
- X. G. Brown went to Boston the tirs
. of the week accompanied by his son anC
: mother. - After a deal OF digging anC
thawing, the town hall fountain has beer
thawed out and delivers water again. -
Q N l.. Sheldon of Boston spent Sunday a
at M. II. LinColns, - Miss Lottie Muz
zey OF White River Junction has been stop
ping with her cousin. Mrs. Nj. G. Stafford
- George Kimball young son of G. 1
Kimball, is quite sick with pneumonia
:. - Mrs. f. s. Jackson is visiting 2
son Edwin at st. Adams.
Brookfield.
It Circular Conference was held with tn,
Q church at East Brookfeld last Tuesday.
r Herbert Mason bought the Royal Abbo
y farm last week of Marcus Peck, admins
N traitor of the Sprague Arnold estate, the
. consideration being $3.50.
% Mr.. Royal Abbot, who has been quite il
n OF late, is improving again. - News ha
been received Of the death, from diphtheris
of the little four-years-old son of DR.. Catlil
of Brooklyn, N. Y, who, with his family
spent the summer at William G. Clark's
- Lizzie Lamson is in town for few
a days. - Mrs. Mary Whitney is keeping
s. house for U. A. Clark, Jr. - Mrs
Al Louise Clark started last Thursday for
70 visit OF a few weeks among her friends II
Massachusetts and Connecticut. - Mis-
\. Winnie Parmenter of the University OF Vel
(. mont is spending the vacation OF week a
l. home. - Miss Leila Peck, who cam
s. from Burlington last Thursday, had a SER
II GUS attack OF erysipelas on Saturday. 80
r Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Morse, Frank No
|. Whorter and Mrs. AFRO Morse were /
n town last week,