The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08

The schools in town were closed Thurs.
day afternoon and Friday TO allow tho
teachers to attend the TEACHERS institute at
Brookheld Principal N. j. Whitphill de-
livered two very able addresses, Friday, on
teaching, The Advanced Arithmetic" and
" The Personal Element in Teaching"
At the annual meeting of the West Ran
dolph company, which have camping
grounds at Highgate, the following officers
were elected: President, James Hutchin-
son; secretary, r. Il. Boi~: directors, DR..
II II. Mcintyre, l.. p. Thayer, Lenuel
Richmond, w. e. Lamson and f. E. Dubois
This company has several cottages built on
these grounds, and put in new well this
at cost OF 800
At n campfire of U. s. Grant Post, G. A.
II. Friday evening, Commander George w.
Flag and Captain j. Il Edredge spoke on
the battle Of Lees Mills, which was fought
April 16, 1862. Captain Eldredge in this
battle was a member of Company f, Third
regiment Vermont volunteers, and was
taken prisoner. He was afterwards paroled
and transferred to the Eleventh regiment
He claims that the loss OF his company was
the largest percentage OF loss of any Yer
mont troops in any single engagement ex-
cept that OF Company E, Fifth Vermont, at
Savage Station. His company at Lees
Mills lost twenty seven in killed and
wounded out of fifty-two that went into
action, and the loss Of Company Il, Fifth Yer
mont, was twenty-five killed AMI MORALLY
wounded out Of less than fifty, and was the
largest percentage OF loss Of any troops dur
ing the war
Mrs. j. w Carlton, accompanied by her
sister, Mrs. G. Nelson, returned on Sat
urdav from visit to Iowa aud Minnesota.
- A. e. Carlton, '95, Dartmouth Col
lrge, was in town over Sunday. - John
Wells OF evidence, r.. 1 is visiting his
father, j. b. Wells. - Matte Culver
went to st. Adams, SATURDAY., for the win
ter. - Mrs. e. Whitney of Brattle-
boro has been visiting Mrs. N. G. Greene,
60 Hrnry Tower Of Spencer, Mass, a
former resident stopped over TO visit j. w.
Hale last week on his return from Chicago.
- Editor aud Mrs. l. p. Thayer have
been ill the past week with the grip. -
Editor l.. b. johnson of the NOrthhrld
Ne,cs was in town Wednesday. - Mrs.
j l.. Sault and son Carl visited in Stock
bridge the latter part of last week. -
James Cass and wife OF Warren visited last
week with j. e. Eldredge. - e. w.
Thomas and wife, who have been visiting
Mr.. Thomas brothers. e. A. and f. b, re-
turned to Georgia Saturday morning. -
Professor A. w. Eison d former principal
of the graded school. was In town last Tues
day on his wav to his home in BrOOktield.
- Dan Morse of Northfeld has COM
menc-d work in Thomas dry goods store.
Arden A. Flint made his first dp-
from the house Of correction - Eugenie
Bancroft OF New York, who has been visit
ing here most of the summer, returned to
her home last Thursday. q. e. La
zelle and wife of White River Junction
we're guests of j. NJ. Atwood over Sunday.
- Mrs Julius Hebard returned on Sat-
urday from Providence r. l., where she
has been visiting her brother. - Jessie
Williams of Enfield, N. H., has been visit
ing her sister Celia. - Will o. Morrill,
and wife, who have been working on j. G
Mann's farm, have moved to Barton Land
ing. w. r. Wright and Alice Cor
ham. accompanied by Mr.. Wright's niece,
Grace Gorham, daughter of the barn
burner, left last Thursday for Brown Cor
ner, =. O. - Charles Crandall, who is
working in South Royalton, was in town
over Sunday. May Dean of Boston is
visiting her uncle A. L Dean :" Mrs.
Myrtle Walker OF Kansas visited at j. NJ
Atwoods on Monday. - Belle Butler
of New York is visiting her sister Frances
and many friends. - Carrie Coleman
has closed her school at Peth and is to teach
in the intermediate grade of the graded
school at Bethel this winter. - A. j
Reed OF St. Felix. p. Q , on his way TO Bos.
ton, stopped over SUNDAY at Lyman Hutch
inson's. John Manney has been
granted an increase of his pension. -
Charles Whitten left last Friday for Slough,
| ton, Mass, where he il visiting his parents
- Guilford T. Dudley Of Stamford
! Conn, is visiting his sister, Mrs. q. G.
Whit'en, for few days. - Mrs. Clay
ton Orcutt has been visiting her father, j
b. Wells. - Harriet Augell last Mon
| day commenced to learn typesetting at the
Herald office. - A. A. Neibaum of Bur
| lington was in town over Sunday. -
| Mrs. c. T. Brigham of ST. Johnsbury, who
has been sick at Hobart Peck's, WAS able e
return home on Saturday. - Miss Mary
! Crandall is at bone after long visit at
! Sharon.
Roxbury.
| A young gentleman from Warren Is clerk
ing Tor d. l.. Nichols.
| Elmer Ellis closes his school at the vii
lage for two weeks vacation.
ID. l.. Nichols can furnish you with
portrait" nov. " Call for particulars.
Common fruit is pleu'y this year, judging
from the loads OF apples that so to tn,
cider-mll.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. v. Richardson Mr.
and Mrs. J. w. Untedt and Mrs. Ida Edd,
and little son Roy visited at A. e Richard
sons the first OF the week.
Mr.. Roe has moved from the Columbian
House, and we are to have a new propri
etor. 1t is reported that Mr.. Roe ha
moved to farm in New York.
A deep shadow rests upon the people o
this town because OF the accident which be
fell Mr.. and Mrs. Wright. While comm,
around the :" oxbow, little way abov,
the Burnham mil, a strap broke and let tn
carriage run against the horse, causing it T.
kick. They were thrown out, one of he
limbs broken and ono of his sprained YER
badly. They have the sympathy of the Ell
tire community.
e. II. Spaulding is failing. - Mr.. an
Mrs. Will Spaulding have returned froI
Chicago. - Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Orcul
visited at her theirs in West Randolph
the first of the week. - Mr.. w
Simonds was at West Brookteld last Satui
day looking after the interests of the town.
East Roxbury.
Will o. Pride steps around and carries
high head, all on account of that boy bah
that put in his appearance at his house Nc
vember 4.
The remains of Mrs. Daniel Braley wer
brought here from Mortified, Saturday al
ternoon. Burial services were conducts
by Rev. w. s Hazsn of Mortified.
John Braley OF Olcott was here to atten
the funeral OF his mother. - l., A Eas
man returned from the Boston excursio
last Wednesday. - Mrs. Battles
Braintree is visiting her brother, Emmon
Howe. - MIR, Riley and daughter
Barre spent Sunday with Ernest Blanchard
South Ryegate.
Ida Holmes and Edward Symmes wei
married on Tuesday,