The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-20


learn that they have decided to return, as
they have had the reputation OF being
ranked among the best painters of the state
The canvass of the town for the Vermont
Bible Society has just been completed by
the society's colporteur. Every. family in
town has been visited and the following are
some of the figures appearing in his report
of the work: Number of families in town,
294; inhabitants, 1,0G4; attending Sunday
school, so; between five and eighteen years
of age attending Sunday school, 124 be.
tween FIVE and eighteen years not attend
ing Sunday-school, 100; children under five
years of age, seventy one; Roman Catholics,
six; families found without the Bible,
seven; of this number five had the New
Testament, but not the Old; Bibles, Tesla
ments and Books of Psalms given away,
thirty.ive value of the same at cost,
$14.47; Bibles, Testaments and Psalms sold,
101. Where can this record be beaten as it
now stands?
Will Waldo of St. Johnsbury is visiting
his father, e. ID. Waldo. - l.. p. Cole
has bargained for the James Hickie farm.
- Martin Wheeler and wife of Law
renee, Mass, are visiting Mrs. K. A. Collins.
- A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Burt Barrett last Wednesday. -
Mrs. Clement Brown of Boston is visit
ing Mrs. NJ. f. Wells - Fred Boyles of
Montpelier was in town over Sunday. -
Mrs. o. II. Collins is gradually failing.
- Mrs. Nj. ID. Wells is convalescent.
IHUulOTu " NEIL ATTENDED Ine 1alr at
Waterbury last week. - Walter Smith,
who graduated at Dartmouth College this
spring, has gone to Minnesota to teach
school. NJ w. Pierce and family of
West Medford, Mass, are visiting at j. NJ.
Southwck's.
East Cabot.
G. A. Badger, wife and two children,
have been visiting friends in town. -
Lester Abbott and family of Barre are
spending few days with his father, n X.
Abbott. - Alvin Dunn is able to be out
once more. - Gilbert Hill and wife are
in Barre.
Calais.
James Nelson is building house.
Charles V. Kent started for the Worlds
Fair on Tuesday.
George w. Bliss of Boston was in town
on the l4th and 18th.
The colt of Fred Alexander was badly
cut on wire fence last week.
Regular meetings of Stow Post and Stow
Relief Corps, Saturday evening
S. H. Foster has recently been visiting
his son, Captain H. S. Foster, at Bur
lington.
j. B. VanOrman has sold his mare TO
Albert Ainsworth for 800, and Charles "
Kent has sold the Redwood mare, bought
at the New England Breeders Meeting last
year, to c. r. Dirty, travelling agent for the
WATCHMAN, for STD
East Calais
Rev. l.. Warren is expected to hold SER
vices here next Sunday morning.
Frank Emery has moved into one of Fay's
tenements, his wife having sold her place.
The first " husking of the season was at
Herbert Bills last Thursday night. Others
are in prospect.
Since putting in his new water-wheel,
Guy Bancroft, the miller says he can grind
forty bushels of grain an hour.
Rev. NJ. B. Davenport has been engaged
to preach here another year, in connection
with his South Woodbury. parish Before
beginning on the new year. he will take
months vacation.
Chelsea
Rev. Messrs. Sherman and Forrest ex-
changed pulpits last Sunday.
John L. Bacon and family of White River
junction are at the homestead.
The National Bank of Orange County
opened for business on Monday.
H. j. Bell of Leominster Mass, is in
town, whereat the cartridges lament.
The young people of the Congregational
church will give sociable at their church
on Friday evening of this week.
Witherell & Douds company played
Uncle Toms Cabin here on Friday evening
to a good audience. The show is said to
have been very good one.
IltDly ". DlICuluOTt liiOIueT ulbu dJ Ills
home on Thursday, at the great age of
ninety-three years. Rev. Mr.. Forrest at
tended the funeral on Saturday.
Mrs. Rev. H. f. Forrest, Mrs. E. d.
Barnes, Mrs. DR.. NJ. H. Corwin, Mrs. F. H.
Tracy, and Miss S. Ada Hall attended the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union con-
vention in Montpelier last week.
John B. Bacon has presented the Ladies'
Benevolent Society of the Congregational
church with $500. in memory of the late
Mrs. Bacon, the money to be funded and
the income used for benevolent purposes
under direction of the society
West Concord.
The farm and personal property of the
late III. f. Gilbert were sold at auction Sat-
urday last, the farm bringing $1,000.
Mrs. Abhie Hoton, who has been confined
to her bed for several weeks, is slowly i'm
proving. William G. Pratt is recover
ing from malarial fever. - Henry G.
Walbridge and Eugene Dudley start to-day
for the Chicago Exposition, making a return
trip via Washington.
Corinth
Frost has done considerable damage in
some localities, while others have entirely
escaped it.
Several new silos have been built this sea
son and large quantities of Sanford corn
raised for feeding dairy cows.
ers, who have been spending the summer
at his Maplewood farm, have returned to
New York.
The fine weather of the past week has
been very favorable for harvesting late
grain, corn and potatoes, and farmers have
generally improved it,
Elias j. Avery, eghty-four years of age,
and his nephew, Charley Carleton, have
been on an eight days carriage trip through
the White Mountain region
The violent winds that have visited us
occasionally have snarled the corn in all
directions, greatly increasing the labor of
harvesting and blowing many unripe apples
from the trees.
DR.. Jones of Bradford has bought the
mineral right on George Edwards farms,
and has two old Pike Hill miners prospect
ing. Gold lead, copper and emery are re-
ported as being among the specimens OBJ
tanned.
Frank Bliss has returned home from the
West. - Frank Hutton is building an
addition to his barn. - DR.. w. e.
Locke has shingled his buildings. -
Mrs. Sherburne and son from Littleton, n.