The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19

by water. It was probably of incendiary
origin, as the fire was burningin two places,
some distance apart, and there had been no
fire in the engine since early in the evening.
The annual convention OF the Orange
County Woman's Christian Temperance
Union was held in the Baptist church at
this place last Thursday and Friday. A
large number were in attendance, and the
meeting from beginning to end was very
interesting and instructive. AT the close of
the meeting on Thursday forenoon, the fol-
lowing officer were elected for the coming
year: President, Mrs. j. A. Corwin of
Chelsea vice-presdents, Mrs. A. j. Wills
of South Tunbrdge and Mrs. John Hodge
of East Corinth; secretary, Mrs. G. o.
Barnes of Chelsea treasurer, Mrs. Willard
Gay of West Randolph. The church was
very prettiy trimmed with flowers and
evergreens arranged in appropriate notices,
etc, and the weather for the two days was
perfect.
A. e. Dean left, Monday, on a short trip
TO Boston. 60 Harry Newcity is about
town again. Miss Susy Abbott re-
turned on. Monday evening from Valdosta
Georgia, where she has been spending the
past year. 60 Nellie Wyman is visiting
in ST. Adams for few weeks. - Mrs.
c. A. Slack of Maiden, Mass, who has Wis
tied in town for the past week, is now visit
ing in Barre and Montpelier. 80 j. H.
Burt took short trip to Boston last week,
returning Saturday night. - q. g. Whit
ten and wife returned on Saturday from
Stamford, Conn, where they have been
spending the past few weeks. 80 Mrs.
l.. II. Goodhart and Mrs. G. A. Slack, the
latter of Maiden, Mass, visited relatives in
Tnnbridge last week. - f. b. Thomas
and wife, Harold Thompson, DIR. G. p.
Morris and j. f. Bacon are camping at
/ Miltonboro - Fannie Ross is spending
a week at her home in Vergennes. A. I,
| Brough of Winooski is taking her place in
the telegraph office.
Williamstown.
Rev. and Mrs. j. n. Perrin are taking
weeks vacation at Groton Pond.
Dr. Elan G. Lewis and wife arrived here
Friday last to remain few weeks.
Rev. f. E. Reynolds and family left last
Friday for vacation of few weeks.
Rev. II. l.. Nanton, now of Morrisville,
preached at the Methodist church here last
Sunday
George Adams and uncle, w. b. Haskell
of California, visited the White Mountains
last week.
Henry Waldo, son of Prentiss Waldo, has
left the old David Burnham farm and
moved to his fathers place. He has pur-
chased of Haden Jeffords part of the S. S.
Briggs farm opposite the Waldo place.
Horace Clark, of the quarry district, after
a few weeks in Chelsea Jail, because he had
refused to tell where he had obtained
liquor, concluded to divulge last Thursday.
He claimed to have obtained it from Woods
vile, N. H., and was fined some $50, we
hear
An acquaintance who sold out, pulled up,
and went to Manitoba a few months ago
with a party who had come somehow to
have great expectations OF success there,
has returned, wiser, sadder man than
when he left. Others of this Vermont
party came with him,
Rev. l.. Upper, son-n-law of the late
George Crane of Mortified, will officiate
at the Congregational church here next
Sunday. Mr. Upper has been working for
some time among the Mountain Whites
| of Kentucky and very interesting account
of his work may be looked for next Sunday.
The financial pinch has been moving this
way from the West till it is felt pretty Sc
rously here in the granite industry. Quite
a number of the granite boys have left of
late, but some are still hopeful that things
will brighten materially ere long. Only let
congress do its duty fully next month, and
we will hope for fairer skies.
The Central Vermont Railroad Company
for the present will give US but one train a
day, each way, leaving here at A. NJ. for
Barre and returning at 3: 40 p. NJ. This ar
rangement grows out of needing the road
for filling the trestles. At the best, it will
be great deprivation for our town and
will be a very " bitter pill" to swallow.
Some one has kindly given us a letter.
written September %, 1882, by E. p. Wal
ton, then editor and publisher of the YER
mont WATCHMAN, to our ex-townsmen,
Messrs. Chauncey and A. Manning Smith,
at that time residents of Washington, Vt.
The letter is made up, in good part, of bills
against subscribers for the WATCHMAN, the
price of which was S1,50 for tifty-two num-
bers. Of any persons had failed to receive
any number of the paper, Mr.. Walton al
lowed deduction from the bills, at the
rate of three cents per missing number).
Among these subscribers we find names
that are at present familiar Washington
names, and, to their credit, hardly an ac-
count had run over the year. Mr.. Walton
hopes the Messrs. Smith will aid him all
they can in keeping up and increasing his
subscription list saying that " he is pretty
hard pushed by his Jackson and Anti
Masonic neighbours who have agents in all
our towns actively engaged to promote the
circulation of their papers"
Mrs. William b. Haskell, nee Miss Emma
Weber, and now of California is visiting
her sister, Mrs. John Adams. Her husband
accompanies her. - Charles II. Rice
|, of Winooski, a brother of Mr.. Rice, the
brakeman, who recently came here, readily
found work. - Will Wells has moved to
South Barre to grow up in business with
that about-to-boom place. - DIR. f. G.
Prime and daughter of Bristol have been
visiting Henry Erskine IS family. - Mrs.
came to Vermont last week for her mother,
Mrs S. T. Perrin. - About this time,
we believe, Misses Annie and Ella Martin
are visiting the family of Dr. Cornelius
Lynde in Mortified, Iowa. 80 George
Adams, now of West Rutland is visiting
his mother, Mrs. John Adams, and other
friends hereabouts.
Woodbury..
The Ross Brothers at the Center lost a
| valuable gray stallion by lung fever on last
Friday.
,, w, c. Peck of East Calais has bought out
the general merchandise business of w. G..
Daniels and is to take possession at an early
day.
Boys sometimes make remarks that older
people might profit by. Some farmers were
regretting the loss to their hay crop by the
severe storm of Saturday, when a young
1 lad standing by quantity remarked, 81 guess
, the man who has charge up there knows
what is best for u.s.
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