The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-06-07
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turned from his trip to Chicago.
Addie Eastman died on Tuesday of last
week.
Braintree.
Stephen Hutchinson is repairing the
barns on the place on which he lives.
Mrs. G. w. Fuller and son are visiting
friends in Burlington and other places.
Frnit trees are blossoming quite fully,
giving promise of a bountiful crop. What
will the harvest be?
Springs work is nearly done, and farmers
are ready for hoeng. Grass has come for
ward rapidly, and bids fair to be good
crop.
Mrs. Frank Jerd was recently thrown
from her carriage, the horse taking fright
and shying at some persons walking by the
roadside.
III. l.. Scott was thrown down and the
wheel passed over him as he was stepping
into his carriage last week. He was seri-
ously injured
Carl Wakefield recently bought a new top
buggy and harness. While changing the
bride, his horse ran away, smashing the
carriage, but doing no other damage.
Hon. Victor l. Spear speaks, under direc-
ton of the grange, at the church in this
place Wednesday night, relating what he
saw at the Worlds Fair. Good music will
be furnished.
The ladies had charge of the grange meet
ing last Saturday night and made a success
of it, initiating one candidate in the first
degree in good style. At the next meeting
the brethren will have charge. II they un-
dertake to Guido the ladies', it is more than
probable they will fail.
BrookfieId.
Rev. G. II. Morse attends the Orange
county convention at Wells River this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Bigelow were elected
delegates TO the county convention last
Sunday by the Second church and n. NJ
Upham lay delegate to the general conven-
ton at Montpelier.
Children's Day is to be observed by the
grange on Saturday, at Union hall. The
Second church also observes next Sunday
as Children's Day, with appropriate exer-
cises, at the time of the usual morning
service.
Spencer Graves, in his ninety-ninth year.
was able to ride from his home, three miles
from the village, and call on Mrs. Mary
(Herrick) Crane, who is in her ninety
seventh year. The call was very enjoy
able to both.
1t is thought that Mr. Cole, who recently
moved into town from Morrisville, is in
danger of becoming totally blind, as he is
nearly so already from the effect of cata-
racts upon his eyes. 1t is great calamity
to himself and family.
The sad intelligence has been received of
the death of Mrs. Dr. A. j. Lyman of
Brooklyn, n Y. Mrs. Lyman is very pleas
antly remembered here by those who made
her acquaintance during the two summer
vacations that she spent at William G.
Clark's in company with her husband and
family.
j. B. Kingsbury is recovering from his re-
centinjury. 60 Mrs. Efie (Freeman) Reed
and her daughters, Hattie and Elsie, arrived
here from their home in Chicago on Tuesday
of last week. They will remain in town a
few weeks. - Two very aged people
met at u. NJ. Upham's on Thursday of last
week
Oren A. Burbank is visiting his parents,
and brings wife with him.
Joseph d. Mcconnell, who now resides
in the state of Idaho, is visiting his relatives
here.
Mrs. George f. Bixby and daughter of
Plattsburg, n. Y, are visiting at II. L.
Bixby's.
Mrs. Vesta NJ. Allen has been appointed
of the Methodist Sunday
school for the ensuing year
Children's Day will be observed at both
The village churches next Sunday morning
with appropriate exercises.
Memorial Day was observed with pleasant
and appropriate exercises at Highland Gem
etery, followed by an address by j. X. OAR
ling at the Methodist church.
A baseball team from this place met the
North Tunbridge nine on Memorial Day at
5he old fair ground this side of the latter
village, and defeated them to the score of
y TO y.
County court opens on Tuesday of this
week, Judge Start presiding. w. S. Hatch
and A. f. Tracy are the grand, and G.. p
Abbott and z. j. Little the petit, Jurors
rom this town.
A fine granite monument has been erected
n the old cemetery by AFRO b. f. Hildreth
Of Charles City, Iowa, in memory of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Hildreth. old
line residents here.
Frank O. Morse, whose purchase of the
Mcconnell land was mentioned last week,
has bought of Willis Scales the house now
occupied by G. III, Perkins and the small
AMOUNT of land belonging thereto.
Rev. B. B. Sherman, DIR. and Mrs. M. III. |
1orwin, Mrs. Gertie w. Dearborn and Miss
Hattie III. Dearborn attend the county con-
erence of Congregational churches at
Wells River this week as delegates from |
his church.
Miss Minerva n. Churchill died on
Wednesday evening of last week, after a |
hort illness. The funeral services were |
leld on Saturday, Rev. Mr.. Sherman Off |
,iating. Mrs. Churchill was a highly |
Christian woman, for many years
! member of the Congregational church.
Morgan.
f. X. Lord was seriously injured a few |
lays ago by the kicking of a colt. - G. /. |
Moore has dandy sailboa ON Lake Sey- |
nour. No doubt his friends will have the |
pleasure of a sail. - Edison Adams, who |
lived in this town, has Just died of I
consumption in Dakota. His sister, Mrs |
9. X. Lord, was with him. She is expected |
home soon.
East Orange.
Mrs. Herbert Scott and two children, of |
concord, N. H., are visiting at II. II. Rich
rdson's - Professor G. III. Richardson |
md wife have returned from Ludlow, where
hey have been teaching for the past year.
- Mrs. Henry Palmer and daughter of |
Manchester, N. H., spent last week with |
drs James kouhan, her daughter.
Pomfret.
Farmers are nearly through with their
pring's work. 1t has been busy, hurry
ng time, as the spring was very backward
irass looks fine and stock is out A large
creage of corn is being planted, and some
mall grain is up.
Eta Adams has returned from her win
er's sojourn in North Carolina, much i'm
in hoo Nln.