The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-12

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Lafayette Hopkins was on trial last
Wednesday for intoxcation. 60 Arthur
Lamson went to the beach last week as
head clerk in large hotel. - Mrs.
Judge Tilden and daughter Blanche were
visiting in town recently. - Selden
Smith went to the beach last week to work
in hotel. - Walter Osgood and wife
from Claremont, N. H., are visiting at Mr..
Osgood's home. - Henry Wiley from
Indiana is visiting his home. 80. Mr..
Camp, wife and daughter, from Connecticut,
are visiting at Rev. ii. A. Russell's. -
Mrs. o. Il. Collins continues about the same
and there are slight hopes of her recovery.
- Fred Boyles is at home on a vacation
Lower Cabot.
Orson Kimball has bought Mrs. Bah
cocks place and is repairing it.
The village school closed June 80. Miss
Nellie Clark, the teacher, has given general
satisfaction.
f. s. Ford is doing large business in
the butter-box factory He makes about
sixty trunks week and has just sent Gass
& Doe of Boston 257 butter trunks. He is
now making $50 cheap butter boxes.
Bertha Osgood returned from johnson
last week, where she has been attending
school. 60 Walter Smith has returned
from Dartmouth College, from which he has
just graduated. - Mrs. NJ. Batcheder
has been visiting her sister. - Mrs.
Hoyt is visiting at Matthew Batchelder's.
Calais.
The next service at Maple Corner school
house by William S. Spencer is to be on the
22d at the usual hour.
The Fourth of July celebration at North
Calais was financial success. The fine
music by the Montpelier orchestra for dane
ing we hear spoken of in the highest terms,
"a w 10 az nrp nv hat W.
have it here again at an early date.
S. E. Cummings of Barre and G. E. Nor
gan, representing Bailey's music rooms at
Burlington, were in town the past week.
- Mrs. G. V. Kent attended the funeral
of Van Ness Spaulding at 81. Johnsbury on
Sunday. - Walter p. Wheeler of Brook
Ign, n. Y, made his father, Benjamin
Wheeler, brief visit last week.
East Calais.
Rev. II. A. Russell of Cabot preached
here last Sunday in exchange with Rev. M.
b. Davenport. The latter will hold SER
vice here next Sunday as usual.
Postmaster w. l.. Pierce entered upon
the discharge of his duties the first of July.
A. ID. Pearce is assistant postmaster. This
Office has been made money-Order office.
The Union Aid Society meets with Clara
Pike on Thursday from 2:30 to 9 P. NJ Car
RE White will have charge of the topic,
" The Life and Works of j. G. Holland"
w. l.. Pierces family 90 into camp at
Greensboro to-day and expect to be gone
four weeks. - Lillian Lamberton of the
Brooks House, Brattleboro, is at home on
a vacation. Dr. b. l.. Dwinell of
Taunton, Mass. has been spending a few
days here with his parents. - Among
the arrivals last week were G. j. Ainsworth
of Gardner, Mass. at Merrick Ainsworth s,
and Mrs. Kate Williams of Nashua, n. H.,
at w. c. Peck's. - e. ID. Howes, teacher
of mathematics in one of the commercial
colleges of Boston, is stopping at j. o.
Lambs. His wife and daughter have been
boarding there couple of months,
Chelsea.
Wilder ii. Dearborn has left the livery
stable, and Herbert w. Garvin reigns in his
stead.
A branch of the Veterans Union, to be
named for the late George r. Hebard is to
be organized here next Saturday, with
thirty charter members.
The selectmen have bought Mrs. Hyde's
corner for a site for the public building,
paying $1,000 therefor. The land beyond
what the town will need and the buildings
will be sold at auction.
e. Nj. Collins was taken violently insane
on Monday of last week, and, while he has
been quieter of late, there seems to be little
hope of his recovery. He probably will
De SOOn taken 10 an asylum.
Your correspondents pen would fail him
We're he to attempt to describe the celebra-
ton of the Glorious Fourth. Suffice it to
say that big crowd was in attendance,
that they seemed to enjoy themselves
heartily, and that they were remarkably
orderly and sober
East Montpelier.
Rev. H. e. Lesh preached here last Sun.
day afternoon.
A. Jarvis has purchased a fine black
horse of III. Circuit of Barre.
G. M. Hamblin shipped car of live stock
to Boston last week Monday.
The fireworks and "horribes" on the
Fourth were good and highly enjoyed.
Benjamin Arbuckle has moved here from
Barre and will open barber shop at his
house.
II. NJ. Wheeler hauled a load of granite
weighing 1880 pounds net, with foul
horses from Calais last week.
The tenement houses are all filled, ant
there are many families that would come
here if they could find a house.
I, Charlie Willard and Lura Kimball gave
pleasant little gathering to twenty of theil
playmates last Saturday afternoon.
Louis Lepine rode from this place t.
Plainfeld on his bicycle in seventeen
minutes. The distance is three miles.
Jarvis & Willard have received large or
ders during the past week. They are work
ing on a monument four feet by eight feet
at the base and nine feet in height. TIL,
company shipped a car of cut granite to tn,
West on Tuesday.
Charles Reeds youngest son fell dow
stairs last Friday and hurt his shoude
quite badly. - E. L. Sprague is repair
ing his barn. - Alice Ford has beel
visiting her sister, Mrs. Spencer. -
M. Clark is raising his house one story
- Elmer Goodall is visiting in town
- DR.. Jerry Bassett has returned t
Chicago. 60 Mrs. Cleveland ana chi
dren OF Boston are visiting at Austin Eos
ter's. - Mrs. Wheeler who has bee
visiting in town, returned TO her home i
Worcester, Mass, last Monday, j. NJ
Willard and wife are stopping in Montpt
lier for a while.
North DuXbury.
G.. II. Palmer missionary of the America
Sunday-school Union, has organized SUI
day-school at this place.
The schools in this town met at the Fal
for general picnic, Friday, July 7, it bein
the close of the term, and had very plea
ant time, Nearly two hundred were pre-
ent.
3 j. o. Young is suffering with broke
> arm, the result of being kicked by hors