The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-20

Henry Richardson of Minneapolis, Mimi,
is enjoying brief visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. 9. NJ. Richardson and other
friends, after an absence of five years.
Henry has evidently pro6ted by II. G. s adj
vice to ego west and grow up with the
country"
Warren.
Miss Nellie Grant is teaching school in
district No. 3, Granville. - Vale Tucker
Is quite i'll. 80 Abbie Church, who was
on account of illness. - Clara Dmick is
teaching school in Granville 80 Rev.
Mr.. Temple will preach in the chapel week
from next Sunday.
East Warren
Miss Genie Dickey is visiting her mother.
Mercury has been at twenty.nine degrees
below zero during the past week.
The Ladies' Mite Society will meet
/ Thursday afternoon with Mrs. j. G. Gea-
! son.
Mrs Charles Fitch who has spent several
weeks with her mother here, has returned
! to her home in Burlington
Washington.
w. IT, Gale of Barre is teaching singing
class at the schoo-house hall on Friday
evening of each week.
Grin Hardy, one of the Oldest citizens of
! the town, died last week Wednesday, aged
, elgnty.SeNeu years. Ills sister Stlll survives
at the advanced age of ninety-three.
The Universalist and Baptist societies
unite in giving a Christmas tree for the
| children on next Monday evening at the
! Baptist church, with exercises appropriate
to the occasion.
Messrs. Huntington & Clough have placed
on exhibition two specimens of monumental
work, showing the beauties Of Washington
marble, in prominent places in this village,
7 which attracting Ipnph attention.
Mrs. Gilman Smith of Wiliamstown,
formerly resident of this place. is seriously
! i'll. 60 Ernest Smith and wife are visit
| ing in New York state. 80 Mrs. DIR. Owl
nell Of Taunton, Mass, and children are
expected to spend Christmas at L. p. Bar
ron's. 60 Mrs. Orange Dickinson is dan
gerously i'll with pneumonia. Her daugh-
ter Minnie has arrived from Chicago to at
tend her. - Miss Martha Taylor has
returned from a visit to Tunbridge. Her
sister, Mrs. e. V. Powers, is spending the
winter with her son at Medford, Mass.
- Misses Corrie and Emma Dickey of
Laconia, n. H, are visiting at G. w. Hunt
ingtons. - G G. McAllister has moved
into the tenement in SINNERS block.
Waterbury.
Evans & Moody sent carload of stock to
market on Monday.
The ladies' aid of the Methodist church
meets this afternoon with Mrs. j. X Full
lerton.
The Central Vermont railroad will give
| the accustomed low rate during Christmas
and New Years.
Rev L. Tenney and wife went to Boston
yesterday to spend the holidays with their
son, DIR. Ben. Tenney.
The installation of the officers of the Ep-
worth League took place at the Methodist
church Sunday evening.
w ID
be open for business December % and Jan
uary /, being legal holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Justin w. Moody attended
the funeral of Mrs. n X. Brown, Mr..
Moody's sister, at Burlington on Monday.
Thursday evening, December 2S, at seven
o'clock, the Congregational church will hold
its annual meeting. Reports of the work
done during the past year will be read and
officers for the ensuing year will be elected
The lecture, Wednesday evening, by
Belva Lockwood was well attended, and
enjoyed by all. The third entertainment
was given last evening, Lovett's Boston
Stars, and was followed by an oyster sup
per.
The crowds of Christmas present seekers
who throng the numerous places of business
in town do not indicate very hard times but
such may still be the case, as times are
never so hard as to seriously embarrass old
Santa Claus"
Next Sunday evening, in the hall of the
Congregational church, the Sunday. school
will give its annual Christmas concert.
Christmas tree will be provided, and pa
rents are urged to send in their Christmas
presents to the Sunday. school committee.
Next Sunday evening at $780, in the Con.
gregational church, the Christian EndeavoI
Society will hold special Christmas SER
vice in the audience room of the church
Special music reading, and one or more eX-
ercises by the Junior Endeavorers will be
given.
Jacob Foss has been reappointed liquor
agent for the town of Duxbury for the com
ing year. The order-loving public care
little who the agent is, so long as the duties
of his Office are lawfully administered.
Much is promised in the way of reform, and
much will certainly be expected.
AS was noted in our last issue, rumoi
proved true, for James Greene and Mis-:
Lizzie Hilton of North Oxford, Mass, were
married at the brides home last Tuesday
A pleasant reception was held for them al
Mr.. Greene's home in Colbyville Monday
evening. They are to make their resi-.
dence at Colbyville.
Samuel Ridley Parker has been engaged
as assistant teacher in the high school, tC
! fill the position made vacant by the resigna
for the past ten years been one of our very
efficient teachers. Until the present year
when she was made assistant in the hgl
school room, she has had charge of the
primary department She will be greatly
missed.
An indictment against Edward Camley o
Waterbury for perjury in his testimony il
the PiXley arson case was found by the
grand jury last September. Since tina
time Camley has been missing, but las
Saturday he was arrested in Stowe b,
Deputy Sheriff Graves, brought to Mont
pelier and lodged in Jail, Judge Lance tixeC
, the bail at 81 900, which Camley was unable
to furnish ana he was remanded to Jail.
In the death of Benjamin Fisk Knight
which occurred at the town farm on tn,
18th, aged seventy seven years, we are re
minded that the earliest inhabitants of thi
l town are fast disappearing. His siste
Abigail, widow of the late Thomas Smith
= who survives him and is in her eighty -thir,
| year, is the Oldest person now living, WIFI
3 was born and has always resided in town
{ Benjamin lived thirty years with the com
= munity of Shakers at Canterbury, n. III
5 Leaving there at the age Of fifty years, h
: returned to his native town. and by har'
f work succeeded in saving a small compe
Y tence before the failure of his health tire
I years ago, when his mind became cloude'
U ! and "A Guardian WAS apuOinteu who Dlacp