The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-18

stairway entrance from the vestibule. The
audience room has been newly papered,
ceiling and walls, and the woodwork dressed
over with new paint
j. w. Hovey. Henry A. Smith, G. G..
Montgomery, w l.. Dow and Drury E.
from East HardwiCk and vicinity have
gone to Chicago, and W j. Perrin and Ed
win Reed OF this place have returned home
from that Eel Dorado.
A new granite company styled the
"Green Mountain Granite Company" has
been organized here with Il. Il. Meader as
manager and a leading stakeholder. The
company has purchased We acres Of quarry
territory on Buffalo" hill of George w.
Belmont n short distance north of, and in
same range with, the quarry owned and
operated by the Hardwick Granite Com.
pany. The company proposes to open
quarries and be ready for active business
next season.
MarsbfieId.
ST. Sulham has bought the Winch house.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Newton, October 10.
r.. II. Farr has bargained his place in
this village to Dexter 1de.
John Ennis sold two cows to Benjamin
Darling of Peacham for $50.
James II. Houghton of Peacham will
preach in the Methodist church next Sun
day.
Wind blew down shed and killed two
calves for Mary Bemis, and damaged
wagon for Eugene Merrill, last Friday
night.
l.. d. Mute went to Corinth last week
Friday to attend the funeral of his sister,
Mrs Quimby. - A. f.. Hall of Boston
visited his mother over Sunday. - Rev.
Miss Andrews returned to her home in
II chester, n. Y, for two weeks Monday
morning. - Edgar Lamberton and wife
returned from the Worlds Fair last Friday.
80 Hattie Wells is at home for few
days. James Bouldry is visiting in
Brockton, Mass j. w. Sulham has
moved into the Paul Spencer house 80
Err Spencer and wife have moved into
their house. 60 Fred Woodbury. has
moved into the Buckin house.
Middlesex.
Henry Silloway is to move into James
CamerOn's house.
Rufus Chamberlin has returned from New
Jersey, where he has been canvassing.
The Central Vermont railroad is putting In
an iron bridge near Wright & richardson $.
All the good people in town enjoyed a
social dance at the residence of NJ. l.. Chan
dler last Friday night.
Mrs. n. j. Miles, who has been living in
the village the past year, is going back to
her farm IN Happy Hollow.
William b. McEroy and wife and G.. T.
Friday night, and NJ. j. Herbert and Will
Daniels Saturday night.
Moretown.
Last Saturday night, son was born 10
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Atkins, and Franks
face is continually wreathed in smiles.
A pair of musical tramps rendered some
fine music on the streets, Wednesday last,
one playing clarinet and the other bagpipes.
Lewis Benjamin has moved to Duxbury.
ID. ID. Griffith has moved into the house he
vacated, and drives one of III. Q. Wards
teams.
Friends of Daniel Fordhan will be pleased
to learn that, after being suspended by the
pension department for six months past, he
has been reinstated, with fair prospect of
having his pension increased.
Harrison Royce, lifelong resident of
this town, died quite suddenly at his home
on the Common last Saturday His age was
seventy. seven. The funeral services took
place ON Monday. Rev. 5. G. Vail of1icated,
and the interment was in the Common
cemetery.
Nathaniel Thomas of Keene, n. H., came
came here to attend the funeral of his
father. Upon his arrival he found a tele-
gram informing him of the death of his
daughter at his home. He at once returned
home and was thus unable to attend his
fathers funeral.
Wilder Thomas, nearly seventy-fve years
old died at the home of his son-in-iaw,
Jason Hill, last Thursday. He was taken
with shock of paralysis on the Tuesday
night previous and remained unconscious
up to his death. The funeral was held at
North Fayston, Saturday, in the midst of
many of his old friends after a prayer at his
home in this village. Rev. s. q. Vail Off
ciated. The interment was at North Fays-
ton.
Road Commissioner Newton did big job
at the upper end of the village last week.
He took up sluiceway that old people say
had remained undisturbed for the past fifty
years. 1t had become clogged, and he and
his men dug it out and dropped in couple
of hemlock logs measuring nearly thirteen
hundred feet, log measure, and covered
them with heavy fiat stones. They are good
for fifty years more.
H. o. Ward arrived from Chicago last
Friday night. - p. G. Towle of Water
bury was in town last Saturday.
Lewis BEN amin and Will Shea were sum-
moned to attend county court last week.
- DIR. Haylett and wife arrived home
from the Worlds Fair last Wednesday
night. - A. 4. Lovejoy arrived home
last week.
l.. w. Kimball stuck chisel in his leg
just above the knee which has laid him up
tor the past week.
Mr.. Nj. Winsow Farman will deliver his
lecture on The OHe-armed Admiral :" in
Seminary hall, Thursday evening, Oct. 10.
The high wind here on Friday night and
Saturday blew down one OF the large trees
on the north side Of the common opposite
the yellow clearinghouse" so called.
The buildings formerly owned and oc.
cupied by Henry X Dow, on what is known
as Dow Hill, were consumed by fire, Satur-
day night. The fire caught from the Chin
ney Some of the help that are working for
Mr.. Moore were occupying the building at
the time.
Andrew Nutter, who has been in feeble
health for the past few months, died Sat
urday. Services at the house ON Tuesday
at two o'clock p. NJ. Mr.. Nutter was a very
kind hearted man anu respected by all
He will be greatly missed in this com.
munity.
The Denman Thompson cold Home.
stead Quartet Of Boston will give a con
cert in Seminary hall, Tuesday evening,
October "a, at eight o'clock. The reputa-
ZION of his quartet for It's excellent singing
in the Grace church scene in the Old
Homestead " cummends it to the liberal
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