The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-29

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Slack; pair tray clothes, Vena and Myron
Hudson; pie knife, Rev. and Mrs. Williams
and Miss Jones; syrup pitcher, Mr.. and
Mrs. f. l.. Spencer; orange set and tidy,
Mr.: and Mrs: A. w. Mears; orange set, Mr..
and Mrs. William Mears; pair dessert
spoons, Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Carleton; sugar
shell, Mr.. and Mrs. Rives Putnam; pair table
spoons, Mr.. and Mrs. Il. V. Spencer; pickle
jar, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira III. Edison; pair des-
sert spoons, Mr. and Mrs. II. ID. Nc
Crillis; two pairs of towels, Mr.. and Mrs.
s. e. Dwinell; half dozen fruit knives, Mr..
and Mrs. E. w. Pitkin and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank White; pair dessert spoons, Nena
Kelley; gravy ladle, M. G. Dwinell; half
dozen fruit knives, DR.. and Mrs. III. s.
Carver; set strawberry forks, Mrs. Ira
rolling-pin, @. 9. Bent; butter knife and
sugar spoon, L. J. Marshall; Japanese tea.
pot, George A. Davis; china creamer and
sugar bowl, Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Slack
nickel-plated teakettle, Mr.. and Mrs j. w.
Davis; two etchings, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Warren ~ cake basket, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Bouldry, Mr.. and Mrs. e. N. Mears, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Hobart, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Morse and Fred j. Lakin; berry spoon
and fork, Mr.. and Mrs. Ola Dwinell; sugar
shell and butter knife, Mr.. and Mrs. G. e.
Shepard and Mr.. and Mrs. G. f. Bliss;
pickle jar, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Bemis and Mr..
and Mrs. p. +. Whitcher; pickle jar, Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Mears and Mrs. A. G..
Mears.
Carl Polly of Somerville, Mass, is in town
| spending his vacation. 60 Archie Cole
Gate is in town on a short visit 60 The
| little child of A. e. Lamberton is reported
better. - William Weeks of Danville
was in town last week, repairing organs.
Moretown.
Alonsop UaiI Of Montpal;ar 10 at bo,,,a m
visit.
Bert Stewart and wife of Montpelier WIS.,
tied in town last week.
Evangelist Taylor supplied the pulpit last
Sunday in the absence of Rev. S. O. Vail,
who is attending camp-meeting at Sheldon.
Jacob Bates and wife and Mrs II. o.
Ward and son Glare returned home last
night from Highgate, where they have been
camping.
Newbury.
Several from here enjoyed day at Hail.
Pond, Friday.
School at the Seminary will open on Mon
day.
Several attended the coaching parade at
Bethlehem last week.
Several Methodists attended the camp
meeting at Lyndon the past week.
Communion service will be held at the
Congregational church next Sunday.
James A. johnson has moved his old
house and is to build a new two-story house
and l..
No preaching services at the Methodist
church last Sunday. The pastor, Rev. j.
S. Upper, attended the camp-meeting at
Lyndon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred FL. Bickford have re-
turned from their vacation, and Mr. Bick-
ford has taken up his duties at the cream
cry once more.
The republicans nominated William H.
Silsby for representative. The democrats
nominated Dexter s. Fulton and the prohi-
bitionists Horace H. Runnells.
Newbury will be we'll represented at the
Waits River Valley fair next week. Pro-
lessor Hubbard will be there and show his
skill as wire performer and will be one of
the attractions.
Mrs. Wellington X. White, OF the Pres
byterian Mission, delivered an interesting
address on missionary work in China in the
Congregational church, Sunday evening.
She has been spending some time in town
at Henry W. Bailey's. She is an able and
interesting speaker.
Edwin A. Bailey has returned to his law
and Rev. Mr.. Barnard exchanged pulpits
last Sunday. d. Y. Ford visited his
brothers in Barnet last week. - Mrs. j.
G. Morey and daughter Edith are spending
several days in Topsham g. f. e. Kim
ball started for the West last Saturday
after another carload of horses. He ex.
poets to return by September 5.
Charlie Greenleaf starts on his vacation the
middle of this week. - Martin Perkins
went to Laconia, N. H., last week. His
family expects to move there this week.
- George Leslie and family of Mont
pelier are spending a few days at the Leslie
homestead. - Henry L. Smile re-
turned the first of last week from a ten
days trip up to Willoughby Lake.
Clifton Bailey, in the employ of r. P. Kent
& Co. of Lancaster, n. H., spent last week
at home.
Newbury Center.
Many farmers are digging their potatoes,
because of the rot in some localities.
Mabel Hackett of Haverhll, n. H., will
begin the fall term of school September 3.
E. e. Fleming has resumed the milk
business, carrying milk every second day
from here to West Newbury.
William Chamberlain and Albert Bailey
started on Monday morning on their wheels
for Manchester, N. H.. for ten-days' visit.
Those at the Center expecting to attend
the central school at the village are Clara
and Robert Tuttle, Susie and George Nc
Allster.
o. W. Hills and wife will return to their
home on Saturday. They intend stopping
at Sherbrooke until Monday, and will reach
their home at Waterloo in the evening.
f. f. Corliss and wife of Howard, r. l.,
came to town on Tuesday, August 2Sth.
They will improve the most of their vaca-
ton with their father, N. K. Corliss, at
West Newbury and at the Center with
their brother, N. b. Tewksbury.
West Newbury.
A WATCHMAN Representative recently
visited Maple Grove Farm, w. G. & d.
Carleton proprietors. The farm consists OF
485 acres, well divided into tillage, pasture
and woodlands fruit orchard which bears
from fifty to seventy-tive barrels of graft
apples yearly; sugar bush of 1900 trees
Messrs. Carleton have erected this season a
sugar-house twenty by sixty feet which is to
be equipped with all modern appliances,
two sixteen-foot evaporators, an extra arch
and pan for sugaring Off storage tanks with
capacity of 1000 pals. The farm produces
one hundred tons of hay yearly. This sea
! son they had field of fifteen acres of corn
The farm stock consists of thirty Jersey
COWS, twelve fine Jersey (yearling) heifers
one pair oxen, seven horses, herd of White
Chester swine, about forty swarms of bees
and Lyon" the handsome English mastif
and general favorite of the family. A large
two-story house, with l. and horse barn
adorns the place. For location, maple
Grove Farm /" is unsurpassed as the Yves
Newbury creamery station. Post-office
! Bchoo-house and church are all Located