The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-08
friend, Mrs. Woodward, has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. John Smith.
Wells River.

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The baseball boys played the Fairlees
last Wednesday, and defeated them by a
! score Of 10 to 9.
1t is reported that Frank Leonard was
shot near the village last Saturday. Sew
eral are anxious to know the gentleman
who did the shooting.
Erastus Baldwin, accompanied by A. Il.
Baldwin and wife, who have been at st.
| Leon and Highgate Springs, are expected
home this week. A. r. Baldwin is presi-
dent of the Massachusetts Chemical Com
pany.
A gentleman came to Scott Fellows on
Thursday to hire a team to go to Barnet.
The next day Mr. Fellows received tele-
gram stating that his team was at Barton.
The man had skipped, and his whereabouts
| is not known.
| While Frank Deming was at Woodsville
with his team last Wednesday, his horse
threw off the bride and ran across the road ;,
tipping the wagon over, and throwing Mr.
Deming out He was slightly bruised.
Mr.. Milliken, president of the Wells River
Hotel Company, says the bids are coming
in quite fast. The hotel is to be four stories
in height, lighted by electricity and heated
by steam. 1t will be one of the best hotels
in the state.
Ella Munsell is visiting in Somerville,
Mass. - Mrs. Mary Comfy and son are
visiting in Plainfeld. IS S. Peach re-
last week. He brought his two barrels
back full of the water. - II. T. Baldwin
and wife spent Sunday at Highgate visiting
their father and mother. - Thomas
Aulis is spending a few days at Lyndon
vile. - Henry Bailey of Jacksonville,
Fla, is spending his vacation at Woods
Vile, n H., and Wells River 80 Mrs
j. A. Wilson and Mrs. ID. f. Brown of
Hoosic Falls N. Y, are visiting Mrs
Charles Leslie: 80 Rev. MIR, Bugbee
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water. - Mrs. ID. ID. Davis of st. AL
bans is at home visiting.
Orange.
Mrs. E. W. Lord is convalescent from
paralysis. g. Mrs. George Emerson
is recovering from her severe illness.
- A. II. Goodrich has had severe
attack of congestion of the liver. -
George Slicer and wife of East Gilmore Wis
tied her sister, Mrs. George Emerson, last
week
Peacham.
Mrs Clara Bailey had a well-attended tea
party last week Tuesday.
Peacham has many summer boarders
who enjoy the beautiful drives and health
full air of this place.
A child named Charles Brown narrowly
escaped being run over, last Saturday, by a
team driven by intoxicated men.
The members of the Congregational
CnulCu are Justly tuBdRcu III making ar
rangements for the church centennial, to be
held August Is. 1t is the intention of the
committee to have many historical adj
dresses. Rev. Moses Martin of Allegan
Mich, formerly of this place, will speak, as
well as several others. After the pro-
gramme, dinner will be served by the la
dies, at which toasts will be given.
Rev. Mr.. Ryan exchanged with Rev. Mr.
Williams last Sunday. - A. w. Kicker
went to market last Monday with five car
loads of stock. - Mr.. and Mrs Thomas
Worth of Mills, Mass, visited at E. d.
Somers' last week. - Professor II. n.
May returned last week and met his class
on Friday - Nettie Hendry Of Pater-
son, n j., is visiting in town. - Lillian
Marsh of Boston is boarding with Mrs.
Clara Bailey. Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Kicker, Mrs. I. j. Albee, and DR.. Thomas
and family took weeks outing at Barnet
Pond last week - George sanborn is
Cowles of Boston is the guest of E. c.
Blanchard. - Mrs. D. C.Allen is visiting
her many friends in town. - Flora
Clark is at home for short vacation.
Plainfield.
Several are preparing to spend a few days
at the coming camp meeting at Mortified.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet next Saturday afternoon
with Mrs. Blasdell.
An ice-cream party was held on the lawn
of the Methodist parsonage last Friday
evening. Upwards of eighty persons were
present, and spent an enjoyable evening.
The lawn was brilliantly illuminated with
Chinese lanterns, etc, and the weather was
all that could be desired.
A lawsuit was held al the office of o. l..
Hoyt last Friday which attracted quite a
crowd. 1t was by John Ryan against r. d.
Stewart of Berlin for money overpaid for
four hogs on mistake in weight. A jury
decided there was mistake and found for
the plaintiff to recover of the defendant SIS
and SIS costs. o. l.. Hoyt and G. K. Wood
ward for the PLAINTIFF Fred l.. Laird for
the defendant
Fl. s. Parks last week purchased a fine
span Of coach horses for his livery stable.
- Mr.. and Mrs. AlonZo Batchelder and
in Stowe and Morristown. - Mr.. and
Mrs. o. L. Hoyt spent last Saturday and
Sunday with friends in Danville and Cabot.
- Gertrude Greeley returned last week
from visit of several days in Williams
town. Her health is slowly improving from
her sickness of last spring.
Randolph.
Announcement is made of the marriage
of William Blodgett and Mary s. Putnam
in Grace church, at ten A. M, Thursday
August 8.
The neighbors of j. B. Adams turned out
one day last week and helped to finish his
haying that had been delayed by the sick
ness and death OF his father.
Owing to some misunderstanding about
the ground-rent, the post-office is to be
moved to the store OF Allen Il Bates, and
the building moved to some other location
Principal Edward Conant of the Norma
. School has spent two weeks at a summer
school in Worcester, Mass, attending lee
lures largely in that subject the students
!, love 80 much-Psychology. He is to serve
as an instructor in schools for teachers a
, Worthwhile and Chester before the fall tern
begins at the Normal School.
Rev. j. @. Angel of Montgomery is Wis
| iting his father, A. N Angel, accompanied
. by his family. - f. e. Hardy and family
of Bradford are at Royal Slack's, the former
home of Mrs. Hardy. - Mrs. Henry
Fifeld, Mrs. Squires, and Miss Dewey o
8 Montpelier have been visiting friends il
t town. - Abbie Damon has returned
: home from five-weeks' trip to Plymouth
1 Mass, Chester, VT, and elsewhere. g.
o Rev. and Mrs. w. H. Wight of Rocheste
y visited friends here Friday and Saturday,
West Randolph.
n G. E. Mann has returned from Bethle