The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-17

Album" at the Congregational church on
Friday evening.
W. A. Kicker will sell his stock, farming
tools, and lot of household furniture at
auction on the 25th.
The Methodist church is being thoroughly
repaired on the inside, and new seats and
new carpet are being put in.
PIainfieId.
Nelson Shorey has vacated the hotel,
which is now in charge Of Landlord Ham
mel again.
Leonora Stevens and Bertha Chamberlin
are elected delegates to the Sunday. school
convention at st. Adams. Miss Stevens
will attend.
Rev. A. M. Smith of Montpelier Seminary
occupied the Methodist pulpit on Sunday, in
the absence of pastor to oicate at a funeral
on his former charge at Burke.
A concert is announced TO be given in the
Methodist church next Thursday evening
by local talent, assisted by Mrs. Minnie
Marsh and Lucia Colby-Burn of North
| Dakota. Solos, quartettes, duets, etc, will
| compose the programme.
Maple Hill.
! Richard Rockford has moved from the
! Shepherd house to the HOLSTER house
! Lewis Lupien is to move into the Shepherd
| house. == Mrs. Ira Spencer has been
| quite sick, but is reported better.
North Pomfret
DR.. Thacher and family returned to Flor
! ida last week.
The farmers club will hold meeting at
the hall this week Thursday.
Deacon Cobb and wife are visiting their
! daughter, Mrs. e. G.. Sherburne.
Apples are plenty, but as yet no buyers
have offered more than 81 80 barrel.
Our town took its usual number of pre-
ut Il fat hn11 f,, Ia.
state.
The Hartford District Congregational
Conference was held here two days last
week. On account of bad weather the at
tendance from ont of town was not large,
but the meetings were wide awake and help
full.
Randolph.
Fourteen of the relatives of Milan Hebard
gathered at his home last Thursday to help
him celebrate his sixty fifth birthday.
The delegates from Grace Church to the
Episcopal church at Burlington are Mrs.
Gilbert and her daughter Martha aud Miss
Bessie Holden.
Harriet Pinney, an elderly lady living
! alone on Furnace street, fell and broke her
right hip last Thursday Her chances for
recovery are doubtful,
Randolph will be represented at the state
Sunday school convention at St. Adams
from the Congregational school and Mrs j.
| b. Adams aud Miss Abbie Damon from the
| Methodist Episcopal.
Several additions have been made to the
Normal School Library, among them valu-
able reference work of five volumes
Larned's History for Ready Reference and
Topical Reading, the gift of L. p. Thayer
of West Randolph.
The immediate relatives of the contracting
parties met last week Wednesday at the
home of Ransom Wood to witness the mar
rage of his daughter, Julia H, to Charles
g. Paine of South Randolph. The rooms
was tastefully trimmed with autumn leaves.
The presents received were numerous and
valuable. After one week they will be at
home to their friends in South Randolph
South Randolph.
Henry French, who resides with his
brother, j. Wales French, at Kirkland,
! n. Y, visited with j. G.. Greene and other
friends in town. He was born in this town
and left here tifty.three years ago He has
travelled in nearly every state in the Union
He was at one time connected in travel
ing panorama with the great temperance
lecturer Cough before he became a lecturer
Dr. w. l.. Paine and Mrs. Wilson and
| child OF Thetford have visited g. S. Paine
- Cornelius Whitney is failing. -
K. j. Princes store is nearly finished
- G. c. Paine and Julia II. Wood were
married on the 10th inst. at the home Of the
bride.
West Randolph.
Burt NJ. Parmenter, former pupil in the
| high school, has been nominated on the re-
publican ticket as a county senator in Wyo
ming, where he has been but few years.
There were no services at the Christian
church on Sunday as Rev and Mrs. G. w.
Morrow were away to attend the meeting
of the Christian churches OF America at
Haverhill, Mass. Ferda Fish, Mrs Emma
S. Peters and Mrs. A. Lyman were also del
egates to this convention.
Edward w. Tewksbury has purchased of
Hon William II. Dubois, assignee of the
insolvent estate of A. W. Tewksbury &
Sons, the grocery, crockery, carpet, grain
and feed departments and has taken pos
session. The name of Tewksbury, which
has been at the head of the business since
1866, will be continued.
Monday evening large number of the
relatives of Mr.. and Mrs David Seymour
gathered at their home in Snowsville,
to assist them in celebrating their gol.
den wedding. There were many valuable
presents of gold and furniture. Mr.. and
Mrs. Seymour have raised up a family OF
twelve children, seven now living, four of
whom were present.
Robert e. Paine of Mortified is visiting
his sister, Mrs f. w. Sault, - DR.. Il. o.
Blanchard was in Manchester, N. H., last
week TO attend the annual meeting OF the
New Hampshire Dental Society. - Fred
and Harry Beedle have returned from Hal
cyon Hall, where they have been playing
with the Beedle orchestra. - Rev.
John Chamberiu of New York held serv-
ices at st. Johns church Sunday afternoon
for the deaf mates. - Erastus Hebard
is visiting his daughter in Boston. -
Mrs Charles Briggs and daughter have re-
turned from a trip 10 Ware and Lynn, Mass.
- Amanda Northrop of New York is
spending few weeks with her sister, Mrs.
Alfred Webster. - A. +. Gay starts
this week for Toronto, Can, to attend a
veterinary college. - Nancy Granger is
in Boston visiting her brother, Edwin
Granger.
Roxbury.
John N. Smith of Roxbury has received a
pension Of So per month"; with S2S8 back
pay. o. w. Orcutt was his attorney. -
A. n. Tiden * Son are building an addi-
ton TO their store. - ID. f. Spauding
and III. H. Merrill of Danvers, Mass, have
been in town looking after fast horses.
South Ryegate.
The new chapel of the Presbyterian
church is progressing finely under the
charge OF William Goodwin of Groton.
The farmers have their silos filed. Many
of them used the steam engine. Livermore