The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-16


The annual convention Of the Orange
County Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will be held in the Reformed Pres
byterian church, May 16 and II. Devo-
tional and business meetings will be held
Wednesday forenoon. Regular opening OF
the convention at 80 p. NJ. A most inter
esting programme has been prepared, es-
pecially for the evenings. The state presi-
dent, Mrs. Ida II. Read, will lecture
Wednesday evening. The Topsham and
Corinth band will discourse sweet music at
least one evening; Evening exercises com
mence at half past seven. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to the public.
Waits River.
A. r. Beede went to Manchester and
Keene, N. H., on a business trip last week
and returned on Friday. - Mrs. j. I.
Garter and two children, Robert and Kitty,
went to Lowell on Saturday. 60 Mrs. L.
b. Dow, who has been sick, is improving.
- Rev. T. Trevillan will hold quar-
terly meeting here next Sunday at two
o'clock.
Tunbridge
The choir at the Central church is in
creased by Misses Evie and Laura Farnham.
The congregation is glad to have some fresh
young voices to listen to.
Mrs s. e. Wills is attending the Orange
county convention of the Woman's Chris
tisn Temperance Union at Topsham this
week. - Mr.. and Mrs. Miller of Con-
cord, n. H., came to town last Saturday
with the body of their little son. -
Rev. Foster Sargent, wife and son, of Cor
NTH, were in town the last of the week,
calling on their old friends and neighbors.
- Mr. Stearns and Fred Ross have re-
turned from their trip to Barre. - Mrs.
Clarence hutchinson OF Lebanon, N H., is
in town for few days. Her son Homer
has been i'll with tonsilitis. - Mrs. Mary
Berry has come home from Bethel. -
Mrs. Florence Brown has gone to Law
renee, Mass. Later she is to go as cook to
one of the mountain houses.
South Tunbridge.
Hazen Chandler has been sick.
There have been two more cases of chicken
pox in G. b. Dodge's family. - Victor
Haynes is working in the shoe shop. -
James Howe and Archie Wills are home
from Chelsea, where they have been at
tending school. - Mrs. Abbe Joiner
and daughter Nellie have started for their
home in Bedding, Mich - Gertie Leisure
hall and Miss Ida Currier in the lower
VERNE Wills in the Rowell district; Mrs
Bertha Durkee here
Waitsfeld
Leon Palmer and Rome McAllister had
collision last Tuesday evening, when driv-
ing near the house of III. p. StOddard, re.
sulting in a badly wrecked buggy for
Palmer, but, fortunately, no one was Sc
riously injured.
Answorth Post, No 36, G. A. r.. will at
tend services at the Congregational church
soldiers in the vicinity to fall in at
that time; also for the Memorial Day SER
vices on the 30th. The Sons of Veterans,
and all the schools in their limits, are also
requested to join with them on both occa-
sions. The Memorial Day speaker will be
I ,a,,t n of
and the Waitsfeld cornet band is to fur
nish the music.
o. G. Eaton represents Valley Lodge Of
Odd Fellows at the grand lodge held at
Newport this week. - Rose Gage Of
East Warren visited friends in town over
Sunday. 1T D. Potter, of the A. G.
Dutton Lumber Company, Springfield,
Mass, was in town last week looking after
the clapboard trade. - f. o. Trask Of
Duxbury, accompanied by Mrs. Trask, was
in town on business last week. - Oracle
Eaton has gone for a few weeks visit
to friends in Massachusetts and Connecti-
cut.
South Walden.
The creamery will commence to do bust
ness this week.
Frank Cochran has bought the Francis
Kellogg farm and has taken possession.
- Ira Gravelin has moved to the Nc
Crillis farm in Hardwick. - Frank Far
rington and wife have returned to their
Walden home after having spent the winter
with his aged father. - u. S. Dutton and
wife, after their winter sojourn with their
sons, have returned to the old home.
Warren.
Many people in town are covering their
roofs with tarred paper.
The Shepherd family gave an entertain
ment in the town hall to large audience
last Friday evening.
Rev Mr.. Wicks from Pennsylvania is to
fill the Unitarian pulpit during the summer.
The society commenced last Sunday to hold
meetings and established Sunday school
in district No. 8.
Mr.. Cady and wife of Waitsfeld, Mr..
Canedy and wife of Granville, and Mrs.
Campbell of Rochester were in town last
week Tuesday to attend the funeral of H.
G. Sterling, who died very suddenly the
Sunday before. Mr.. Douglass of Waitsfield
was the officiating clergyman. Mr.. Ster-
ling was one of the older men of the town,
and wheelwright by trade.
Josie Bucklin is seriously i'll. - Bert
Moody has purchased the Waterman farm.
- DR.. o. d. Greene had a runaway
last week. No one was hurt, but his buggy
and harness were wrecked.
East Warren.
Rose Gage spent Sunday in Waitsfield.
- Jennie Tillotson, who is working in
| Waitsfield, is at home this week -
Elisha Goodspeed was severely kicked by a
horse while blowing last week, and now
| goes on crutches.
Waterbury.
Rev. L. Tenney preached at Barre on
| Sunday.
There was meeting of the asylum board
of trustees last Wednesday.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist
church meets this afternoon with Mrs York
Rev. l.. II. Elliot presented the claims OF
Vermont Bible Society at Mortified on
Sunday.
The directors of the Waterbury National
Bank voted that the banking hours be from
nine to three o'clock, beginning Monday
May 81.
The Oregon Indian Medicine Company ar
rived in town on Monday and gave the first
entertainment last evening. They remain
| two weeks.
The Montpelier steam laundry runs a
team to this village every Monday and
Thursday to collect and deliver at each door
all kinds of laundry work.
Rev. ii. A. Spencer of Montpelier occupied
the pulpit of the Methodist church last Sun
day. There being no service at the Con.
gregational church, large audience was