The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
of horses, last week, which are fast being

| OF horses, last week, which are fast being
| sold.
| More than one hundred people witnessed
| the Demorest prize speaking. Miss Ruby
George won the medal. Coffee and cake
were served after the speaking.
On Thursday morning Warren Bailey's
| horse broke loose in front of Il. @. Reyes
store, and ran into the carriage OF Mrs. nj.
| A. Gale and daughter while they were sit
ting in it. They. were thrown out and
| badly shaken up, but not seriously hurt.
Philip ID. w. Hidreth and Mabel Kim
ball were married by Rev. A. G. Austin on
Wednesday noon at the house of the brides
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Hildreth are pleas
| antly located at the Riverside farm at South
Newbury, Of which Mr.. Hildreth is man
ager.
! All the stores are to be closed on Wednes.
day and Friday nights at six o'clock, COM
mencng this week. For the past three
years they have been closed on Wednesday
nights, but in neighboring villages they
have been closed two nights in week.
The desrability of this reform must be OBJ
vious
Mrs. Rev. T. Trevillian and daughter
Mary spent few days in town, calling on
friends, on their way to conference at Brad
ford. 60 Ella NJ. Bxby went to st.
Johnsbury to sing in the old-fashioned con-
cert on Tuesday evening OF last week.
60 Harvey Clark has closed his labor as
White River Junction and expects to enter
into new field of labor in the same line
in Massachusetts. g. Hon. Henry w.
Bailey, S. L. Swasey and Henry w. Hib-
bard have been confined to the house again
with hard colds.
Mortified.
The annual village meeting is to be held
Tuesday evening, May l, at the village hall.
j. NJ. Bullock has rented the Mcintosh
photograph gallery and has taken posses
sion
Regular communication of Dewitt Clinton
lodge this evening, with work on the first
degree.
w. w Rumrill is to occupy the rooms in
the old factory, vacated by j. b Shortridge,
and will do general job work.
During the past week the ground has
been leveled for the corn factory, and car
penters are at work framing the lumber
The Norwich University Dramatic Club
will present "Cool Coliegans," and the
farce " Turn Him Out" at West Randolph
next month.
Company f Dramatic Club returned LAST
Saturday from Randolph and Bethel, where
they played the Hidden Hand to good
houses. They will clear good sum above
expenses.
Bishop Hall visited St. Mary's parish last
evening. A class of six received the rite OF
n ItCtDtlOu was bChuClCu
the bishop at the residence of DR.. Nichols,
Tuesday afternoon.
The preliminary contest of candidates for
the prize speaking at The coming commence
ment of Norwich University was held at
the chapel on Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings of last week. The judges were
Miss Mary K. Young, Rev. G. II. East and
G. D. Edgerton. The following are the sue
cessful cadets j. S. Averill, D. II. Baker,
G. II. Brooks, w. G. Brooks, f. B. Thomas,
C. j. Scrbner, B. II. Clark, G. II. Carleton,
II. B Durham, d. e. Spafford. There was
a large attendance of citizens. Music was
furnished by the Norwich University Banjo
Club.
Eddie Cornell is at home from Manches-
ter for few days. - G. A Edgerton is
excavating the cellar for his new house on
Prospect street. - Miss Eliza Metcalf
has returned from New York city, where
she has, for the past three months, been
taking lessons in painting. - John
Cleveland is to finish work in the freight
office April 20, and Avery Ladd is to take
his place. - Amasa Pearson and wife
have returned from the West, where they
have been the past winter. - Mrs. #. l..
Howe and Miss Helen Howe visited in
West Randolph last week.
East Orange.
Mrs G. D. Burgin and Jennie Colby are
sick.
Rev. d. E. Land, former PASTOR
preached a much-appreciated sermon at the
| church on Thursday evening.
Nelson Prescott, who died April Q, had
been great sufferer for several years, but
had been able to be out till within two
weeks of his death. He was the youngest
of large family of children. He lived and
died on the farm where he was born. Three
sisters survive him. In 1858, he married
Lucretia Everett of Bradford, who survives
him. They had eight children-three sons
and five daughters.
Peacham.
Hiram Moody's sugar-house, with all its
contents, was burned last week.
Rev. Mr. Fisk, a former pastor of the
Congregational church, was in town on Sat
urday.
While Ichabod Rowe and his daughter
Fannie were returning from meeting on
Saturday, a holdback broke, frightening
the horse, and throwing them both from
the wagon. Miss Rowe was terribly shaken
up Neither was seriously injured.
The one-hundredth anniversary OF the or
| ganizatiOn of the Congregational society
was observed on Saturday, when services
We're held in the church. After prayer and
few remarks by Mr.. Williams, Deacon
| Cloud Harvey gave the financial history of
the church; Mrs. Hooker church history;
Mrs. Palmer, church music Mrs. Bunker,
Sunday-school work; Mrs. Clark, mission
airy work; Ephraim Clark, Young Men $
Christian Association work; Mrs Walter
Blanchard Christian Endeavor work.
Plainfield.
Mrs. Evans, from Groton, breaches at the
Bolles school-house next Sunday.
Lee w Lane has purchased the farm on
Maple hill owned since 1888 by Norman
Holt.
The creamery paid its patrons over twenty,
one cents for March butter. Milk will be
received daily after Monday next
A load of furniture owned by AFRO Pratt
came into the place last week, which seems
TO indicate return of his family to town.
DIR. NJ. ID. Warren, district deputy grand
master, will be present at the regular com
munication of Wyoming lodge of Masons on
Thursday evening
The young ladies of the Congregational
church will hold pink sociable and enter
tainment in the vestry of the church next
Friday evening. The proceeds are to be used
in procuring books for the Sunday. school
library. All are cordially invited to bt
present
The children and grandchil dren, to the
fourth generation, of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Bartlett assembled at their home, April 10
IL.