The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15
East Orange.


East Orange.
The young people are to have picnic,
Friday, on what is called Pulpit Ledge in
Cornth.
About thirty attended the eighty-frst
birthday anniversary of Mrs j. M. Smith,
August Z.
Ethel Hamilton lately gave lawn party
to the young ladies of the place. This af-
ternoon Louise Jewell will give one at the
Jewell homestead.
The Sunday-school is expected to join the
West Topsham and Waits River schools in
a picnic, next week Wednesday, in the
Bond grove in Waits River.
f. w. Felch has resumed his labor on the
milk team. 60 Mrs. Nelson Prescott has
returned from her visit to her daughter in
Bristol, n. II. - Mrs. Waldo Patterson
lately visited friends in town. 80 Ros-
well Crooke of Cornth, eighty-six years
old accompanied 10y his nephew, Reuben
Crooke, about seventy, visited his niece,
Mrs. f. q. Colby, last week. - Nellie
Hutchinson has returned from the summer
school at Barton. - Bette Brooks is
now able to ride out. - Mrs. E. G.
Colby is i'll with lung trouble. 80 Rev.
I. Trevillian has returned from his vaca-
ton, and occupied the pulpit last Sunday.
His wife and daughter returned with him.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Scion Moore of Barre,
who have been spending the past two
months with his mother in Minnesota, have
returned to spend Sunday here. - AL
berthe Eastman, who has been spending
several weeks with her grandfather, Orrin
Eastman, returned home to Barre on Sun
day. - Mrs. Walter Burger and a sister
who was visiting her were called to Barton
last week on account of the sudden death
death of their brother
Peacham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bunker, who have been
spending a short time at their home at
Barnstead, N H., returned last week.
About twenty young men and women at
tended the teachers examination, held in
the academy on Monday and Tuesday.
The church centennial tomorrow will be
most interesting. The exercises will COM
mence at ten O'Clock. A full report of the
PlainfieId.
The baseball players here go to Cabot to
play next Friday.
Eugene Cree has sold his residence to
George w. Whitcher for 81, 450.
Last Monday, John Shorey and Henry
Bartlett caught 1877 trout which weighed
thirty-four pounds.
II. E. Cutler has sold his grist- mill to j.
M. Batchelder.& Son for $4,000. Possession
is to be given by the first of November.
met with a serious accident last Saturday in
falling from ladder, dislocating one hip.
Thomas Noble and wife of Boston were in
town last week on their wedding trip, visit
ing Mr.. Mobiles brother, who has charge of
the creamery here.
Andrew Emerson, for many years a resi-
dent here, but a resident of Cabot for the
last two years, died at his home in Cabot
last Wednesday and was brought here for
burial last Friday.
The community here were startled and
panied by the news of the DEATH last week,
of Fred Foster McCrillis. Fred was a resi-
dent here some three years, and had many
warm friends. Several went from here to
attend his funeral at West Randolph.
Last Monday, DIR. g. E. Chandler of Mont
pelier was in town and performed an opera
ton on one eye of Clark Reed, from which
he has been suffering severely from an in
jury he received several days ago, causing
liberation Of the eye. Since the operation
he has been more comfortable.
The firm of A. Bernasconi & Co. has an
order for very nice monument, to be
erected in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York
city. They are shipping large sarcopha-
gus monument to Indianapolis, Ind. They
have a large amount of orders on hand at
the present, and are doing some very fine
work.
Randolph.
Miss F. E. Bowditch Of Plymouth, Mass,
is visiting her uncle, r. M. Damon.
Hon. Charles Dewey and wife of Mont
pelier have been visiting friends in town.
Some thirty or more summer boarders are
enjoying the beauties and refreshing air of
1.-THE Hill" but the number is small as
compared with the days before The Ma
plewood was burned.
Rev. Charles Il. Partridge was called to
North Bridgewater on Thursday to attend
the funeral of Mrs. E. NJ. Shurteff of Proc
torsville, who died while visiting friends in
the former place. She was not known here,
but was the widow OF the late Edwin M.
Shurtleff, MD, well known by many as
graduate of the Normal School in the fall of
1874. Burial at Woodstock.
AS announced prospectively last week,
William Blodgett and Miss Mary S. Put
nam were united in marriage at Grace
Church on Thursday last Rector Homer
trimmed with evergreen. clematis ferns,
etc, and was filled with friends invited to
witness the ceremony, who wish the couple
many years of happiness. The bride was
given away by her eldest brother. Messrs.
Gilbert served as ushers and Miss F. e.
Bowditch of Plymouth, Mass, as organist.
West Randolph.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. B. G..
Goodwin last Wednesday morning
Colonel and Mrs. X. j. Kimball were in
st. Johnsbury last week, the guests of L.
d. Hazen, Esq,
The selectmen have appointed Hon
James Hutchinson town grand juror in
place of A. A. Beedle, who refused to
qualify
Frank f. Lamb, formerly of this town,
bur now of Boston, who is on the detective
force of Fire Marshal Whitcombs staff, is
visiting relatives and friends in this vcn-
ity. He expects to remain a couple of
weeks.
Fred S. Fennel and Miss Lissa Chad
wick were married in Glens Falls, N. Y,
August 4, by Rev. Mr. Fennel, grandfather
Of the groom. Mr.. Fennel had been in
town only a short time, and the young
couple met only few weeks ago for the
first time.
Y. l.. Sault, wife and son of Pigeon Cove,
Mass, are visiting at K. T. Sault's ON Pros
pect Avenue. Mr.. Sault is the treasurer of
the Pigeon Cove Tool Company, manufac-
turers of granite tools, etc, and is called
the largest company of the kind in the
United States.
A special village meeting has been called 4
for next Monday evening TO see If the viii
lage will vote TO put in a larger water sup
ply. The water commissioners have in