The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-14


Bradford.
Ira A. Merrill is moving his hay and
wood to the place he has bought of e. E. |
Sawyer.
DIR. j. III. Jones is improving in health, |
and his many friends hope to see him out |
again in few days.
Rev. L. p. Tucker, who has been quite |
sick, is improving. Mrs. Tucker. who has |
also been i'll, is now about the house.
w. S. Freeman is building a house on |
Pleasant street, Just west of the house |
which he has recently sold to Fred Adams
j. l.. Brooks, the proprietor of the Orange
County Box Company, lost the ends Of
three fingers on his right hand, one day
last week.
Marcella Shepardson, very worthy lady,
who has been on invalid for a long time,
was at church last Sunday for the first time
in thirty years.
The interest in the union services con-
Quoted by Rev. ID, p Brown, the evangelist,
still increases, and the meetings will con-
tinue another week.
j. f. Sleeper has sold his place on the
lower plain to Mr.. Brown, and expects
to move into the mill house, owned by
Flanders Il Craig, very soon.
Ernest b. McDuffee started Monday
morning for Boston, where he is to locate
as the New England agent for the Hecla
1OWuer company OF New YORK.
A. j. Markham of Brattleboro and two
ladies stopped at Hotel Low one day last
week. They were on their way to New
bury, where they gave one of their popular
concerts.
Broolkfield
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Second
church will meet at the church parlor next
Thursday afternoon and evening.
Hon. Frank Plumley delivered a very in
tereSting and instructive lecture at the
grange hall, last Friday evening, on the his
tory of the political parties of this country.
Those who attended the town school last
Friday must have appreciated the advan-
tages afforded the older pupils by the CEN
trail high school, which were only made pos
sible by the town system.
George Fullam, lad of fifteen years, who
has been at home on probation, from Yer
gennes reform school for the year past, took
his fathers horse and sleigh last Friday
without the knowledge or consent of any
one and left. dispatch has been received
from Mr. Andrews, of the reform school,
saying that Fullam was there
The customary remarks have been heard
recently in regard to the need of a town
hall. which are repeated every time an oc-
Casion occurs which requires large public
hall. The interest in the matter hitherto
has been like that of the man whose house
lacked shingles,-it was all right in dry
weather and he could not single it when it
rained, therefore it was never done.
A successful town school was held in the
Second Congregational church, Friday,
February 9. Eight out of the ten schools
of the town were fully represented, and one
hundred scholars in all were present. Each
school gave some exercise, more or less il
Illustrative of its work. The showing was
highly creditable to teachers and scholars
OF course the chief interest centered in the
competitive exercises in reading and SPELL
ing, which were open to all the schools
Prizes were awarded for excelency In
these branches, as also in writing. The
winners were as follows In writing, for
greatest progress, first prize, 81, Lima
Price, and second prize, fifty cents, Mamie
Orkins for best penmansbip, first prize,
81, Freddie Flint, and second prize, Cassie
and Gertie Benham. In reading, advanced
class, first prize, seventy-fve cents, to Cas-
sius Peck, second prize, fifty cents, to
Mamie Orkins, and third prize, fifty cents o
Cassie Benham; in younger class, first prize,
seventy-tive cents, to Cary Fnllam, second
prize, fifty cents, to Hattie Churchill, and
third prize, fifty cents, to Elliot Frink. In
the spelling, in the advanced class, Charlie
Bigelow Spelled down" the rest and won
the prize of ST. and in the younger class
Mildred Peck and frankie Peabody divided
the honors and shared equally the 81.
Mrs. Fred Durkee has been sick the
been i'll recently. - News has been re-
ceived of the illness of Deacon Trial Clark
at Milford, Mass. His daughter and her
husband MT, and Mrs. G. w. Wilcox, are
also in poor health.
The Epworth League met with Mrs. b. j.
Lance last Thursday evening.
Many are in attendance at the musical
convention at Danville this week.
The creamery company has put in sixty
tons Of ice for use the coming summer.
Frank Chickering has bought the house
At Lower Cabot known as the John Lance
house.
j. NJ. Southwick has purchased the house
ut the lower end of Main street owned by
Frank Chickering.
Charles Phelps has bought the saw. mill
and all the fixtures of his partner, and the
partnership is dissolved.
The board Of civil authority will meet at
the town clerks office on Saturday next at
ten o'clock to abate taxes.
John Walbridge has sold his farm to his
son Fred and is to move to the village. 1t
is said Fred has engaged housekeeper.
Carrie Smith and Susie Atkins have fin
ished their schools in Plainfeld and Wor.
cester, respectively, and returned home.
The farmers meeting which was to have
been held last Saturday has been postponed
until February2S, AFTERNOON and evening, in
the Congregational church.
DR.. W. L. Goodale has received the pre-
liminary papers for appointment as pension
examining surgeon OF the Wells River
board Of pension examiners.
A large number of the friends of Bertha
Osgood gave her surprise party Monday
evening Refreshments were served and
every one enjoyed the occasion.
1t is hoped that no person within ten
miles will fail to hear DR.. Rich .who speaks
this afternoon and evening upon the dis
eases of the cow and other farm stock.
f. e. Webster of Manchester, n. H., trav-
cling salesman for the s. Newcomb Boot &
Shoe Company Of Biddeford, Me-, visited at
l.. d. Smiths and G. M. Webster's last
week
The Grand Army, Relief Corps and Sons
of Veterans will give sociable and literary
entertainment at the Grand Army hall on
Monday evening, February 10. Refresh
ments will be served. Admission ten cents.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Howe, who have
been spending considerable time here with
Mrs. Howe's sister, Miss Martha Bickford,
and at other places, returned to their home
in South Dakota last Wednesday. Their