The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-23


| Repairs are making on the residences of
r. w. Chamberin and John McClintock
and the Congregational and Methodist par
| sonages. New steps have been placed in
front of j. b. Hale's store.
Charles f. Demng of Montpelier is in
town again. 80 ID. NJ. Bond, wife, and
Master Otis visited their parents in Corinth
last week. - Mrs. A. ]. LAPEL of Swan
ton is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dr. A. L.
Cross. - Mrs Baldwin OF Wells River
was in town one day last week visiting her
sister, Mrs. Jacob Worthen.
Mortified.
The reservoir near No. 2 engine house has
been re-oemented.
The dance of Company # was well at
tended last Friday evening.
Will Woodbury. has sold out his barber
business to his partner, Charlie Clark
f. L. Cardell of Warren has opened
jewelers. repair shop in the Stevens block.
Professor Frank Bradford of Bennington
gives his Sbakesperian reading this even
ng.
Several members of the Masonic lodge
will attend the Masonic celebration at Bur-
lington in June.
G.. K. Andrews is to make II, 600 cases for
packing cans of corn for the Harris & Pay
son Company. Cd
cemetery last week, large monument of
pure white marble for DR.. Edwin Porter.
Several bicyclers showed their regard for
the village bylaws, lately passed, by using
cow-bells and tin horns to warn the people
of their approach.
Edward Legier and Mrs. Louisa Wright
were married Tuesday afternoon of last
week and left for Burlington to spend their
honeymoon.
A . a., Al ILL
bylaws regulating the riding of bicycles, OBJ
structing sidewalk crossings, building bon
fires, ETC., were passed.
The Central Vermont railroad has i'm
| proved the looks of the station by turing
and grading the entire front side A track
will soon be laid to the new corn-factory.
Several attended the presentation OF
"Placer Gold " at Williamstown. The
| play is to be presented by the Universalist
Dramatic Club on Friday and Saturday
evenings of this week.
| The commencement exer cises of the high
school will be as follows: May q, sermon
before the graduating class at the Univer-
salst church, by Rev. l. p. Booth; Monday
and Tuesday, May % and 30, final examina.
tions; Wednesday evening, at Concert Hall,
graduating exercises of the grammar school
Thursday evening, graduating exerci ses o,
high school at eight o'clock; Friday even-l
ing, at Armory Hall, reception to the gradu-
ating class.
Will Woodbury. is farming on the land
near the Elmwood cemetery. - Henry
| l.. Kenyon is visiting friends and relatives
in Arlington and Dorset this week. -
Joseph X. Egerton. has been elected presi-
dent of the board of underwriters of the
Montpelier district. - Francis Wells
broke both bones in his arm while jumping
from fence last week. - Messrs.
Blake, Plumley and Huntley enjoyed four
| u hprO nnnd
- Rev. G. r. East is to have rooms at
| the Burnap house on Central street. -
w. o. Whitmarsh has purchased a driving
horse Of Charles Clark - j. P. Brooks
attended the meeting of Odd Fellows at
| Newport last week as delegate from North
| field lodge. - Hon. 9. p. Hogan of St.
Adams was in town last week visiting at
Frank Plumley's.
Mrs. p. l.. Lord is very sick with heart
trouble. - fourth son claimed a home
with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mills, May T.
- K. l.. Batchelder and j. M. Lord,
having rented the butter-tub shop of G. G.
Lord and put in steam power, are prepared
to furnish frstclass butter-tubs to all.
Peacham.
The creamery at South Peacham paid
twenty cents for last months butter.
E. d. Palmer is building an L to his
V.D. Moulton has sold his farm to william
Butson, possession given next fall. Mr.
Moulton will move to Lunenburgh.
Harry May of st. Johnsbury is soon tC
open a class of private singing lessons
Nearly all of the singers are to take private
lessons OF him.
j. w. Sault and son of st. Johnsbury
were at East Peacham on Saturday on fish
ing expedition. - John Northrop il
| az nit
Brock died at the residence of his sister
Mrs. Dana, last week Monday. The funeral
| was held on Wednesday. Henry
Hartman is at home from the West, visit
ing his brother, Sprague Hartman.
PIainfield.
The new creamery station is in full opera
ton and giving good satisfaction. Fol
April butter seventeen and one-half cents
was paid.
The Methodist Society is to have lawn
party at Thomas Stevens, East Montpelier
on Thursday evening. Strawberries anC
cream will be served.
The Womans Christian Temperate,
Union will meet with Mrs. Arthur Ian,
next Saturday at half-past two. Delegates
are to be chosen for the county convention
Frank Leslie and Fred Bruffee have dis
solved partnership in their blacksmith bust
ness. Leslie has gone to work on a farm
anu FRANK IdUJer TAXES MS place Win Mr.
Bruffee
Sewell A. Batchelder has added to hi:
line of furniture, caskets and agriculture
implements full assortment of carriages
which he offers at figures that will interes
all wishing to purchase.
Joseph Lane and G. d. Kidder capture,
nice string of trout last week. On
weighed five pounds; one, four and one hal
pounds two, one and one-half pounds each
twenty-four that weighed from one-fourt
to one-half pound each. They have t.
come when Joe and George get after then
Eugene Cree, who has been seriously sic
and confined to the house with infiamma
ton of the stomach, is reported much better
- Mrs. j. o. Sherburn and her sister
Mrs. j. Newton Perrin Of WilliamstowI
visited their father, Deacon S. B. Gale, las
week. - Mason I. Page of Barre is i
town caring for his father, Ira Page, VIII
has been quite sick for several days but
reported more comfortable. - Charlie
johnson and his daughter Addie OF Milford
Mass, are visiting relatives here. -
Mrs. Milford Kyser, who has been danger
ously sick for more than a week, is reporte
some better, and, it is hoped, out Of DANCE
, North Randolph.
} John Flannery of Haverhill Mass, hs
| been visiting in town.
: Lulu Allen has recovered from her Hines