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


Robert Bohonon, with wife, from Clare
mont, N. H., visited his uncle, j. H.
Quimby, last Wednesday. - Alonzo
Hanson and r. Richardson OF Lebanon, N.
H., were in this place several days last
week - Sceva True and family, who
have been stopping the past winter with
their daughter, Mrs. 9. l.. Speare, in Cam
bridgeport, Mass, have returned home.
East Montpelier.
Over 1000 pounds of milk are being sepa-
rated daily at the separator station.
Rev. S. 9. Hayford will preach at the
brick church next Sunday evening at seven
o'clock.
Francis Batchelder and f. s. Snyder,
proprietors of the Capital creamery, made
VISIT to this station last week.
j. NJ. Willard has sold his interest in the
Jarvis, Willard & MacLane Company gran
lite manufacturing plant to Alexander Jar
Wis for 5000.
John Worcester has been attending to
the duties of the railroad station for the
past few days during the absence OF Agent
Sprague in Boston.
There will be a lawn party at Thomas B:
Stevens on Thursday evening. Cake and
Strawberries will be served. A cordial in
vitaton is extended to all.
Fayston.
Edna Dana, who has been i'll so long, is
no better.
Rowland Russell has purchased the
UncleRiley " farm and will move to it this
week
Will Cotton has bought the Frank Colby
farm from Wallace Howe, for 1928, and has
moved thereon
Our school directors have been called to
Montpelier, by order of the supreme court,
to show why they have not made arrange
ments for conveying William Carey's chill
dren to and from school.
North Fayston.
The Willing Workers will meet with Mrs.
Lester Porter on Friday.
Mrs. William Farr of Waitsfield and Abel
Porter of this place picked ripe strawberries
May 20.
There will be no services here next Sum
day. All are invited to attend the Memo
rial Sunday services at Waitsfield.
Groton.
The road commissioner and a gang of
men have commenced work on the high
ways with the road machine.
Mrs I. H. Reed of Shelburne, state
president of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, addressed large ands APP
preciative audience on the work of that Or
ganization last Sunday evening in the
Methodist church.
Colonel Preston Post, G. A. R., is to hold
exercises here on Memorial Day. Ex-
Governor Samuel e. Pingree is to speak.
A dinner is to be furnished the soldiers and
their wives after the exercises, which are to
be holden in the Methodist church.
Mary keenan, is sick with bright's disease.
- Mrs. Cochran and daughter returned
from Boston last week. - John Page
lost a valuable COW last Friday -
Brock Darling and wife were in town last
week, visiting j. r. Darling. - A. ID,
Sherry is having the Honors house papered
and painted, as he expects to occupy it at
once.
Hardwick.
L. H. Warren bought 2, 200 pounds of but
ter on Saturday.
John Drenan has been failing very fast
for the last two weeks.
Perley Shattuck and Ned Mack went to
Newport on their wheels last week.
M. II. Teachout, street commissioner, has
commenced work on the streets in the worst
places.
The Caledonia County, Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union holds a meeting
here this week.
East Hardwick.
Mrs. L. ID. Leavitt died Sunday morning.
She was an aged lady, sister of Hon. John
L. Edwards of Newport.
Edgar Hunt of Waterbury has been at
his store here, helping move some of the
stock from the counters.
On Thursday evening, Harvey Bean went
to Hardwick intending to return or the ex-
press train. In order to get to the station
in season, he started to walk up the track
and was struck by the engine and received
probably fatal INJURIES One leg was
broken, his head, chest and back bruised.
Doctors Darling, Adgate, Weeks and Mar
tin dressed his wounds, but give no hopes
of recovery.
Marshfield.
Mr. Baldwin and wife, from Waterbury,
Conn, were in town last week. Mr.. Bald
in hnn0ht Gyap moi Of ooh nf
Charles K. Shepard G. f. Bliss, j. b. Pike,
j. Mears and James Newton.
Clark Northrop has moved to his father s
farm in Peacham. - Mrs o. ID. Clapp
Of Windsor was in town over Sunday.
N. Davis and wife of Barre were
Lizzie Hall and Agnes English of Groton,
students at the Vermont Methodist Sem
mary, Montpelier, were guests OF G. e.
Shepard over Sunday. - Mr.. Murray
was injured at Montpelier last week, two
ribs being broken and he was otherwise in
jured.
Moretown.
The house on top of the mountain, owned
by Charles Sun, on the road to Mortified
and unoccupied until quite recently, when
an old man named Farnsworth moved into
it, was burned last week Monday night
The old man barely escaped with his life.
Mrs. d. G. Holt arrived home from Man
chester, n. H., last week Monday night
= l.. Wilcox was in Boston the pas
week purchasing goods. - Mrs. Lizzie
Chapman, from Montpelier, was in towr
the past week visiting friends.
MorrisvilIe.
The remains of Mrs. Waterman, mother o
Oscar NJ. Waterman, were taken to Barre
for burial on Friday.
Rev. Mr.. Taylor of Hyde Park preached
in the Methodist church on Sunday, in ex
change with Rev. Mr.. Nanton.
Benjamin H. Sanborn, of the Boston pub
fishing house of Leach, Shewell & Sanborn
will deliver the Memorial Day address
here Mr.. Sanborn is a native of the tow
and graduate of Morrisvile Academy.
Rev. K. P. Seymour completed his labor
with the Congregational church on Sunday
the 18th inst. Robert Lewis, OF the ST
Johnsbury Young Mems Christian Associa
ton, supplied the pulpit on Sunday last.
The class of "a at Morrisville Academ,
will attend service at the Congregations
church on Sunday evening, June 8, whel
Rev. L. +. Booth of the Universalst churcl
will preach the baccalaureate sermon. TIL,
alumni banquet will be held at the Randall
on Monday evening, June 4, and the grad
nation axarciSaa will ha haId On T,,asdo,