The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-01-17


gerously sick last week, but Is a little more
comfortable 60 Andrew j. Parker is
very sick, with not much expectation of re-
covery and his son Charles is confined to
the house with the grip. =- Eldon Ladd,
who went last week to the hospital in Bos.
ton, has assurances from the doctors there
of permanent recovery. 60 Rev. IL.
Dewitt Williams is visiting friends in Ran.
dolph and Bethel this week.
West Randolph.
The hosemen will have their annual bene-
fl { ball January 26.
A son was born to w. NJ. Terry and wife
on Tuesday of last week.
The Week of Prayer is being continued
this week at the different churches.
The new pipe organ for the Christian
church has arrived and Is being set up this
week.
Mrs. Charles e. Mann of Claremont, N.
H.. is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
A. Fowler.
Frank p. Mann has sold his farm to Jo
seph A. Wells for $1,750, which includes
stock and tools.
Ethan N Godfrey has sold his farm to
Edward Field of Royalton. Possession
given March l.
The fifth convention of the Golden Rule
Union of the Christian Endeavor Societies
will be held on Friday at the Congrega-
tional church.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Hooker, who were re-
Gently married in Montpelier, visited here
last week and started on Friday for their
future home in Washington, ID. G..
Mrs William LaFrania died at East Gran
| vile last week Monday of heart disease.
Funeral was held on Wednesday from the
Catholic church, Rev. Father Lonergan of
Windsor officiating.
The senior class of the high school num-
bers twenty-seven members, and they have
elected these officers: President, Harry l..
Ford vice. president Miss Florence Cone;
secretary, Miss Jennie Beecher; treasurer,
| Sherman Moulton; standing committee,
Miss Laura Hildreth, Russell Burridge, Miss
| Eunice Denison and Miss Anna Dubois.
j. II. Talbot, E. Huntley and w. A.
Blake, members of the school board of the
Mortified High School, were in town last
| Thursday examining the system of heating
| and ventilation used by the high school
here. They were very much impressed
with what they saw, and will probably put
| in the same system in their school building.
Hon William II. Dubois very kindly
showed them around and gave them facts
and figures in regard to it.
The annual meeting of the Randolph
Savings Bank was held last Wednesday
afternoon and these officers were elected:
President, James Hutchinson; vice-presi-
dent, William II. Nichols; secretary, b. L.
Lombard. The old board of trustees in
vestment committee and auditors were
| elected. The past year has been the most
prosperous in the history of the bank. The
usual semi-annual dividend was declared,
and good sum added to the surplus.
A very unusual event occurred at the
meeting of the West Randolph Grange, Sat
urday evening After the opening of the
meeting a recess was held to allow pretty
wedding ceremony to take place. The con-
tracing parties were George G. Flint and
Miss Nellie f. Lnfeld of Brantree, both
members of the local grange. The hall had
been tastefully decorated, fine arch of
evergreen had been constructed, from which
hung a wedding bell, under which the
son of the Baptist church. Miss Belle T.
Morse acted as bridesmaid and Fred G..
Webster as best man. Miss Mary c. Flint,
a sister of the groom, who has been teaching
in Wisconsin for the past year, arrived Sat-
urday morning for the purpose of being
present at the wedding and to surprise him,
which she did completely, as he did not
know she was in town until she stepped up
to congratulate him. The happy couple re-
ceived the congratulations of their many
friends of the grange, from whom there
were many beautiful and valuable presents
which testify to the high esteem in which
they are held. The officers of the grange
were then installed by Past Master Alonzo
Emery, and are as follows: Master, F. FL.
Cleveland; overseer, F. p. Mann; lecturer,
George c. Flint; steward, G. NJ. Bass; as
sistant steward, #. G. Webster; chaplain,
Alonzo Emery; treasurer, Lyman Hutchin'
SON. secretary Mrs. George G. Flint; gate
keeper, Edward Morse; Pomona, Miss
Ceres, Miss Jessie Tarbell; assistant lady
steward, Miss Belle T. Morse. The ladies
then served an excellent supper. 1t was a
very enjoyable time and called out an I'M
usual number of the members.
w. f. Wright of Worcester Mass, is Wis
iting in town. - j. K, Eldredge and
Special Pension Examiner Martin of Mont
pelier drove to Chelsea, Friday. - l.. S
Hayes of Bellows Falls was in town or
Thursday. - Deputy Sheriff o. o. Da
Wis was in town, Thursday. - Miss
/ Elsie e. Robinson is visiting in Rutland
- j. e. Eldredge returned on Wednes
day from a three weeks trip to the western
part of the state - E. L. Bass and j. F
! Mead attended the dairymen's meeting las
week at Burlington. - G. G. Written il
+ able to be down to the store again, having
recovered somewhat from his sprained an
kle g. Mrs. Carrie Williams, who ha!
: been in town since last June caring for hel
mother has returned to Ware, Mass, will
= her daughter. - II. e. Holmes, NJ. ID.
r of Minneapolis, Mimi, has been visiting hi
grandmother. - Miss Bertha Name.
o read a paper before the Bethel Teachers
' Association on Saturday - f. A. Shat
' tuck and K. e. Evans were in Burlington
Saturday. Mrs. George w. Drew ha
. returned from the Mary Fletcher Hospita
much improved in health, - Miss Mar
: garet Beattie, telegraph operator of Bun
lington, visited Miss Fannie Ross on Sun
day. - Scion Topper, an engineer Q
{ Minneapolis, Mimi, and former resident
!, has been visiting e. A. Shattuck. 60 f
n A. Hobart returned on Saturday from
weeks trip to Piermont and Oxford, n, II
d - A. b. Simonds of Burlington was il
II town. Monday. - Rev. G. W. MorroV
o was called to Woodstock on Friday to al
tend the funeral of Mrs. e. G. Frye, wife c
the pastor of the Christian church. Rev
Mr.. Frye supplied at the church here durin
3 the pastorate of the late Rev. w. f. Peters
r - Martin l.. Washburn and wife starte
(. on Saturday for visit in New York city.
. Roxbury.
& DR.. l. II. Fiske was in town one day laS
week. - The village school closed las
Friday. 60 Charles Ellis is very sic
a with pneumonia. - u S. Stanton wa
+. in the western part of the county on stat
business last week. - John Sulliva
and wife are rejoicing over the birth of
Il son, their fifth. - A. e. Richardson an
A. wife visited in Braintree last Sunday.
a South Ryegate.