The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-17

seph Smith, and other friends. - The
delegates to the Suuday-school convention
at 81, Adams from the Methodist church
are Mrs. Samuel Lewis and Vena Hudson.
60 Alice Packer Fisher is visiting in St
| Johnsbury. 60 Mrs George of Newport
is visiting Rev. Samuel Lewis. - Mrs.
Adams OF Ferrsburgh is visiting at Sabn
Pixies.
Middlesex Center.
Meetings are now held at the school
house, instead of the church, at 2:15 Pm
| But one FIR jst up to October II, to amount
| to anything-a rare exception for this place.
Corn turns out finely. Oats are failure.
! Apples plenty and good, but no market.
Jerry Miles has bought an addition to his
! building lot and built an extension to his
/ barn.
The two new houses on West street are
! approaching completion and will be oc-
cupied next month.
Good luck to the project for a monument
to Thomas Chittenden, Let us honor the
/ farmer statesman, the Father of the State
! If $1,000 is not enough we can make it
! SO 900 by su inscription
1t is to be hoped that Representative
! Wells will get bill passed to enable the
people here 10 rebuild, repair, sell or other
wise dispose of, the old church built by the
fathers and grandfathers fifty.seveu years
ago. 1t is out of style out of repair, and
four times too large, and yet this people
need preaching to as bad AZ any.
Shady Rin.
The literary and musical entertainment
under the direction Of the Christian En-
deavor Society is to be Friday evening,
| O ;tober 49, G. e. Stevens of Jonesvile
will speak on Good Citizenship"
Newbury.
Newbury village creamery has paid its
twputv.fpur for Spptpt ha r
butter.
The chidren's sociable on Tuesday of last
week was well patronized, realizing some
over $13.
Several from here attended the Christian
! Eudeavor convention at Haverhill last
| Wednesday.
Il. 9. Reyes unloaded another car of that
" Perfect" fl our last week. Now is good
time to lay in winters stock. Get his
prices
The revival meetings are being well at.
tended and will be continued through the
week. Rev. Joseph Hamilton, presiding
elder, was here Tuesday evening, and Rev.
Mr.. Tucker from Bradford is expected to be
here Thursday evening. Next Sunday re-
vival meetings will be held at the town
house in the morning, afternoon and even
ing. Rev. Mr. Ford will be here during the
week.
Charles n Brody of Newport, who was
born on what is now known as the Pine
Grove farm, and who lived for several
years where Daniel Kimball now lives, with
his family spent a few days in town last
week calling on old acquaintance. Mr..
Brody is one of the firm of Sherman q Brody
of Newport, who are extensive dealers in
-four, grain, etc. Mr., Brody and family
were spending their vacation taking car
riage drive through the country
Rev. j. L. Merrill and wife are away on a
ftnrfa. .lyli ttnn NJ aud Atr.
Hunter have gone TO Dover, n. H., to spend
the winter with their daughter. - Mrs.
Andrew Nutter is to spend the winter with
her sister, Mrs. Swaine, in Worcester, Mass.
- Mr.. Webb, our tinsmth has moved
his family from Bradford into Mrs. John
Hale's house. - Mrs. Hannah Bond
from Marshfield is visiting at ID. M. Bonds.
- L. G. Reyes and wife are in Boston
this week buying new goods. - Mrs. F.
e: kimbalPs brother. from the West, is
with her. - Mrs. Mary Smith, who has
boarded with Rev. II. c. Hall the past
year, has moved to the back part of the
town to live with Orrin Brock.
Newbury Center.
M. C. Bailey has hand picked forty-five
barrels of grated apples this fall from his
orchard, and has large lot of seconds and
small ones left for the canning factory.
A. N. Laing is to put in foundation for
a new house for James Leonard this fall at
Wells River. - Mrs. George Chalmers,
who is nearly ninety years Of age, is in very
cashier of the First National Bank of Stone
ham, Mass, is vi iting at his old home at
the Center. - Wells Goodwin, who we
hope may live to celebrate his one hun
dredth anniversary, remains quite feeble.
Northfield.
William Cotter has purchased the Legeir
| place on Union street for $500.
l.. l.. Montana and Richard Kennedy
have been released from all on bail.
Fred NJ. Sheldon, wife and children, OF
Burlington visited his mother last week.
Cashier c. A. Edgerton, Jr., and wife are
rejoicing over the advent of son, born Fri
day morning.
James Kelley had one of his horses DROP
dead while driving to Roxbury with load
on Friday last
sick at Escanaba Mich, will soon return
home. His son is to go to Michigan to re-
turn with him.
Charles McCarty moved to the house on
Elm street that he lately purchased of Sam
uel Howard Mr.. Howard has purchased a
place in Bethel for $1,000
DR.. w. b. Mayo is getting out granite al
the King quarry to use as foundation for
Paine's block. He will repair the building
and make several changes in the spring.
b. II. Douglass, son of the late DR.. Doug.
lass, formerly rector of St. Mary's parish
and president of Norwich University read
service at the Episcopal church on Sunday.
Deputy Sheriff f. l.. Howe conveyed
Daniel Sawyer of Mddlebury to the work
house last Friday night He was sentenced
by the supreme court for ninety days and
to pay the sum OF S241.
e. III. Thayer has purchased the boarding
house at West Berlin and will use it for a
creamery, which will be in the charge OF
James Cofrin. Mr. Thayer has closed the
creamery at West Roxbury.
j. C. Rice is filling the hollow in the east
end of Elmwood cemetery. This place was
left for fountain. He is to receive 500
for the job. Many members of the associa.
ton are opposed to having this plot of land
disturbed
Mrs. Abbie Colby has purchased of heI
mother half Of the homestead on Vine
street, the other half belonging to her late
husband, e. w Colby. The administrator
has sold to II. II. Slack the shop and black
smith tools.
The funeral services of the late William
r. Bean were held at his house, Thursday
afternoon. Rev. | p. Booth officiating. The
services were conducted by Dewitt Clinton
Lodge, No. 10, OF Masons, of which he was
a member. There was large delegation