The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13

The listers are about half through with
| the real estate
Republican caucus, Saturday, at the town
| hall at two o'clock.
j. ID. French has made the village schools
present of eight large mounted maps
The school board has recently put globes
and maps of Vermont in the school-rooms.
There will be teachers meeting at the
academy, Hardwick, on Saturday at ten
o'clock.
Caledonia Grange holds meeting on
| Tuesday. The members go to Morrisville
on the 21st to visit Lamoille Grange.
Miss DIR. Leavitt of Canada lectured at
| the Baptist church on Saturday. II.
II. Chase and wife and j. e. Hancock at
tended the Sunday-school convention at
Lyndonville on Friday. 60 David Noble,
Jr., has moved to the street. - Superin-
| tendent Bronson has been sick with grip.
Marshfield.
Harry Cole caught trout in Peacham
pond last week, that weighed six pounds.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist
| church meets with Mrs. Flora A. Edison
Friday afternoon OF this week.
Blanche Lucas won the gold medal at the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
| prize-speaking last week at Mortified.
| Republican caucus at the town house,
| Friday evening of this week, to elect dele
gates to state and congressional conventions.
George Davis of North Montpelier was in
| town last week buying cows. - Eber
Bashaw and wife Emma Shepard) of AL
| bany we're in town visiting her brother last
week. - Edgar Swami and little daugh-
| ter of West Randolph visited his parents,
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Swami, over Sunday.
60 Eli Edison and wife have been visit
ing in Mortified and West Randolph the
past week. 60 Fred Woodbury. was sick
! last week. 60 II. w Brown and wife of
Montpelier visited at Ira H. Edson's part of
last week.
Middlesex.
Francis Batchelder & Co. are erecting a
building on Big Brook, near the village, for
! a separating station as a branch of the
Montpelier creamery. This is a step in the
right direction
The V. NJ. S. Banjo Club played to a fair
sized and highly appreciative audience last
Saturday evening. The performance was
| of high order, and those who missed hear
ing it missed a treat. Their rendering of
the Mardi Gras Patrol " was truly artistic
and alone worth the price of admission.
The little soloist, Master Arthus Dewey,
was much enjoyed by all.
Cows and hogs seem to be the best live
| stock farmers can keep at present, as horses
are very dull of sale at low prices and sheep
are worse still. Dairy products may not
| sell az well as we could wish, but by keep
| ing expenses at low figure we will pros
per year by year. Who says Vermont does
not have the prosperity of her sister states,
with immunity from riots, cyclones and
crop failures?
Children's Day was very appropriately
observed, and full house appreciated the
success of the little ones. The church was
beautifully decorated with evergreens, ferns
and flowers. The exercises were almost
entirely performed by the children in d
! happy manner. Much credit is due Miss
Gertrude Edgerly for her untiring zeal in
training the little singers, and to the League
for the taste displayed in the decorations.
Levi Swift and Ira Johnson are putting
slate roofs on their houses. j. A
Chaplin and George II. Ladd are building
new houses near the Center. - George
Taplin is called from Chicago by the serious
illness of his father.
Shady Rill.
Mrs. Wells is visiting friends in this place
Mrs. Paulina Lawrence has returned
home from Lynn, Mass, and is soon tt
occupy her house in Worcester.
II. W. Cummings and his sisters Anna
and Bertha attended the Free Will Baptis
quarterly meetings at Jonesville last Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday.
Moretown.
G. f. Eddy is making six hundred pounds
of gilt-edge butter at his creamery daily.
Elmer Towle, from Sterling, Mass, is il
town for two-weeks' vacation, visiting hi
parents.
Fred L. Moulton has gone to the Noun
Pleasant House, White Mountains, wher,
he is to work this summer.
Patrick Flynn has vacated Miss Buck
leys house in this village and has move'
his family to a farm over the mountain il
the Cox Brook neighborhood.
A. j. Stone, from Montpelier has beer
in town and Waitstield the past week, can
wasting with good success for picture of
soldiers monument.
There is to be meeting of the Mad Rive
Valley Association on the Waitsheld fai
ground, Wednesday, June 20, when tire
races are to be trotted for S120 in purses.
The severe frosts OF June and hav
materially injured the potato crop in som
parts of the town. With the exception G
! grass, all crops are looking backward in thi
, valley.
Childrens Day was duly observed las
Sunday at the Methodist church, which wa
literally decorated with flowers. The ex
ercises consisted of remarks by the pastor
singing and speaking by the children.
Morrisville.
An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. A. e
Brown was buried on Sunday.
Eoyal Peck has purchased of John Camp
, bell house on Union street, now occupie
, by Eugene Tyler.
A republican caucus will be held mex
Saturday evening to elect delegates to state
> district and county conventions.
: A class of eleven members graduated frol
, the Peoples Academy, June 8. On Monda
evening an alumni reception and banqut
was held at 1.-THE Randall" Hon. Fran
, Plumley of Northfield serving as toas
a | master.
I Newbury.
On account of the illness of Rev. j. !
q Merrill, there were no services at the Coz
a gregational church last Sunday.
t Rev. Mr.. Dodd preached at the Methods
l church Sunday evening. He was locate
here some twelve years ago as pastor of th
3 Methodist church.
p School in all the departments at the Sen
r mary closed last Friday. The graduatin
d exercise Of the business course was eI
Q joyed by crowded house. Ten receive
diplomas from the business course.
s The republicans OF Newbury are requisite
o to meet at the town house on Saturda,
:. June 16, at half past two o'clock to choOs
y delegates to the district, state and count
;. convention. Every republican of this tow
}, should attend this caucus and see that IL
u right men are chosen as delegates.
The MARRIAGE of Martha Erancaa Raile