The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-19

| pairs on the James Hattie shop, which he
recently purchased. 60 Horace Steele
LOST a valuable colt last Friday - Ray,
youngest son of Joseph Knapp who has
been very dangerously i'll with typhoid fe-
yer, is reported rs slowly gaining
Newbury.
Christmas tree exercises at the Congre-
gational vestry will be held Christmas Eve
(Monday).
Newbury will age creamery paid its pa
irons twenty-five and onehalf cents for No
vember butter.
Wells Goodwin, a sketch of whose life
was given in this paper during the fall,
died at Newbury Center, December II, aged
one hundred years aud one month. Dur
ing the last eleven days of his life he was
sustained wholly by stmulants. He was so
active on his centennial day that he went
through the manual of arms until ex-
hausted. He did not again rally, but gradu-
ally failed until his death. His utter nent
was in the cemetery near Newbury town
house. large throng of people attended
the funeral, and listened to the sermon by
Rev. @. Il. Coolidge. Othar clergymen
were present and assisted.
Henry b. White and wife of Topsham
visited at Hon. Henry w. Baley's on
Wednesday and Thurs lay Of last week
- Henry G Rollins and wife attended
the thirty-fifth anniversary OF the marriage
of Mr.. and Mrs Walter Scott Darling at
Barnet last week - Mrs. John Camp
bell received a visit last week fir I'm an aunt,
Mrs. o 'dway, who lives IN Minnesota.
- Mrs. Edward Rollins OF Palmer,
Mass, made a short visit to her father.in-
law, Henry G. Rollins, last week.
Mortified.
The sale of St. Mary's parish Melted the
ladies' the sum of $40
S. A. Hatch has gone into the meat bust
ness, having finished work at Barre.
Several from this place are to attend the
presentation of the Cotton King" at
Bethel.
#. l.. Howe & Co. are lettering a fine
Swede granite monument to be erected in
the cemetery at Lawrence Mass,
A delegation of Masons will attend the
district meeting at Barre. The second de-
gree will be worked by the lodge from this
place.
The Universaist society will hold their
an nual festival and bazaar at Concert Hall
this evening, with musical and literary
entertainment.
Captain II. l.. Howe, Leutenants G. r.
Cofrin and A. o. Smith, Of Company r, will
attend the officers school at Burlington,
January9.
The third lecture of the Norwich Uni
versity course will be delivered Thurs
day evening of this week by Hon. j. w.
Giddings, lieutenant governor of Michigan.
Subject" Evolution of the Demagogue"
George S. Lowell, superintendent of the
Hirris-Payson Company, is 500 to move
his FAM y to this place - A daughter
was born to Mr.. and Mrs Charles Dole last
| Sunday. - DR.. Edwin Porter is to 90 to
California to spend the winter. - Il e.
Wright is at the hospital at Burlington for
treatment. - G. A. E1gerton, Jr., CASH
Ter of the Mortified National Bank, has been
very sick the past week with peritonitis, but
20 .Nv-,Y, ~ ID II
of Montpelier was in town Tuesday, called
here by the illness of Mrs Prudence Denny.
- Willard Springer and George Tilden,
members of Company F, have qualified as
! sharpshooters.
East Orange.
1t il said that fine Estey organ will be
purchased for the church previous to Christ
mas.
There will be Christmas tree, with liter
airy exercises, at the vestry on Monday
evening.
There is no change in the condition of
Mrs. Hannah Davis, who recently had a
shock of paralysis. - Charlie Eastman
and Edith Davis have returned to Green
Mountain Seminary. - Lizzie Quimby
is reported somewhat better.
Peacham.
There will be a promenade concert in the
town hall next Friday evening. Music fur
nshed by the Danvlle Trio.
Ethan Minor, a native of this place. died
at his home in Danvile last week Sunday
His remains were brought here for inter
ment.
Jessie Varnum, who has been attending
school in New Jersey, returned home last
week, sick with scarlet fever. - e. d.
Somers and Eta Brown were married last
week Wednesday.
Plainfield
The union meetings on Sunday evening
are well attended.
Wedding bells will chime With the Christ.
mas ones next week.
A literary club has been organized al
Mrs. A. M. Batchelder's.
The coming season promises to be very
active in social and literary lines.
A Christian Endeavor Society has beer
organized by Congreg ,tional young people
Mrs. d. b. Whittier was in town ovel
Sunday, stopping with her cousin, Mrs. o
L. Hoyt.
The Methodsts have organized chapter
of the EpwOrth League with over fort
members
Christmas will be observed in botl
churches with appropriate exercises OF
Monday evening.
Miss Elsie Powers, the fine elocutionis
of the Emerson School Of Oratory, will Civ,
an entertainment in the Methodist churcl
on Thursday evening at half past seven.
j. S. Chamberin has rented his farm t.
Mr.. N. White and has moved to his nov
residence in the village. 7. r. Gibson il
also living in the village. Octavius ST. Cy
and Alvin Parks occupy the Page house.
At the annual meeting of Wyomin,
Lodge, No. 80, f. and A. NJ, the following
officers were elected: w. II. Cove, mas
teri G. e. Woodland, senior warden; Rob
Little, junior warden; D. w. Moses, treas
urer; f G.. Hoyt, secretary; Lee Leonard
senior deacon; e. Skinner, junior deacon
w. G. Nye, w. j. Batchelder, stewards
Arch Batchelder, marshall Lee Martin
tyler.
Randolph
The district schools at the Center di no
begin their winter term until this week
owing to the illness of the teachers.
There will be Christmas service a
Grace (EpiscopaD Church on Monday even
ing next, and also special exercises at tn
Congregational church the same evening.
+ Charles Warren, ST., who recently move
. with his son to the Damon farm, iron
Chelsea died Friday from an apopecti
shock, aged about seveuty-three. Bre
services were held early SUNDAY mornin