The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26


East Calais.
The infant daughter of Clarence and Nina
Martin was buried last Friday, after brief
Illness
Rev. L. Warren will preach here next
Sunday morning, and Nj. b. Davenport in
the afternoon as usual.
w. l.. Pierce has recently shipped several
carloads of potatoes, and has orders for an
other this week and carload of maple
sugar.
Three ladies of this village, intimate
friends and also neXt-door neighbors, have
the same birthday. They are Mrs. b. =.
White, Mrs G.. H. Gray and Mrs. w. l..
Pierce. Last Saturday they celebrated
their birthday at tea-party given by Mrs.
Pierce
Two weeks ago the Marshfield CORE.
spondent gave the names and ages Of ten
voters who attended the last freemen's
meeting whose aggregate age was 796
years with an average of 70 g years With a
smaller population, Calais can beat that
and sends the following list: Ira Kent, age
81; Jacob White, IS; Grin Davis, Sc; Taylor
Harwood, 50; JohnIGallison, so; Bart Smith,
80; John Morse, 79j S. o. Robinson, Is;
Wareham Chase, rs; Otis Slayton, 76. The
aggregate is SlS years and the average SIS
years. Calais has several other voters over
eighty years of age who could have gone
had they felt that their votes were needed
Chelsea.
Mrs. w. f. Hood is very i'll of bronchial
pneumonia.
The Methodists had an oyster supper and
social at o. b. Copeland's last Wednesday
evening.
Mrs Cora L. (Gibson) Douglass of Waits
field a former resident, has been vsing at
Willis Scales
$. 7. Harrington has given up the lower
grst-mill, and Ben E. Sargent is running it
for Edison Titus.
1t appears that the report that G. o.
Burnham had bought the house now occu.
pied by Alonzo Noyes was mistake.
Fred e. Atwood is not to attend St.
Johnsbury Academy, as reported last week,
but is to take his college preparation in
Manchester, N, II.
The phosphorescent display from the
wood of a dead tree cut down near the
Methodist church attracted much attention
one evening last week.
Your correspondent has received notice OF
the marriage of John Arnold Reyes to Elite
Nj. Giese, at Madison, Wis, September II.
Mr.. Reyes is a well.known Chelsea boy,
now practicing law at Duluth, Mimi, " the
zenith city of the unsated seas" and will
receive the congratulations of his many
friends.
Corinth.
Joel Bixby is putting in a stone dam for
the carriage shop.
Corinth creamery paid its patrons twenty
two cents for August butter.
Our townspeople will not have to 90 away
to get india wheat bolted, as our miller, Ed
Bugbee, has put in bolter.
AT the special town meeting it was voted
to raise the ten cents on a dollar additional
tax for the support of the schools.
M j. Tapln and wife of Barre were in
town last week to see to the selling of their
property. 1t was bid off by Corydon
Sleeper.
We have heard from the East Corinth
correspondent again through the Argus
He says he is feeling well and that they are
all feeling remarkably well. We see the
point-they have heard from Maine and
they expect the republican party will soon
be in power, and that means good times
again. Why shouldn't they feel well? He
its own medicine. We always do, but
how about the democrats? We heard a
prominent democrat in this town say, a few
days ago, that he didn't think much of a
party that would repudiate an honest debt
like the maple sugar bounty. He manufac-
lures maple sugar. The correspondent also
speaks about the republican party partak-
ing of crow in Corinth on town meeting
day. Yes, they did have a crow, and it was
healthier Grower than the one we saw in
the Argus after the Vermont election.
George Marston has had his arm ampu
tated. - Henry Sargent of Newbury
port, Mass. was in town few days lately
- Mrs. Clark of Ballardvale, Mass, IL
visiting her sister, Mrs. j. A. Colby -
Hiram Dickinson and wife from Barre have
moved in with Mr.. Dickinson's father
- Ezra Dickinson is building new
barn.
East Corinth.
Anna Divoll is teaching in the Crafts dis
trict
The creamery paid twenty-three cent?
for August butter
Farmers in this vicinity are busily en-
gagged filling their silos this week.
A large number attended Mrs. JOIN
Willey's auction Saturday Everything solo
very well.
II. A. Jackman has purchased and will
repair the McDuffee saw-mill where he will
do custom saving.
Rev. S. A. Parker recently preached to 8
large audience. A society has been formed
and it is expected there will be regula
preaching.
Orrissa Seayer, widow of the late Smitl
Corliss, died at her home in Topsham, Sep
TENDER IS, aged eighty-fve years. Tn
funeral was held on Thursday.
A Universaist society has recently bee
formed at this place The officers are a
follows: moderator, Is. +. Ordway; clerE
w. r. Rowland treasurer, Mrs. o. /
Dickey; standing committee, +. M Corliss
Mrs. A. M. Rowland and j. P. Dickermar
organist, Anna Divoll; ushers, w. G. SimI
son and B. l.. Corliss.
George II. Chamberln returns to h
studies in New York city soon. - Laur
b. Butler commenced her school on Tapli
Hill last Monday. - Hattie Page, WI
has been spending two-weeks' vacation
town, has returned to her work in Can
bridgeport, Mass.
East Montpelier.
w. L. Clark has sold his team to Andre
Broggi.
Mrs. j. s. Wheelock visited few days
Berlin last week.
Mr.. Cobb has closed his abors with til
parish and returns to Tufts College to fiji
ish his studies.
Rev. S. A. Parker will occupy the pulpi
at the East and North villages next Sunda
at the usual hour.
At the ball game last Friday only fl,
innings were played, the score standing
to ~ in favor of the Plainields. Afte
wards they partook of a generous supper
Plainfed at the expense of Plainfield
town representative.
North Fayston.