The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07

interesting to all. The proceeds are for the
benefit Of the school.
The lecture given by Rev. j. Edward
| Wright at the Methodist church last Thurs.
day evening was very instructive and well
received.
The Plainfeld singers are out in full
| force attending the musical convention at
East Montpelier, which closes tonight with
| a grand concert.
Mrs. DR.. Smith has a Bermuda Easter
lily in bloom, the stalk OF which measures
ffty-four inches in hight, and has two bios
SONS over seven inches in length.
Last FRIDAY, Lawrence Fitzgerald, while
binding a load of hay, was thrown from the
| load by the binding pole breaking. He
struck on the barn floor and had one hip
| broken.
| Gertie Greeley, after wrestling with the
| grip at Montpelier for two weeks, was
brought home last Saturday. She il slowly
improving. but it will take some time for her
to fully recover.
-. The Kings Daughters of the Congrega-
| tional church are to meet with Mrs G. d.
Kidder next Friday afternoon at three
| O'Clock. A cordial invitation is extended
to all to attend the meeting.
Last Wednesday, Mr.. and Mrs. Truman
H. Bartlett entertained, at their home, quite
party of their friends who speak in high
praises of their visit and especially of the
| OANOiiohu supper lnbUs
Rev. L. f. Fortney, while in Boston, re-
Gently, called to see Mrs. Ann Conant,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Skinner
OF this place, and reports Mrs. Conant as
| keeping large and remunerative boarding.
house near the state capitol
viii Bancroft left his horse and sleigh
without the horse being hitched in front
OF the office of o. L. Hoyt last
| Wednesday. The horse started for home
in furious run, but, having long hill to
climb it settled to a moderate gait before
reaching home and without doing much
damage.
Mr.. Markham, the campaign singer, with
MISS Cotton as whistler and Miss Miller as
cornetst, will give concert at Paiufeld
House hall next Monday evening" February
II. The concert is to be under the auspices
of the Sons of Veterans. We learn that this
is concert of the best, and we hope they
may have full house.
Owing to the existence of smallpox in
Vermont and adjoining states, the state
board of health has recommended imme-
date vaccination of all school children
and unvaccinated people in Vermont. Our
health officer, DR.. w. 4. Lazelle, will com
mence the work of vaccination next week
in Plainfield and East Montpelier, and free
vaccination will be furnished all those who
are worthy.
Ferd. Wells of st. Adams was in town
last week visiting friends. - Mrs. Tim.
othy Davis ella MARTINI from Boston is
visiting her home and friends here -
Walter B. Page is in very poor health from
bilious trouble, and it is feared that his
recovery will be very slow, if at all. -
On Thursday, Frank Donahue OF Mont
pelier, John K. Eddy of Marshfeld and
o. w. Collins from Cabot were in town on
business.
West Randolph.
The Demorest prize medal speaking con.
test will be held Saturday evening.
L. II. Keith of Northfield has purchased
j. L. Battles interest in the Red Lion Inn
and taken possession.
The Montpelier district ministerial asso-
citation is holding three days meeting at
the Methodist church.
An organ recital will be given Tuesday
evening, February 10, at the Christian
church by Mr. Clark of Boston.
Colonel George w. Balm gave one of his
popular lectures here Saturday evening to
large audience. His subject was Through
to the Golden Gate"
The Christian church will be re-dedicated
Wednesday, February IA. 1t has not been
decided as yet who will be here to partici-
pate in the ceremonies
e. M. Shattuck, wife and son, of Boston.
were the guests of e. A. Shattuck over
Sunday Mr.. Shattuck is a member of the
George II. Morrill, Ink Company.
Rev. Father w. N. Lonergan has been en-
gagged as Memorial Day speaker for this
year. 1t will be a very fine address, as
Father Lonergan has a reputation of being
very able and fluent speaker.
The new band is to have benefit on Fri.
day, February 49, The band will give
concert in Dubois a. Gays hall, and the
citizens will serve supper in the Grand
Army hall for their benefit.
Mrs. Apollos Sharpe, aged ninety years
and five months, died Monday morning.
Funeral was held Tuesday afternoon. The
remains were taken to Roxbury for burial.
She leaves husband, aged ninety.one
years, and this was, perhaps, the oldest
couple in town.
For two or three weeks a man came here
with woman he said was his wife and Sc
cured board of Henry Hull. Nothing
seemed to be out OF the way until John
w. Currn of Ripton came and claimed that
the woman was his wife. The couple had,
however, left, the woman going to Massa-
chusetts and the man to the northern part
OF the state. Officers are on their track and
probably have them in custody by this
time.
Luther Granger, aged ninety-three years,
died at his home on Central street, Satur-
day. His funeral was held on Monday af-
ternoon from his late home and the remains
II. A. Spencer of Montpelier and Rev. V.
M. Hardy were in attendance. Mrs. Nettie
Tinkham of Minneapolis, Mimi, Mrs. C.
w. Miller of Lebanon, n. H., Ed Granger
of Boston and Carroll II. Granger of Barre |
were among the out-oftown people present.
In the st. Adams Messenger of February |
is an account of robbery at Sheldon and |
the arrest OF young man by the name of
James Williams, who says he came from |
West Randolph and is son of meatman |
here. The only meatman by the name of |
Williams in the town is W. K. Williams, and |
as it is known that his only son is in that |
section of the state, he must be the man. |
The name is wrong, as it should be Jasper, |
instead of James; but he has been going by |
the name in this town of Parish Williams.
That the Argus man, who comes here
every week, takes lot of pains to look up |
his items is very evident from the item in |
last weeks issue which said that e. A.
Thomas has put incandescent lights into
his store and that it was the most bril-
lianty lighted store in town. That the
store is the best lighted store in town
is true, but as to incandescent lights
there are none in any.of the stores. The
item from the Herald and Ne,Cs OF the
week before saying that Mr.. Thomas had