The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15

Sixteen tickets were sold for the excur-
sion to Montpelier last Wednesday.
A party of thirty from Ryegate was at
Barnet Pond for days outing last Wednes-
| day.
There were no services at the new church
| last Sunday. Rev. j. j. Hall will occupy
| the pulpit next Sunday.
James O'Rourke had call last week from
Montpelier parties to buy his mineral
springs. He asks $1,000.
The Ryegate Granite Works Company
! has recently painted and repaired one of its
houses at the Quint place.
The lawn party at Mrs. Jeanette Coch-
rams was well attended last Friday evening.
the sum of $40 was realized
The young people of the Christian En-
deavor Society enjoyed social at w. N.
| Gilhllan's last Friday night.
The civil authority will meet at the town
clerks Office next Friday for the purpose of
revising and correcting the check list.
The Blue Mountain Company is at the
Blue mountain, quarrying stock. The COM
pany has three cars of rough and dressed
granite to ship this week.
| A stereopticon lecture on Pilgrims Pro-
gress will be given in the old church next
Friday evening by Rev. S. A. Jackson un-
der the auspices of the Christian Endeavor
Society.
James O'Rourke has purchased granite
quarry of George w. Lyford in Peacham,
two miles from Lanesboro. He expects to
open it at once. The stone is a fine medium
and is pronounced by experts an extra
building stone. The quarry contains about
| forty acres.
| The repairs on the old church were fin
ished last week. New pews have been put
in, the floor newly carpeted, and walls fres-
coed A new pulpit takes the place of the
old one. The church is now in fine con-
dition. Rev. S. A. Jackson occupied the
pulpit last Sunday. Special services were
held on Monday and Tuesday evenings and
will continue tonight.
The managers of the Wells River Dairy
Valley Association are busily engaged max
ing preparations for the coming fair which
promises to be one of the best in the county.
Work has commenced on the grounds,
putting them in fine shape, building
judges and band stand and making inn
provements in all the buildings. The race
tracks will be made as good as possible.
There will be balloon ascension each day,
and everything indicates a much better
fair than last year. The Montpelier Mill
tary Band is expected to furnish music.
Larger entries OF stock are expected than
last year. The railroads will make special
rates. The date is September 10 and 20.
G. NJ. Libby is selling coal. Angus
Mcdonald went to Canada last week Mon
day. - Mrs. Marion Henderson and
daughter Marion are visiting at G.. NJ.
Libbys. Mrs. N. j. Bailey visited her
son Charles in Barre last week. - Mrs.
Pringle Gibson is convalescent. - Mrs.
Morris Brown is very i'll with gastric fever.
- Mrs. Edward Brow and children
are visiting in Peacham. - Rev. W. j.
Mcdowell is visiting in town. - Angus
Mcleod has moved from DIR. Daring's
house into Angus McDonald's tenement.
- John Thomas was in St. Johnsbury
over Sunday. John Dobson of Lowell
is visiting at Peach Thomas - Fred
Adams of Boston is visiting at j. E. Ford's.
- Mrs. r. T. Miller Of Ryegate was at
the Lakeside in West Barnet last week.
- W. A. Gibson's child is convaescent.
- Mr.. Cook and daughter of Newton,
Mass, are guests of James Doe. -
Pliny G. Morrison was at home from Con.
cord last week. - George Robin and
over Sunday. - Forrest Mills and wife
returned to Wollaston, Mass, last Saturday.
- James P. Tabor of Topsham is visit
ing at G. b. Smiths. - George Murphy
of Westerly, R. L. is visiting his brother
Joseph Murphy. " George Brow, who
has been i'll, returned to work last Monday.
- Thomas Courtney and family re-
turned to Concord, n. H., last Saturday.
- Mrs. Abigail Bailey is guest at
James Parks. - Mrs. G. L. Hall and
daughter Marion are at Old Orchard Beach.
- Irwin Renfrew of Littleton, who has
frew, has gone to West Barnet.
Topsham.
The entertainment given last Wednesday
evening by the young people passed off very
pleasantly.
On account of the absence of III. Wallace
Chalmers from his carriage shop this week.
there will be no job work done there.
Communion services will be held in the
Reformed Presbyterian church next Sun
day. Rev. j. G. X. Faris will be assisted
by his brother, Rev. d. G. Faris of Barnet.
Friday will be observed as Fast Day, and
services will be also held on Saturday.
j. R. Nolan is able to be out again.
- Mrs. Sargent is improving. -
Harry Randall spent Sunday at home
- Mrs. Clara Hood and her daughter
and Mr.. Murdoch have returned to Boston.
- Mrs. Taggart and son visited friends
in Bradford last week.
Waits River.
f. E. Folsom and wife of st. Adams are
guests of ID. S. Folsom.
Rev. 7. Trevillian and family are occupy
ing the parsonage He has fine horse,
purchased in Lebanon, N. H.
Nancy Emery enjoyed birthday party,
August 9, at the home of A. l.. Patterson,
where she is boarding. Ice-cream and cake
were served after spending the afternoon in
playing games beneath the old apple tree.
Tunbridge
The children of the Congregational Sun
day-school are to give concert soon.
The hunters of the town think they have
captured some of the foxes that made such
havoc among their turkeys early in the
summer.
Hugh and Annie Lyman are visiting at
Woodstock. - Nathan Preston visited
at the home of Mrs. Janet Herrick at West
Randolph last week, - Lizzie Hayward
came from Claremont on Monday.
Minnie Broughton is i'll. - The body of
Edward Crandall was brought here from
Boston, on Thursday, August 9, for burial.
- Mrs. G. w Smith recently sprained
her ankle badly. - f. II. King and son
Henry of Lawrence are in town. - The
friends of Daisy Role gave her a very pleas
ant surprise party the night of her birthday.
- Mrs j. b. Sargent and son Archie
are visiting in Hanover.
Waitsfield.
About forty couples attended the dance at
Creamery Hall, Friday night.
The hour set for the republican caucus
has been changed from Saturday evening to
half past two o'clock in the afternoon. Let
every body take notice of this and all come.