The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05

papers and periodicals of the day for the use
and benefit of the whole town.
James b. Kemp of Bristol, N. H.. is
spending few days with W. f. Gage
80 s. w. Emerson is employed In
Grimes store in Piermont, N. II. 60
Hattie Little is at home from the noun
tains. 60 Eliza A. George is at home for
vacation. - Erastus Garfield OF Boston
is visiting relatives in town Mr.. Garfield
is a brother of our respected townsman,
Davis of Haverhill, n. H., was in town
with friends on Monday. 60 Lulu
Bagley is visiting her uncle, G. G. Bagley.
- Henry Chase spent Sunday with his
parents. He is employed in p. j. Noyes'
pharmacy at Lancaster, N. ii. g. Mrs.
II. G. Day and daughter of Beatrice, Neb.
have been visiting her friends in town the
past week. Mrs Day will be remembered
as a former resident of Bradford who left
here about six years ago.
Bradford Center.
L. e. Tucker is to visit our class meeting
next Friday night, and would like to have
all the members of the class present 60
Mr.. Welton is repairing the old red house
near the school-house. - Moses Durham
of Chelsea and Mr.. Chatfield of Lowell,
Mass, made William Porter visit after
attending the soldiers reunion at Bradford.
BrookfleId.
Mrs. Joseph Kingsbury died Tuesday,
August 2S, after a painful and lingering
illness of many weeks. The funeral &C.
CURED Thursday at the residence. Mrs.
Kingsbury was seventy-six years of age
and has been for most of her life a resident
of Brookfield. She united with the First
Congregational church in 1854.
East Brookfield.
East Brookfield creamery paid eighteen
and three.fourths cents for July butter.
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field met with Mrs. f. II. West last Thurs
day week.
Charles Bigelow and Frank Wilcox left
for ST. Johnsbury last Monday, where they
will attend the academy.
Cabot.
The sidewalks at the lower end of Main
street are in a very dilapidated condition,
and, unless repairs are made there will be
other expenses to meet Which will cost
the most, to replace few worn-out and
broken planks or furnish Crutches for pedes-
trians2
Last Sunday was a very smoky day, it
being so dark at five o'clock that some were
obliged to light lamp at the tea-table, and
the evening was Egyptian darkness. One
family living in a white house were unable
to find their front steps at the baCkside of
the house when returning from meeting.
Others were obliged to borrow lanterns on
their way home.
The Christian Endeavor Society and Ep-
worth League held union services last We'd
nesday afternoon and evening. Some in
teresting topics were discussed by men,
bers of both societies, and spicy remarks
were made by Rev. II. d. Williams of
Plainfeld and Rev. j. A. Dixon of Cabot.
In the evening the church was well filled
to listen to a sermon by Rev. Mr.. Williams.
The Good Templars' Union, held here
last week, was well attended, but, owing
to rainy day, the speakers from out of
town were only two. Home talent, how
ever, stood ready and furnished some eX-
cellent pieces, which elected loud cheers
from the audience. Stirring and enthusi-
astic remarks were made by Rev. Mr.. Lewis
of Marshtield and Rev. Mr.. Dixon of Cabot
Schools in town have all commenced.
The teachers are Warren Burbank and
Lillian Wells, at the upper village; Myrtle
Walbridge, at Lower Cabot; Mrs. Milo Bar
rett on the west hill; Flora Read, at East
Cabot; Bertha Osgood, at the Center Jen-
ME Gould, on Whittier hill; Bessie Gould,
on the plains; Flora Atkins on southwest
hill; Alice Webster, in Peterville; Abbe
Smith, in South Cabot.
The following students have resumed
their march up the hill of science: AT ST.
Johnsbury Academy, Hattie Fisher Julia
Fisher, Grace Barr, Maggie Barr, John
Barr, Pliny Smith, Eddie Gould, Ellen
Pike; at the Methodist Seminary, Montpe-
Tier, Fred Blodgett, Carrie Lance, Ralph
Hoyt, Howard Carpenter; at Hardwick
Dartmouth College, Selden G. Smith; at
Boston School of Pharmacy, Arthur Lam
son.
Will Waldo of st. Johnsbury was at
nome last week to visit his parents. -
Merton Wells and Dean Fisher are taking
vacation, visiting Mt. Mansfield, Burling-
ton, and other places. - Charles Gilman
hrolya both hOnaa Of 1ac
- Fred Wales and wife and Luke
Fisher have gone to Sherbrooke to attend
the fair. - Carrie Smith has returned
to Plainfeld to teach the village school,
- Edward Dennis of Nashua, n H.,
made flying trip through town, calling at
Woodbury. to visit his foster mother, Mrs.
Susan Osgood. - Darwin Waldo and
wife went to Canada last Monday to visit
their son Fred and attend the fair at Sher-
brooke. - Fred Marsh found one of his
span of gray horses, dead in the barn one
morning last week. - Mrs. Silsby
mother of Mrs Horace Peck, died at the
residence of Mrs. Peck last week Tuesday,
aged eighty-one years. - Mrs Caroline
Goodrich is visiting in Littleton, N. II.
- Mrs Sophia Morse is spending a
and son Harry accompanied Carrie Wal
bridge as far as Hartford, VT, on her way
home to the West - Carroll Lance and
Ralph Hoyt have gone to Montpelier to at
tend the Montpelier Seminary. - Myrtle
Britt. from Massachusetts, is visiting at S.
Swerdfeger's,
Calais.
Mr. and Mrs G. V. Kent are attending
the state fair.
Glee Kent is teaching in No. II and Kate
Kent in No. 7.
The revised check list contained the
names of 365 voters.
The school at Maple Corner began Mon
day, September 3, with thirty-seven schol-
ars and Alma ID. Leonard as teacher.
East Calais.
The village school began on Monday with
nineteen scholars and Mary Dwinell as
teacher.
Rev Lester Warren held services for the
Universalists last Sunday morning, and is
expected to preach again in.two weeks.
The Long family held their annual picnic
last Wednesday in the grove at Deacon
John Thomas. Three brothers-Samuel,
Andrew and Robert Long-and two sisters
Mrs. j. f. G. Hammond and Mrs. John
Thomas-were present with their respec-
tive families, and very pleasant day was
spent.
The singers having parts in the "Queen
Esther " cantata were photographed in cos
tune at Memorial Hall last Wednesday af-