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

| G. e. George travelling agent for Twitch-
ell, Champlin q Co., Boston, is spending
his vacation with his mother and brothers in
this place. His route is through the north
ern part OF Massachusetts and southern part
OF New Hampshire and Vermont
James Rogers of this place has sold his
farm, best known as the Henderson farm, to
David Fisk for 81, 400. Mr.. Rogers will close
out his personal property at auction sale
soon and return to Boston, where he will
again go into the trucking business.
Ryegate Granite Works Company are
making improvements in the way of paint
ing and repairing several of their tenement
houses and removing the fence around the
Ryegate Granite Works Hotel. Let others
catch this mania and let the work 90 on and
remove more old fences.
The funeral of Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID. Oar
ling's little daughter Ida was held at the
house on Friday last and was well at
tended by all the friends and neighbors in
the immediate vicinity. We also noticed
several relatives and some friends from
Barre, st. Johnsbury and Barnet.
Judging from the way old trumpery sold at
the auction of the late Mrs. Richie, in this
place, last Saturday, it is concluded that the
new tariff law is not good. Many articles
that have been used for sixty years or less
sold higher than any one would ask for the
same thing OF more modern date.
graded one, in this place. The board of
school directors would have given this sub
ject careful thought If they had been at the
depot last Monday morning and seen the
scholars going away to school-to Wells
River, Newbury, St. Johnsbury, Montpelier,
and some to Springfield, Mass. they would
take the second thought and then act.
There are other boys and girls on the farms
in this vicinity that are going away to school
this winter. This costs much money. With
good school at home, this might be saved.
Mrs. w. T. George has been i'll for ten
days past, suffering intense pain at times,
but is now gaining in health. - jack
son Smith and family, from Florida, are
spending few weeks with his brother
Theodore and other old acquaintances, who
are very glad to meet them. 60 George
Kelley moved into the house lately owned
and occupied by Nancy Richie, who moves
from Dr. j. b. Darlng's tenement on Fucker
street. 80 Mrs. NJ. B. Hall has moved
her furniture from Boston. 1t is expected
that she will come here to live after she
gets her affairs Strengthened up in Boston.
North Thetford.
Pedagogues, students and pupils returned
last week to their schools after a pleasant
summer in old Vermont.
The sewerage of our village was under
serious consideration last week, A better
system is promised in the near future.
Frank Howe is at his fathers. - Mr..
King, at the station, reioices in a little heir
ess. - Josie Babcock, with Ray Car
roll, leads the young people in September
weddings. - Mrs. Elizabeth Knowlton
of Penacook is visiting in town.
Waits River.
The village school commenced on Mon
day with Nellie Hutchinson as teacher.
Mrs. o. J. Gale and son Ralph of Boston
u.
Richardson. - Carrie +. Sawyer COM
menced school in district No. 8, Monday.
- Rev. L. Treviuian and family went
to their home in Lebanon, N H., Monday.
- Mrs. Cora Young of Manchester, n.
H., was the guest of Carrie Sawyer on Sun
of Burlington has been visiting at j. f.
Woodman's the past week. 80 Mrs.
Carrie Wales and daughter of Enosburg
Falls visited Mrs. G.. w. McDuffee last
week, -C G. l. Folsom of St. Adams
spent Sunday with his parents. - b. G.
Miles returned to Lebanon, n. H., Monday
WaitsfeId.
Our check list contains few over 80
names this year.
e. o. Trask is to have charge of the din
ing hall at the Mad River Valley fair,
which is this week Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday.
frescoing on the new Methodist church. 1t
is expected now that it will be completed
and in readiness so that dedication services
can take place on Thursday, September ~.
1t is to be hoped that few repettions of
the collision of last Saturday night, near
the point of rocks in the south part of the
village, will call the attention of our select
men to the great need of street lamp at
that point.
Ollie May, the four-years-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs j. f. Berry, died suddenly
last Friday morning after an illness of only
a few days. The funeral services were
held at the house on Sunday afternoon and
were attended by Rev. w. E. Douglas.
The fall term of schools in town will com.
mence next Monday with the following
teachers: School No. /, Clara Folsom; No.
., Jennie Shea; No. 8, Louise Gleason; No.
4, Mrs. Abbie Palmer No. 8, Alice Bush
nell; No. 6, Lulie Jones; No. Z, Nellie
Brown.
Abbie JONES' who has been spending her
summer vacation with her father, Judge G.
e. Jones, returned last Thursday to her
school work in Chicago, where she has been
engaged for some time. She was accom-
panied on her return trip by Jennie Gid
dings, who goes to western Iowa.
The Experience Social " at the Congre.
gational vestry last Wednesday evening
was very pleasant affair and called to-
gether gOOuly company. Some OF the eX-
periences were decidedly novel and un-
usual. Others, if not so unusual were at
least related in most unusual way We
are pleased to learn that the ladies ex-
perieuced about forty dollars for the bene-
fit of the parsonage fund, as the result of
their party
John Baird passed away Monday morn
| ing, August 20, at the age of seventy-four
| years, after a sickness of five and a half
months, during which he suffered most se-
verely and almost necessarily from intlam-
nation Of the bladder. Funeral services
were held at his late home the following
| Wednesday at two o'clock p. NJ, attended
| by Pastor Fisk. In the midst of a fragrance
of flowers, contributed by loving friends,
the remains were borne to the village cem-
etery. Mr.. Baird was of the Covenanter
stock, "a man of sterling character, faith
full husband, kind father, and a devoted
member of the church, always to be found
at the services of the church. His rendering
of the Psalms in meter and his earnest
prayers will long remain fragrant memories
in the minds of pastor and people A wife
and three children survive him whose low
ing devotion did all that could be done to
relieve and make his last hours easier
There are also left, of the immediate family,
one brother and three sisters. Four chill.
dren of deceased have "gone on before"
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