The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-14

ars have manifested unusual interest LOT
the past year, and have improved both
morally and intellectually.
The Misses knights and Miss Emma
Foster OF Goddard Seminary. were guests OF
George II. Sibley over Sunday. - Pro-
lessor and Mrs o. X. HOLSTER spent last
Sunday with Mr.. HOLSTERS parents, MIR.
and Mrs. A. j. HOLSTER. - Charlie
Bradford of Barre was here several days
of last week on a visit to his cousin, Charlie
Nye, g. Mrs. ID. f. Putnam OF Mont
pelier was here over Sunday visiting her
sister, Mrs. George Nye.
North Fayston.
Mrs. Arthur Boyce has the grip. -
Merton Davis has returned from New
Hampshire. - Vernon Griffith has
Mr.. Neill moves to Moretown to work for
II. o. Ward.
The saw-mills commenced work last Mon
day.
Rev. o. NJ. Boutwell, preached at West
Vile last Sunday afternoon.
The town instructed the selectmen at the
recent meeting to build two snow-rollers.
The majority Of the farmers have tapped
their sugar places, and little sugar has
been made.
woman's Christian Temperance Union
will meet with Mrs. Wrinkle next Satur-
day afternoon.
Josephine Cochran went to Boston yes
terday to have her ear treated. She expects
to be absent two months
The individuals who have been stealing
some of the machinery from Goodwin &
Welch's steam mill will be brought to grief
fit happens again.
Hosea WEIGH & Son have sold their large
boiler to j. X. Darling and the small one to
o. V. Hooker & Son of st. Johnsbury. Ed
win Lane OF Montpelier has purchased the
engine.
The singing school will close tomorrow
night with concert at the Methodist
church. The scholars have shown marked
improvement and none but words OF praise
are heard of the teacher, Mr.. Shepard
Singers from out OF town will be present to
take part in the concert. small admission
fee will be charged
Charles Varnum OF South Ryegate has
been very careless OF late in calling on
families in this town that have a number OF
children. Mr.. Varnum has been forbidden
to be in the village Of South Ryegate on &C.
count of dangerous case of Cankerrash at his
home. The health officer of this town has
been notified to forbid his coming to the
village.
Many representative farmers met at the
school-house hall last Sunday evening for
the purpose Of talking over the subject OF
building creamery. Much interest is
shown in the matter, and there is talk OF
putting up lut lCt JIlss Wbths "a COlluiIuuCo
OF four was appointed-H Harley Renfrew, 7.
B. Hall, G. H Pillsbury and r. S. Hooper
to canvass the town and ascertain how many
cows would be pledged.
Seth Welch and Peter Chase went to Bos-
ton last Monday. - Cyrus Page lost a
valuable COW last week. - Fred Dunn,
who has been i'll, is again on the streets.
- Chester Orr is ILL., - Mrs. A. M.
Heath is visiting her son at Manchester,
NH. The family of G. II. Pillsbury
are ill. - Frank Kicker is working at
the depot. A telegraph line has been run
to his father house. - Cyrus Eastman,
Elizabeth Hall, Gertrude Cochran, Bert
Kicker and Maggie Whitehill are at home
from the seminary for a two weeks vaca-
ton. - e. +. Patterson was the guest Of
NJ. II. Whitehill over Sunday. - Mabel
Hamilton of St. Johnsbury visited at Alex.
Cochran's last week. - Mrs. AlmOn
Clark, formerly of this place, was very ill
last week at her home in Montpelier. -
T. B. Hall has moved into the late Hon. l..
N. Halls house.
Hardwick.
The ladies of the Congregational society
had new sugar festival Saturday evening.
The Swanee Minstrels will hold forth at
the town hall on the evenings of March 81
and %.
You want to be sure and get your dog
licensed before April 1. The listers are to
take every dog this year.
Elder Worthen has only four more Sun.
days before conference. 1t is evident that
some one must stir around in order to close
up the finances very soon.
The Hardwick Dramatic Club will put on
the play entitled Guy Mannering or the
Gipsey's Prophecy" Thursday and Friday
evenings of this week.
Under the recent vote. of the town, the
liquor agency will be abolished but as the
town owns about $500 worth of liquor it has
Id 90 IT,.
months. Druggist Paquette has been ap.
pointed agent for that length OF time.
The town voted to appropriate $500 to 20
with $500 willed the town by the late M
V. B. Hathaway for the founding of free
public library. We hope, not that some
one will die and give some more, but that
some one will make an addition while he
lives and see the benefit of it before he goes
home.
Lowell.
Rev. Wilmond Warren of Pawlet is to de-
liver the Memorial Day address.
During the past year there were in towr
twenty-nine births, thirteen marriages, anG
sixteen deaths.
Middlesex.
Levi Boyce has begun work for George
Miles for the season.
The appearance of toads, 70 bins and mut
seems to denote short sugar season.
Rev. Mr.. Barnard will conduct younI
peoples meeting in the vestry on Frida.
evening.
The reelection of Martin Herbert a
constable and collector seems to give un
usual satisfaction, he having succeeded il
collecting all the taxes last year.
MoretowR.
The young people had party and dane
at Philip Goss', on the Common, last Thurs
day night
Rev. |. P. Booth, from Mortified, was il
town Wednesday and Thursday of last weel
examining teachers.
Miss Warren, from West Burke, wa
guest at John 9. Towles the past week
returning home on Saturday.
1t is thought by most of the farmers tina
they lost big run of sap the past week b.
not tapping their sugar places
Benjamin Barrett and wife, from Water
bury, were in town on Thursday last to al
tend the funeral of Mrs. Barrett's niece
Mrs. Phillips.
Mrs. Mary Phillips, widow of the late f
n Phillips. died at the home of her son-r
law, l.. Wilcox, Tuesday morning, Marc
6. The funeral service took place on Thurs