The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03


sist in the exercises. There will be services
in the evening at half past seven, with a
sermon by Rev. T.. NJ. Smith, DID, OF
Montpelier. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all.
w. E. Long lost good work.horse last
week. - Mr.. and Mrs. George Ray and
Mrs. W. e. Long went to New York on the
excursion last Wednesday. L. ID.
Savage OF St. Adams is visiting friends in
town. - Mrs. Jennie Perine, who has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Il. Mehuron, for few weeks, returned to
her home in Lunenburg, Mass. last week.
Mrs. Louisa Bragg will have a new mil
linery opening this week.
b.. @. Sterling & CO. will have a good as
sortment of horse blankets soon.
g. G. Taplin, the photographer, has re-
turned to East Barre. He will be in War
rem again October 10 for another stay of two
weeks.
S. e. Medfeld will preach his last SER
mon next Sunday Grin Clough is re.
pairing the old blacksmith shop, making a
tenement. - Mr.. and Mrs. Cameron of
Providence, r.. l. are visiting at L. H.
Heath's. - A. T. Martin was in Mont
pelier on Saturday and Sunday 80 Clar.
ence and frankie Senter of Montpelier were
in town few days last week - Will
G. Shaw of Bethel was in town last Tues
day - May Turner is attending the
Whitcomb High School at Bethel.
East Warren.
Rev. j. X. Thompson will preach here
next Sunday afternoon.
The Ladies' Mite Society will meet with
Mrs. William p. Harmon on Thursday
afternoon. All are invited
Jennie Tillotson has returned to West
Randolph. - j ames Lovett spent por-
ton of last week in Middlebury
Horace Lamb and daughter of West Ran
dolph spent the past week with friends in
this place.
Washington.
The track for the trotting course is being
graded and built
An enjoyable husking was held at Cutting
G. Cheney's last Friday evening.
The Woman's Relief Corps has disbanded
and the organ is advertised for sale at auc.
ton.
The Union church choir give a concert
next Friday evening, the programme for
which will embrace a three-act charade, a
shadow pantomime, readings, recitations,
vocal and Instrumental music, followed by
a supper at the town hall. all for ten cents
W. G. Yeartaw is building an addition to
his residence. - All I. Newman is laid
d
Henry Clough is i'll, and under the care of
DR.. Warner. - Carl Carpenter is con.
valescent from the fever. Carrie
Smith of Burlington is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Laura A. Bowles. - We are glad
to note that Edward Emery has been re-
stored to the pension rolls.
Waterbury.
The Woman's Missionary Society will
| meet this aftprnOOn with Mrs Huaa
Mr.. Landt has greatly improved the looks
Of his outbuildings by clapboarding and
painting them.
! 7. 7, Farrell will be at the Office of George
Morse, October 4, prepared to execute pen
sion vouchers.
Wheelock Town and Mary Tobn of Boil
| ton were married last Saturday evening by
Rev. A j. Covell.
The Waterbury National Bank held s
quarterly meeting of directors at thei
rooms last Saturday.
The Ladies' Aid Society will hold basket
picnic this afternoon in the assembly hal
Of the Methodist church.
| Mrs. M. l.. Wells has returned from Bos
ton with choice stock OF millinery goods
and will be glad to show them at her rooms
near the depot.
W. Fl. Hutchins of Montana is visiting
the old homestead. Will finds few of hi
boyhood friends to greet him after an alb
sence of twenty years.
The poverty party" of last Wednesda,
evening was great success, All wer,
pleased. The speaking and singing wer,
excellent, and the refreshments plain bu
plenty.
Frank G. Evans lost good horse las
week. He had turned it out into the pas
| ture, and on Saturday morning it was fount
dead. No cause is known.
A Sunday-school convention will be held
in the Methodist church on Monday after
noon, October 10. William Reynolds, field
| secretary of the International Sunday-scbool
Committee, and others, will speak in the
convention. 1t is hoped that all Sunday
| school workers will attend, especially all
officers and teachers.
Members of Edwin Dillingham; Post. G.
A. H., are requested to call on j H. Elliott
quartermaster, and procure blank for the
purpose OF preparing sketch to be trans
cribed to the Memorial Record Book of the
post. They are asked to fill out the blanks
and return the same to the quartermaster
as soon as possible.
Elder Tabor of Holland is back again and
has renewed his labOrs The PRAYER. m et-
ings in Colbyvile, Little River and Stowe
Hollow are gaining in interest, and much
the meeting was in the home of Dan Down
ing, and about eighty were present. The
meeting was one of he best yet held FL
der Tabor preached in the Colbyvile school
house on Sunday, and will preach next
Sunday at 2:30 o'clock in the same place.
The work accomplished by the Water
bury Cemetery Association since its or
ganization less than three years ago, can
not be fully appreciated unless we remem-
Der the condition of the grounds at that
time, which was picture Of neglect and
lapidation-briars and weeds undisturbed
except by roaming cattle, fences down, and
eighty. seven of the headstones We're fiat on
the ground, and many more in danger Of
falling To visit the resting.place OF our
loved ones under such circumstances was
painful, and led to the organization of an
association which has transformed the
grounds into place of beauty. Every
dollar of the generous sum provided by its
members has been judiciously expended
and much added by individual effort in the
way OF adorning their plots. During the
past year many choice shrubs and flowers
have been placed in different portions of
the grounds and water provided for their
use. Everything that it was possible to do
with funds provided has been done by the
management to improve and beautify the
place. 1t Is now necessary that more land
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