The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20

pany returned to the Pavilion Hotel Mont.
pelier, for the night.
The following democrats will represent
Barre in the democratic state convention to
be held in Burlington next week Thursday.
j. w. Gordon, Henry Frenier Frank Nc.
WhoTter, j. W Ramsay, G. A. Smith,
Charles Ryle, e. J.. Smith, +. Brown, DR.,
j. E. McSweeney, and DIR. j. Henry Jack
son. The alternates are G.. I. jackson, f.
9. Slayton, j. l.. Dix Clark Holden, D. p.
Towne, j. NJ. Mason, j. f. Smith, S. f.
Forsythe, Albert Lebourneau and Donald
Smith.
West Berlin.
The Free Baptist quarterly meeting, held
Saturday and Sunday, was quite well at.
tended. Sarah Emerson and Mrs. Heath
were baptized; by immersion in the river
near Rev. A X. Grains.
Mrs. Lucy Stiles returned from New York
last Friday - w. b. Worthing returned
from from Bakersfield on Saturday. 80 L. A.
Ems uled on Saturday and was buried on
Sunday.
Bradford Center.
Mrs Weede expects to preach here next
Sunday. - Will Mack's wife is visiting
David Hackett at West Corinth. - The
their sister, Mrs. Josiah Welton, a visit.
- Katie Keyser of West Danville is
stopping at Hiram Porter's - Charles
Siloway and Bert Silloway have been max
ing their parents visit.
Cabot.
Children's Day was observed at the Meth
odist church last Sunday. The church was
beautifully decorated, and there was speak.
ing and singing by the children. Mrs
Mary Lance read memorial for those who
have died the past year.
About one hundred friends and neighbors
of Mr.. and Mrs George Gould gave them a
complete surprise last Saturday evening bv
gathering at their home to celebrate the
twenty.tifth anniversary of their marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gould were away that day and
d1d not return until the company had nearly
all gathered. The evening was pleasantly
passed. After refreshments were served,
they were presented with an easy chair a
set Of silver and tea set.
Robert O'Neil has been plastering. paper
ing and painting the inside Of the hotel,
making the rooms much more attractive
-= Josie Pierce of West Medford, Mass
is at j. NJ. SOuthwick's to spend the sum
mer. - Misses Ruth and Grace Perkins
children of Mr.. and Mrs. George w Perkins
of Pueblo, Colo, are spending the summer
! with their grandfather and aunt on the Co
burn farm at Lower Cabot. 80 Mrs. c.
Pell and children of St Adams are visiting
at H. G. Williams. - Drs. NJ. d. War
rem and H. G, Williams were in Burlington
last week attending the grand lodge Of
Masons - Mr.. and Mrs. William Odett
and baby of Burlington have been spending
the past week at j. NJ Southwicks also
Mrs. r. S. Adams Of Mortified - Mary
! Smith has gone to Montpelier to do table
work in the Pavilion. - Mrs. Daniel
Rogers is i'll. Pneumonia is feared.
East Cabot.
Mrs n. X. Abbott is in Barre for few
| days. - Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Peck have
been in Sutton the past few days Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Osgood of Claremont n.
H., have been visiting at E. E. Halls.
- Willie Dunn is i'll. - Mr. and
Charles Adams last week - Charles
Batchelder of Newport is visiting E. H.
| Clark and other relatives.
Fred Fuller is very successful farmer
and has one of the best diaries in town.
Work is progressing we'll on the granite
| ledge of DR.. Lance. They are blasting out
some very fine stone.
Byron Sanders injured one knee quite Sc
verely by getting piece of steel in it while
working in DR.. Lance's granite quarry.
The ladies of Stow Relief Corps are to
have a sociable at Memorial Hall, Saturday
afternoon. Others are cordially invited.
Van R. Kent, wife and children. of Den
yer, Colo, and Nervie L. Foster, who spent
the winter in Denver, arrived in town last
week.
AT the republican caucus, w. E. Bliss, C.
II. Burnap and 7. I. Lamphere were elected
delegates to attend both the district and
state conventions.
Regular meeting of Camp 80, Sons of Vet
Grams, next Saturday evening. A full at
tendance is desired, to prepare for the
| division eDcampment at Morrisville next
| week.
East Calais.
Rev. E. Fitzgerald of Everett, Mass, will
| preach for the Universalist society next
Sunday at 10: As A. NJ.
Chelsea.
j. F. Hemenway and family are recover
| ing from mysterious illness which had the
ymptoms of arsenical poisoning.
A Japanese theological student is to lee
ture at the Congregational church on
Wednesday evening on the religions of
Japan.
At republican caucus held on Saturday,
| S. B. Hebard G. P. Dickinson and W. P.
| Townsend were chosen delegates to the
state and district conventions
Miss Edith Forrest, teacher of art and
| history in the New Hampshire Conference
Seminary at Tilton, has been obliged by Sc
rious illness to give up her work, and has
returned home.
| A special town meeting is called for Sat-
urday, the 30th inst, TO see if the town will
| vote to sell at auction small piece of land
| between the new town hall and W. S.
| Hatchs store. Is land in such demand
here that every foot must be utilized?
Rev. j. A. Bates of Randolph preached at
| the Congregational church last Sunday on
exchange with Rev. Mr.. Sherman, who de-
livered the sermon before the graduating
class of the Randolph Normal School in the
evening.
The village was greatly shocked on Sun
day afternoon by the suicide of John l..
Nation, who shot himself through The
! head with a rifle, at the American House,
where he was boarding, and died instantly.
| The cause was no doubt dependency re-
sulting from an apparently incurable lung