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

looking after the bridges.
George Harvey is in town TO superintend
the building OF the new road to his farm.
John Noyes is raising his store building
at Lower Cabot, and intends to make first
| class store OF It,.
There will be a harvest and missionary
concert in the Congregational church next
Sunday morning.
Friday evening" October IL, there will be
thankoffering sociable in the vestry of the
| Congregational church for the benefit OF the
poor children, to help them to come TO
church and Sunday school; also for the bar
rel that will be sent away on missionary
ground.
Payson walbridges colt, becoming fright
ened, scattered teams of milk promiscuously
| about at the creamery on Friday morning.
| The colt ran against the team of Robert
Hopkins, who was thrown out and picked
up for dead, but was soon restored to con-
seriousness.
The body of Mrs Alice Martin has been
brought from Massachusetts to the home of
her father, Peter Lyford, in East Woodbury..
| About four weeks previous she made a visit
to her native home, little thinking she
would so soon return shrouded for the grave.
Mrs. Leila Billedeau came near having a
serious accident last Wednesday by her
| horse being frightened by a work team hit
! ting the wagon in which was Mrs. Billie
| deau, her daughter Ada, and Maude Marsh,
The wagon tipped enough TO let all the load
off but Ada, she hanging TO the wagon until
team ahead stopped the runaway horse.
The Christian Endeavor Society will give
| a series Of five lectures during the coming
winter. The first will he held in the Com
gregational church, October 10, when G.. w.
| Morrow will give an address on the subject,
"Life Sketches, or Scenes from Both Sides.
Season tickets, one dollar; single tickets,
twenty five cents. Any one can purchase
tickets of Dean Fisher.
Mrs. Hiram Wells and Mrs. DR.. Goodae
attended the ninth annual convention of
the Rebekah lodge at Bellows Falls last
week. 60 Harlan Upper of Worcester,
Mass, is stopping at j. NJ. Fishers, Lower
Cabot. =S G. Voodry aud mother were
called to Woodbury. last Thursday to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Winsow VOodry. 60
Annie Blodgett has finished work in the post
office, and Carl Osgood has taken her place.
- L. C. Lance has looked quite smil-
ing since last Monday over the arrival of a
little daughter. - NJ. ID. Wells went to
Boston last Wednesday, where his wife and
little daughter have been stopping -
Mrs II. G. Williams went to Boston last
Saturday for two weeks vacation, accom-
panied by Mrs. G. r. Pell of St. Adams.
Calais.
Kate Kent and Mrs C. R. White are sick.
The Christian Endeavor Society will have
a social on Thursday evening at the Chris
tian church.
Mr.. and Mrs Omar Wheelock celebrated
thei1 twentieth wedding anniversary on
Thursday evening
Messrs. Irving Robinson and Simon
Wheeler raised from five pounds of seed
six bushels and twenty pounds of Rose of
Erin potatoes
Corn huskings are in order just now
Harry Hawkins leads thus far. At his
huskiug over 400 bushels were husked
Mr.. Hawkins has produced 400 bushels of
corn from four acres taken out Of an old
pasture, with no manure but commercial
fertilizer; also good crop in same way last
year on this land.
East Calais.
Several street lamps have been placed in
the most needful localities, thus supplying
a long-felt want.
Rev. NJ. B. Davenport has returned from
Connecticut, and is expected to preach
again next Sunday as usual.
People desiring to attend the Lewis lee
lures next Monday and Tuesday evenings
are reminded that tickets bought in adj.
vance during this week are at discount
Rev. j. j. Lewis is too we'll known as a
lecturer to need any recommendation from
us. We can say, with those who have al.
ready attended the lectures, that it is a rare
chance and no one can afford to let it pass
by.
Chelsea.
Steele McAllster has decided his farm t.
his son Van D., who will move on in tn,
spring.
Ben. B. Robbins has removed to STAFFORD
The farm where he has lived has been sole
! to Tena Recor of Barre, and George b
Langmaid has moved there.
William M. Barnes of Hanover, N. H.,
native of Chelsea, has been nominated TO
the legislature by the republicans of hi
town, and will no doubt be elected
Hale X. Darling has successfully passed
his examinations for admission to the bar o
, North Carolina, and has returned home t,
remain during his fathers legislative duties
Charles p. Stevens and Bernice L. Skin
ner were married at the Methodist parson
age on Tuesday morning of last week, ant
Q left at once for weeks sojourn in Massa
. chusetts
' There will be bee on Thursday to grade
the grounds of the new town hall, ant
every able bodied man is invited to be pres
ent and assist. The Ten Pin Club will fur
Q nish dinner to all who earn it,
The dedication of the town hall an,
$ library has been set for October %, tn
birthday of Mr., Alden Speare, who expect
. to be present. The exercises will have tn
= schools especially in mind and an effor
will be made to have all the scholars il
q town present
"a |
The number of slos is increasing.
y S. w. Davis estimates that he has pu
y 200 bushels of ears Of corn into his silo.
The last of the fall schools have CON
menced. Jesse Dearborn is teacher at tn
Center, Sadie Hu nphrey at the Meadow
{ Bertha Eaton on the south road, and Mrs
Emma Thurston in No 8.
d The price at which NJ. j. Taplin's farI
t was sold indicates that the price of real e:
Il tate has not easily escaped the effects
hard times Two years ago there were
= good number of sales Of real estate in thi
n town at prices that, although very low, CAV
- a hope that real estate had touched bottor
and started on the ascending scale. Sine
. then there has been little all for farms {
= houses, and the sale of the Taplin propert
4 looks as if prices had come down to the DO
u tom again, and not only touched it BIT
knocked it out.
Henry Clark has removed from the Blu
o Rowe place to Waits River, where he is I
h run the blacksmith shop. - Homer ,
Sargent has entered upon his third coll leg
n year at Burlington. - Earle Davis
O. teaching in the north part of the state an
a carrying on his studies of the senior year.
" East Corinth.