The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-28

| Mrs. Joseph Peavey died last week We'd
nesday. Her sister, Mrs. Charles Cross of
Chelsea, is very sick with pneumonia at
this place, where she had come to attend
the funeral.
On Saturday, March 10, Snowsville grange
will have been organized twenty years.
The members propose to celebrate the event
by an open meeting, afternoon and even
ing, with a programme consisting OF music
and short speeches, with history of the
grange since its organization. Friends of
the order everywhere are invited to attend.
Brookfield.
Miss Ruth Sprague visited in Montpelier
| last week.
Mark Stoddard lost valuable horse re-
Gently of lung fever
Judge Lathrop of Williamstown was in
town on business last Friday week.
Tenny II. Wheatley has entered the med
ical department of the University of YER
mont.
Miss Bessie Grow of Randolph closed
very successful term of school in district
No. 12 last week
Mercury dropped to forty degrees below
zero at the east village, Sunday morning,
making the lowest record of the winter in
that locality.
Rev. e. e. Reynolds of Williamstown
preached at East Brookfield last Sunday,
and delivered an excellent sermon from the
words, " Let brotherly love continue"
That East Brookfeld is to have cream
cry is fact which is beginning to materi-
alize, as the committee has bought a build
| ing and necessary lumber to repair the same,
| and also has erected an ice house.
Cabot.
Messrs. Scribner and Hubbard of Mont
! pelier attended the fair last week.
There was large attendance at the Will
| Carleton entertainment given at j. i. Lam
sons on Tuesday of last week.
The schools at the village closed last
Wednesday. Miss Clark returned to her
| home in Peacham, and L. w. Burbank has
gone to Burlington, where he is to attend
| the medical college.
The fair held last Thursday and Friday
| evenings under the auspices of Green Noun
| tain Chapter, order of Eastern Star, drew a
| large attendance both evenings, there being
nearly 600 present both nights. Thursday
evening a three act drama, entitled "JOin-
ing the Knights of the Tin Pam" was pre-
scented, after which music was furnished by
| Mrs Burnham, Messrs Lance and Davis for
grand march. On Friday evening the
drama was repeated, after which came the
drawing of the silk quilt and prizes. There
were 1000 tickets sold at twenty-five cents
| each. There were ninety-two prizes, ranging
in price from twenty-five cents to S25. The
silk quilt was drawn by Charles Paquin
Only fifteen of the prizes were drawn by
members of the order. There were several
articles left on the sale table, but were all
disposed of at auction with George Kimball
as auctioneer. Much credit is due the
ladies of the order for the manner in which
the fair was conducted. They spared no
money or work to make it success. The
net proceeds were $780, part of which is to
60 to furnish the Masonic hall.
Calais.
Mnuar Cbioano 10 in tnxx an
a short vacation.
About forty couples attended the ball at
North Calais last Thursday evening.
| Miss Lillian Spaulding of Perry, Iowa,
is visiting Mr.. Fiske and Mrs. w. l.. White.
Remember the sociable at the school
house vestry, Maple Corner, Thursday
| evening.
| George Ide of Orange, Mass, and Clar-
ence Wright of st. Adams were in town
over Sunday.
East Calais.
Mrs. G. r. Dwinell gave a very pleasant
whist party on Monday evening.
The dates set for the presentation Of the
| cantata of " Esther" are March 7th at South
Woodbury., and March 9Th at East Calais.
1t will also be given again the following
week, March 14th at SOUTH Woodbury., and
the 18th at East Calais. The proceeds at
the former place will be used for the church
| ~ OuO LUZ PuICudoiuB pOOhb lOI uuo
circulating library.
W. A. Kenison moves into Mrs. Skinner
house on Jail street, and A. W. Chandler
into the house near A. f. Tracy's owned by
l.. ID. Tillotson.
Mrs. Thirza Bixby died on Saturday at
the home of her son, Orcutt Bixby, on her
eighty-ninth birthday. The funeral serv.
ices are appointed for Tuesday.
Miss Carrie d. Jones, now OF Oakland,
Call has presented the public library with
a number of bound volumes of Harper 3
Magazine and the Atlantic Monthly.
Washington's birthday was celebrated by
gathering at the hotel hall in the evening
under direction of the Union Veterans
Union, with speaking by Rev. Mr.. Sherman
and others.
What storm may be gathering for town
meeting does not yet appear. There prom.
Uses to be contest for the Office OF town
clerk, with e. A. Corwin and G. S. Emery
as candidates.
Mrs. Sally Farwell, widow of the late ia
cob Farwell, died on Thursday of last week
very suddenly, at Morrisville, where she
was spending the winter. The funeral ser.
vices were held there, but the body was
brought here for burial.
West Concord.
John w. Sanborn of Waterford delivered
a lecture at the vestry of the UDiversalis
church last Tuesday evening to a large au
> dience on the subject Chicago and tn,
Exposition" 1t was replete with interest
ing facts.
Rev. Mr.. Pierce of East Orleans, Mass.
formerly of Glover, VT, has preached TIVE
successive Sundays as a candidate at thu
Universalist church, and spent the interva
with our people. 1t seems probable that h
! will settle here for the ensuing year.
Rev. j. A. Seitz, late pastor of the Uni
versalist church, has accepted a call to tn
Universaist parish of New Britain, Conn
and expects to move his family thither il
April. Mr.. Seiz is man of ripe expert
: ence and unusual scholarship and ability.
{ Corinth.
, Forty degrees below zero last Sunda
morning
Lyceum at the town hall next Frida
evening.
Corinth creamery paid its patrons twenty
two and one-half cents for January butter
, Several from this place are intending t
attend the entertainment at East Corint
this evening
Over two hundred attended the dramati
m piVap a the Aca1pmV hal