The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-04

Mrs. Nancy Stevens died at her home on
Thursday morning, aged fifty.eight years.
c. IL. Kemp, former resident OF this
place, was In town on Saturday. -
Mrs. Frank Fulton and daughter Florence
Of wi hIakepSft, N H. are in town listing Ygo at
land, who has been visiting relatives in
Middlebury, has returned. Her mother,
Mrs. James, returned with her.
West Corinth.
Mr., Buffers and family, from lowell,
Mass, have moved to the g. G. Virgins
farm. DR.. Fletcher OF Bradford has
been called as counsel with DIR. Locke TO
see Mrs. r. II. Williams, who is still very
sick. - John Clogston, with daughter,
of Strafford visited another daughter, Mrs.
r.. H, Williams, this week. =C. l..
| Speare and wife are visiting at s. A.
East Montpelier.
Most OF the schools in town closed last
Friday.
Mrs. J. s. wheelock is entertaining her
niece from Boston.
Estella Woodland OF South Hadey, Mass,
is visiting friends and relatives in town.
Rev. Mr.. Cobb Of Tufts College will
preach at the brick church next Sunday at
10: 45 A. NJ.
Flora Daniels accompanied her friend
for short visit.
Rev. and Mrs. j. j. Lewis of South Bos-
ton are stopping few days with relatives
and friends in town.
j. M. Willard, G. NJ. Hamblin and l.. G.
Hammett attended the races at Howard
Park, Burlington, last week.
There will be a strawberry festival and
dance at the village hall, Friday evening
of this week. Elmores orchestra will fur
nish music.
The East Montpelier Center school,
taught by Alice Glee Kent, closed June %.
Those having neither absent nor tardy
marks were Eva Bliss, Lizzie Bliss, Mabel
Cutler, Gertie Hersey, Mabel Ormsbee and
Sarah Strong. Those having one tardy and
no absent marks were Kate Foster, Frank
Foster and Willie Foster
The Jarvis & MacLane Company is build
ing an addition to the plant and has just
put in Clayton Air Compressor to run a
| pneumatic tool machine of six tools capac-
ity; also building for boxing, cutting off,
and splitting saws. The company has or
| ders for several large and elaborate monu-
ments, having to duplicate considerable
number OF monuments they shipped this
| spring.
Fayston.
| The Home Circle and Endeavor Societies
held a sociable with Mrs. j. B. Thompson
last Friday afternoon. About fifty were
| present.. TleuUy 10 eau anu an 6xCellenU
| time was the unanimous report.
Willie Livingston is suffering from blood
poisoning in his hand, caused by an injury
received while working for Samuel Patter-
son. - Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcintosh oil
| Waterbury are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. R. A,
| Maxwell,
I CRANKY.
Communion services were held at the
! Congregational church last Sunday, and
l t,.t. 81, 81,
| fessi0n.
Deer are not 50 shy as formerly, and fire..
| quently come into the openings this sum.
mer. The last one seen was majestic fel.
low in the field, near the house Of Mrs
Rice, on Sunday afternoon. He seemed
quite at home and not at all afraid Later
in the day he was quietly feeding on the
| adjoining farm Of o. B. Wells.
Frank Clark is buying sugar, or, rather
| backing out on what he buys.
Rev. o. M. Boutwell, preached a very in.
| teresting and helpful temperance sermon
last Sunday.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
| Union will meet with Mrs. Alex. Cochran
next Saturday.
Alex. Cochran, B. f. Clark and II. L.
Gilman were delegates to the democratic
state convention.
Ellsworth Darling and Cyrus WEIGH made
things hot around here last Thursday by
discussing moving machines.
Mrs. William Keenan, has moved to St
Johnsbury, where she will spend the re.
mainder OF her days with her nephew. She
will sell her household goods at public auc
ton next Saturday.
There is some talk of organizing high
school in town for next year. There art
| fTlly t.nt 10,
ford to go away, and there are certainly
enough to have large school.
The Fourth is being celebrated here to
day. The picnic this afternoon will be full
OF interest, and very carefully prepared
programme will be given. This evening
Groton will be ablaze with fireworks,
Josiah Howard says the boys that put the
hay in front of his door last Friday nigh
must have had good muscle. Mr. Howard
is willing to take joke, but il the boys arr
too fresh he will make things "hot" fo
them. " jim is at home and he will helT
if there is need.
The farmers who live on the Peacham anl
Barnet road are trying again to have new
road built from where the tannery formerly
stood through Welch's sugar orchard. Tit
road tax this year is very small, only allow
ing 500 to put roads in shape. The leading
men in the village have looked over the
ground, and say it is impossible to build
road where they want it, on account of tn,
mud.
Henry Carlton is very sick with brain anC
spinal trouble - Mrs. K. B. Rugg il
sick. - Mrs. James Davis was thrown
from wagon last Sunday while going tt
Hatch's quarry, and badly injured. -
Mrs. Edward Rollins and son of Palmer
Mass, visited at Dr. Eastman's last Satur
day. - Josie WEIGH has finished worl
at Ryegate and will spend the summer a
G. III. Welch's. - Mrs. Charles Heatl
is i'll. - Roscoe and Edwin Renfrew
Willie WEIGH, James Sanders and Waldo
Glover were baptized at the Baptist churcl
last Sunday - Eva Burke, who ha
been visiting at Cyrus Welch's, returned
home last Monday. - Ada Sherburn O
Barre was guest at 7. b. Halls over Sun
day - Clarence O'Neil is gaining
- Nelson Darling is to move into TIN
tenement over the store-house. - b. M
Kicker shipped one hundred hogs last Mon
day - John Sanborn was at home
sick, last week. Charles Corruth keeps tn
hammer going at the shop. - Johi
Crown of Concord, Mass, formerly of thi
place, and Jennie Eastman of Topsham ar,
to be married at the home of the bride thi
afternoon. - Elizabeth Hall visite,
friends in st. Johnsbury last week. -
| Mrs. Manley Clark and daughter Eva ar