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

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A broken shoulder was the result of Mrs.
w. p. Bartlett's fall last Sunday.
Henry Calkins will soon move from West
| Charleston to his farm in this town.
On Wednesday, while engaged In tearing
| down his old mill, John + Elliott was In.
stantly Killed by heavy beam falling upon
him.
Newbury.
Charles Greenleaf has taken MIR. Bick-
| ford's place as butter maker at the cream
cry, and Mr. Horsford, from Piermont, takes
Mr.. Greenleaf's place at the West Newbury
separator.
T. G. Reyes has line Of samples Of
carpets to sell from, from one OF the largest
| carpet houses in the United States. He will
get them made all ready to lay on the floor
II you wish
G. Il. Griffin, with his force of men, are
! busy these days laying felt and steel roofing
| They have laid sixty rolls in the past few
| days and have as much more on the road
contracted to lay.
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Keyes, Mrs DR.. A. L.
Cross, Eliza Ross and Margaret Chamber
! lin are delegates to the fourteenth conven-
| ton of the Christian Endeavor Society, held
at Haverhill to-day and evening.
Rev. o. W. Scott, who was born where
Mrs, Wallace now lives, and was educated
at the seminary in the Methodist Seminary
times, spent a few days in town Last week
He is located At Willmantic, Conn.
The Methodists commenced this afternoon
| to hold four days meeting in their church
The services each day are to be at half past
two and seven o'clock, Revs. Joseph
Hamilton, l.. p. Tuc,,sr and A w. Ford
and others are expected to be present to
assist the pastor, Rev. j. S. Upper.
Mrs. Chalmers and Mrs l.. b. Atwood
have had lady friends visiting them -
NJ. A. Gale is going to take F II. Bickfords
office as secretary and treasurer of the New
bury Village Creamery Company So
Mrs. George b. Barnett left last Saturday
for a two weeks vistin Lowell and Boston.
80 Mrs, Nelson Chamberlin, Mrs. DR..
Atkinson and Maggie Laurie have returned
from Peaks Island Beach in Maine, where
they have spent several weeks this summer
and entertained several of our Newbury
people. - Master Alex Stoddard, living
with James b. Hale, stepped on nail and
was seriously injured, but is now better.
West Newbury.
A sociable will be held at George Put.
MANS next Friday evening, the proceeds to
go for repairs on the church.
Notwithstanding hard times, there are
indications OF progress and improvement
here. Among them are the new roof on the
church, good school in the new school.
house, new piazza on the front of Joseph
Sawyer's house, Joseph Eastmans house
beautified by coat of paint, a new store
house for provisions erected by John Smith
new roof on the parsonage barn, and many
other things minor in themselves but which
m Ike very pretty aggregate.
Wells River.
1t is reported that j. b. Low has pur
chased w. II. Bucks lot on the burnt dis
trict.
S s. Peach & Co. hold an opening on Sat
urday, October 10, showing over 200 ladies
gar ments.
AT village meeting last Friday even
ing it was voted to put in electric lights or
certain streets.
The new foot-brdge from Charles Pope's
to the depot is up, and when the stairs art
finished it will be an ornament as well a.
useful.
William Marshall and wife of Lowell
Mass, are visiting in town. - Mrs. anC
Miss Moody of Cape Cod are visiting for
few weeks at D. Munsel's. - Ells
Munsell has returned from Boston, wher,
she has been learning dressmaking. -
David Brock has moved into his new
house. Will Dayton is having vaca
ton.
Mortified.
Bert Barnet has moved to the DR.. Brad
ford house.
Representative Mansfield visited hi
brother w. II. Mansfield, over Sunday.
G. G. Bates has been appointed admins
TRAITOR of the estate of the late E. W. Colby.
The new village bylaws are ready for dis
tribution at the store of Nichols & Sanborn
Charlie Allen and wife are to occupy
part of the house of Professor j. b. Johnson
The village trustees have posted notice
forbidding bicycle riding on the sidewalks
, Dancing school under the auspices of Co
F, with Professor George H. Elmore a
nIar xr,tl1 ,knr -
The new label for the cans of corn of tn
Harris Payson Company contains a view {
the river near the arch bridge, with tn
hills beyond.
The entertainment at the Methods
church on Friday evening by the Cecil
Bradford Trio of New York was treat t
:. the large mum Der who attended.
Richard Kennedy, l.. L. Montana an
George Reed were taken to Montpelier o
) Saturday by Sheriff Howe TO answer to il
dictments found by the grand jury.
The wreck in the railroad yard last wee
attracted large number of visitors. tn
) wrecking crew from st. Adams were earl
on the scene and soon cleared the track.
The road commissioner has run the roa
machine ninety days, during which time h
< has run it over the entire eighty-five mile
> of road with the exception of about tire
4 miles.
: Inc Unlrtletn anniversary OF tHe Orulni
a ton of Rev William S. Hazen as pastor
. the Congregational church occurred las
Sunday. Mr.. Hazen delivered sermon al
propriate to the occasion.
v The delegates from Mortified lodge
Good Templars 10 the grand lodge at Lyi
donville, October 10 and IL, are Fran
> Plumley, e Huntley, Mrs. G. ID. Edgertol
q. ID. Edgerton, the present secretary wi
u also attend.
Parties broke into the shop of f. S. Mea
a on Friday night and took several tool
after which they went TO the Center villaG
and forced an entrance into the store of
l. w. Cleveland. Some cigars and small Q
}. tices We're taken.
a The funeral services of the late Elhana
7. w. Colby, who dropped dead while
T. Montpelier we're held Friday afternoon
IS his late home on Vine street, Rev. |.
n Booth and Rev. c. II. East officiating
d The services at the grave were under IL
a auspices of the Odd Fellows. The Mason
lodge acted as escort.
& Dennis Sployd, while repairing his celli
u wall last week, found the skeleton of ms
at the side of the wall. Mr.. Sployd liv
10 on what is called the Hill farm, about fol-
"a miles from the village. About TWEEN
). years ago peddler who was in the vicini
u mysteriously disappeared. 1t is suppose
u by many that the bones were his.