The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

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Thursday evening at seven o'clock. Rev.
j. o. Sherburn will preach.
The Congregational church steps, recently
given the society at cost Of nearly 5000,
| present q beautiful appearance. Work has
begun in grading the common.
Perhaps no other establishment in our
village draws custom from so large'a num-
| Der of places as Mrs. j. w. Flint's milli-
n9ry store, -Northheld, Barre, Montpelier,
! Waterbury, st. Johnsbury being OF this
number. This speaks loudly for Mrs. Flint's
taste in her work.
Elisha X. Burnham has lately visited
sons in St.. Johnsbnry and Enosburgh.
While in the latter town he met Revs.
! Peter Merrill and +. w. III lmblin, who are
both nvalds MIR, Merrill broke his hip
some time ago, and is compelled to use a
wheel chair He and his wife live with a
married daughtec at Enosburgh Falls. Mr..
Hamblin is yet great invalid and not a ole
| to preach. He has never recovered from
the illness W tn which he was seized at the
Methodist conference, last spring in b rad
ford.
On Saturday Mrs. Lewis Martin and
| Belle Hubbard were thrown from their car
.iage by the sudden starting of their b )rse,
striking on their heads, but sustaining little
| injury. - Melville Martin has returned
from Minnesota. - Hattie Webster, who
has been thought hopelessly i'll with tuber-
culosis, seems a little better. 80 James
s. Abbott has had the bilious fever since
his return to st. Aug ustine Fla. - Mrs.
Chester Martin is visiting friends in Bur-
lipgton - Mrs. Ella Benedict Griffin
and baby daughter of Burlington were at
the old home, here, last week. 60 Fred
Austin and Walter Grearson have gone to
East Barre to cut stone. - Frank
Bailey, son of Joshua f. Bailey, has been
at home of late and quite ill. - Lillian
Staples is working in Rutland.
A wheel to furnish motive power for cleo
trio lights is being put in.
| William Welch has bought the farm
lately occupied by Edward Worth deceased,
known as the Isle place.
Rev. A. 1. Davis will lecture in the town
| hall on Friday. 1t is free, and will be on
some of the national dangers and their
| remedies.
Wilbur Nelson, having bought at auction
the Robert Gibson farm, has sold the west
erly part, with the buildings, ieserving the
: easterly portion for its timber.
Last week NJ )nday evening some one
hundred of the friends of w, S. Brock gave
him a house warming in his new house and
celebrated his twenty fifth wedding ami
versary day, leaving many presents and
some cash.
~. ". 6llIndu has put Ills ntWly-DuTCUdSbu
house into the hands of j. s. Kenerson for
sale He may move to st. Johnsbury.
80 Mrs. Berry will spend the winter at
Robert Esden's. - Mrs. e. Worth has
moved to Burlington, where she will open
a boarding house. - Mrs. Lang has
moved to Monroe N. H., and Albert Aver.
ill into the tenement vacated by her. -
| Elmer NJ Gaffey resumes his place in the
depot, Fred Gee doing the night work.
- DR.. Elliott has recovered and re.
sumed his practice. - Scott Farnham,
who rect ntly lost his workshop by fire, in
Peacham, is moving here to start his bust
ness anew in the novelty mill he lately pur-
chased. - Eva Gibson, daughter of the
late Robert Gibson, having sold the home
farm, has DO lght the B. Il. Wallace house
and will move in at once.
Brookfield.
The subject of the Reading Club for their
next meeting is Thanksgiving" The
meetings have been well atten led and in
| teresting.
First church during the evenings Of last
week and union service was again held
there last Sunday evening.
The dramatic club presented the drama
Better than Gold " in Grand Army hall
last Wednesday evening. Music was fur
nished by Patterson's orchestra.
The fall term OF the high school at the
village, taught by Me rton Griswold, closed
| last Friday. The winter term will COM
mence next Tuesday with the same teacher.
"Aunt Jerusha Dow" exhibited her
Family Album " at social given by the
| Christian Endeavor Society at the vestry of
the Second church last week Tuesday even
ing.
The service at the First church last Sun
day evening was Thanksgiving service.
There is to be no service on Thanksgiving
| a the napl N ha with his fam
lily at Albany on that day.
School in No. 6 closed on Friday. Those
pupils having no marks were John and
Faye Beard, Lillian Carpenter, Hattie
Churchill, Eva Sargent, Wallace Spooner,
Royal and Sarah Waldo. The four getting
Clara Waldo, Hattie Churchill and Bessie
Pantou. Number of scholars, 10.
Mrs. G. H. Morse, with her children,
Charlie and Ruth, went 70 Albany last
week to visit her parents. They will not
return until after Thanksgiving -
Winifred Parmenter attended the wedding
of her friend Maria Peck last week Monday
- Lulu Conland is at no ne for two
weeks vacation. She teaches in New
Hampshire. - Mrs. Ella Abbott oil
Cabot spent few days with her mother
Mrs. Annette Griswold, last week.
Newbury.
Mrs Robert Meserve died at the resi-
dence of her parents in Tunbridge on Sat
urday.
A large and appreciative audience en-
joyed the entertainment by the .students
from the works ofiHolmes.
Rev. G. j. Richardson is again wei
enough to resume canvassing for an attrac
tive and excellent line of literature.
T. G. Reyes has the largest line of ful
coats ever shown in town, including goat
dog, wombat, Russi an buffalo, seal, cool
and A ,tra chan.
On Thanksgiving Day union services will
be held in the vestry of the Congregations
church at eleven O'clock at which Rev. j
s. Upper will preach.
j. NJ. Goodwin has bought of Levi Kelley
and wife their residence on Pine street
Mr.. Kelley will move to the Monticello
House when Mr.. Goodwin moves out.
The town central school, all grades, will
commence the winter term on Monday
There is a prospect of larger school thar
usual. James ID. Blodgett Of Lyndonvill'
will teach in the business department.
Thomas G. Reyes and James b. Hale ant
daughter Mary visited the capital two day
last week, going with about $50 members o
the legislature to the Granite City, and at