The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-25
It is now a very desirable residence for one
Randolph Center.

Miss Clara ID. Eddy is home from Palmer,
Mass, for the holidays
| II. p. Slack, veteran soldier, died re-
Gently, aged fifty-four years.
Mrs. II. q. Gilbert has been quite i'll with
pneumonia. but is improving slowly.
N. Bickford is here from his school in
Warren, to remain until after Christmas.
| A report Of commencement exercises at
the Normal School will be found in another
columnl
A Christmas service will be held in Grace
Church at 10: 30 A. M, consisting of morning
| prayer, and the Holy Communion.
A rain sufficiently severe to wash the
| road badly is rarity for the last of Deem
Der, yet that Is what we had Saturday
night.
Professor and Mrs. Edward Conant are to
attend the meeting of the Hartford Congre-
gational Club at West Lebanon, N. H., on
Friday.
Christmas exercises were to be held at the
school-house in district No IA last evening
and at the Methodist church this (Wednes
day. evening.
A new telephone line now being erected
will give us double facilities for communi-
| eating with surrounding towns. Now for
electric lights and cable cars
Roxbury.
Frank Merrill, while at work for Bert
| III DIdluJIbb, WAS severely lD-
jured on Tuesday Of last week by a log roll
| ing upon him. His injuries resulted In his
death on Thursday The funeral was held
at the Congregational church on Saturday,
Rev. M. III. Wright officiating.
The friends of May Wetmore are sorry to
hear that she is very i'll. - Mrs. j. f.
Copeland Of West Hartford was in town
visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles Spaulding,
who is very sick - Deacon W. /. ST.
monds is in poor health. - Mrs NJ. e.
Chase and son went to Boston, Saturday.
East Roxbury.
There is to be Christmas tree, with ex-
ercises at the school.house on Wednesday
evening. Cordial invitation to all.
Mrs. Andrew. Ladd is visiting her daugh-
ter Della, who is teaching school in Green
| vile, Mass. - Miss J.. j. Webster from
birmingham, Mass, is spending her Christ
mas vacation at her home in this place.
- Mrs. d. L. Buck has been quite sick,
the past week, with muscular rheumatism.
- Charles Allen, from Everett, Mass,
made his parents a short visit last Satur-
day. - Winifred Foss is home from the
Normal School for two'weeks' vacation.
South Ryegate.
There was a social dance at George Web
ber's last Monday evening
The concert given by the Ladies' Aid OF
the Reformed Presbyterian church, last
Friday evening, was success.
There was Christmas tree and appro
pirate exercises by the children at the Pres
byterian vestry Tuesday evening.
Considerable petty thieving has been go.
ing on in this vicinity for three weeks past
Among the articles stolen from different
parties are chains, chicken.pes, harnesses
and other articles.
A fair was held in the Presbyterian
church vestry last Thursday. A chicken
pie supper was served. The proceeds were
! for the benefit of the church, A good time
was enjoyed by all
He is able to visit some of his old pate nts
again, last Monday being the first time for
weeks that he has been able to ride. He
made a trip Of twenty five miles-a good
ride for the first attempt.
George Gray, instead of going directly
morning, thought he would drive over to
the depot, see them load the stock and
show up his horse a little, having very
nice steed He was thrown from the top of
the milk. can he was sitting on, some five
feet, striking on his shoulder The milk
can and contents followed him. No bones
were broken. The horse was stopped by
men standing near by.
The heavy rain, Sunday morning, carried
away one abutment and one section of the
bridge crossing the Wells River to Willis
Browns at Groton line. There will be a
bridge, Groton or Ryegate. 1t accommo-
dates but one man in Ryegate, and several
years ago the selectmen discontinued the
road to this bridge, it being an old road
leading into the town of Newbury. The
two towns were called on to repair this old
road, so that some granite could be hauled
over it to South Ryegate. Newbury re-
sponded and fixed up its part promptly, but
Groton did not Mr.. Brown is in a bad
plight living across the river in Ryegate
and having no way to get across the stream
to do business.
Moses Annis moved into Mrs. Maggie
McDonald's tenement last Saturday, -
Mrs. Charles Annis is visiting her mother
in Littleton, n. H., during the holidays.
- John Davidson was married to Net.
tie Ordway last Wednesday by Rev. j. j.
! Hall. u. ID. McAllister was at home
from st. Johnsbury over Sunday.
John Thomas is at home from college to
spend the holidays. - Miss Elizabeth
Hall is home for the holidays from Spring.
field, Mass, where she is teaching school,
Thetford.
| Extensive preparations are being made