The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04

| lasJ week - Edwin Pltkln mas com
menced building new barn on the Edwin
Merritt farm - Henry Kellogg will
move on to the Addie Spencer farm. Mrs
| Spencer will board with him this winter
- 10 Mears and wife visited in VOL
colt last week. - A. II. Davis, who has
out again. - r. Fl. Hudson is sick.
- Brooks Hudson cut his hand very
severely last Saturday. - o. /. Smith
OF Hardwick was in town over Sunday.
MiddIesex.
Joe Knapp and family spent Thanksgiving
with their daughter at Montpelier, Mrs.
Waldo Farrar. Frank Maynard and wife
and G. #. Newhall and family spent the
day with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs P. D.
Edgerly.
The Home Circle, last week Tuesday
evening, was much enjoyed by all. Not
withstanding t1e rain, fifty were present
Refreshments were served. After vocal
and instrumental music, games, etc, were
the order Of the evening.
Frank Nash has returned to Stowe and
Miss MIME Converse to her school,
Miss Carrie Swift has recovered and went
back to her school yesterday. - Jennie
johnson is visiting friends at Montpelier.
- Mrs. Frank Ward is quite sick
MoretowB.
Claud Griffith is visiting friends in town.
Mr.. Ira Stevens Of London is visiting rela-
tives in town.
Miss Lottie Spear of Burlington is visiting
at G. M. Fletcher's.
daughter was born, November 81, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Shea.
G. M. Fletcher is greatly improving the
looks of his buildings by a coat of paint.
Mrs, f. G. Evans and children OF Water
bury are stopping at the home Of A. e.
Lovejoy, her father.
The Junior League gave concert in the
Methodist church last Sunday evening,
which was much enjoyed by all present.
Newbury.
Sisby & Knight are making some
changes in the back part of their store.
The young people enjoyed box sociable
in Seminary Hall last Wednesday even.
ing.
Some of our young people attended the
promenade at Bradford last Thursday
evening.
Appropriate Thanksgiving exercises were
held in the Congregational vestry last Sun
day evening.
Q. j. Richardson is making preparations
to supply chickens early in the spring. He
has 100 eggs due to hatch December 16. He
will raise the chickens in an outdoor brooder
of his own make.
Farmers in this section have been taking
advantage Oh tne extreme low Prices ana
have been laying in winter stock 4 grain.
When they can buy corn. meal for S16 per
ton, they won't pay the fancy prices for
which hay is held in this section.
r. G. Bailey of Barton Landing and
Blanche Bailey of Lancaster were at home
over Sunday. - Mrs. Richard Courier
returned from Massachusetts to the Sawyer
House last Saturday. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Corliss went to Do yer, N. H., Satur-
day, to spend the winter with their brother
in-law, George b. Palmer. - Miss Ella
M. Bixhy is visiting her sister in Maine.
- Miss Mabel Austin daughter of Rev.
A. j. Austin, is in town visiting friends.
- Mrs. Thomas Hall and daughter,
Miss Alice, from St. Johnsbury, spent
Thanksgiving with the Keyes family.
West Newbury.
The people of this place are very much
pleased with the new minister, Rev. Mr..
Ford.
Four men of this place intend to begin
work on Monday for Mr.. Cummins of Brad
ford, at his steam mill in West Bradford.
Miss Bessie Tyler, who is teaching in Hud-
son, N Fl. lis at home for a two weeks vaca-
ton. She will return to her school Satur-
day.
School began Monday here and in the
Brock district under the same teachers as
! formerly-Miss Willeby and Miss Nettie e.
| Tucker.
Harry B. Hoyt has been visiting in Lit
tleton and Whiteteld for the past week.
He entered upon his foul tn year in the en-
ploy of W. G. g. d. Carleton.
There will be sociable at the school
house, Friday evening, December 6, at
which time we break the fruit containing the
Sunday school penny collection. We do
not propose to have ug-breaking, as the
| Opinion correspondent said the last time we
broke our penny jugs.
Northfield.
The Alpha Sigma Pi Fraternity held a
banquet in their hall November %.
The monthly union temperance concert
will be held at the Congregational church
next Sunday evening.
Union Thanksgiving services WEI Q held
at the Methodist church at eleven o'clock
on the morning of Thanksgiving day.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Of the Meth dist church will hold social
tea at Mrs. Walter G. Taplin's this evening,
Rev. L. P. Tucker and Rev. w. r Daven-
port of Barre and Rev. w. S. Hazen and
Rev. V, M. Hardy of Randolph exchanged
| November "a.
Both the High School and Norwich Uni
versity we're closed for brief vacation
from Wednesday of last week till the fol
lowing Monday.
The Conversational Club met Monday
night at the Mortified House. 1t was la
dies night" The hosts were DIR. W. B.
Mayo and Professor G. G. Brill. Rev. w.
S Hazen, ID D., read paper on Marcus
Whitman and Oregon"
Misses Nutting and Taylor, of the Ran
dolph Normal School, visited Mrs George
Cross last week - Hon. Frank Plum
ley and family spent Thanksgiving with
| friends in st. Adams - Rev. G. r.
East left last week for Kansas City, Mis-
souri, where a larger field of usefulness
awaits him. Mrs. William Jackson Of
Middlebury visited her sister, Mrs. G. 8.
Richmond, last week. - Miss Julia
Kidder is quite sick with pneumonia. -
Emmons Howe left this morning for three
weeks trip to Boston.
| PlainfieId.
The regular meeting Of Womans Christian
Temperance Union will be held next Satur-
day
The annual communication of Wyoming
Lodge, F. & A. M, will be held Decem-
Der B
Schools in town opened Monday with the
following corps of teachers; Mr.. Burbank,
May Stone, Miss Tilson, Miss Chamberlin,