The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-26

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move into the parsonage soon
Fairlee.
Arrivals at Lake Morey last week we're
as follows: Mr.. Clines family OF Barre.
Fred Doe and j. b. Peckett's families OF
Bradford, Mr. Marstons family OF Lyndon
vile, and Bracy and Bugbee Of Wells River.
Il. N. Lovewell will start for Mortified,
Mass, this week as delegate from Uni
yersity OF Vermont to the Young Mems
Christian Association, and will attend the
christian Endeavor convention before his
return.
Harold, Marguerite and Charlotte Daniel
were baptized on Children's Day, Five
united with the church last Sunday by let
Ter; Inc Christian Endeavor Society is in
q hourishing condition, seven members
having been added since January and a
Junior Society formed with sixteen mem
bers.
Alger Warren has returned from his
trip - Gertrude and Max Kendall, e.
N. Lovewell and Perley Switser are pick
town Alfred Bragg of st. Johnsbury
joined his family here for a brief visit.
- Mr.. Ashley, who represents George
w. Smith Of White River Junction, and
Wife were In town on Saturday to look at
the cottages at the lake with a view to rent
ing one.
West Fairlee.
George, John and Grace Gilman are
spending their vacation at home.
Samuel Paul is very i'll with inflammation
OF the bowels. - K. r. Dudley and wife
were in Chelsea the first of the week.
Bert Hutchins is visiting friends in town.
- Martin Andrews and wife and child
have been the guests Of W. d. Berry the
past week
West Fairlee Center.
l.. B. Morse purposes to hitch up his
four horses and take party OF young peo-
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mouth commencement exercises.
Rev. Mr.. White of Thetford Center
preached in exchange with Rev. L. Harlow
at our church last Sunday Subject, Law.
ing Aside All Hindrance to Running the
Christian Race"
Middle brook furnishes some very fine
trout this season. A string of twelve
caught by the Titus boys, weighed two and
three fourths pounds and one caught by
George Heath weighed one and one fourth
pounds.
O. s. Titus spent last week canvassing
the town of Corinth in the interest OF
Edward g. Brown q Co. of Rochester, N.
T., selling their improved farm seeds. This
seems to be good work for the farmers, as
potatoes especially tend to deteriorate after
many years planting. while those recently
from the potato ball give far better returns
for labor in larger crops of better quality.
He also sold nursery stock for Mr.. Beattie
DCuJdiulu lluiSJ lS bblll very SICK, WlUn
little prospects of recovery. - Mrs.
Marion X. Bond is very sick with nervous
prostration, but is making a little gain.
- Mrs. s. E. Kimball and Mrs. NJ. N.
Child have gone to spend few weeks at
South Yarmouth beach with Professor c.
III. Morse's family.
Fayston
A very pleasant party, consisting of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Wheeler of Waterbury,
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Kneeland, d. S. Stod-
dard OF Waitsfeld, and Mrs. Kellogg OF
Duxbury, found it "dear to the heart to
visit y" the scenes OF their childhood " in this
town last Saturday. They lunched on the
historic battle-ground -. near the head of
Mill Brook, visited the old home of Mr..
Wheeler and Mrs Kellogg (the Mary Kew
place, now owned by Hugh Baird), also the
cemetery near j: R. Thompsons, where Will
liam Wheeler. father of Mr. Wheeler and
Mrs. Kellogg, had been inferred, but later
was removed to Waterbury. The visit was
enjoyed by the party, and also by the old
friends whom they visited
Arson, son Of Deacon E. A. Fisk, cut his
feet severely with a scythe last week.
John Mclaughlin, 3rd, who cut his foot with
an axe two weeks ago, is still suffering
much from the wound, which has indica-
tons of erysipelas. j. Dan and Ida
M. Thompson attended commencement at
the Randolph Normal School last week,
visiting friends in that vicinity.
North Fayston.
The sad intelligence reaches us that
Emma Chapman, wife of Elder 1. E. Kim
ball and daughter of w. s. Chapman, form
erly of this place, died in Spartansburgh,
S. c., on Wednesday of last week. After
many weeks of severe suffering, Mrs. Kim
ball and family went to that place last fall
in hopes to regain her apparently failing
health, but that terrible disease consump-
ton, it seems, had too strongly fastened
upon her system to be thrown off, and, in
spite of all efforts for her recovery, she
slowly sank until at last she quietly and
without struggle breathed her last. On
account of the excessive heat and the long
distance, her remains were inferred at
Spartansburgh She leaves a husband and
three small children to mourn her loss.
Her age was thirty-two years
Groton.
There will be preaching in the Methodist
church next Sunday.
Augustus, Theodore and Kate Teller are
at home on their vacation.
There will be no preaching in the Baptist
church next Sunday, as Rev. 7. Teller will
be away on vacation.
Alex. Cochran, George Pillsbury and
Sewell Carpenter were at Symes Pond last
Friday and brought home 125 pickerel,
weighing forty pounds.
Died in Wells River, June 20, John Blu.
chanan, aged eighty-three years. Mr.. Blu
chanan was an old resident of Groton and
prominent man, being in the mercantile
business in this town for several years.
For the past few years he has been in poor
health and lived with his daughter in
Wells River
Hardwick.
Hon. Walter P. Smith of st. Johnsbury
was at his old home Monday night.
The liquor seizure and Magoon trial came
off Monday before Justice Bridgman and
jury
The village tax.bills are in the hands of
Collector Stanford. The town tax-bill will
be out by July L.
John Hall died Saturday afternoon from
paralysis Of the lungs. He has been suf-
ferer for long while.
Rev. Mr.. Smithers and family are away
on three weeks vacation, Mr.. Smith ers
going as far south as Chattanooga, Tenn,
Lexington.
The acreage of potatoes planted in this
vicinity is at least one-quarter greater than
last year, and 800 carloads were sent to
market from the Colebrook station OF the
CrOp of 1894 The Indication Of growth of