The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-28

with them.
The ladies of the Baptist church and no.
ciety will give harvest festival on Friday
evening, September 6. An interesting pro-
gramme will be rendered and refreshments
served in the vestry.
Frank Kicker and wife are stopping with
friends in town. - Mrs. o. N Nourse
has returned from the mountains. - Il.
M. WEIGH and wife returned to Boston last
Friday. - Miss Nettie WEIGH will re-
turn to her school in Bartlett, N H., next
Saturday. - Mrs. Sewell Carpenter and
son went to Hardwick last Friday for a
weeks stay. g. Cyrus T. Darling and
wife OF Davenport, Iowa, are stopping with
his parents, j. r. Darling and wife, for a
few days.
Ricker's Mills.
Miss Mary e. Kicker is visiting friends at
Hardwick.
Miss Della Hatch spent Sunday with her
grandfather, Lebeus WEIGH.
Miss Grace Chalmers had her right Shout
der dislocated, Sunday last, by her horse
being frightened.
The ladies OF the Baptist society will hold
a harvest festival on Friday eve hing, Sep
TENDER g., at the Baptist vestry. All are in
vited.
Hardwick.
The new Congregational church is nearly
ready for the plasterers.
The band gave a promenade concert at
Cabot last Saturday evening.
Another town meeting is to be held on
Tuesday, September 2, at ten o'clock.
The Academy will open Tuesday, Septem-
Der q with first class board of teachers.
The call for rooms is large.
Mrs. Judevine has bought the L. G. Foss
place, and also piece of land back Of it Of
thes Bridgman sisters, and report says, she
will erect fine building for a public Ii
brary All hope it is true.
Marshfield.
One hundred thirty-fve tickets were sold
at our station for the picnic last week.
The ladies Of the Methodist Society will
give an entertainment in the church on
Thursday evening. They will be assisted
by Messrs Reynolds & Prescott, Boston's
fsvorite humorists.
Anna Burnham returned from the beach
last Saturday, and will return to her school
in Burlington Friday OF this week. -
May Gorham Of Boston is in town, at Ira
Bemis, visiting her brother, Oscar Bemis.
- Frank Wooster was in Mortified
last week. Charlie Bullock of Nashua,
N. H., is visiting his father, Asa M. Bullock.
- G. A. Bemis Of Boston is visiting his
father, Martin Bemis. - Harry Carlton
OF Sioux Falls is at home on visit. Also
Ozias Pitkin and family from the same
place are in town. - Miss Hilton OF
Barre is visiting at e. v. spencer's. -
Rodney Blake and wife visited at Henry
and wife of Mortified were in town last
week. - Mrs. G. d. Smith and her son
Warner D., and Goldie Smith, are visiting
in Littleton, n. H., this week. - e. W.
Pitkin and wife are in Boston this week
- A. T. Davis was in Barre and ad-
Joining towns last week selling boots.
Ernest Rosebrook and Bernice Cameron
were in Lancaster last week to see the
coach parade. Flora Tanner is at
work for Albert Bliss. - Ozias Pitkin
and Harry Carlton went to Boston last
Monday.
The first frost of the season occurred last
Thursday night
The Methodists united with the Congre-
gationalists and held union services Sunday
evening in the Congregational church.
The annual Orange County Sunday school
Convention is to be held in the Methodist
and Congregational churches on Monday
and Tuesday, September and 3.
The noted John G. woolley will lecture
in the Congregational church on Monday
evening, September 2. The Woman's
Christian Temperance Union are entitled to
the credit Of securing this noted lecturer.
Over forty Of our people attended the en-
tertanment at Haverhill, last Wednesday
evening, for the benefit of the Methodist
church of that place. They speak very
highly Of the reception and entertainment
given them.
The ladies of the Congregational church
will hold fair this afternoon and evening
in Seminary Hall. Supper, including ice
cream and cake, will be served in the even
ing for twenty-five cents. Entertainment
during the evening will consist Of music
and Rotations.
This community was startled by the sud-
den death of o. G. Page, which occurred on
Monday morning at about eleven o'clock
He went to work in his usual health, paint
ing the barn Of A. B. Chamberlin. When
found on Mr.. Chamberlin's barn floor the
| indications were that he went in and sal
| down in chair, as a chair was by him
| when found. DR.. Russell was called and
pronounced it case of heart failure. Mr.
Page was man some sixty years old, and
leaves a wife and one son.
A nephew of Rev. j. L. Merrill from St
Johnsbury is spending a few days in town
- Mrs. William Pearl and daughter
from st. Johnsbury spent Thursday of last
week as guests of Mr.. Edwin A. Bagley
g. Ella A. Dunlap spent few days in
town, last week, visiting old friends she
won during the several years she was
| teacher in our school. - Mr. and Mrs
A. s. Cheever and youngest son spent last
week with their parents at the Sawyer
House. - Lydia A. White came tc
town on Tuesday of last week for few
days visit with Mr. and Mrs. Henry w
Bailey. - Louis G. Bailey spent Sunday
with his mother and brother Abner. -
George W. Leslie and family of Montpelier
are spending few days at the old home
stead. - A. W. Silsby and wife and
Nellie j. Silsby are at Wells Beach for the
benefit of Mrs. Silsby, who is in poor health
- Mrs. Samuel Jewett and daughter OF
st. Johnsbury spent few days with Miss
FL. K. Reyes last week. g DR.. M. Fl
Corwin and his brother, John A. r. Corwin
of Chelsea, spent a few hours with d. M
Bond on Wednesday. the 21st, on their re-
turn from the coaching parade held al
Bethlehem the Goth inst. Landlord
Sawyer expects Mr.. and Mrs. R. d. Confer
from Brockton Mass, to board with him
and spend the winter George Slack
has returned from his vacation - Mr.
and Mrs. p. s. Chamberlin of Bradford Wis
tied at r. W. Chamberlin's two or three
days last week
West Newbury
The social at j. fuckers was success.
George King died at his home on August
10. His bereaved family have the sympa
thy of all.