The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02

Morrisville.
Communion services will be held at the
Congregational church next Sunday morn
ing
Sch vol at Morrisville Academy opened
Wednesday morning, January 2, after q
ten days outing
Congressman II. H. Powers, Miss Agnes
Woodward and r. G. Fleetwood went to
Washington on Tuesday.
Union services will be held, alternating
between the churches, in observance OF the
Week of Prayer, commencing next Sunday
evening.
The new electric light plant is nearing
completion land will start up with some
ov .r one thousand incandescent lights and
twenty-five arc lights attached.
The annual meeting OF the Congrega.
tional church will be held on Thursday
evening and the annual meeting of the
society on Monday evening of next week.
A special village meeting is called for
this evening to see il the village will buy, at
a nominal price, the Warren and Somer-
vile water system in addition to the plant
now being put in by the village corporation.
Six cases of goods marked "pure maple
syrup" were recently received by express
from Cincinnati, Ohio, and we're deliver ed
at j. Warren's meat market, he being the
party to whom they were ship ped. The
officers were suspicious and seized the
go DIS, which, upon investigation, proved to
be choice brand of whiskey-twelve gal
Ions of it-and on the inside of the several
cases were found the names of five differ
ent parties for whom the goods were in
tie ded The wbiskey has been confiscated
and is now in the hands of the town agent
Newbury.
Watch meeting was 1eld in the Free
Christian church, .~nuay evening.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union meet with Mrs. j. G. Marcy, Tuesday
afternoon.
Rev. II. A. Spencer of Montpelier
preached a very able ION Sunday morn
il & in the Methodist church. Some of the
older people in town will remember Mr..
Spencer as pas tor OF the Methodist church
some twenty five years ago.
Morning bells rang long and loud both
sides of the Connecticut valley near this
village on Christmas day. Moses l. Brock
of West Newbury and Miss Louise Page Of
Haverhll were MARI I'd and are max sing
their wedding tour in the principal cities of
Massachusetts, On the same dav, George
Hartwell of Haverhi | and Miss Ora Jones
of this town were married.
Hon. Henry W. Bail y is again able to
be on our street. He has been confined to the
house for some two months. - The
Congregational church holds its annual
church meeting and roll.call next Friday
afternoon at two o'clock, with supper in
the vestry at five o'clock. - May B.
Ford has re turned to the Boston Conserva-
tory of Music. - Alice K. Hall of St.
Johnsbury is spending several days with
Miss H. K. Reyes.
Mortified.
A series of religious meetings will com
mence to-day, under the direction of Rev.
E. A. Whittier of Lawrence, Mass.
The Princes and St. Mary's Guild held a
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evening, which was well attended.
Cards have been received announcing the
marriage of DIR. John II. Judkins Of this
place to Miss Sadee Corbin of Charlestown,
N. II. For the present they will board with
Mr.. and Mrs E. N. Wiley.
A special village meeting is called for
January IA, to see If the village will vote to
allow G. r. Andrews to set posts in the
streets for the purpose of putting in electric
lights in the blocks and dwellings in the
village limits.
Friday evening last a railroad saloon car
caught fire from the stove. An alarm was
sounded, but the fire was extinguished
without the use of the department. The
same evening the shop of j. b. Shortridge
caught fire from a hot box, but no serious
damage was done.
Harold Howe is visiting in South Dorset.
- K. L Soper of West Rando phi was
in town Monday and Tuesday. -
Thomas Edwards has moved to Poultney
- Homer r. Chadwick has returned
from California, being called east to bring
the remains OF his mother, who died in that
state. - e. W. Gaynor, teacher in the
Grammar School, is taking a business trip
to Boston and New York. A. r.
Booth of Morrsvlle, who is attending
school at Canton, N. Y, is visiting friends
| in town.
East Orange.
A family Christmas dinner was much en-.
joyed at G. D. Burgin's.
DR.. Minnie Leavitt delivers a temperance
lecture here Thursday evening. She
speaks at Waits River the following even.
ing.
! Appropriate Christmas exercises were
held at the church vestry, consisting o.
Rotations, music, etc. The trees were well
filed with presents. The new $50 Estey
organ arrived just in time, and was CRATE
fully accepted and appreciated.
The community extend many thanks to
M rs. r +. Richardson for her great perse
verance and unwearied efforts in procuring
the money and purchasing the church or
gan. 1t is believed no other individual
could have met with 80 great success. She
is a faithful worker for the interests of the
church and all good.
spent last week with Mr.. and Mrs. j. S
Burgin, parents of Mrs. Drown. - Hon
and Mrs. Chester Dickey Of Washington at
tended Christmas exercises, remaining
over night and taking dinner Tuesday a
Mrs E. G. Colby's with several of their ole
neighbors in the place. - Prof. s. @
Hutchinson is at home from Cazenovia, N
Y, for short vacation. - There was
consultation of doctors on Saturday in tn,
case of Lizzie Quimby, who is seriously i'll
Peacham.
The schools at Peacham, South Peacham
East Peacham, and the academy are CLOSED
for two weeks on account of the scarle
fever are.
Peacham enjoyed having two Christina
trees-that of the Congregationalists at thu
academy hall Monday night, and of tn
Methodists in their newly-repaired church.
May Hopkins has returned from Boston
to spend the winter with her uncle, Johl
Hopkins - Jennie Varnum is i'll witt
scarlet fever.
Plainfield.
Literary Club meets next Tuesday Ia
, Judge o. l.. Hoyt's.
! Henry Dunbar, wife and daughter, OF 81
Adams, are visiting at Fred PERKINS,.
Fred Bruffee went to Burke, N. Y, De
cember %, to attend the funeral of hi