The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-22

be a senator OF the state OF nation till he is
thirty years old, so he ought not to be eligi-
BILE after he is ninety. The second child
hood is worse than the FIRST, as no one out
lives it.
MoretowB.
Comrades Frank Hart, Allen Goss and
Louis Shontell will have charge OF the
decoration Of soldiers graves on Memorial
Day.
Quarterly meeting services were held at
the Methodist church last Sunday evening.
Presiding Elder Sherburne and Rev. Mr..
Enright of Waitsfield assisted the pastor,
Rev. S. G. Vail, in the service. A large
number were present.
Harley p. Turner has erected a beautiful
family monument in the cemetery. -
Mrs. Samuel Turner made a flying visit to
Berlin last week. - William Phillips Is
still feeble. - Rev. Harvey Webster, a
former pastor, Is, with his wife, visiting
foT Il! o. IN Ward " = C Maaa 5 SGsa is Of s' s %Oth
Fayston is stopping in town for a few days.
- Elmer Towle and wife and Jesse
Towle and wife are visiting John Towle,
their father. - A. M. Pierce and wife of
East Montpelier, former residents, visited
their son Lewis last week.
Newbury.
The Newbury base ball team played q
ClOSb RaIQD WIFI Uub DTdulOTu nlub vi but
Bradford grounds last Saturday, the score
standing IL to 10 in favor OF Bradford.
The Junior Christian Eudeavor Society
will hold a sociable next Friday evening in
the vestry of the Congregational church
from five to nine o'clock. Supper at six
o'clock.
Charles G. Merrill has returned from Yale
College, where he won one of the fifty
dollar prizes. He will remain at home for
two weeks, when he will go to Bakersfield
to preach during the summer.
The Fall Mountain Paper Company and
the Connecticut River Lumber Company
nave gangs OF men and horses clearing the
meadows Of logs washed down during the
flood. They camped on Cow Meadow last
Saturday night.
In compliance with No. %, acts of 1894,
the town central school and directors have
invited all the schools in town to join with
them on Wednesday, May 30, in appro-
pirate exercises commemorative OF the his
tory Of this nation during the War Of the
Rebellion and to patriotic instructions in
the principles of liberty and the equal
rights OF men. Weather being favorable,
the exercises will be held outdoors In the
afternoon, and will consist of martial mu-
sic, q parade, address by Rev. j. s. Upper,
superintendent of schools, a part to be exc
cuted by every school present. Principal
f. e Prichard will have charge Of the ex-
~ercises.
Richard Doe, while riding from his old
farm in the back part. OF the town last We'd
nesday. was thrown from his wagon and
seriously shaken up. He will, probably, be
confined to the house for some time. -
G. r. Powers has returned from the south
ern part of the state, where he has been
selling ashes. - Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter,
who have been spending the winter with
their daughter, Mrs. George B.. Palmer, in
@rA. NJ a-a Nr~ fA aDnn1 Aha
summer with another daughter, Mrs. AL
bert Corlis. - d. Y. Ford went to Bar
net last Saturday and sold at auction the
household furniture belonging to the estate
of Hazen Ford, of which he is administra-
tor. - Rev. George I. Bard Of Walpole,
lives here. - Mrs. F. A. Cushman of
Merrills. - II. A. Webb had a struggle
with an unruly horse near his house last
Saturday, resulting in his killing the horse.
- Maggie Laurie mt Clara Atkinson,
time, have returned. - Rev. j. l.. Mer-
rill and Rev. G. II. Coolidge of West New
bury exchanged pulpits last Sunday. -
r. G. Bailey has entered the employ Of
Styles & Kelley, clothing dealers at Burling-
ton. - Frank l.. Bailey, who has been
in the employ of Silsby & Knight for some
time, has entered the employ of j. B. Hall.
BOltOnvtlle.
1t is hoped that two weeks more work
will complete the saving Of the lumber at
Bottoms mill.
The large barn being built by Charles
Mcclure is we'll under way, q large force Of
men being employed.
The remains Of Orlando Hanson were,
last week, removed from the cemetery at
Wells River and placed beside those of his
brother, the late Edwin Hanson, in the
cemetery here.
Harvey Noyes of Hardy wick was in town
calling on friends last week. - illa
Boyce is spending a few days at home.
- Mrs. Lewis Hill is suffering from a
sprained ankle.
East Orange.
The recent cold weather has caused the
loss Of several sheep. Charles Colby found
eighteen dead ones.
The Sunday. school has been reor yanized
by the election Of the following officers:
Superintendent, Mrs. Walter Burgin; assist
ant superintendent, G. W. Davis; librarian,
j. A. Eastman; treasurer, Florence Rich
ardsOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Chubb of Winter
Park, Fla, and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Dickey of Bradford were In town on Friday
to visit the cemetery. They dined with Mr..
and Mrs. Orrin Prescott, whose farm was
the birthplace of Mr.. Chubb's father and
Mr.. Dickey's mother.
Mrs. Hannah (Banks) Davis, widow Of the
late George Davis, died May Is at the resi-
dence of her son, G. w. Davis, aged eighty
eight years. She had for some years lived a
quiet and retired life, though a useful one.
and will be much missed in her sons
family, with whom she has always lived
and been kindly cared for. She retained
her mental land physical faculties in a re-
markable manner until within a few months
of her death. She had had a paralytiC
shock, which entirely disabled her from
labor. Interment in the family lot at
Corinth Center
Professor G. H. Richardson and wife OF
Waterbury Center were in town on Satur-
day to attend the burial of Mrs. Davis,
Mrs. Richardson's grandmother. - Mrs,
Chester Dickey of Washington, with Mrs,
e. D.. Taegart Of Topsham, were guests al
Mrs. e. G. Colby's on Tuesday OF last week,
- Mrs. @. e. Bradley went to Wash
ington last week to care for Mrs. Lucy
Cheney the coming summer. - Mr.. and
Mrs. George Burroughs Of Barre were in
town Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs
Davis, grandmother Of Mr.. Burroughs.
- Mis-. G. ID. Burgin is again sick.
Plainfield.
Some of the teachers in our public school,
are arranging programmes for a memorial