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

months. - Buel Lamb has been at home
from Concord, N. H., for several DAYS.
Company, is in Philadelphia on a business
trip. - Principal o. d. Mathewson, OF
the high school, spent Sunday at Dart
mouth College. - Lucy Eastman has
Waterbury Center. u N. Hamilton,
OF the state board OF health, was in town on
Monday. - Rev. G. IL. Wells occupied
the Universalist pulpit, Sunday. - Mrs.
.. b. Boyce has been appointed district
deputy of the Daughters of Rebekah. -
Augusta LaFountain, trimmer for Miss NJ.
A. Miles, is at her home In Springfield.
- John W. Gordon and Judge w. E.
Barney were in Burlington on Monday
East Barre.
The Wednesday evening prayer -meeting
will be held hereafter in the opera house
Myrtle A. Moore, who has been clerking
for A. G. Dickey for the past year, has
started on a months visit TO Boston.
DIR. Gould OF West Randolph has been
Stopping 10 the place for the past two weeks
He expects to organize lodge Of Good
| tempt Ar3 here soon.
Rev. G Aorge w. Morrow of West Ran
| dolph Is to lecture at the opera hall Thurs
day evening, at eight o'clock. None should
fail to hear him. Subject: " Life Sketches"
The young ladies of the Woman's Chris
tian Temp srance Union gave an entertain
ment in the school-house hall last Saturday.
The severe weather prevented many from
attending.
The stockholders of the East Barre Water
Company have elected the following Off
GERS: President, Hamilton Webster; vice.
pre- ,ident, Nathaniel Carnes secretary and
treasurer, W. NJ. Carnes.
Christmas was pleasantly observed at
this place in the usual manner last week
Monday evening. The trees were well
loaded with presents mostly of a useful ma.
ture, and the speaking and singing by the
children were exc 9ptionaly good, Our
pastor, Rev. A. A. Smith, was remembered
by being presented with nice coal stove,
to which he responded by inviting every
one to come in and get warm at any time.
W. L. Parsons Of Warren was in the
place week ago last Saturday and Sunday,
looking after his tenement here Theo.
dore Beach of Montpelier is at work for w.
M. Carnes & Co. He expects to move here
soon.
West Berlin.
Addie Emerson is in poor health.
H, w. Strongs horse" Harry " took lit
tie exercise in style of his own one day
last week. After putting the harness on,
Horace allowed him to go to the wlter tub
alone. He went all right, but the coming
back was where he betrayed the trust, for
he started down the road at lively pace.
But Horace says he displayed good bringing
up, for he vent directly to the church and
home, when he was stopped by Henry
Hewitt
The funeral of Clara ", wife OF Rev W.T.
B. Worthing, was held a. the Methods
church on Wednesday, December 26, R.v.
II. A. Spencer of Montpelier oficatin Z
Large quantities of Towering plants at
tested to the esteem in which Mrs. Worth
ing was held in the community; also a
beautiful pillow of flowers tribute from
Vermont Lodge of Odd Fellows, of which
10 .lN.r -.
were also members Of Vermont lodge, and
were f. FL. Hall, w. A. Taylor D. l.. San
ders and Fl. R. Kent. The remains were
placed in the tomb at Green Mount Gem
etery.
Braintree.
j. w. Martin died Saturday morning. His
mother survives him at the age of ninety
eight.
g. FL. Mann has sold part Of his flock of
sheep, thinking there is no profit in feeding
them longer.
Snowsville Grange will install officers
and have its annual oyster supper on Sat-
urday evening.
About thirty townspeople of Wallace
Blanchard gave him surprise visit last
Friday evening, the occasion being his
twenty-frst birthday.
The dwelling house of 81. A. Power, was
burned on Sunday, with clothing, etc.
Loss, 50, 800; insurance, $1,000. By the as
sistance of n sighbors, the barns were saved.
Cause OF fire, unsafe chimney. Had 1t not
been for the large amount OF snow, the
barns would have been burned in spite of
the assistance rendered,
Brookfleld.
The Henry Freeman Post and Relief
Corps gave social at Union Hall last Sat-
urday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merton Griswold drove to
Plainfield last SATURDAY. evening for the
| nf apap1ipn Maui Xaar,Q with Mr.
Griswold's mother and sister at that place.
By reason of the inclemency of the
weather last Thursday evening, the free
will off 9ring sociable which was to have
been given by the Ladies' Aid Society was
postponed until this evening
Frank Luce of Chelsea and Emma Smith,
daughter of Josiah Smith OF this town, were
united in marriage at the home of the
brides parents on Tuesday of last week,
Rev. G. III, Morse Off ,iating. Mr.. and Mrs.
Luce have their home in Chelsea at present.
The Christmas exercises at both the First
and Second churches were very enjoyable.
The recitations were well selected and well
committed, the music appropriate to the
occasion, and, together with handsome trees
and decorations of evergreen, showed much
care and painstaking on the part OF superin-
tendent, teachers and scholars.
The annual reorganization of the Sunday
school OF the Second church occurred last
Sunday. The last years board of officers
were nearly all reelected, viz, G. II. Bige-
low, superintendent: f. p. Lamson, assist
ant superintendent; Mary g. Uphan, Sec
rotary; Mrs. Alanson Follansbee, treasurer;
CA. Bigelow, librarian; Edith Peck, assist
ant librarian,
Charles A. Bigelow has decided not TO
return to st. Johnsbury Academy and is at
tending the high school at the village.
- Mamie and Sue Goodrich return to
Goddard Seminary this week. - Mrs.
Susan Atwell, an invalid aunt of Dr. Good
rich, is spending few weeks at his home.
- Lizzie Lamson has returned from
West Randolph and will remain in town
for the present. u. NJ. Upham and
Mrs. 8. p. Wilcox have been sick for the
past week.
Cabot.
Mr.. and Mrs Ezra Haines were called to
West Berlin last Tuesday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Haines sister Clara, wife Of
Rev. W. b. Worthing.
The first lyceum of the graded school in
this village was held last Monday evening.