The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-16

The East Corinth creamery made nearly
$500 pounds OF butter last week
Fellowship meetings will be held in the
church Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Week of Prayer was observed in the
church last week.
The next singng-school will be held FRI
day evening, instead of Tuesday as given
out.
Mr.. Markham and Miss Cotton gave a con-
cert in the church on Wednesday evening
to a fair-sized audience.
There will be a sociable at Daniel Row.
lands, Wednesday evening, All are cor
daily invited to attend.
r.. d. Currier of Brockton, Mass, was in
town few days last week. g. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Tapln, Wesley Taplin and
daughter, and Mrs, M. e. Dickey and
daughter Ardelle, of Montpelier, were in
town over Sunday visiting relatives and
friends. - g. NJ. Page is confined to the
house for a few days on account OF slight
cut received while chopping wood: -
Mr.. and Mrs f. @. Huntington of Washing
ton visited at W. II. Thompson's over Sun
day - Hale X. Darling, son of Hon: j.
X. Darling of Chelsea, was in town few
days last week visiting at Mrs A IL. Full
toms.
West Corinth.
Letters have been received from the
daughters of Mr.. Hicks, who was recently
moved from here to Marshfield, saying he
stood his journey well. The daughters ex-
press much gratitude toward the friends
here who so kindly looked after their IA
Their before they knew how sick he was;
also toward the ones who helped to move
him away. Mr. Hicks died in Marshfield
last Thursday.
North Duxbury.
Many relatives and friends celebrated the
thirtieth marriage anniversary of Mr. and
Mrs. Monroe Lewis at their home last FRI
day evening, leaving presents.
Miss L. A. Hersey has closed a successful
term of school at Durkeeville. Those hav-
ing no absent marks were Willie Ravelin,
and Flora Eddie and Albin Durkee.
j. A. Durkee is still sick. - Fannie
Davis, who has been sick with sciatica for
che past week, is somewhat better.
South Duxbury.
Rev. John Moxom preached an impress
isive sermon at the Congregational church
last Sunday.
Walter Turner, F. Freeman and Edna
Bruce, students of Waterbury Center Sem
mary, spent Sunday at their parental homes.
- Park Avery, who has been quite i'll
FOR ten weeks with sciatic rheumatism, is
slowly recovering. - David Bedding is
better - Frank Hart, who was indis-
posed for few days past, is out again, feel
ing quite like himself
Eden.
Singing-school, led by Chalon Mead of
Elmore, is well attended and every one
speaks Of his ability to bring the class up to
his own idea Of the music before them.
Michael Wescome has been suffering
from an attack of dumb ague, resulting from
disabilities contracted in service. He is
about again, looking quite "the worse for
wear"
A few of the kind neighbors and friends
of Mrs Lucy Smith made "bee" for the
benefit of her wood-pile on the Sd inst. If
the choppers had been more plenty, much
more wood could have been hauled, for the
ceams were sufficient for greater results.
East Montpelier.
The schools in town will hold a spelling
match at the village hall on Friday evening,
The remains of Mrs. Mary G. Stevens,
who died last Wednesday at the home of
her daughter at Meriden, Conn, were
brought to this place and funeral services
We're held Sunday by Rev. l.. Warren at
the residence of G. X. Willard.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. p. Kimball of Meriden,
Conn, who came on account of the death of
Mrs. Stevens, are stopping in town this
week. - j. S. Wheeocz went last week
10 Pittsburgh, Penn, in the interests of the
granite company
There will be a supper at the church ves-
try Thursday evening.
The people of Farlee are agitatng
movement for new town hall and school
house. 1t is something they need very
much.
Minnie Closson book-keeper for II. p.
Warren, has finished work here, and gone
to her home in Maine. - George NJ.
Seaver of Washington, agent for the
WATCHMAN, has been in town the past
week.
West Fairlee.
Mrs. Fanny Lord of Boston is visiting her
brother, G. g. Coburn.
The Willing Workers meet with Mrs.
j 0hn Cook next Friday afternoon and even
ing.
West Fairlee Center.
1t is reported that the Comstock place is
sold to Mr.. Charles Follansbee, who is to
take possession April l.
NJ. V. B. Hatch killed the largest hog in
this section. IT dressed $50 pounds Ben
Still dressed four hogs which aggregated
1860 pounds.
The Sunday-school of the Congregational
church was reorganized on the 18th by
choice of the following officers; Superinten.
de Z, IL. b. Morse assistant superintendent
Frank Southworth; secretary and treas
urer, Annie Southworth assistant treas.
urer, Effie Hubbard librarian, Eflie Hub
bard; assistant librarian, Cora Brooks
This school has enjoyed unusual prosperity
under the able and efficient management OF
Calvin Morse, who has been its superinten.
dent for the past two years. Mr., Morse re-
signs, much TO the regret OF his numerous
creased from an average attendance in
1892 of twenty-four TO thirty-one in 1893, and
thirty-eight in 1894
The banner fox trapper of this town il
Sampson Emerson, who has caught twenty
three. Next in order are the Eastman
brothers and Frank Cove, who have trapped
and shot twenty-five. A few more foxe'
have been killed, say six or eight, reducing
the foxes by about fifty-three in this sec
ton. Notwithstanding this reduction, there
seems to be many more about, and the rab
bits upon which they prey are correspond
ingly few.
North Fayston.
Several are suffering with the grip.
l.. w. Porter has sold his farm where h'
lives to James Ingalls,. Mr. Ingalls, takei
possession in March.
Charles Harrington has moved to More
town to work for Fred Jouett. - Mrs
Warren Porter is sick. - Mr.. and Mrs
j II. johnson visited in Waterbury las
week. - Mrs. M. Davis is sick.