The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23
CONTINUED PROM FIFTH pAeE1


will be at William Bonds, at the Bow, on
the oath, afternoon and evening.
Mr.. Aver and family have moved to Ha.
verhill, N. H., their former home. -
Arthur Peck OF Mc1ndoe's was in town last
week visiting friends. g. Mr. Carroll has
moved into the t,nement over the station;
= CT .rence Hosiord has been detained
at home the past two weeks, nursing the
mumps. - David Conaut made trip to
Greenfi field, Mass, last week on business.
East Thetford.
Creamery report at North Thetford for
the month Of December for four weeks:
Mi received at creamery, 126,779 pounds;
butter made, ~ p funds; received for
butter. deducting freight and commission,
vi ,835 80; running expenses, $198.30; paid
patrons, twehty.four and one.half cents PEI
pound.
Charles Blood, the Barton depot master.
has been visiting at home. - Mrs Fred
Bushee made flying visit to Hanover last
week. - Mrs. James Britton has been
visiting her sister in West Lebanon. -
Frank Dow and wife from STAFFORD have
Whitchers from Wentworth have been
loading lumber here - Mr.. Dutton,
from Hartford, m ,de a short stay in the
place last week. - M g. Camp of Lyme,
N. H., has been visiting at Joseph Taylor's.
Union Village.
Sunday school officers for the coming
year: Superintendent, w. II. Clogston /;
assistant superintendent, j. H. Cloud I;
treasurer, W. Benton; secretary, A. V.
Turner; librarian, Arthur Pattrell. No
stewards elected.
Meetings were held last week at Rice's
Mills" and will continue this week under
the direction Of W. A. Evans, pator. A
very good interest has developed and much
good IS confidently expected to result from
these services.
How are the vestry committee prosper
inR2 We wish them all SUCCESS. A vestry
Is something we really need. and there Is
people will take the interest in 1t they
should. Our church needs a thorough
sweeping and busting, and our ladies are
waiting for some one o set the day for them
to do 1t.
At the annual business meeting of the
Epworth League the following officers
wer9 elected for the year ensuing: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Cora Waterman; vice-presideuts,
W. A. Evans, Mrs Mabel G ,ok, Mrs. Emma
Cloud Mrs. Iona Carpenter; treasurer,
Lyman Cook; secretary, Addie M. Hatch,
(post office address, Norwich) This league
began last September with fifteen charter
members, and now numbers thirty-tbree
active, six associate, and IoneI hoI orary,
members.
TunbridRe.
Frank ordway has gone to Claremont,
N. H., to work. - Mr.. and Mrs. r. A.
- Effie Kibby goes back to her teach
ing at Plymouth, N. H.. next Saturday.
- Mrs lE. f Howe is i'll with pneumo-
mia. - f. F. Hayward was at home over
Sunday from Claremont - DR.. K. K.
Dean OF Lebanon, N. a., was in town last
from Randolph by her mothers illness.
Waitsfield.
There Is to be a pie social at William
Palmer's this evening.
Cheney Prentiss OF Mortified has been
spending few days with friends in town.
He is getting quite smart after his long ILL
ness.
David Loveland's horse, becoming tired of
standing in the Jones shed, backed out and
started for home at rapid gait Monday
evening, but was stopped before any dam
age was done.
The educational meeti lg at the Congrega-
tional vestry on Friday afternoon and even
ing was largely attended. The lecture by
State Superintendent Stone in the evening
was fine discourse.
Stephen & Reid OF Barre were in town
last week to erect a fve.ton granite mon
ument on the lot of G. +. Ramsey.
Mrs. Pardon Bushnell, who has been sick
for some time, has nearly recovered. -
The venerable Levi Willard is slowly fail
ing.
East Warren.
The numbering business is not near as
heavy as last year and prices are much lower
for logs. Parker & Slayton are the heaviest
mill men, but are not stocking much with
hard wood.
William II Bradley, whose death was mo-
ticed last week, was native of this town
and lived here and married a daughter Of
III.
life he went to Canada and engaged in rail-
road bridge building for several years, then
came back here again and went into mer-
camille business and bought very heavily
of the farmers their produce, which was a
great advantage to all parties concerned.
His wife became feeble and he buried one
daughter. Meeting some losses in business
about twenty years ago. he went to Iowa
and entered again into buyiog farmers
produce and has been very successful. He
seemed to be nearly alone, for his wife died
soon after he went West, and he has lost
his only son, who was Of great promise, and
daughter who married p. Parker OF this
town and only lived few years. He leaves
only one daughter, living in Madison, Wis.,,
and one sister, the widow OF James,C ardell,
who has been very feeble for some months.
He was a very social and kind-hearted man,
and never forgot his friends. He liked to
make money and would spend it freely.
He was about seventy-four years old.
Waterbury.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet this
afternoon with Mrs c. S. Conant.
The whist club will meet Friday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Somerville.
Mrs. M. L. Wells has closed her millinery
rooms for the remainder Of the winter and
gone to her home in Duxbury.
Professor Hopkins attended an educa-
tional meeting at Waitsfeld last Friday,
and read paper upon how to teach reading.
The schools opened again on Monday, af-
ter a few days suspension in consequence
of sickness which at one time threatened
the community.
| E. o. Trask has returned from New York,
and will sell at auction next Saturday, at
half past ten A. M, at his residence, lot OF
| personal property.
There are rumors of lecture course about
to be inaugurated, which we hope may ma
terialize, but let the talent engaged be first
class, or don't undertake anything.
The high school lyceum will meet this
evening. The question will be the same as
| announced for last week, as that meeting
was postponed on account of the closing OF