The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-15

Oscar Harrington's infant son died last
week Wednesday. - Martin Gillett
and wife of Montpelier visited Mrs Milo
| Griffith Mr.. Gillett's sister, last Sunday.
- G, A. Thornton, former resident,
| was in town last week. 60 Mrs. j. Ryan
and daughter of Barre were guests at A. V.
Phillips the past week.
Newbury.
Newbury Village Creamery Company
| paid its patrons eighteen and one-half cents
for April butter.
Our school directors met at the town
clerks Office on Saturday to consult on the
| text b )ok question.
The Newbury ball team went to Haver
| hill on Saturday and played the Haverhills.
Score stood q to 16 in favor of Haverhill.
w. H. worthen of St. Johnsbury was in
| town last week and bought of II. Il. Kim
ball a pair of 3,000-pound horses for the
| town OF Danville, to run on road machine.
Charles Hosford, who has! been running
the separating station at West Newbury
for the Newbury Village Creamery Com
pany, has gone to Haverhill to run the
Haverhill Creamery. Albion johnson will
take Mr.. Hosford's position at West New.
bury, and John Leight will take Johnson's
position here at the creamery.
T. G. Reyes is in Boston this week buying
goods. - Mrs. Bard is spending a few
days in town among relatives. - Mr..
Il .
last week to attend the funeral of Mrs. Ha.
zen Ford, who died very suddenly. -
| Mrs. Anna e. Reyes went to Boston last
week FRIDAY. - G. G. Day of Warren,
n. H., was in to wn last week, calling on old
| acquaintances. Julia Goddard ar
rived in town on Wednesday and opened her
house for the summer. - III. A. Webb
| is now located under his own vine and fig
tree, which leaves Mrs John Hale's house
vacant - Ii. A. Avery has moved to
Charles R. Ford's residence on Back street.
Wells River.
e. Baldwin has bought the old cemetery
and is using it for woodward.
George Learned has moved his family
from Haverhill, N. II into the Learned
block.
e. ID. Carpenter is lifting his furniture
store about two feet, and putting in granite
| underpinning
Mrs. f. o. Pillsbury of Haverhill, n H.,
is taking care Of Mrs. Cyrus Gage, who has
been sick all winter.
And now the hotel trustees have decided
that they must have blinds on the 112 or ia
windows of the new hotel.
Colonel Preston Woman's Relief Corps,
| No. 10, with the post as guests, held its
| tenth anniversary sociable on Tuesday
evening. About seventy-fve we're present.
Memorial sermon will be preached at
West Newbury, May 26, at one o'clock.
Memorial Day services will be held at
at Wells River. The speaker will be L. B.
Harris, ESQ.,, cashier of Lyndonville Bank.
Mortified.
The cadets OF Norwich University have
purchased regulation campaign hats.
The electric light poles have all been set,
and the wires are being strung this week
Charles A. Edgerton, Sr, died Tuesday
morning from the effects Of a shock re-
ceived last Sunday night.
General O. o. Howard will be in North
field on Thursday to inspect Norwich Uni
versity, and will review the cadet battalion.
June drill of Co. f will take place June
| Ia. The company mas received ammuni-
ton, and will soon commence target prac-
tice at the range.
f. L. Howe & Co. received a carload OF
marble last week; also some granite work
in Swede. They will soon erect in Elm
wood cemetery a large Scotch granite mon
ument.
The young ladies gave May party al
Armory hall to the gentlemen last Friday
evening, thirty.fve couples being present
Refreshments were served in Concert Hall
Dancing was enjoy ed until two o'clock.
W. H. Fl. Clatlin died Saturday morning
after a protracted illness. Funeral services
Monday afternoon, the Odd Fellows and
Masonic societies attending. JntermenI
was in Elmwood cemetery.
The annual village meeting was held las
week Tuesday evening. The meeting was
called to order by j. II. Orcutt moderator
with +. l.. Howe as clerk The trustees
and committee on electric light and power
made long report of the doings Of the
committee, and a number of recommends
tions, which were adopted. The trustees
were instructed to purchase steam engine
, at cost not to exceed 50 800, to be placed
| AA1A. ttta 1tfvl.t fnttA TO-, ,.,n
low water or accident. The street lightl
: are to be kept running until twelve o'clock
and lights on the common and in front o
the houses of doctors, to be kept running
| all night. The faces of the town clock arr
> to be illuminated, and the fire engin,
report showed that 1876 orders had beef
{ drawn during the past year, amounting {,
3 $13,123.19 The following officers wer
3 elected for the year ensuing: j. III. Orcutt
t Plumley, W. W. Rumrili, L. P. Harris
Erastus Huntley, George c. Sanborn, trus
, tees; John L. Moseley (chief engineer), L.
Buck assistant engineer), Henry Smith, w
A. Blake, j. X. Egerton. fire wardens
II. R. Brown, auditor; William M
-. commissioner. 1t was voted to raise a Ia
, of twenty per cent for current expenses an
! indebtedness.
Lulu Bingham was at St. Adams owe
t Sunday, visiting her parents. - W.
Soper and e. L. Soper visited their mother
Mrs. Eliza Soper, over Sunday. - MR.
e. e. Wright Of Montpelier was in town o
J. Saturday
o East Orange.
o N. Burroughs, W. Prescott and Aide
Prescott have each lost a nice COW.
a Rev. j. d. Cross of Vershire preache
n last Sunday. But few were present on a,
. count Of the inclemency Of the weather.
Chester Dickey of Washington was /
town on Saturday to buy cows. - Mr.
l. @. ID. Burgin is now able to ride out. 60
s. Nellie Hutchinson has commenced hi
n school at Topsham. - Mrs. II. II. Colh
n has returned after spending several days
(. j. e. Sleeper's in Bradford. - Mrs.
n M. Smith has improved 80 to be able
o walk to her near neighbors.
n Plainfield.
,. The Ladies' Aid Society will give soc
8. at Mrs. W. B. Pages on Thursday afternoc
instead OF Wednesday. Supper served
six. Gentlemen are invited.
10 Randolph.
L. DIR. II. H. Mcintyre has resigned as tru
tee and GaOrpA p Wood has bAAn chOae