The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-27
Bixby of Perknsville Linn Cutler and Don

The joint debate between the Blanpied
lyceum of Montpelier and the Spaulding
Graded School, held in the school-house
hall asst FRIDAY night, attracted very large
audience. The judges were j. A. DeBoer
OF Montpelier, j W. Gordon and G.
Rowland. The question discussed was
Resolved, that the signs of the times indi
cate the downfall of the republic" The
Montp ,lier boys had the firmative. The
disputants W ,re Carl Gourley George Os.
| good and Harlie Cum Minis. The speakers
on the negative from the Spaulding Graded
School we're G.. A. Pape, Dean Perry and
the question to the negative. Miss Edith
Richardson gave piano solo and Miss Cora
Mann song.
Bradford.
The grip patients seem to be improving.
Ex-Governor Farnham is out attending to
business again.
Charles Robertson has sold hi. place on
the upper plain to Homer S. McDuffee.
The library building is nearly completed,
and will be ready for the decorators in
about week.
Deacon John II. Sawyer has rented his
farm, one of the pleasantest places In Brad
ford, to Arthur Brown.
Eugene b. Fuller, of the G. p. Fuller
House Furnishing Company, New York
city, was guest Of j. NJ. Warden last week
The mock court trial attracted large
| duulenCe anu no enu oil tuu. The
verdict acquitted the distinguished defend
ant, but advised him not to do so again.
The Ladies' Aid Society OF Grace Church
will hold parlor meeting with Mrs. f. e.
Doe, Wednesday afternoon. The gentle
men are invited to tea at half past i've
o'clock.
The school directors in Bradford and vi.
cinity met, b. invitation, State Superin.
tendent NJ. s. Stone at Hotel Low on Wed.
nesday They also met a swarm of book
| agents almost as numerous as the flies Of
Egypt.
All who attended the services at Grace
Church last Sunday had the pleasure of
| listening to one of the finest missionary SER
mons, by the pastor, Rev. L. p. Tuck sr,
ever heard in Bradford. SO says a member
of the congregation.
A petition has received a large number
of signatures from the taxpayers for the So.
lectmen to hire bed for a year at the Han
over hospital. If successful, Mr.. Blake, who
is already In that hospital, will probably
obtain the benefit of 1t what time he needs
II. G. McDuffee has vermont Regis
ter " bearing date 1897. Rev. Gardner KEEL
logg was at that ime pastor Of the Congre-
gitional church in Bradford and Rev.
Isaiah Stone of the Baptist Micah Barron
was a member of the legislature from this
town.
The Christian Endeavor convention at tn 3
Congregational church on Friday brought
together large com 9any of delegates and
friends OF the young people. All the exer-
cises were profitable. The address bv Rev.
A. H. Heath, DID,, of St. Johnsbury, was
able and inspiring.
The Bradford Academy and Graded
School has bought about forty dollars worth
of new apparatus for the laboi atory, and a
large number Of books which will be quite
an addition to their already fine library.
1t is thought by good judges that this is one
| pf tha hast school libraries in the
The trustees of Bradford Academy held
their annual NEE ing Monday afternoon at
the Office of ex Cove nor Farnham and re-
elected the old officers. They filed the va
cancy in the board of trustees caused by the
removal from town of Rev. j. W. Lees by
electing Vernon A. Doty, a graduate from
Dartmouth College in tn class of 1898
The death of T. w. Price, Esq, of Phila-
delphia occurred March Mr. Price WAS
on of the most substantial citizens of the
city. He was prominent blank book man
ufacturer, and was conspicuous leader in
church work. His daughter Lucy married
Rev. j. G. Swi,zer, late pastor Of Grace
Church in this town. Mr.. Price is grats-
fully remembered by many who met him
upon his visit to his daughter here.
Bradford Center.
The sick ones are Mrs. r. Falkner, T. G.
Aldrich's baby, James M,Kenley, George
Mcguire, Hiram Porter and William Curtis
-tne latter raining.
James McKenley has moved back to his
Piermont, n. H. Willard Shepard
has moved to the village. - Charlie
To xnsend is working for Mrs Wallace.
Braintree.
William Hunt is to carry on the Fiske
farm the coming year.
George Davenport, lately of Walden, has
taken Edward Smiths farm for the coming
year.
III. M. Blanchard has a man to run his
saw-mill, thereby doing more work than
before.
G. III. Mann is talking of putting in a
motor to run separator and other farm
machinery, there being sufficient fall, and
usually water enough to run 1t. The farm.
ers near him are interested in having it
put in.
There is considerable difference In the
price Of some farm products that the farmer
receives and what the consumer pays.
Taking the article OF potatoes, the farmer at
this end gets forty cents per bushel, and
the consumer pays 81 per bushel. The
railroad company gets some ten to fifteen
cents of it, the balance being divided among
the middlemen.
Your correspondent was just little too
previous in regard to the III Arriage of @. K.
Bowman and Hattie L. Williams. The
ceremony was postponed one week on &C
count of the sickness of the bride. They
held reception Saturday evening at the
residence of K. E. Bowman. The young
couple expect to make beginning next
week on the farm of Jane Wellington, now
occupied by o. b. Holden, who is to move
to the farm owned by j. w. Blanchard.
Luke Hutchinson expects to go 20 Lowell,
Mass, to work for G. [ Hood, mex, g III
day, his engagement at East BetheN wig
failed to materalize in the way re e.
pected. = stephen Hutch uson o..
move to this place the coming week, end
George Thayer is to move to the IA IN va
Gated by him, owned by b. A. Flint. -
1t is reported that Charles Loomis is to oc
cupy George Thayer's house for the coming
year.
Brookfeld.
A special town meeting has been APP
pointed for to- day to authorize the town
treasurer to collect the taxes.
News has been rec lived Of the death OF
Nelson G caves, formerly of this town, at
his nome in Watseka, ILL.,, on March 2
At the society meeting of the Second