The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-26

His text was John 4; 4, "In him was life,
and the life was the light Of men" Rev.
W. r. Shipman of Tufts College, president
| OF the board Of trustees Of Goddard Semin-
airy, assisted in the opening services, and
music was furnished by special choir
The dedication OF Thompson Memorial Cot
tage, on Tuesday was special and inter-
esting feature OF this commencement time.
| The corner stone Of the Church OF the
Good Shepherd was laid by Bishop Hall at
noon last Thursday. A special train, shortly
before twelve o'clock, brought the bishop
and large number of delegates of the
State Diocesan Convention, among them
Rev: .. b. Blunt, former pastor, Rev. w
state missionary, and Rev. A. ID. Brown, the
pastor OF the mission. Because OF the in
tense heat, the services were very brief
The stone is of Barre granite, on which is
cut "a. d.. 1896" In the niche in the
stone was placed zinc box containing a
copy of each Of the local papers, the diocesan
record, and copy of Mountain Echo, the
| official organ of the diocese.
South Barre.
Rev. Walter Dole gave us an able sermon
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ripton were out Of
| town visiting last week
| Mr.. Stanley and daughter are visiting his
| mother, Mrs. Henry Upton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Liberty Hall visited friends
in Washington last Sunday
Helen and Ida Arms are home from the
Normal School at Randolph.
Lewis, son of Eugene Tayntor, spent
few days at Harrison Bancroft's last week.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Clay met with serious
accident, recently, by the breaking of har-
| ness.
Mrs. M. 8. Hunt started Thursday for
Syracuse, N Y, to visit her daughter, Mrs.
James Young.
| The Good Tempars held sociable at
their room in the new school building last
Friday evening.
Fred M. Gale and wife of Chicago were
the guests of their uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. George w. Smith, last week.
Mrs. L: E. Pope of Mortified is the guest
of her sister, Mrs. G. w. Smith. She will
attend the exercises at Goddard Seminary
this week
There will be lawn sociabe at N. P.
| Nye's next week Wednesday evening I'M
der the auspices Of the Kings Daughters.
Ice-cream and cake will be served.
These are merry days at the lake, people
| coming from far and near for days pleas
ure. q. FL. Stewart has freshened his boat
house with coat of paint, and he is en-
larging his camp cottage and otherwise i'm
proving his pleasant summer resort.
West Berlin.
Mrs. B. M. Morse of Duxbury visited her
sister, Mrs. l.. Robins On, last week.
The creamery is making in the vicinity of
four hundred pounds of butter day.
Mrs. j. r. Cofrin of Mortified is stop.
ping with her son James for the present.
Rev. W. B. Worthing will preach at the
| Methodist church next Sunday morning at
| 10: 45.
A. Bernasconi & Co. have twenty-four
men at work in their granite works. They
shipped monument this week to be erected
in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y
The standing height is thirty six feet.
Bradford.
| Reman Brothers are doing a hustling
! business at their factory.
| Rev. Mr.. Spencer supplied the pulpit at
the Methodist church on Sunday.
Children's Day was observed last Sunday
at the Congregational church, which was
| finely decorated.
George w. Brown is soon to commence
work on the house he recently purchased at
auction belonging to the estate of Mrs Ruth
Hartwell
The boys that went camping at Tartan
Pond report having fine time, but said
that fish wardens were looking after them
pretty closely.
Preparations are making for the Fourth
VI uly ColcDldulOuJ anu Ill hr6 Anticipating
good time. No doubt, crowd will be
here, as it has been a long time since Brad
ford celebrated the day.
| The Woods Library Building will be
dedicated July 4th, at two o'clock P. NJ.
The address will be delivered by Colonel
j. III. Benton, Jr., formerly Bradford boy,
but now one of the most prominent lawyers
in Boston. There will be an original poem
by Rev. A. j. Hough of Brattleboro, our
own Vermont poet and former pastor of
the Methodist church here; also short
speeches by many others. In the evening
the trustees of the Library Association will
hold reception, at which all are invited.
Bradford now has fine new school build
ing and library building, both the gifts of
the late John L. Woods of Cleveland,
Ohio, for which the people are very CRATE
full, E. G. Graves of Wells River is now
tintng and decorating the interior of the
library. The furniture, purchased by the
committee of A. b. & e. l.. Shaw, furni.
ture manufacturers of Boston, will soon
be in position and everything ready for occu-
pancy
Mrs. L. w. Dickey and two children
days in town. - Mrs. Charles Johnson
Of Bristol, N: H., is visiting at w. e.
Cages few days. W. E. Gage has
improved his residence by putting new
piazza on the front. &c. l.. Peveay is
soon to move into the tenement at Mr.
- Colonel H. e. Parker started for
Cleveland, Ohio, last Tuesday on bust
ness trip, returning Saturday night. -
A young man called on Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles A Kent last Sunday morning and
demanded close care and attention. -
Colonel II. B. Chamberlain, accompanied
by some of the Bradford Guards, was at
Burlington few days last week on military
business
BrookfieId.
School in district No. closed on Friday
June 81. Royal and Sarah Waldo. Edna
and Eva Sargent, Margie and Bessie Pan
ton, Lillian Carpenter, Hattie Churchill
and Ada Green had no marks during the
term. Those perfect in spelling were
Margie Panton, Royal Waldo, Hattie
Churchill, Ray Walbridge and Lillian Car
penter. The pupils averaging highest in
their work were Lillian Carpenter, Bessie
Panton. Hattie Churchill and Clara Waldo.
Number of scholars, IT.
Calais.
It is expected that the separator station
will commence operations here Thursday.
@. V. Kent has made an exchange of his
house, land, and goods in store, with Harvey