The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-20


Leonard Is rapidly improving. - DR..
Jones is improving, but is not yet able to be
upon the street, - Rev. J. S. Upper OF
Newbury was in town on Monday -
DR.. O. Il. Wilson spent Sunday with his
brother in St. Johnsbury. - Jennie
Colby, who has been visiting friends in
town the past few weeks, has returned to
her home in East Orange. - Charles A.
Manson, formerly of Piermont, N H., has
been visiting friends in town the past week.
Bradford Center.
The Sunday-school will be at Hiram Por-
ters next Sunday at two o'clock. Other
meetings will be held the same az usual.
Katie Keyser of Peacham is stopping at
Hiram Porters. - Wesley Doliof died
last Monday morning. - Will Curtis is
ABOUT the same. - George Townsend
| has gone to work for K. p. Nofcrota
Mrs John Townsend has been very sick.
Braintree
| II. M. Blanchard's engine has arrived and
| will soon be in position.
Snowsvile Grange has voted to send $40
| to aid the Nebraska sufferers.
G. e. Bowman has hired Jane yelling
| toms farm for the coming year.
| The lecture by Rev. V. NJ. Black man on
the subject Success" was a great success.
Mrs. Byron Wakefield and the family of
| Leroy Wakefield are sick, the latter with
grip - Mrs. George Wakefield is not
expected to recover - Merton Chase
was married last week. - Stephen Hol-
den Is TO carry on the place owned by j. W.
! Blanchard.
Brookf1eld.
On Tuesday, February II, Lncoln's birth
day, at noon, Mrs. Carrie Kingsbury was
married to Merton Chase, the ceremony be-
ing performed by the Rev. c. II. Morse at
the residence of her father Mr.. Herrick.
Only members OF the two families we're
present. After the service, the company
adjourned to the dining.room and partook
of pleasant repast. Valuable and useful
presents were sent by friends. The young
couple drove in the afternoon to Mortified
to visit there few days. They will reside
upon the Herrick farm for the present.
Cabot
s. Swerdfeger has purchased the house
and land lately owned by B. G. Rogers and
is now occupying it,
Sickness prevails to an alarming extent
in the form of grip, pneumonia and infu-
eDza. No case has proved fatal,
Wallace Stevens, who has been sick for
several weeks, died last Thursday morning.
Funeral services were held in the Meth.
odist church, conducted by the Odd Fellows.
Sermon by Rev. j. A. Dixon.
Aunt Massey Sulham is seriously i'll with
pneumonia at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Grin Rogers. - j. T. Drew has
moved into the house known as the Britt
place. - Mrs. l.. d. Smith is soon to oc-
cupy the rooms vacated by j. T. Drew in
w. P. Whittiers house. -L L. G. Fisher,
Mrs. s; L, Wiswell and DR.. Weeks have
been Ill the past week. - Mrs, e: d.
d. Waldo of Windsor Mills P. o. is in
town visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. e.
d. Waldo.
East Cabot.
The winter school closed a successful
term this week Thursday with Miss Jennie
Gould as teacher.
The little daughter Of A. E. Burnham has
Barre is caring for Mr.. A. e. Taft, who
is sick at N. L. Wilson'S "A son and
daughter of Mr.. A. E. Taft, accompanied
at N l.. Wilson's last week. e. Fl.
Clark has returned from Boston.
Calais.
The school in district No. closed on the
10Th. Owing to sickness, the record of at
tendance shows but one scholar who has no
marks. Glenn Virgins has clear record
for the winter, and during the year only an
absence OF one-half day, with no hardness
or dismissal.
East Calais.
Clement Lawless is acting as clerk in Z.
R. Dwinell's store for few weeks.
Sylvia Bliss is at Peacham this week at
tending the musical convention as accom-
panist
1t is reported that Harvey Freeman has
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traitor Of Isaac Davis estate.
J. @. Haskell, agent for Mrs Mary
Wheeler has sold to Simon Parker Of
Sodom that part of the Wheeler estate
known as the Jack place for 200.
About fifty of the friends OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Freeman Gray met with them on the even
ing OF February IL to celebrate their tin
wedding, and it goes without saying that all
had good time
Bert Burbank, teacher during the winter
term, gave party at G. o. Eastmans last
Friday evening which about thirty young
tributed bountiful supply of popcorn.
candy and fruit among the younger pupils
who were not invited.
What school in Washington county can
beat the record of Pekin school for the win
ter term Just closed? The term was of ten
weeks length, and, with eleven scholars,
but one had q mark OF any kind. That one,
Phila Gray, was obliged to stay out five
successive days Aside from that week. the
register was clean The record for the en-
the teacher, has reason to be proud of it,
During the thirty weeks OF school Mabel
Lilley had no marks; Mary and Carl Lilley,
Gertie and Katie Gray had each one mark;
Lillian and Mary Slayton had each an alb.
sent and tardy mark.
Corinth.
There has been series OF meetings at the
Corner the past week.
Charles Cooke and family have moved to
the place owned by Herbert Wilson.
Edith Hanson, who has been clerking for
B. b. Scribner, is visiting friends in Boston.
Nearly all the schools in town closed last
week, many of them with exhibitions in the
evening.
The stage came very near having a seri-
GUS runaway the other evening. Della
Heath, who was on the stage, was thro wn
out but not seriously hurt. The horse was
stopped in front of the store.
The old folks sing, held last Saturday
afternoon, was we'll attended and enjoyed.
1t was under the leadership of Granville
Powers and Fred Eaton, with Mrs. c. G,
Sargent at the organ, accompanied by Mr..
Kinney and Mr.. Carpenter with their vio-
Inns. Why do not the young folks get up a
sing?
West Corinth.
Mrs. A. G. Kenyon, who has been con-