The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-06-03
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS or INTEREST--PERSO
IND GENERAL.
Waitshe1d.

Waitsfield.
Rev. e. s. Fiske preached in Lyndon on
Sunday, in exchange with Rev. T. b. Fisk
William Strong, who works in Burling-
ton, was at home with his family over Sun
day.
The Shepard Family sang in the Brick
church Monday evening to a fair-sized au
dience.
j. b. Norton and wife and Miss Josie
Boyce visited in Huntington on Sunday and
Monday.
Herbert Joslyn is at home from Massa-
chusetts, where he has been at work for G.
A. Reed.
The youngest son of e. A. Fisk, while
playing in the barn on Monday, got the
ends of two fingers cut off with hay-cutter.
The reception at James Blair's, Friday
evening, was attended by seventy or eighty
friends. very pleasant evening was
spent. j. B. Norton in behalf of friends
presented them numerous gifts, including
two rockers, an extension table, sum OF
money and many other articles we have not
space to mention.
Memorial day passed very quietly here.
Owing to the rain the exercises were in the
Congregational church The children did
well. The speech by Hon. Zed s. Stanton
was listened to with attention by those that
could get inside the church, but great
many were unable to get even standing
room The band played several selections
from the stand after the speech.
Waterbury.
Six applications for membership to the
Good Templars' lodge were presented at
the last meeting.
The Ladies' Missionary Society will meet
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. @. f. Clough
on Winooski street.
Troop G. Third United States Cavalry,
from Fort Ethan Allen, marched through
the village Sunday noon, and, at the invi-
tation of Mayor Clough, encamped on the
fair grounds
Charles Keene is making important inn
provements and repairs on his residence. A
new coat of paint, slate roof and bay win
dows will add much to the beauty of Wi
nooski street.
The new span to the railroad bridge,
north Of the village, is nearly completed
much to the qualification of the timid who
have crossed it with fear and trembling
these many years.
Rev. John X. Browne of Harpoot, Tur-
key, will speak in the Congregational
church tomorrow evening at 1880 o'clock.
Mr.. Brown is highly commended as an in
teresting and helpful speaker.
A large party from the High School en-.
u
Hump last Saturday. The air was cool and
clear, affording magnificent view Another
party visited the summit last Sunday.
The large attendance on Memorial day
exercises was very gratifying. The inter-
estng and eloquent address of Hon. Frank
Plumley was listened to by large and at
tentive audience and was evidence of the
high esteem in which he is held by our peo-
pie.
The ffth annual cOnvention of the Ver-
mont Conference Epworth League will meet
at Trinity church, Montpelier, this evening
at Z: 80 o'clock, closing tomorrow evening.
A large number of delegates are to be pres
emit and the exercises will be of great inter-
est to all.
Methodist church as Children's day. In
the evening, at half past seven O'Clock, the
exercises will be in charge of the Sunday
school, when the programme prepared by
the Board of Education will be rendered.
The collection, both morning and evening,
will be for the cause of education.
At the Congregational church meeting,
last Thursday evening Charles Wells, Mrs.
Covell, H. A. Babbitt and j. G. Griggs
were elected delegates to the county con-
ference of churches to be held this week in
Plainfeld. S. r. Parker and the pastor
state convention to be held next week at
Bradford.
Much has been said concerning the arb-
trary methods adopted by the local Tele-
phone Company, and while such methods
may seem reasonable from a Western
Union Telegraph standpoint it certainly
does not to the large number of patrons who
desire the use of what they pay so gener-
ously for. The great cause for complaint is
the rule that no patron OF the telephone
shall send message, to be delivered within
half-mile radius of the telephone Office,
claiming that 1.-The delivery and taking
| back answers is to the detriment of the le-
Ultimate purposes of the telephone business
especially noticeable in cases Of calls for
physicians, few of whom will place tele-
phones in their house or office so long as
| this practice continues" II the Telephone
| Company cannot permit its patrons to COM
municate with physicians who do not go to
the Office to receive 1t personally, by reason
of the dictation OF the great telegraph mo-
| nopoly, then telephone company who can
act independent should be encouraged. In
many places patrons have no telegraph IA
cilities, and consequently they are deprived
of the only means of quick communication.
Mr. and Mrs. f. A. Fay of East Hard
wick were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Hunt last week. - Miss Ham,
mond of Burlington visited Mrs. Dan Chase
last Sunday. John Russ has gone to
Franconia, N. H., where he has employ
ment in large summer hotel. - Mr..
| have moved to Duxbury, where they are to
reside with Mr.. and Mrs. e. w. Huntley.
- M. H. Eddy Of st. Johnsbury, the
well known piano tuner, was in town last
week, visiting friends.
| If the lye in pound is enough, why use
more? Moral: Use less soap b. using
Harmless"
Waterbury Center.
Arthur A. Newcomb and Master Erwin
Wakefield Of Lisbon, N. H., are visiting in
this place for few days.
On account of sickness Miss Kathe Dill
lingham has been obliged Ito come home
| from Worcester, Mass, where she has been
teaching. We are glad to know that she is
improving.
1t is with regret that we learn that Pro-
| fessor, and Mrs. j. n. Greene are to leave us
at the close of the present term of school.
In the time they have been with us they
have shown themselves to be efficient teach