The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-23

- Burnle OODurn oil sea Cllu, N. L.,
is at home to see his aged father, Frank
Coburn, who is in very poor health. -
Miss Mary Smith attended the millinery
openings in Boston last week, returning last
Friday. On Monday she went TO Barre to
resume her position In the millinery depart
ment of Mrs. w. r. Shepard - Mrs.
Sabria Palmer Of Piermont N. H., visited
Mrs. Mary Atkins over Sunday. - Mrs.
belinda Lombard of Plainfeld is stopping
with George Webster and other relatives.
- Mrs. Lizzie Williams, accompanied
by her daughter Nellie, went to Boston last
Monday afternoon to spend several weeks
with her sister. Mrs. Bannister.
East Cabot.
Mrs. Martha Pedley of Japan and Jesse
Clark of Peacham visited at N X. Alb
bolts last week - w. T. Dunn is visit
ing friends in Watertown, Mass. -
Mrs Prudence Durgan is i'll, - Jennie
Webster of Winchester, Mass, is visiting
friends here. - Mr. and Mrs. John Barr
of Greensboro visited at II. s. Barr's last
week.
Calais.
Many are still busy filing silos. Several
new ones have been built this season, by
Martin Smith, George Kent, Victor Tenn
pleton and Charles Parker.
II. e. Burnap is at home from Northfeld,
the corn-canning season having closed
- Edwin Robinson is stopping at l.. A.
Kents. - Harry G. Hollister and Muir
ray Hollister visited at l.. A. Kent's recently
Sodom.
There is to be a donation party at Nc
LIQUIDS hall, September 80, for the benefit
of the family of Fred Weeks. Everybody
invited.
William Guy and Mrs Fred Weeks went
to Barre last Thursday to attend the fu-
neral of their sister, Mrs. George Weeks.
- Mr.. Thompson, who was reported as
ftnin los Aalr To int
yet, confined to the house. Miss
George Wilson of Worcester spent last
week with her sister, Miss Anna Wilson.
- Mrs, William Guy of Leeds P. O.,
is visiting her son, William Guy. - A.
A. Bliss and daughter Flora visited his
daughter Clara in Hyde Park last week.
USE less soap by using Harmless.
Chelsea.
FORTS e. Hood has bought the grocery
business of the late G. o. Burnham.
Rev. W. e. Allen is expected to return
from his vacation this week, and the regu
lar services at the Methodist church will be
resumed next Sunday
A young woman was baptized in the
stream near the old cemetery on Sunday
afternoon, the rite being performed by Rev.
William Traitor of North Tnnbridge.
W. p. Townsend, town treasurer, has
mailed notices to each taxpayer of the
amount of his tax, the ninety days within
which discount is allowed expiring De-
cember6.
We learn that Harry G. Woodruff has
been given gratifying increase of salary
by the bank in Manchester, N. H., where
he is employed. He has way of making
himself valuable to his employers which
other young men may we'll seek to learn
Harry j. Bell arrived from Fitchburg,
Mass, last Saturday, with five friends, va
ri hn nd 9TH no Thnu TO
keep bachelors hall on the East HILL and
propose to aunihilate all squirrels, par
tridges, democrats, and other game there to
be found
o. B. Copeland will shortly leave his po-
stion in the National Bank of Orange
National Bank. While we congratulate Mr..
Copeland upon the deserved betterment of
his financial prospects, we shall greatly re-
greet his departure from town, where he has
shown himself not only a rarely efficient
bank official but also an excellent citizen
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Hadley of Manches-
ter, N. H., have been at j. b. Atwoods,
Mrs. Hadley being formerly Miss Alice
Mills. - j. X. Darling attended the re-
union of the Army of the Potomac and of
the Twelfth Vermont regiment in Burling-
ton last week. - Marcellus Gould and
wife, now of Norwich, Conn, were in town
last week. - G. e. Hatch and family are
visiting this week in Randolph. - Hat
tie NJ. Chandler of Barre is visiting Edna f.
Robbins. - Fred K. Waldo has bought
the Drew house of Willis Scales. - Mrs
George W. Jackman of Bridgeport, Conn,
is visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs n. H.
Caswell. - Gail G. Hood has gone to
Aurora, n. Y, to enter Wells College.
Corinth.
George Sleeper reports seeing panther
and hearing it several times.
Fred Worthley's family was recently
doubled in one day. Long life to the
| twins
There is considerable sickness in town.
| Dr. Locke reports four cases OF gastric
| fever.
Orange county, for the first time in its
history, sends solid republican representa-
| ton to the legislature.
Arthur Sargent is attending Burlington
High School, where he has a scholarship.
Bird Brown is at the Spalding school in
Barre.
| Boston to live with his son, died on the 18th
and bis remains were brought here for
burial. His farm has been rented to
Stillman Richardson, who now occupies it.
The apple crop in this place is very I'M
even ranging from total failure on some
farms to an abundant crop on others. Cut
ting corn and filling silos has been the or
der of the day. The corn crop is good, but
very late. Some farmers have cut a large
quantity of second-crop hay
The schools in town mostly commenced
on the 7th inst. Miss Parker was obliged to
give up her engagement at the Center on
account of her brothers. sickness, and the
school is taught by Bertha Eaton. Sadie
Humphrey has the school in district No. 8,
with twenty pupils. Nettie M. Sargent
teaches at Rice's Mills in Thetford, and
Ellsworth Sargent at Thetford Center
That school has been stopped for time by
an outbreak of diphtheria.
East COrinth.
f. e. Merrill, who has been quite sick, il
slowly improving.
w. Il. Rowland, who is teaching school
at Barre, was at home over Sunday.
Sunday was the coolest night OF the
season. Quite hard frost in this vi
entity.
There will be l.. T. L. sociable and sup
per in the church vestry on Friday evening
All are cordially invited to attend.
Died in East Corinth September IL, Vera
Mabel, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. b. L. Hol
land, aged one year and eight months
Tba fnnaral was bald on Thursday Raw IL