The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-15

Gouldsvllle.
Clara B. Heath) Coburn has gone to live
in Gardner, Mass. - Mrs. Beach of
Barre visited at W. G.. Greenwoods last
week. - Mrs. William Legier went to
Inverness, p. g., last week, for. few
weeks stay. - Fred Hutchins of Grove
ton, N. H., was here two days last week.
60 III. p. Warrington and wife of Rut-
land are visiting his mother, Mrs. L. A.
Warrington. - Mr.. and Mrs j. w.
Gould went to New York Monday morning.
- Miss Belle Hargin of Montpelier
was at II. l.. Rich's last week. - Miss
Mary e. Jacobs of Montpelier is visiting
Mrs. @. L. Rich this week. g. Frank Ken
nedy has finished work in the factory and
has gone to Lebanon, N. III.
Kicker Mills.
Mrs. Lydia Kicker visited at A. III. Rick
er's last week. Mrs Kicker is in her eighty
fourth year and retains the use of all her
faculties as well as most people at sixty.
Alexander Dunnett of st. Johnsbury Is
again here with carload of furniture.
His family accompanies him. He is in
tending to change the Lake House into q
| summer residence.
| Isaac II. McClary, we'll known in this sec
| ton, died suddenly at his home in Albany
| on Tuesday, June 30, aged eighty years.
He was preparing his team for haying,
went into the granary for whip, and, not
man went in and found him lying across a
bag of grain, dead. He was born in Groton
| in 1915, married Emily Darling in 1910, and
had lived fifty-six years in Albany. He
was member Of the Baptist church, man
| of integrity and untiring energy and COM
| manded the confidence OF every one. He
dealt extensively in maple sugar.
Roxbury.
| Mrs. Spaulding is painting her house.
| Miss Ethel Heath is visiting in Norris
! vile.
Miss Burdett, the city missionary, has
returned to her home.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt Wiley and son of
Waltham, Mass, are at Charles Wiley's.
Miss Mary Slack of Tunbridge is at w.
f. Edwards where she intends to spend
the summer.
The Universaist society held an ice
cream social on Friday evening The pro-
Ceeds were about 81.
East Roxbury.
Mrs Sinclair of Lebanon, N. H., is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. A. j. Ladd.
The neutrality-suspicious. on the Webster
farm expected to finish work Monday.
Miss Versa Cassidy of Randolph is spend
ing several weeks with Mrs. j. M. Brown.
G. Humphrey of Waltham Mass, and w.
Balm of Northfeld were in town Saturday
on fishing trip.
Mr. and Mrs. L. w. Blanchard are in
Brookfield helping to care for their son-in-
law, George Peake, who is very low with
lung trouble.
Miss Cecile Buck closed successful term
of school on Friday, and in the afternoon
an enjoyable picnic was held in Jacob
Wardner's grove. Judging by the words of
commentator from the parents and tokens
of love from the scholars Miss Buck has
done remarkably well in this school, which
is nearly if not quite the largest in town.
We hope to have her teach here the coming
term. The scholars who won the prizes for
perfect attendance were Low w. Blanch-
ard, Roy K. Cady and Joe G. Duffany
South Ryegate.
Several sheep have been killed by dogs in
this section the past week.
Mrs. William Terry is spending two weeks
with friends at Lake Morey.
DR.. Charles Green and wife of New York
are visiting Mrs. w. ID. Darling.
G. NJ. Libby and wife visited at Halls
Pond in Newbury on Saturday and Sun
day.
Mrs. w. T. George is in Manchester, N.
H., this week called there by the death of
her nephew, Frank Leet. She will remain
there for few days visiting the friends and
| acquaintances of her younger days.
Thomas Quint of Southern California
arrived here last week, bringing with him
several varieties Of fruit grown by him
oranges, lemons, pears, coffee, breadfruit
etc, besides several curiosities that are
quite interesting to the Vermouter who
knows but little of the growth and cutiva-
| ton of fruits and vegetation in warm
climate Mr., Quint takes great pleasure in
describing and explaining these things to
the friends he left behind when he went to
California several years ago. He has been
very successful While here for about a
| month he will remain with his father
Josiah Quint, and call on his old neghbors
| and friends.
| Haying is now well commenced and a
! fair crop is anticipated.
The town has many visitors and strangers
among them Mr.. Ed Bigelow and family
and Mr.. Almy, of the firm of Almy Bige-
low & Markham OF Salem, Mass.
The Silver Club met at Town Hall on
Saturday night and listened to remarks
made by Lucius Sallies, w. b. Parish,
T. B. Smith, g. McAlister and f. o. Burt.
| The meeting was adjourned TO next Satur-
day night, at which time it is expected a
| joint debate will be held on the silver ques-
ton.
Mrs. Kate Peterson's house is nearing
completion and will be occupied in early
fall. - Mrs. c. Towne is taking care of
Mrs. Mary A. Watts. City boarders
are staying with Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Adams.
Topsham.
John Miles had a shock last week and is
| at present con fined TO his bed
Mrs. Bailey and her granddaughter Lucy
Of Bradford have been visiting Mrs Cur
rier.
Rev NJ. s. Killough exchanged with
Rev. Mr.. Brownell of West Barnet last
Sunday.
Mrs. Harriet Butterfield died Thursday
July 9. The funeral on Saturday was con-
Quoted by Rev. M. S. Killough.
Frank Leet, formerly OF this town. died
last week in Manchester, n. H., at the
home of his aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Hanson.
Tunbridge.
s. A. Dean has sold to parties out Of town
his valuable carriage horse.
Rev. j. p. Demeritt spends the week I'M
til Friday with his family in Exeter
| N II.
One farmer set out seventy-five turniI
plants, and in one day the grasshoppers de-
stroyed them.