The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-08

visiting friends in town last week. -
The East Corinth Band played at Waits
River on Saturday. - D. S. Fulton
started last week for Chicago to attend the
democratic national convention, -
Miss E. o. Hall left on Saturday for her
home in Lebanon, n. II.
West Corinth.
o. F. Godfrey has finished his work on r.
II. Williams house. II has the appearance
OF a new one. Mr.. Godfrey has gone to
South STAFFORD. 60 Mrs. George Bur
roughs, with her three children has gone
to Lowell to visit her parents, whom she
has not visited for many years. g Still
man Virgins is gaining. His son BERTHE,
from Vershire, was here last week and did
the haying. - Rev. William Paul of
Fairlee supplied the pulpit here last Sun.
day. - Will Remission and wife went
to Vershire last Saturday. On their return
home they found the neighboring cattle had
been in the garden and nearly destroyed its
contents.
East Montpelier.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Vincent are the pa
rents of daughter, born June 30.
G. A. Reed has purchased a horse OF II.
ID. Gates to work on his stone team, to take
the place of the one that recently died.
The young peoples meeting next Sunday
will be led by Mrs. Austin Foster, The
meeting Will De 06lu ~ buo usual VI hOn
hour, eleven o'clock A. NJ, instead OF half
past seven P. NJ.
For want OF patronage Francis Batchel-
der & Co.'S. separator station at this place
has been closed for good The milk that
formerly came here now goes to the cream
cry at the North Village.
Notwithstanding the showers of the
Fourth, the celebration was success. An
unusual religious interest was manifest
at the grove meeting. Revs. Goodwin,
Hutchns, Shaw and Averll were present
Also other active workers from Montpelier,
East Montpelier. Plainfield, Marshfield,
Sodom and Barre
The agent of the Boston Cooperative
Buyers Association, Mr.. Holt of Windsor,
has been spending several weeks in this
town in the interests of that concern, re-
sulting in the securing of about seventy
five names of the best farmers in town as
members of the association. j. M. & G. X.
Willard have been appointed central men
by the association
George Duke has closed his labors for c.
M. Hamblin and gone to Plainfeld to work
- Mrs. DR.. w. III. Vincent and children
returned to their home in Orwell last Friday.
- Mrs. John Worcester of South Barre
visited at George III. Hammett's last week.
- Charles Mcknight, who recently
went to Connecticut to work in a wholesale
clothing store, returned home last Satur-
day. - Miss Bessie Farwell and escort
Of Montpelier spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. j. A. Coburn. - Rodney Willard.
student of Burlington Medical College, is
spending his vacation in town. g. Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Hoadley of Barre spent the
Fourth and Sunday with George Davis
- Master Arthur Dewey of Montpelier
is spending his vacation with j. A. Coburn
- Miss Ola Dudley returned to her
home at Bryant's Pond, Maine, last Mon
day. - Miss Emma Foster is at Barre
for few days, taking the place of her sis
ter, Mrs M l.. Towne, in the store of
Towne & Co., while Mrs Towne is away
on a vacation. - Mr.. and Mrs. A. A
Clark have left the employ of j. S. Vince
lock and returned to their farm in Wood
bury - Rev. Joseph Cobb, Mrs Philena
Willard and Miss Mary Foster started yes
terday for Jersey City, to attend the ma
tional Young Peoples meeting.
BARRows & PECK of Montpelier are agents
for the Granite State Moving Machine, the
best mower the farmer ever used.
South Duxbury.
Mrs. Martha Turner of Warren is the
guest of Mrs. Samuel Turner,
Miss Slack has just closed successful
term of school in district No. 8.
George, son of Albert Phillips, was found
dead in his bed last week Tuesday morning
at the home of George Evans in Moretown,
where he had been at work. The funeral
took place on Wednesday, Rev. G. s. Hui.
UoIb OluCldtiuR'
Fairlee.
1t has been exceeding dry and dusty in
this town and the rain on Friday was a god
send. Saturday was cloudy, with the tenn
perature at about seventy degrees above-a
fine day for Fourth of July celebration
and the 2,0e0 people who gathered here to
celebrate enjoyed it all from the time the
antiques and horribles left the Common
until the closing Of the dance at the Glen
Falls House, about two o'clock in the morn
ing. The parade was piloted by Mr.. Win
ship, the marshal, followed by the Brad
ford Band The exercises took place on
the muster ground at the foot of Lake
Morey. They consisted OF bicycle running,
bag and wheelbarrow races, pie-eating
contest, comic Grafton and ball game be-
tween the Fairlee and Oxford team and the
Woodsvilles, which resulted in victory
for the latter by score Of seventeen to
fourteen. Everything passed off pleas.
antly and the crowd was happy. But one
drunken person was seen on the ground,
and he was given free pass off by Judge
Kibbey, which he used Immediately. This
is temperance town, but little Of the ar
dent is struggled in, as in all other towns.
The Pavilion and the Glen Falls House did
good business, and the little steamer was
taxed to her utmost to carry the people who
wished to take ride around the lake.
West Fairlee Center.
Mrs. William Pierce Is quite sick with