The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-26
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS OF INTEREST--PERSONAL
<ND GENERAL.
Waitsheld.

| on Friday, looking TOT DeeI cattie.
Miss Carrie Enrght is at her fathers for
q few days. She has boon In Barre for a
few weeks.
for two or three weeks with sciatic rheu.
matism, 10 little more comfortable this
week.
Tuesday, February Is, was the coolest
| day here for years. the mercury standing at
from $50 to 400 below zero in different parts
OF the town.
Rev. A. b. Enright and wife have received
squilt, pieced and presented by Mrs New
comb OF East Warren. Mrs. Newcomb is
ninety-one years old.
The donation visit for Rev. A. B. Enright
at the church psrlor, was well attended.
Cake anu coffee were passed. The receipts
we're about sixty five dollars.
| have q few horse blankets that will
| close out at very low prices for cash, as do
not wish to summer blanket, Give me q
call and look the goods over. 0. g. Eaton.
Clayton Richardson, g. A. Howe, Fred j
Eaton. Otto BUSHNELL Miss Maud Enright,
and Miss Maud Joslin were all at home over
Sunday from Montpelier Seminary. Miss
Enright was accompsnied.by Miss Bowin,
and Miss Joslin by Misses Oaks and Will
kins.
The school exhibition on Friday evening
was we'll attended. the scholars all doing
| ninety. Inc SCHOLARS hb we'll ab Inc JbACn6Tb,
| Mrs. Carrie JOslin and Miss Gertrude Rich
| ardson, deserve praise. The receipts we're
about $40, which is to be used IN procuring
q flag.
The fellowship meetings al the Congrega-
tional church have been held with quiet.
but deepening, interest to all who have at
tended them. By vote of the church they
are to be continued this week, Thursday
evening and Friday afternoon, and next
| week, commencing on Thursday evening.
All are cordially invited.
Thomas Poland passed away last Friday
morning, after q sickness of more than a
year. His funeral, at the Methodist church,
Enright, assisted by Rev. K. s. Fiske. q.
II. McAllister had charge. He leaves q
wife and two daughters to mourn his loss.
The Methodist CHURCH loses an honored
member, and the town true and respected
| citizen.
There were no services at the Congrega-
tional church Sunday morning, Pastor Fiske
and people going to the Methodist church,
by invitation OF the family Of the late
Thomas Poland, and joining in the funeral
services of this highly esteemed and greatly
beloved servant Of God. The home, the
church. the town, grow lonelier with the
passing of such men from our firesides, our
| christian counclls ana wuiohip, bust
ness relations. Their lives are constant
blessings, and memories Of them are perma-
| n6nt D6n6ulCtlOnS.
The school in Irasville Miss Della A.
Thompson, teacher) closed successful term
on Friday OF last week The names Of pu-
pills having neither absent nor tardy marks
are Lawrence Clayton and Cora Kelly,
Vernon and Earle Parker, Blanche Nc.
Allister aud Hazel Maxwell. Lewis
Martin had no absent marks and only one
tardy mark. Bertha Dana and Lloyd Max
we'll we're absent only one day each, and
had no tardy marks. Garlic Ferris had no
| absent marks, and Clarence Ferris had only
one tardy mark, the two latter living about
one and One-half miles from the school.
house. A large number Of parents and
friends were present, the last afternoon,
and listened to rhetorical exercises, which
were rendered in a manner doing honor to
the pupils and credit to the teacher who has
labored 30 faithfully through the school
year. A pleasing part Of the programme
was the marching drill, which was kept in
good time and much varied.
A CARD. We, the undersigned, do hereby
| agree to refund the money on fifty cent
bottle of Greene's Syrup of Tar IL it fails to
cure your cough or cold. We also warrant
a twenty-five cent bottle to prove satisfac-
tory or no pay. We also refund the money
! twenty-five cents) on box of Neu Rol Pills
! II they fail to cure your headache. Norton
81 Boyce, o. G. Eaton, w. e. Jones, M. l..
Richardson, Waitsfeld.
South Walden.
| Z. Corliss and wife of Bradford are visit
ing old friends in town.
The creamery paid its patrons twenty
three and one-half cents for butter fat; for
butter, twenty-one cents.
The Ladies' Aid Society will hold an
oyster supper on Thursday evening of this
week at the church vestry, for the benefit
OF the pastor.
Warren.
nj
ing relatives and friends in town.
H. W. Lyford was in Burlington last
week, to have an operation performed on
his eyes.
The White Wing society will hold a
sociable at Town Hall tomorrow (Thurs-
day. evening.
/ James Dowd of White River Junction, P.
j. Murphy and G. K. Townsend Of Burling-
ton were In town last week.
o. M. Jones went to Burlington, last
Monday, to begin his labors as travelling
| salesman for the q. A. Hubbard Boot and
Shoe Company.
Frank Blake and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Miner, W. II. Cardell, George Moriarty,
Miss Tucker and Miss Nettie Bruce at
| tended the dance and oyster supper at Han.
cock last Friday evening.
East Warren.
Mrs. Wright, whose hip was injured last
summer, is not improving.
DR.. James of Waterbury was called here
for Mrs. James McGlaflin, who has been
very sick for some weeks.
Several OF the young people took sleigh
ride to Hancock to attend a dance, and were
well pleased with the entertainment.
Dissatisfaction exists with the road COM
missioner who has left travellers to break
out the roads for themselves. The town
owns two good snow-rollers. but they have
not been ordered out and the roads are now
not safe to travel. The selectmen are in
quandary az to what they should do--go
outside OF their duties, and have the roads
made passable, or let them alone
The people Of this town regret the closing
OF the telephone Office here They con-
tributed the money for the poles and for
drawing and distributing them. Under the
circumstances, they think they have right
to place In the circuit and hope the man
ager will reopen the Office here. The
WATCHMAN presents in this connection the
substance Of the correspondents complaint.
1t Is right and proper that the other side
should be heard. 1t is this: Mr.. Brown
furnished the poles. The Warren people
contributed to drawing, distributing and
stringing the wire. The instrument was