The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-22

never rode before, Which will encourage
those who rode to ride the more.
A call for a republican caucus has been
issued to meet in Barrett's Hotel, Monday
evening, April q, at 1880 o'clock, for the
purpose of choosing three delegates and
three alternates to the state convention and
three deegates and three alternate3 to rep.
resent this town in the district convention
at Montpelier, April 30.
The lecture OF Rev. D. e Land at the
Opera House, Sunday evening, was well at
tended. His subject, The Greatest Evil
of the Day." was ably presented His
earnestness was manifest, which, with
keen sense OF humor and high oratorical
power, deeply impressed his audience with
the fact that intemperance is the greatest
evil Of the day.
Miss Alice Tenney Of Boston is spending
few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
l.. Tenney. - W. p. Butler returned to
his home in Boston Monday. - Luke
Savage Of Waits6eld is at work in the hard
ware store of O. ID. Robinson. - H. A.
Babbtt has moved into his new residence
on Randall street. - Mrs. M. L. Wells
and Miss Carrie Wells have returned from
Boston. - e. K. Collins is to finish the
work on the Congregational parsonage.
- Mrs, Emma Henry is visiting in
| town. 60 Miss Cora Kennedy is teaching
| in the Graded School at Barre.
We might tell you more about One
| Minute Cough Cure, but you probably
know that 1t cures cough. Everyone does
who has used 1t. 1t Is perfect remedy for
| coughs, colds, hoarseness. 1t Is an especial
favorite for children, being pleasant to take
and quick in curing. w. X. Terrill q Co.,
Montpelier, vt.
Waterbury Center.
ID. Hopkins commenced taking milk to
his creamery last Monday.
Leonard H1ntley has built an addition to
his wheelwright and blacksmith shop,
which he will use for paint shop.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Lyon, who have been
living in Plattsburgh, N. Y, have returned
home. Mr.. Lyon expects to return soon, to
work in creamery.
During the thunder storm of last Friday
lightning struck one of the chimneys on j.
| o. Freeman's store, throwing off the cap
and a number of brick. 1t then passed
| through the stove on the second floor and
then through the floor into the store below,
where o. w. May and j. o. Freeman were
sitting. At the time they felt no i'll effects,
| but later had severe headaches. The same
day the barn OF K. G.. Moody was struck, the
bolt passing from the roof down post, shat
tering the timbers and boards, doing but
little injury 1t passed through the hay
NOW without setting it ON fire. The dam
age was not great.
Williamstown.
Our schools will begin again next week.
the las of last week,
Miss Emma Adams is to teach in Plain.
field the coming summer.
Mrs. Leavitt Hayward is visiting Mrs.
Damon d. Martin Spinney of Mortified.
Mrs. H. d. A bbott has taken rooms in
West Randolph and will go to housekeep-
ing there.
Eldon A. Earle is to have a trial expe-
rence in running the new electric plant at
Middlesex.
Miss Susie Benedict has returned from a
| four weeks stay with friends in Burlington
and st. Adams.
The Epworth League has just been at the
expense of renovating the Methodist vestry
with paint and paper.
Joel A. Bass is on a return professional
| trip from Chicago to Boston, " here he will
be Tor some weeks after the first of May.
Road Commissioner o. A. Blanchard
finds a good deal to do in caring for the
roads at this time Of melting ice and snow.
Granite Polisher Manoel Benevides, SON.
in-law of Alfred Carnes, is laid aside from
work by an injury of the foot from granite
block
Hon. j. Ebert Briggs, now of Rochester,
| n. Y, and DR.. j. G. Briggs of Somerville,
| Mass, were present at the funeral of their
late brother, o. H. Briggs.
We hear of no maple syrup selling here
and even eighty-fve cents and one dollar
are being asked in some cases.
Reports of a recent chess tournament in
Minnesota would indicate that DR.. Corne-
Illus V. Lynde, now of Mortified, MINI, is
the champion player of that state.
There will be republican caucus at
| Town Hall next Saturday evening, the 18th
inst, at 80 O'Clock, to elect delegates to
the coming district and state conventions.
Friday last was "red letter day" with
our Ladies' Reading Club, which met with
| Mrs. j. X. Lynde in the afternoon, with
Longfellow and his works as their theme.
The mercury reached eighty-two degrees
above zero ON the north side OF the Ly nde
store last Thursday, the thermometer hav-
| ing been in proximity to ice and snow at
the time.
Additional help has been this week taken
on at the granite plant of Grearson &
Beckett, thus making goodly number of
wOrkmen altogether at the three plants in
our village
Miss Julia Blanchard. formerly teacher
| here and for years past teacher in East
mans Commercial College, Poughkeepsie,
N. Y, has recently been the guest Of her
uncle, o. A. Blanchard.
Three years ago one of our villagers was
offered $40 for three-year-old colt, not
| thoroughly broken. He has recently sold the
same horse for $780, although the animal has
| 1t was an attempt to catch pig that was
running about the heels of cow that is
| supposed to have finally cost Orville II.
| Briggs his life, and our town one of the best
men in it. What price to pay for such an
| attempt
Orville Ii. Briggs not long ago took life
insurance to the amount of $1,000 in he St.
Andrews Benevolent Society of Newbury.
He had previously allowed policy of So 600,
it is said, in the Etna Company Hartford,
Conn. to lapse, and, as it proved, unfortu-
nately enough.
The auction sale of the personal property
of the late Oliver s. Walker, last week Tues
day, was well attended, and, altogether,
good prices were obtained. The best hay
brought. $40 80 per ton; the best COW, $Ss;
sixteen-inch wood, Sl.5O per cord; three
year-old colt, $40; one pair of work horses,
$92; turkeys, 1915 each; cows and heifers,
an average of $50 each; fat shotes, each,
81 80.
The Methodist church and our town are
to have the benefit of the ministerial,
scholarly services of Rev. j. o. Sherburne
7 i. -. A. IL