The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-01

breach OF the peace cases. 1t is very evil
dent that the officers intend to enforce the
prohibtory law.
The Graniteville Baseball Club played
one-sided game with the East Barre Club,
at East Barre, on Saturday afternoon. The
score was thirty to nine in favor Of Granite
Vile. Any good club, wanting game for
any Saturday afternoon, should send their
challenge to w. w. Scott, manager, Gran
iteville, and it will be promptly answered
The club has good grounds to play on, and
all visitors will be courteously treated.
West Berlin.
@. w. Reyes has painted his buildings
Mrs. j. r. Coffrin of Mortified is stop
ping with her son James for few days.
Presiding Elder Beeman preached at the
Methodist church last Sunday at half.past
ten o'clock, after which he baptized four
young ladies and two young men, and held
sacramental service.
Chester Turner was taken to the Asylum
at Waterbury a few days ago. He has been
in poor health for some time. His condi-
ton was such that Drs. Mayo and Kemp
advised his removal to Waterbury.
The Grange held its annual Children's
day basket picnic last Saturday in Amos N.
Chase's grove, Between forty and fifty
spent pleasant afternoon. A short pro-
gramme, consisting of Rotations and mu-
sic, was observed, after which general
Roou tllne WAS enJOyeu'
BARRows & PECK of Montpelier are agents
for the Granite State Moving Machine, the
best mower the farmer ever used.
Bradford.
The ladies of the Congregational church
gave lawn party on the grounds near the
church last evening.
The trustees of the Bradford Public Lii
brary have just purchased supply OF the
latest and best publications.
L. A. Hunkins purchased of L. W. Doe
last week the large pair of gray horses.
Tom thinks he has got about as good
team as there is in town.
The strawberry season will be short one
on account of the lack OF rain. Those hav-
ing the largest fields say they will get only
about half as many berries as last year.
While Frank Miller was at work at Cum.
mings' mill at South Corinth a slab flew
from the slab-saw, striking him just over
the right eye, making quite cut and caus-
ing considerable pain.
Miss Ida " Woodbury. spoke at the Con-
gregational church last Sunday in the in
terest of the American Missionary Associa.
ton. Her address was very interesting.
She is an able speaker
Mr.. Hobbs of Pelham, N. H., was in town
last week buying COWS. He and M. G.
Flanders bought twenty-one, which they
will ship to market, together with an extra
lot of hogs, sheep, etc.
A republican caucus was held at the
town house last Saturday evening, when
the following delegates were elected to the
Orange county convention: A. M. Banks,
ID. Il. Parker, l.. j. Brown, A. p. Worthen
and Burt Wiswall. 1t was voted that the
delegates choose their alternates.
f. G. Woods and family of Concord, N.
H., came to town last week to spend the
summer with his wife's father, E. H. Wei
ton. the youngest child, about eleven
weeks old, was taken sick and died Sunday
morning. 1t will be taken to Concord for
burial.
Mrs. Mary L. ROBBIE, now of Morrisvile
but formerly of Corinth, has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. D. X. Andross She is a
Mrs. Mary Hatch of Lowell, sister of
Mrs. Andross, has also been visiting at the
Colonel's.
Newton 1. Howard, former resident of
Bradford, who has lived in Iowa for the
past few years, and who has been travelling
extensively through the western states, is
stopping with his sisters, Mrs. Lucy Smith
and Mrs Eastman, for few weeks. He
says he has not found a better state than
Vermont, nor pleasanter village than
Bradford.
j. n. Benton, Jr, of Boston has pub
lished in pamphlet form his scholarly adj
d.ess delivered at the dedication of the
Bradford Public Library, July A, 1895, and
has given 450 copies to the library. Mr..
Benton is entitled to great credit for col
lectirg and arranging, in such a concise
form, so many interesting facts connected
with the different library associations that
have been formed in town. He brings out
the fact that the first chartered library in
the state was the Bradford Social Library,
chartered in 1796-one hundred years ago
and gives short sketches of all the thirty