The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-11

being the tenth anniversary of their mar
rage.
A committee of gentlem an prepared and
served a leap-year supper in Unity Hall on
the evening OF February 81. Proceeds for
the benefit of the society.
South Tunbridge.
Jane Howe and Mabel Dodge are attend
ing school at Chelsea.
The Epworth League held an odd folks"
sociable at Il. A. Woodward's, Saturday
evening, February % 1t was a very en-
joyable affair, long to be remembered by
both young and old.
The closing exercises of the school on
Saturday, February %, consisted of leap
of '96" After the exercises there was a
class tree enterta nment given by the
teacher to her scholars. Over fifty were
present, including several of the older pu-
pills who, of late, have been searching for
an education higher than is to be attained
in the little red school-house." e. II. Cur
rier read the class presentations and, with
appropriate words, relieved the tree of its
burden amid the laughter of those present.
The scholars also had surprise in store for
their teacher, and the beautiful gifts of love
presented to her showed how strong was
the bond of friendship between them.
Waits River.
Miss May Richardson has been visiting in
Groton recently.
o. V. Downing has moved to his house in
the village and has rented his farm to
Cha;les Smith, who has taken possession.
Several from this place attended the we'd
ding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin
Hutchinson at East Orange on Monday
evening" March 2.
Waterbury Center.
Ezra Stetson Post G. A. R, has engaged
Porter Ii. Dale of Island Pond as the ora
tor for Memorial Day.
Professor F. w. Newell, principal of
Thetford Academy, made his college class
mate, Rev. It. M Buker, visit recently.
Silas Towne has taken the Randall farm
on the river, and Cbauncey Towne and wife
have moved there to keep house for him.
s. A. Mansfield kept thirty-seven hens,
last year, and sold from them during the
year eggs to the amount of $5903, which we
call doing well.
Williamstown.
Mrs. Ed House sprained her ankle last
week
The Masonic lodge is said to have sixty to
seventy members.
Albert M. Goodrich's herd of eighteen
cattle stood the recent test of DR.. Wake
field.
Irving Robinson will leave farming here
and return to stone work in Barre, his fam
lily TO move there soon.
Mrs. Nelson Burnham, a long-while in.
valid, was quite poorly last week. but is
again more comfortable.
Frank Erskine, the only living son of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Erskine, is at home from
school in Bristol for a vacation.
Martin and Rufus Walker, now of Illi-
nois are planning to visit their brother,
Wa1l rhn 10 in
Our town report for the last March meet
ing shows $1,079 expended on the poor;
school expenses, $4,593; used by road COM
missioner, some S2,327; sales of liquors,
some 1874.
Van McAllister, night Waterman for the
Central Vermont railroad, has been so
badly off with rheumatism that he has had
to give up his work, Liberty Jeffords TAX
ing his place.
Frank Townsend, son of Charles Town
send, and for some years past railrOading
in Montana, is at work in British Columbia.
Mr.. Townsend is quite bear-hunter and
has found it profitable.
The Drury Brothers, in the quarry dis
trict, had their herd Of sixteen cattle tested
for tuberculosis on the recent visit of DR..
Wakefield to this place. 1t was very graft
flying to these brothers to learn that their
cows were entirely free from disease.
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married on the evening of the 4th instant
to Mrs. White of South Hadley Falls,
Mass, a very worthy and competent Chris.
tian lady. Congratulations are extended
both to the doctor and his wife by their
friends
The stormy weather of last Wednesday
evening caused a small audience at the en-
tertainment, literary and musical, arranged
for by Mrs. j. X. Lynde. The enjoyable
lecture by Rev. Samuel Jackson, M D., of
Barre, will not be repeated on Friday even
ing of this week at Town Hall, but the mu
steal programme, in connection with an
oyster supper, will be given again at that
time, and the proceeds used towards can
ceiling the Indebtedness on the new instru-
ment in the Congregational church.
The late test of. Ebert Jackson's twenty
one head of cattle by DR., Wakefield was
most satisfactory, with the exception of one
COW, and that one had been regarded by
Mr.. Jackson as perfectly healthy-one Of
the most so in the herd. This test, how
ever did not make it sure that there is tu-
berculosis in the case, and another one may
likely be made. An interesting fact came
ont from this test; another cow bore IL sue
cessfully, samples OF the milk of which had
previously been sent to Burlington for ex-
animation and pronounced to show some
tuberculosis bacilli, though it was not re.
garded as certain that they had come from
the cow.
Our town had memorable siege last
week in its long-drawn.out March meeting
occupying Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day. The first two days no officer was al
lowed to be elected, only by ballot. A sim
gle balloting elected Frank Martin for mod
orator. 1t also re.elected George Beckett
town clerk and treasurer, and in both in
stances by handsome majorities. George w.
Nichols was reelected constable on the
first ballot. Aside from good deal of talk
the remainder of the time in the first two
days was spent in electing Ophir s. Martin,
George W. Slavery and Harvey L. Cheney
selectmen, and Nathan Hall, overseer of
the poor For the result of Saturdays work
see another column in this ISSUE