The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-16
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS or INTEREST--PERSONAL
AND GENERAL.
Groton.

Groton.
j. T. Darling's new house is nearly COM
pleted, and he has taken possession.
G. g. Lord of West Topsham has opened
a printing office in the Coffin block
There were sold at this station, last week,
1877 tickets to South Ryegate on account OF
the fair.
Arrangements have been completed for a
singing-school the coming fall and winter,
and the services of G. f Dudley OF East
Montpelier have been secured as teacher,
The first school will be held at the Meth
odist church vestry on Monday evening,
October 3. A cordial invitation is extended
to all.
Gertrude Cochran returned to Boston last
Monday. - A. H. Teller has COM
menced work in s. p. Welch's store. -
II. s. Hooper and wife of Hardwick visited
in town last week. 80 Alexander Dun
nett has closed his summer residence at the
Lakeside and returned to St. Johnsbury
- Mrs. Ira G. Blake of Worcester,
Mass, is visiting at Lyman Blanchard's.
- DIR. j. B. Darling Of South Ryegate
was in town last Thursday. - Almon
Clark of Montpelier, a former resident of
this place, visited friends and relatives in
town last week - Webb Ballard and
mother and Mrs. j. b. Richardson, who
have been the guests of ID. n. Richardson,
left for New York last week. 60 Cyrus
Eastman is teaching school in Westville.
- f. M. Page went to Hanover, n. H.,
last Monday to visit his son Leslie, who is a
patient at the hospital. 60 Josephine
Blanchard has gone to Ferrisburg to teach
school. - Charles E. Corruth has moved
from Railroad street to Frank Pages tene-
ment. - James Kicker and Lee Blanch-
ard are attending school at Wells River
- A. H. Noyes of Hardwick has been
in town for few days. - Mrs. Alex
ander Cochran went to Montpelier last
Monday for short stay with her son-in-
law, d. f. Clark. - NJ. N. Richardson,
Mrs. Mcclellan and son and Mrs. Cyrus
Darling of Davenport, Ia, arrived in town
last week and are the guests of ID. N. Rich
ardson. - G. II. WEIGH has been sick
for the past week and his place in Hall q
Cochrau's store has been filed by A, w.
Coffrin. - Walter Green and wife of
Fishvile, h. l., are visiting at B. NJ. Rick
er's. - II. L. Gilman returned last Sat
urday from New Brunswick, where he has
been for the past ten days. - Lizzie Hall
and Eva Jones are attending school at
Montpelier
Kicker Mills.
j. G. Harvey visited last week at West
Barnet. - A. j. Carpenter has gang
of men building the dam at the foot of
Groton Pond. - f. w. Glover is work
ing for A. III. Kicker.
Hardwick.
The trees in front of the library building
have been removed.
Nearly two hundred from here went on
the excursion to the White Mountains.
The Congregational society will refurnish
the residence near the church for parson-
age.
1. A. Shattuck's sister, Mrs. r. R. viii.
mot OF Lyndonville, visited him over Sun
| day.
| The Reserves were defeated here last Sat-
urday by the Craftsburys, the score being
II to Is.
Mrs. Garvin has rented Jefferson Cowles
new house on Wolcott street and will move
in at once.
Marshall's large window glass has ar
rived and is the largest seen here yet, being
ten by seven.
New concrete walks are being put in
along the front of the post. Office and Taylor
& Welch's store.
At the village meeting last Monday night
the strengthening Of the streets was left
wholly to the trustees.
Marshfield.
Rev. Samuel Lewis will hold meetings
this week in the several school districts
Taxpayers can save four per cent dis
count by paying their taxes on or before
! the 21st.
! James P. Newton celebrated his fifty
| second birthday with a corn roast last week
| Wednesday night.
Mrs. A T. Davis was very sick last week,
but is now better. Her father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. McWain of Rochester, were
telegraphed to come to care for her.
On Sunday evening next, there will be
held praise service at the Universalist
church at xix o'clock, with short address
by the pastor. All are cordially invited.
At the creamery meeting, last Saturday
| evening, committee OF three were elected
to see about bylaws and how many of the
farmers would furnish cows providing an
organization could be completed acceptable
TO all concerned. The committee are A. A.
Hopkins, e. L. Spencer and 9. Q. Bent, and
they are to report at meeting this week
Saturday evening. Mr.. ellison, late butter
maker in the Capitol creamery, was present
and gave the farmers many points in regard
to creamery. The man that was ex-
pected from Cabot did not appear.
Royal Wood was taken very suddenly ill
last Friday at Joseph Wilson's, but is now
improving. - Mrs. James Carpenter
and Mary Clark visited in Chelsea last
week. - A little son of Frank Brown is
sick with spinal trouble. - Henry
Blake is sick. - Mrs. A. T. Davis has
been sick the past week. - A niece OF
Mrs. j. w. Davis has been visiting her the
past week. - Mrs. Lucy Twiss returned
20 her home in Wolcott on Sunday, heI
brother, George o. Davis, carrying her and
returning Monday.
IT don't rot clothes-HarmlessS Soap.
Shady Rill.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Markham, Anna Cum
mings and Bertha Cummings attended the
Yearly Meeting at Starksboro last week.
The fourteenth annual horticultural ant
vegetable exhibit will be held September
"a, in the evening, under the auspices o
J Middlesex Grange. Admission free. Reci
tations and music will be given as usual
Invitation general.
Rev. j. f. Thurston, who has been on {
visit to New Hampshire, will preach in this
place next Sunday at the usual hour -
W. o. Cummings and David Tarbox arr
filing their silos this week. - George
; Cummings has nearly recovered from hi
! serious illness. - Jennie Lawrence
|, spent last week with her mother. -
Kemp Flint is attending school at Mont
pelier. - Mrs. j, ID. Flint is visiting il
Barre.
1T doesn't matter much whether sicl
headache, biliousness, indigestion and con
stipation are caused by neglect or by un
avoidabe circumstances, DeWitt's Littl,
, Early Risers will speedily cure them all