The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-11-18
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
Hardwick.


menced.
The republicans had grand celebration
Monday night
Sunday was observed as Harvest Sunday
at the Congregational church.
The new store in the Cowles block was
opened last week and is ready for bust
ness.
Thursday evening, at the Advent church,
there will be an A. p. A. lecture by Mr..
Dockham of Newport.
Burt Reed of Boston, son of E. Reed of
this place, is doing the carving on the IL
brary and it adds much to the beauty of it.
The lecture on Tuesday night by Mr. Lee
| OF Rhode Island on the order of the knights
| OF Pythias was very we'll attended at the
academy hall.
Harvest supper will be given by the
| Congregational Christian Endeavor Society
on Friday evening, to which every one is
cordially invited.
Don't forget the lecture, November 20, by
John Temple Graves at the academy hall.
He is, without doubt one of the best ora
tors on the American platform.
Rev. f. f. Lewis preached a Harvest
sermon on Sunday, morning and evening.
The church was decorated with evergreen.
Corn, cabbages, turnps, and nearly all
kinds of vegetables were distributed about
the church.
B. E. Billiard has moved into bis new
house-one of the prettiest residences in the
village. - o. M. Mack fell from a stag
ing in Mr.. Brush's new building and was
severely injured, though no bones were
broken. - Mrs. G. L. Sanford is visiting
friends and relatives in Fair Haven. -
John eastman and Edith Crawford were
married last week. - Harry Perkins has
moved into Mrs. L. d. Hathaway's house on
Church street.
Newbury.
The report is that f. E. Clark is to move
from Mrs. Horace Keyes house to the
Johnson house opposite the Methodist
church.
Mrs. e. II. Humphrey has moved from f.
e. Kimball's, where she has been boarding
MIR. Kimball's help during the summer to
her residence on Pine street.
The teachers and some twenty stu
dents at the Seminary, and as many of our
citizens, visited the Capital City last Friday
for the purpose of seeing the legislature in
session.
The primary department at the Seminary
and Town Central School closed its fall
term this week Friday. In the evening
there will be school exhibition, consisting
of songs, recitations, drills, exerciseg etc.
A small admission. fee will be charged to
help pay for the piano now used by the
school,
At the meeting called to be held in Sem
mary Hall last Saturday to see about agree
ing upon the amount of tax the would. be
incorporated district needed and should
have, there were representatives from diff
ferent parts of the town although not as
many as the citizens in the would-be incor-
porated district would like to have seen.
Yet the meeting passed off tremendously.
1t was the vote of the meeting that the Pc
tition to the legislature for the incorpor-
ated district should ask for one half of the
highway tax.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Dodge of whtefield
visited S. G. Stebbns, Mrs. Dodges father
last week. - Mrs. A. s. Cheever and
two sons are spending few days with her
parents at the Sawyer House. - Mrs
e. II. George was taken sick last Saturday
- Miss Grace Wallace and Master
Harold Hale have been sick the past week,
but both are convalescent.
South Ryegate.
II. W. Hubbard is improving the looks of
his store with two coats of paint. James
Doe q Sons are doing the job.
The Bryan and Sewall flag was pulled
down and dragged through the mud and
finally wound round the posts of j. b. Nell
sons piazza, badly damaged, early last
Wednesday morning The contributors to
the buying of this flag held meeting in
the depot hall last Saturday evening and
appointed, as a committee to investigate,
A. Park, H. A. West and p. w. Buchanan.
The committee is to report to meeting to
be held later the results of these investiga-
tions. If successful in finding out who did
the deed, further action will be taken.
A concert will be held in the depot hall
on Thursday evening, Move mber 49, under
the auspices of Clan Farquharson, o. s. c.,
consisting of vocal and instrumental music
by Madame Barutio of Chelsea, Mass. Mr..
Ross of Edinburgh, with Mrs. E. w. Smith
as accompanst. Mr.. Patterson, one of Clan
Gordon's pipers, and Master Thomas Nc
Donald, the twelve-year-old dancer, will at
tend in Highland costume Address by
Peter Kerr, royal secretary, of Boston. So
cial dance will follow.
Wolcott.
j. w. Rivers and William Tillotson, with
their wives, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. M.