The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18
West Corinth.

Eugene Stills horses ran away last week
with the .mowing-machine and broke both
drive wheels OF the machine. Guy f.
Densmore has returned to Hyde Park
Mass, to his labors as letter carrier after
spending his vacation with his mother,
Mrs. S. M. Richardson. - Mrs. Josie
Blake and son Ernest have gone to East
Barre to visit her relatives. - Another
addition to the Bicycle Brigade. Lewis
True is seen on the streets Of the village
with bike. - George Rule has taken
up his abode with A. G. Kenyon. j.
P. Virgins little daughter has been quite
i'll for the last two or three weeks. She is
attended by DR.. Locke Of Cookeville. -
The farmers are mostly done haying. All
report good crop.
West Fairlee Center.
G. H. Mum and wife rejoice over the ad-
vent Of daughter born on the 18th.
Haying is nearly done here with much
larger crop than last year. Notwithstand-
ing the very wet season much OF the crop is
well harvested, although some hay suffered
from the overflow Of the streams while the
grass was standing.
A very enjoyable lawn party occurred at
the Kimball home on Friday evening OF last
week. A perfect evening" big fire OF pine
knots, the most perfect grounds, with mu-
sic and recitations added to ice-cream, cake,
coffee and lemonade kept and held the
Prof. Charles II. Morse of Brooklyn, N.
Y. will give the people very rare treat in
lantern slide exhibit at the church on the
evening OF the 9th. He has one hundred
most beautiful pictures of New York and
Brooklyn, with many ocean and mountain
views. Such an exhibit cannot fail to in
terest an audience in the country. Prof.
Morse has secured one of the best lanterns
in the country and will make success of
this exhibit. The object is for the increase
of the church repair fund"
Groton.
A kaleidoscope exhibition was given in
Weeds hall last Saturday evening.
Weber & Andersen have q large stone
derrick which will soon be placed in posi-
ton.
The Baptist and Methodist Sunday.
schools will hold basket picnic in T. B
Halls sugar orchard next Friday.
Harry Kicker has bought of T. B. Hall
two building lots at the head OF Main
street. He will soon build house ON one
sewell G. Carpenter has received the ap
pointment as postmaster for this village
| and as soon as It can be arranged the Office
will be moved into Hall q CoChran's store
| The Y Society will give box supper il
school-house hall, Friday evening, Angus
q. A programme will be rendered consist
| ing OF pantomimes and drama, "Tht
Fruits Of the Wine Cup" This drama il
Illustrates the evils Of drunkenness in wa,
that is sure to interest an audience.
Schools about town will commence Mon
day, September 6, excepting in district No
3, which commences one week earlier. Tn
old corps Of teachers has been engaged OK
cepting in district No. 3, where Miss Mabe
Dow will teach, and the White school-hous
district, where George Mills will teach,
1t seems to be the desire OF our business
men to make this an INCORPORATED village
that we may Improve our schools and street
with less opposition than has been met. ]
will also be easier to offer such iLducement
that companies may be persuaded to locat
in this town. Nature has also bountifull
supplied us with the means which, if proI
erly used, will do much toward making thi
a large town. 1t is hoped favorable RI
port may come from the next town meeting
that it may receive its charter at the mex
session of the legislature.
Hardwick.
Grain is ready to be harvested and W
some have not finished haying.
Hardwck is to have rare treat on til
evening Of August %. Will Carleton is I
be here and give an entertainment in AcaC
envy Hall. Everybody should turn out an
hear him.
/. Rev. f. #. Lewis, pastor of the Congreg,
tional church who went to San Francisco
attend the Christian Endeavor conventio
aud has since then been looking over til
western sights, arrived home last Thursda,
The lawn party held on Mrs. Judevine
lawn last Thursday evening under the au
. pices OF the United Workers was genuiI
e. success in every particular. The Golfers
= the society were finely replenished thereb
New potatoes on their first appearance
this town brought 81 so per bushel. Sure
, ! this is the farmers year. If farmers do m
prosper now it will be their own fault
. the matter of general management OF the
= business
i. There was an excursion from this static
h over the Hardwick and Woodbury. railroi
J. last Saturday which many people attend,
d that they might see the great Robins'
II mountain which is complete body OF Il