The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08

on his old friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Akin of Plainfield
were at G. w. Coles for few days last week.
They also awaited themselves of the opportu-
nifty of attending the fair at East Corinth
William +. Gage is shingling his house. p.
ID. LaChance and G. W. Wright are doing the
work while Mr.. Gage is clerking in the hard
ware store of j. A. Sargent, who is away for a
time.
Arthur f. Brown and wife, of Amesbury,
Mass, have been visiting their old friends Mr.
and Mrs j. b. w. Prichard, Thirty years ago
they all boarded at the same place in Ames-
bury.
Mrs. Marinda Bill of West Topsham is spend
ing few days with her daughter, Mrs II. c.
McDuffee. From here she goes to Barre to
spend the winter with the family of DR.. l.. w.
Hanson.
William B. Bagley and wife stopped with
their son, T.. j. Bagley over Sunday on their
way home from Canaan, n. H., where they
have been for few weeks visiting Mr.. Bag
ley's brother.
Miss Lou Tabor started for Boston this week
to resume her labors in the millinery line. She
was accompanied by her brother, his wife and
two children who will spend few days in and
around Boston.
The Congregational services last Sunday
were held in the Village hall ON account Of
some repairing being done to the church. Prob
ably the services will be held in the same place
next Sunday as the church will not be finished.
Mrs. II. c. Brock, the popular and efficient
saleslady who has been in the employ of G. Z.
Clark for the past five years, closed her labors
last week Monday. Her host of friends wish
her the very best of success wherever she may
locate.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary auxiliary
will hold its meeting this month with the
Ladies Aid society in the vestry of Grace
church to-day at o'clock. Officers for the en-.
suing year will be elected and then will follow
literary program. Topic:-"The Feast of
Ingathering"
John Lufkin had the best pair of working
oxen at the East Corinth fair, taking first pre-
MUM on draught and second on fat oxen The
load which they drew was the big stone and
sixteen men, one more man than the heavy
pair of draught no SEES. Bradford also took
first premium on town teams.
Z. c. Durgin, our very efficient road COM
missioner, deserves the thanks of the travelling
PUBLIC for the way in which he has repaired
better condition. Mr.. Durgin understands his
business and so repairs the highways that the
water runs off at the sides of the road instead
of in the road.
1t is expected that number of the veterans
from here will attend the reunion of the Orange
County Veterans Association at Randolph
tomorrow. 1t is expected that
Nermont,s true patriot and soldier, General
Stephen Thomas, will be present as he does
not intend to miss one of the reunions as long as
he is able to travel.
Alonzo B. Corlss, another old teacher, has
been visiting here. He was born in Bradford
on the farm known as the Moses Flanders farm
on the west side of Wright's mountain, in 1925
He attended school at the old Bradford Acad-
envy in 1910, when Moses p. Case was the prin-
cipal and Miss Susan Blake was preceptress
Mr.. Corlss has taught school for ffty-eight
years. He is now living at Old
Bridge, n. j., and has a school there.
Carlos Wilson of Boston an old resident of
Bradford, has been in town for several days
visiting his sister and other friends He will be
as the generous donor of valua-
bic collection of books, about 200 in number
sent to our public library last year. He is
much pleased with our library building and es-
pecally with the reading room, which he con-
siders the pleasantest of any he ever saw. He
thinks the citizens of Bradford ought to appre-
ciate it and do all they can to make the library
one OF the best in the state. IT,.
Hon. H. c. McDuffee has recently sent to the
public library several volumes which he has
been collecting. They are the History of
Reading, " written by Hon. Gilbert A. Davis
Bass; Darwin on God in Nature and "fhe
Wonders of Animal Magnetism by Robert
Mex Ormsby. This last was first printed in
1912 in ''The American Protector" paper
then published in Bradford and edited by A.
b. F. Hildreth, now of Charles City, Iowa. IL
selves in the work of collecting books, aad es-
pecially anything relating to the early history
of Vermont or Vermonters.
MIR. and Mrs. 5. o. Doloph who have been
visiting at III. X. Prescott's, returned to Bos-
ton on Monday. - Miss Marcia Winship
left on Monday for Northampton, Mass, where
she will attend school. - Mr.. and Mrs. A.
n. Renfrew of Fairlee visited at Mrs w. II.
Nourse's on Friday. - The night mail train
south last Sunday morning, due here at / 1: So
A. NJ, was delayed at Wells River five hours by
a passenger coach leaving the rails - Mr..
and Mrs. j. 4. Hunt have moved into their res
idence lately purchased of w. A Coriss near
the north end of Back Street. - Mr.. and
Mrs. John Freeman of Keene, n. H., are visit
ing relatives in town.
The lawn party on the grounds of Grace
Methodist Episcopal church on Wednesday, on
the occasion of the first lighting of the town of
Bradford by electricity, was a grand success
socially and financially. The grounds were
very prettily decorated with booths and tents
covered with bunting and flags, and well illu-
minated with Chinese lanterns. This was large
ly due to the committee on decoration consist
ing of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry McDuffee. who
worked all day like Trojans to be ready for
the event. Mrs. Fred G. Doe, who had charge
of the fruit stand, sold out all she had long be-
fore the crowd had done purchasing The
ladies in the ice cream booth could have sold
several gallons more, had they had it. The
lemonade tent which was very tastefully fitted
up under the charge of Mrs. Josie Jenkins did
not fare as well as the others, for the reason
that the night was too cold for lemonade Hot
coffee would have sold more readily. The
music by the band, the singing by Mr.. Arthur
Mum of Lowell, Mass, and the recitation by
Miss Marion Mum were highly appreciated by
the vast throng which listened. Altogether it
was one of the best times which the people of
Bradford, and vicinity have enjoyed for long
time: The thanks of the Ladies Aid society
are due Mr.. N. r. Doe of New York for his
generous contribution of fruit
Bradford Center.
Hiram Porter is building an addition to
his mill. - Born on September Sd a lit
tie daughter, weighing four pounds, to Mr..
and Mrs. L. g. Aldrich. - Miss Minnie
Eames is attending the Bradford High
School.
Cabot.
Miss Clara Burnham is seriously i'll and
but little hope is entertained of her recov.
cry. - Regular communication OF Green
Mountain Chapter, No. 30, on Friday even.