The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-05

spoke Sunday morning on "The Eight
Steps In the Christian Life" and in the
meetings will be continued until further
| notice.
A shoot for prize Of $40 meercbaun
pipe was held last Saturday by the member
| Of the Recreation Gun Club at the Gunner
Brook range. b. A. Eastman won the
prize by hitting fourteen out of fifteer
birds. A contest between teams captained
| by w. II. Eastman and b. A. Eastman fol
lowed, the losers to pay for the expenses o.
the day. The team captain'd by w. IL
Eastman won by only two birds.
the reunion of the Congregational So
ciety, held last Saturday evening, was q
very enjoyable occasion. In hisrt port Rev
DIR. N, Jackson, the pastor, showed that
| forty one members have been received into
the church during the past year, five have
died and five have been transferred. Forty
| two have been baptized, and the pastor has
attended forty-oDe funerals, the largest
number in any one year since he has been q
preacher. Sixty dollars worth OF new
books were added to tie Sunday school
library, and the Ladies' Aid society has
| paid the $50 due on the organ. This church
| will celebrate its one hundredth anniversary
| In 1900. Charles Mari was elected treasurer
| to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
placed on the business committee to sue
coed A. q. Whitcher. p. o. Wheaton was
| elected deacon for FIVE years to succeed Ly-
man Gale, and William Mari for Ave years
to succeed Charles Wheaton. DR.. Joseph
W. jackson was elected superintendent OF
the Sunday school.
Bradford.
Fred b. Carleton Of Boston spent last
Sunday with relatives In town.
Vernon Coleman visited his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. Coleman, at East Orange last
week.
A. z. Fifeld spent New Years with rela-
tivea and friends at Brattleboro, returning
on Monday.
Miss Marcia winship returned to North
ampton, Mass, on Monday, where she Is at
tending school.
Miss Maude Harris, who assisted at Doe
Brothers store during the holidays, went to
Newport, N. H., on Monday.
DIR. j. II. Jones has been suffering SO.
verely for several days with rheumatism,
but hopes to be able to resume his practice
soon.
Miss Edith johnson, who has been very
sick with pneumonia for several days, is i'm
proving, with prospects good for speedy
recovery.
Miss Mary Emerson Of Lyndonville spent
several days last week in town, visiting her
cousin, Miss Marcia Winship, and other
relatives.
John O. Strong has rented of the Renean
Manufac uring Company the Job depart
ment in their building and will continue
the same business there.
Rev. L. l.. Beeman, presiding elder of the
Montpelier district, preached at Grace
church last Sunday morning, after which
the sacrament was administered.
Myrs Huntley Clark, wife OF Alonzo T.
Claik k, died last Thursday afternoon after a
long and painful illness with pneumonia.
Funeral services were held at her late resi-
dence on Sunday afternoon. Rev. II. T.
Barnard, pastor of the Congregational
church of which she was regular attend
ant, officiating
Wedding bells rung at the north end of
our village on Christmas evening on the oc-
casion of the marriage Of two of Bradford
most estimable Young people, Will L. Nor
cross and Miss Katherine l.. Norris by Rev
A II. Webb at the residence of j. K.
Sleeper. They have the best wishes of
their many friends for bright and happy
voyage on life's sea.
eighty of the neighbors and friends Of MIR.
and Mrs. j. Q. Strong gathered at their
residence on the Lower Plain, the occasion
being the tenth anniversary of their mar
| riage. very pleasant evening was
passed. Mr.. and Mrs. Strong were pre-
| scented with many useful presents as re-
minder OF their visit
Bradford Center.
George Cole has gone back into his black
smith shop again and we hope that his old
patrons will supply him with all the woi
he can do. George is good workman.
- We have plenty OF snow now, and
every one is improving 1t while it lasts.
- George Eames is going 10 put in a
| Champion evaporator this spring. We ex-
pect George will show us all how to make
sugar. - Mrs. Palmer has recovered
from her recent illness, 80 as to be around
| the house.
East Brookfeld.
The officers OF the Sunday school for the
ensuing year are as follows: Supsrinten-
| dent, George X. Sprague; assistant super
ihntendent, E. J. TIask; secretary, F. II
risn, Anna Marshall; assistant librarian,
Louise Parmenter. The following teachers
were elected by the several classes: Deacon
Nj. 8. Wheatley; Deacon A. G. Hubbard
Deacon j. G. Holmes; j. w. Parmenter,
Mrs A. B. Reed. The following eaf psS.
sons united with the Congregational church
OF East Brookfield upon confession OF faith
last Sunday: Mr.. and Mrs. W. f. Medcalf,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II Sprague, j: M. Angel,
son, Miss Anna Marshal, Miss Hattie
Sprague, Miss Nellie Dickinson and Miss
May Newell. #. II. Wilcox and E. H
kenney were received into the church by
letter at the same time. - Fred Z
Holmes of Burlington was at home on Sun.
day. - John w. Greenleaf lost his only
horse last week. - About fifty OF the
friends and neighbors Of W. II. Lincoln and
wife gathered at their home one evening re-
Gently and emf Eyed dancing until the "wee
sma" hours of the morning. Ed Lsrkins OF
Chelsea welded the bow. - MIR. and
Mrs. Jack White OF Randolph visited W.
II. Lincoln and wife recently.
Wells River.
Annual meeting OF the Ladies' Aid society
| next Friday afternoon at three o'clock, for
| the report of officers and to elect officers for
| the present ) ear, also to transact such bust
| ness as may come before the meeting.
- Fred Bailey returns TO Middlebury
| today. - Miss Jennie Pepniman OF
Windsor was the guest of Blanche Mulliken
over last Sunday, and Miss Warner of ST.
Johnsbury Of Miss Bertha Davis. The
Christian Endeavor sociable last Friday
evening was a success in every way.
Percy Smith returned to Worcester, Mass,
| on Monday. - Fire was discovered last
Sunday morning in the up stairs tenement
OF j. Learned's house. In very few
minutes II would have been almost impos-
sible to have saved the house, and now II
| will take some work to make it as good as
new. = Mr.. and Mrs. Jamison reached
home last Saturday. II is decided they will
remain in this country, as Mr.. JamisOn Is