The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09
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Miss Grace Dirty is employed at the in
sane hospital in Northampton, Mass.
At the auction on the old A. Smith Mar
tin farm the best hay brought only SO %
ton.
A daughter was born last week to e. M.
and Mrs. Fannie Carlton Whitney, and a
son to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boyce.
The band will give promenade concert
at Lynde hall on Saturday evening of this
week, and the public is cordially invited to
attend.
Key; p. P. Womer will begin bousekeep-
ing this week in the upper part of Henry
Nixon's house. Mrs. Womer's mother will
be mere next week, on her first visit to New
England, TO remain several weeks
George A. Bass son of the late Myron II.
Bass, and now a resident of Washington
| ID. c.. will be married next week Wednes,
day eveningIto Miss Zitella e. Ebert of Dem
yer, Colo'aio They will be lat home" in
Washington after January 1.
The Wome s Relief Corps will give a
reception next week Tue slay evening, from
eight to ten, a. the town hall, to tho Grand
| Army Post, the Sons of Veterans and the
soldier boys from here in the late Cuban
war. To this reception the public is cor
daily invited.
The Universalist Ladies will give their
annual chicken pie supper Oh Friday even
| ing of next week, Nov. IS, at he town
hall Rev. Mrs. L. X. Jones OF Barre will
be present to furnish the literary part of the
| festival and other entertainment will be
| provided as usual.
j. Martin Walker, now of REYNOLDS, H.,
is visiting his brother, Enos +. Walker. He
came east to bring his wife, week before
| last, in Blackstone, Mass, accompanied by
his only daughter. The late Ms Walker,
once resident Of this place for short
time, was seventy-one years old, and had
always had fine health till two years before
her death.
The concert last Friday evening by our
banjo, mandolin and guitar club under tine
direction OF their teacher, Mrs. G. A. Lang
of Montpelier, was well attended and he
music was well received The vocal selec-
tions were by Mrs Katherine Brush Field
of Barre who kindly assisted in the concert
and who has long been great favorite as
solost here. -
Miss Elanor Flint, daughter of the late
Mr.. Elisha l.. Flint, last week brought the
body of her mother from Kansas City, Mo,
for burial here. Mrs Phlomela Flint was
the only daughter of the late Mr. Dah
Flint and was well known here and in
Barre, where she went from here to reside
She had resided with her children in Kan
sas city. She was little more than four
score years of age and will be remembered
as pleasant and worthy woman.
Our entertainment and lecture course or
ganization was perfected last Thursday
evening. by the choice of these officers G.
| .
secretary; William Grearson, George Beck.
EFT and J. w. Flint, executive committee,
to act with the president and secretary. 1t
will now depend on the ptcuniary encour-
agement this board Of officers shall receive,
whether they will furnish some choice en-
tertainments during the coming season.
Fifty-three dollars were left in the treasury
from last seasons sales OF tickets.
Another interesting letter is just at hand
from George Gynde AiDsworth, writ en-
| Tale nt,1 har- o,.I flA l.,
"the land Of the midnight SUM-" The only adj
vantage we see in the section where he " as
is that money is OF no use up there" The
morning he wrote, the boys had just bought
forty to fifty pounds OF moose meat of In
dams for two plugs Of tobacco and two cups
of cheap tea. A twenty-one foot bark canoe
was bought for two steel traps and al en-
amelled plate, "or a dollar, all told" The
Hudson Bay Company gave forty-cent
steel trap for ten skins, worth five dollars,
and an ordinary enamelled plate for five
skins. The boys celebrated July 4, the
snow was falling all day, in their tent,
with blankets and everything soaking
wet. Unless they should strike gold, they
were to push for the Yukon country.
1t was a we'll attended and very pleasant
reception that was given the family of
Barney D Flint by the Young Peoples
Christian Endeavor society OF the Congre
gational church, in the hospitable home of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Lynde, last week Tues
| udy evening. vocal ana instrumental
music. refreshments, and "a generally good
time" filled the hours from eight to ten
o'clock. Rev p. p. Womer, in presenting
gifts from the Sunday school, of which Mr..
Flint had long been the Superintendent,
paid a fitting tribute to the eminent services
of Mr.. and Mrs. Flint in the church and
place, emphasizing what he believed to be
fact, that those who are doing the most E
Christian workers in any place, are the
ones to be most deeply mourned and missed
| n N hair dan rtn frnm hot nj
Flint responded fttingly to the presents-
ton of the gifts.
Bradford
Miss Harriet Crombe of Westminster,
Mass, is visiting at Col j. G. Stearns'.
L. 8. Erwin, who has secured position
at carpenter work on the Boston & Maine
railroad, spent Sunday with his family
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Woods went to
Boston Monday, where they will remain
several days, after which they will go to
their home at Wakefield Mass.
Grants Southern Speciality company
PLAYED at the village hall Saturday even
ing to a small audience. They are a good
company AID were deserving of much
larger audience.
The first foot ball game of the season was
played here Saturday afternoon between
the Bradford high school and Thetford
Academy teams. Much credit is due the
boys in both teams for the work done in the
game which resulted in tie.
The evsngelistic services under the direc-
ton OF Rev Ralph Gilman commenced at
the churches here Thursday, and are large
| ly attended, the large audience room in the
| Congregational church being packed at
both services Sunday, and much interest
manifested.
Some inquiries have lately been made as
to the length of time that thrty-two can
die power electric lamp will continue to
| give the stated amount of light, and it has
| been found to be about six hundred hours.
| This question then arises are the people of
our village being dealt justly with by the
electric lighting company when some OF the
street lamps have burned several times
that length Of time.
Ex-Governor Roswell Farnham of this
place met with a severe accident while at
| Pompanoosu railroad station last Friday
evening. Mr. Farnham having some busi-
ness which required him there early Satur-
day morning left here on the 1880 p N.
! train, leaving the train there and waiting
ION the station platform which is itself