The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-07
ROxbury.

last wednesday evening.
Miss Mary and Master Charlie Kimball of
Meriden, Conn visited at III. p. Worces-
ter's.
II. w. Roys finished his duties as clerk in
the store of ID, L. Nichols last Saturday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Smith and daugh-
ter of Hill, N. H., are the guests Of u. s.
Stanton.
Quite number from here attended the
bicycle race on the Mortified fair ground
last Saturday.
Miss Edith Green began her duties in the
village school on Monday. She will board
with Mrs. Il. p. Bean.
Miss Edith Campbell OF Randolph, who
has been at work at Jack Tanners, re-
turned to her home Saturday.
Rev. H, l.. Hartwell of Cabot preached at
the Congregational church Sunday in ex-
change with Rev. Mr.. Henderson,
Denny and Myra Butterfeld went last
Wednesday to Crowley, La, 8. Butterfeld,
their father accompanying them to Windsor.
Chester Spaulding, Alden st. John and
John Ordway, members of Company #,
came home Sunday on thirty days fur
Tough.
Milford Bagley expects to move his fam
lily into the tenement in the Spaulding
house recently vacated by Joseph Howe's
family.
Those who will attend school at North
field this fall are Carrie Loveland, Claude
and Leon Roys, Stanley Nichols and Dud-
ley Rice.
d. b. Howe and wife, G. X. Burnham,
Mr. and Mrs William Keeys and Ed. Burn
ham were among those who attended the
State Fair at White River Junction last
Wednesday.
East Roxbury.
Winifred Foss began her school at North
field on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs e. H. Bliss from Waterbury
were in town last Wednesday.
Addie Ladd has gone to Randolph to
work for Mrs. II. b. Salisbury.
Andrew Ladd took about forty pounds of
wild honey from tree recently.
Mrs. Frank Merrill from Lyngsborough,
Mass, is a guest Of Mrs. L. A. Eastman.
John Laid went to Fort Ethan Allen last
Wednesday to see his brother, W. S. Ladd
A. j. Boyce and Jacob Wardner attended
the fair at White River Junction last week
Mrs d. A. Horner and children and Mrs.
e. Pope from Randolph visited friends here
last week.
Comeyi who has been the guest Of Miss
Webster, returned to birmingham, Mass
on Monday.
st. Johnsbury.
The weather has been exceedingly hot
and sticky. All the crops are we'll along
and are very abundant.
Considerable interest is manifested ia our
local elections. Without doubt the Repub-
leans on the different tickets will be elect
ed by rousing majorities.
At the adjourned meeting of the town
held on Saturday to consider the matter OF
a new school-house in Summerville the
committee appointed at the last meeting re-
ported that new school-house was needed
and should be build but favored the pres
ent location Three new men were added
to the committee and the matter was re-
ferred back for further investigation and to
report to an adjourned meeting to be held
in two weeks.
A rousing campfire was held in the even
ing Of Wednesday at Music Hall. The live
questions of the day were taken up and dis
cussed in an able and exhaustive manner.
The speakers were General Grout, Prof. e.
Y. Comstock, Rev. Mr.. lyric and Judge
w. p. Smith They were a unit in the
opinion that we should retain under our
control all the territory we had acquired in
the late war. The meeting was enlivened
by singing by ladies quartette and others.
The reunion of the Third and Fifteenth
Veteran Regiment was held here on We'd
nesday of last week. OF the Third there
were present Colonies Pingree, Seaver and
Hubbard and about fifty members of the
regiment. 1t was voted to hold the next
reunion at st. Johnsbury. The officers
elected for the next year were III. q. Stew
ems of Stannard, president; Edison Weed Of
Lyndon, vice-presdent and s. w. Pingree
secretary and treasurer. About seventy
five members OF the Fifteenth regiment
were present and the following officers
were elected: j. w. Humphrey colonel, j,
P. Gleason lieutenant colonel, A. @. Far
mer, major. They voted to hold their next
meeting at West Burke.
Company D., First Vermont Regiment
| returned from Burlington on Sunday on a
thirty days furlough. They arrived at one
| In the afternoon on special train and
were received by large concourse of citi-
| Zens at the railroad station, and escorted to
their armory by the boys brigade and the
members of Chamberin Post, Grand Army,
where square meal OF sandwiches, hot
| coffee, ice cream, ETC., was served by the
ladies OF the aid association. generous
| allotment OF the same was sent to the sta
ton and served to the Newport company
who were on the same train. The boys
were well tanned but generally looking
we'll and hearty; all expressed as glad the
cruel war was over, and only regretted they
did not have an opportunity of seeing some
| active service.
Mrs. o. G. Morris is quite i'll.
Miss Josie Chaplin has returned to Bos-
| ton.
Miss T. j. Cochran has returned to Mont
pelier.'
Charles Morrison has sold his farm tc
Page Brothers.
George Stevens of Bradford was in towr
last week buying cows.
The Methodist Sunday school held pio
mic at Barnet last Saturday.
A. G. Taisey has moved into the hous,
he recently bought OF j. R. Darling.
Charles Ross is about to build barn a
the Richardson house on Mount Medad.
B. #. Clark and wife spent last Sunda,
with their son, ID. f. Clark, in Montpelier
Mrs, Alex Eastman who has been visit
ing her daughter. Mrs. B. #. Kicker ha
gone home.
Bernard Eastman and Darwin Tellie
have gone to Saxtons River to attend Yer
mont Academy.
Alfred Thomas and Ellsworth Emery ar
at home on thirty days furlough. Thel
belong to Company G, and are looking
| well.
Robinson & Moran have leased the darl
granite quarry for a term Of years of Hatcl
/, & Brown. The stone is free from iron ant
takes beautiful polish.
I. NJ. Kicker is opening his stone quarry