The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-23
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| over SUNDAY.
Rev. l. II. Elliot will preach at Fairfax
| next Sunday.
Miss Carrie Greene Of waisdrld is visi'-
ing at A. Boxers.
The Ladies' Union met Tuesday Z er.
| noon with Mrs. Drew.
George W. Chesley has moved o bis new
house on Randall street.
William Straw of Elmore visited bis
| brothers lere last week.
| Charles Norton and wife returned Friday
evening from few days visit IN WiuoUski.
Miss Ida Norton is taking twn weeks
| vacation from her du les Al thr Record Of
! fee.
NJ. o, Evans and wife and two ouugest
| sons are spending the week in Massachu-
sets.
Mrs. Max Green of Boston is spending
| few days with her III 'ther, Mrs George
| Norton.
o. A. Seabury OF Albany, n. Y, is spend
ing his vacation at the home of Mrs. Julia
| Seabury.
Harry Farnham and Douglass g. Cra~-
ford, students at Andover, are spending
few days in town.
Rev. George w. Taber will occupy the
pulpit at the Advent church during the alb
sence OF Rev. Mr. Blount.
Frank Griggs, who is employed by the
|
ton, spent Sunday with his parents.
Miss M. e. Jones, who has been spending
| few days with Mrs. Henry Holton, has re-
turned to her home in Lebanon, n II.
Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Blount and daugh-
ter and Mrs. @. A. Allen are attending the
| Adventist camp-meeting at Alton Bay,
N. II.
Daniel Jones, who has been taking two
weeks vacation, has returned and Will be-
ole, d,tti again in q Haiuaa' UrOCeTy
on Monday.
T. T. Farrell is visiting his family at
Colbyvile while taking short vacation
from his duties as deputy collector OF GUS
toms at Canaan.
In consequence of bad railroad wreck
near West Hartford the mail express Mon
day afternoon did not reach here until after
midnight. One man was killed by the ac-
cdent.
A picnic party at Colbyville on Saturday
afternoon was well attended by the young
people and those of an older growth Ice
cream and other good things made 1t an en-
ioyable affair.
W. II. Boyce came near being seriously
injured Wednesday He stepped on to his
furniture wagon and the box tipped up
throwing him on TO the horse. The horse
became frightened and kicked vigorously,
. riking Mr.. Boyce in the ribs.
Miss Emma Weiser of New Haven,
Conn.,, who has been spending few weeks
in town, a guest of Mrs. and Edith Bah
cock, has returned to New Haven accom-
pauied by Miss Edith, who will remain
there a few weeks among friends.
While Montpelier and Barre are on the
verge of water famine, we have an album
dance; but none should be wasted. With
continued dry weather the best OF springs
will fail Let us suffer the inconvenience
of dust for the sake of water for domestic
/, purposes and fire protection.
Mrs. Will Ryan of Union street was quite
, seriously injured Friday evening. While
driving with lady friend from Burling
ton and two small children, her horse be-
, came frightened and capsized the carriage
, Both ladies were considerably injured bu'
are doing we'll. The children escaped with
out injury.
+ Waller Stowe was arrested at Waterbury
Saturday afternoon by Constable NJ e
Hutchins, charged with an assault with at
tempt to kill a man named Hartman a
Bolton Falls. The assault was made will
an axe. Stowe was given hearing anC
( bound over to the grand jury in the sum o
I $1,000 In default OF bail he was brough
to Jail at Montpelier.
a IL is unfortunate sometimes for those no
possessed of worldly possessions sufficien
to create a generous grand list, to reside II
a town where an individual blessed will
A | property delights to announce the fact a
every opportunity Anu TlulCulo his ioss IOE
= tunate brother, in u public meeting. Tn
:, personal remarks of this individual at tn
last village meeting were qnite unnecessar.
and uucalled for and merit the rebuke o
Il every decent man,
A disastrous conhagration was averte,
last Tuesday afternoon. V. l. Barber
: when going to his new house, heard
cracking noise and discovered a brisl
blaze in the shed connecting the house witt
4 his shop. By quick work and some assis
Y ance it was subdued without giving al
alarm. Investigation proved that his littl
I | five.years-old son had been playing will
! matches in the shavings and got large
fire than he could blow out. Becoming
fri ghtened he ran away without giving an
, | alarm.
;. Another village meeting was held Mon
i, day evening and another vole on the sewe
~ question was taken. G. w. Morse made
motion to pass over the article relating to
- trunk line OF sewers and was seconded by
:, score or more of voters. AS the question
K has been thoroughly discussed at forme
meetings but little new could be said OF
either side George w. Randall made
u few remarks favoring putting in trunl
= line as did also Rev. Il. K. Ladd. Georg
u w. Morse and Charles Keene spoke in OF
position. A BALLOT was called and {
" G. Graves, f. III. Atherton and George w
" Morse were appointed to receive the ba
o lots. The result was: Whole number c
votes 100, necessary for a choice 66. Q
Il these 9S read yes and 80 no, and the articl
o was passed over. After few remarks b
it G. e. Moody in regard to the shortage c
water an adjournment was taken
j. Fayston.
IS Rev. Plney Fiske supplied the pulpit Il
/. Jamaica on Sunday.
% Miss Marion Dana is attending the Stat
l. Normal School at Randolph.
1t The venerable Samuel Long of Middlese
10 visited Mr.. and Mrs. K. j. Long last weel
=, Hugh Baird has sold his clapboard mi
>, =, and mountain land, about eight hundre
- acres, to Hiram Ward OF Moretown.
70 There has been no rain here for tw
weeks and the pastures are suffering
20 consequence, also the springs are 80 To-
1t that some farmers have to draw water I
AS supply the house.
W A large number OF the descendants an
friends of the late Stephen Parker enjoye
70 picnic in William Csrey's grove o
!. Thursday of last week. Mr.. Parker form
3. erly owned Mr.. Csrey's farm and here SON
10 of his children were born.