The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-07-05


ka, Kan. Prot o. X. Hollister OF Barre
and Rev. A. NJ Smith OF wiliamstown
were elected Alumni trustees for five years.
The ffice~s OF the trustees elected for the
year ensuing are President, Rev. DR.. W. II.
Shipman, Tufts college; vice president,
Hon. A, T. Foster, Derby Line; treasurer,
Homer Fits, B4rre secretary, o. X. Hol-
lise err executive COMMITTEES, Rev. W. II.
Shipmsn, Ira G. Calef, Charles Templeton,
DIR. B. W. Bradley, 8. ID. Allen; committee
Hon, A. T. Foster, Ira G. Ca!ef; auditors,
Hon. Clark King, Albert Johonnott, B. p.
White; steward, Carlton X. Kline; exam.
lining coiDmi tee, Rev. j. Edward Wright,
Rev. S. A. Parker, Dr. B. w. Br iley.
Goddard Seminary last Wednesday grad
uated class of twenty-five young gentle.
men aud ladies The graduating exercises
were held in the chapel Wednesday morn
ing. The programme was as follows: Sa-
lutatory with essay, Loyalty" Miss Alma
M. Clough; Grafton, Arbitration and Con-
clistion." Clifford L Booth; essay. "Whst
People Fear" Miss Ellen H Forbes; ora
ton, Education" Harley NJ. Cook ora
tiop, Force OF Habit" Samuel NJ. Page;
essay, THE Plays Of Conscience in Mac
b 9TH" Miss Lottie NJ. Hall GRAFTON, Amer
ica's Gift to the Nation" Charles I. Pierce;
class prophecies were given by Miss Helen
o. Bliss and Emerson M. Bushnell; essay,
"Self Culture" Miss Edith M. Talcott; ora
tion Opportunities and Duties Of Today"
Carl Tenney valedictory. Miss Ruth @.
Snow. The diplomas were presented by
Prof. A. W. Pierce, the class hymn was
sung and benediction was pronounced by
Rev. Effie X. M. Jones. The Foster schol-
arship prize for general average over
ninety five per cent was awarded Raymond
X Small. The commencement exercises
closed with the annual reception and hop in
the evening. The names OF the graduates
are as follows Helen o. Bliss, Calais; Alma
Mabel Clough, Washington Ellen Hannah
Forbes, Talcott; Alice Glee Foster, East
Montpelier; Lottie Mae Hull, Shoreham;
Helen Belle Marsh, Rochester; Helen
Holmes Mcknight, Montpelier; Ruth Caro-
Talcott, Talcott; Georgia Laura Towers,
Richmond; Clifford Lester Booth, Putney;
Lewis Daniel Brown, North Wiliston;
Emerson M Bushnell, Williston; William
Cole, Jr., Barre; Harley M. Cook, Shore
ham; Ralph j. Houghton, Putney; Joseph
Allen Lamb, Mortified; Ira Warner Law
son, South Woodbury. Samuel Moses Page,
Haverhill, N. H.; Charles T. Pierce, East
Calais; Raymond Kurtz Small, Baldwins-
Vile. Mass. Tilden II. Stearns, Wilmot, N.
H.; Carl Edwin Tenney, Gaysville.
East Corinth.
Charles Page is laid up with the rheuma-
tism.
Farmers have commenced haying. The
crop is very light in this vicinity.
Mrs. Clarence Huntley of Brattleboro
visited at r. f. Georges last week.
w. R. Rowland started Tuesday for Min
nesota where he is to spend few months.
f. H. Lewis has recently opened tin
shop in the store recently occupied by e.
s. Rowlond.
West Corinth.
Susie Blake is at home, sick.
Fred Sargent and family from Barre were
at @. +. Blake's last Sunday
E. R. Darling of New York with his sum-
mer boarders arrived at Maplewood last
week.
Mark Kenyon and wife who moved here
last fall from Monkton, to live with his pa
rents, moved back last week.
Frank Wilson and wife from Boston who
lave been visiting his mother at W. Ken
niston's the past two weeks returned home
lsst week.
The kinetoscope exhibition given under
the direction OF j. M. Foss in the hall last
Wednesday evening was said by all who at
tended to be a fine entertainment.
The record OF the spring term of school
that closed July is as follows: Pupils en-
rolled, twenty-four; average attendance
twenty-five and twenty-nine seventy.
eighths; pupils perfect in attendance, Mary
Hopkins, George Magoon, Carrie Williams,
Lena and Gerald Virgins, Ohio Williams;
liams; absent one day, Alice and Edith
Blake Flossie and Gladys Ward, Rosie Ma
COON; absent one and one-half days, Elmer
Still; number OF tardy marks, three.
very successful term of school taught
by George Ryder closed last Saturday at
ternoon with a picnic under the naples
near the church, where about one hundred
and sixty people were assembled to enjoy
the occasion. The teachers and scholars
from the Wilson district and the Corner
were present and took part in the school
exercises which consisted of Rotations
singing and music by Clara Still on the or
gan. The Corinth drum corps was present
and furnished music, Mr.. Hopkins from
Chelsea played an acCordian, W. Kennis-
ton a violin and Mrs. G. l.. Speare the Or
gan. One pleasant feature Of the occasion
was the music of the drums by little Nora
Sumner aged seven years, and her brother,
Harvey, who is not yet four years old. One,
somewhat sadder feature was the gray
locks of two OF the older ones telling US that
In short time they will be seen no more
in the drum corps and that younger ones
must fill their places. At the commence
ment OF these exercises prayer was offered
by Rev. W. FL. Trafton and near the close
appropriate remarks were made by him, az
ter which Mr.. Ryder said few pleasant
words to his scholars and to the audience.
All were invited to tables to partake OF ice
cream and cake after which the party dis
persed.
Ryegate.
j. g. Brock is reported as quite i'll.
Wilson Beattie went to Littleton to cell
citrate.
George Lyon finished work for Harry
Nelson last Tuesday, and returned to his
home in Wells River.
w. g. Emery OF Boston, a former resident
here, is spending short vacation in town
after an absence OF some ten years.
W. Thompson and j. A. McLane were in
Boston last week with carload OF choice
mich cows to place upon the market.
The Womens Christian Temperance
Union met with Mrs. Maggie Kicker last
Thursday afternoon. Tea was served to
all.
The next meeting OF Blue Mountain
Grange will be Monday evening, July IT.
1t is expected that good crowd will be in
attendance.
W. 8. Smith and Rev. 1. G. Brown OF
North Monroe, N. H., were in town last
Tuesday to purchase choice young car
riage horse at fancy price.
The road commissioner reported Tuesday
last that his help with the road machine