The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-16
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oregon, where they had been visiting
few days. The drought there had severely
injured the fruit and corn crop. Mr. and
Mrs. Seaver were about to start for Cali
fornia and were to return homeward via
Salt Lake City.
waitsfieId
G. f. Eddy purchased fine driving horse
in Stowe last week.
Walter E Jones has built double por-
tico on the front of his store.
Elman Morse of Springfield, Mass, is Wis
iting his nephew, DR.. Fl. T. j. Howe.
John Somerville was badly bruised by
vicious bull Sunday evening while getting
up his cows.
George A. Howe was in town over Sun
day from Lebanon, N. H., where he is at
work in store.
The following officers OF the Good Tenn
plars were installed Friday evening by w.
e. Kelsey lodge deputy: q. t., Fred j.
Eaton; v. T., Ward Boyce secretary, L. A.
! Kelly; assistant secretary, Eva La Bell;
financial secretary, Carl Hsselton; treas
urer, Hattie Davis; marshal, r.. M. NC
Carly; d. M, Floy Eddy; chaplain, Mrs.
Dorr Eddy; guard, Ethel LABEL; sentinel,
Joel Ross; superintendent junior league,
| W. Palmer. The trustees elected for the
year are: o. G. Eaton, W. G. Kelsey and
Dan Mclaughlin.
Fred Jones, a former citizen of Waits
|
Mass, is visiting here. 20. M. Eaton
came from Highgste quite i'll. - Will
Marshall, Meridon and Clarence Richard
son and p. b. Gaylord are putting in tile
drains. - Mr. Hill and Nathan Boyce
are we'll enough to ride out occasionally
- Dennis Boyce is i'll with kidney
trouble. - Mr.. and MIS- John Kelly
have a new son - Mr.. Lee OF Mont
pelier visited at Richard Browns last
week. - Mrs. Smale Of South Fayston
4 6afn do
ing. - Mrs. William Farr is enjoying
visit from her sister and daughter from
Keene, N. II. - The Odd Fellows pic
mic on the fair ground August % will draw
great crowd Of people. Come and see the
sports. - Mrs. Hiram Stoddard Is in
Montpelier. = John Barber dug his po-
tsto crop August TO- 60 Mr.. Hazelton is
tearing his town house to pieces with the
promise of fixing it up in better shape.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Enrish OF War
rem entertained about three dozen at din
ner last Thursday Who could do it bet
ter. - Mrs. Robert Long is improving:
- The Methodist Sunday-school will
attend picnic in Oscar Poland's grove en-
Thursday, August II. All who desire a
drive to the grounds are asked to meet at
the church at 900 A. M. Bring your bask-
cts. A short program, games and other
exercises will make good day.
The great event of the past week in the
be known as the Long picnic" This is
an annual gathering and brings together a
very large number Of people from different
parts of Washington county, also some
from points without the State. One hun
dred and twenty-five relative met August
Q at the home OF Hiram Stoddsrd to enjoy
the annual dinner. Mr.. and Mrs. Stod-
dard and their daughter Gertrude did
everything to make the day glad one.
Such family reunion Is seldom witnessed.
Sixty years ago Samuel Long OF Middlesex
and his sister Eliza were the only repre-
sentatives Of the connection in the county
Of Washington, but to-day there are hun
dreds. partial list of those present who
were representatives Of families follows:
Samuel Long. Henry Nichols, Henry Root,
John Thomas, Ed Sparrow of Calais; Alon-
20 Clark of South Woodbury.; John Long
of Moretown; Myron Long, M. F.Chase and
K. L. Hersey, Montpelier; James Rolston,
Arlington, Mass; Hattie MCMILLAN,
Fitchburg, Mass. The town of Warren
George j. Long, Malan Shattuck, Samuel
Patterson, Eastman r. Long, Fred Long
and Ed Miller. Fayston sent e. j. Long,
John Maxwell, Samuel Maxwell, Robert
Kew, Lizzie Willie. Edgar Long and Sam
ue Maxwell, Jr. From Waitsfield came
Moses Long, Charles Cady and Hiram
Stoddsrd. More than thirty families were
represented and more than forty horses
were counted about the barns. For nearly
| twenty years these reunions have been
held, the most recent being the largest and
most successful. Ed Sparrow of Calais has
been given the next annual gathering. A.
committee was appointed to gather all the
facts relating to the different reunions and
to the families in general, and TO have them
presented at the next annual reunion.
Fairlee.
Mrs. ID. 7. Hale is visiting her sister, Mrs.
w. III. Gilmore.
DR.. Luther Gulick supplied the pulpit
Sunday afternoon at the Union church.
DR.. Luther Gulick and wife and four lit
tie daughters of Springfield, Mass, and
Mrs. Jewett, wife Of Professor Jewett Of
Oberlin, Ohio, are visiting their brother,
Rev. E. L. Gulick.
A grand illumination at Lake Morey &C.
Cured Tuesday evening. At the blowing
OF the steamer whistle hundreds of lights
flashed from cottages and boats, accompa-
MED by bonfires and fire works, surround
ing the lake with blaze Of light. Each
owner Of boat or cottage did their best
signs it would be difficult to give prefer
ence to any The regatta consisted Of
about fifty boats led by Captain Lucas
steamer, and they made fine show in their
trip around the lake. The Bradford band
furnished music. 1t was estimated that IF
| Iooh huuufou poopio Wofo picooht
| Orange.
Mrs. Robert Carr OF Oxford, N. H., Wis
tied in town last week. - Mrs. j. b.
Goodrich Of Philadelphia is stopping with
her sister, Mrs. Martin Waterman. -
Miss Mabel Barup is spending few weeks
with Mrs. Frank Curtis. - Three can
didates for teachers from this town at
tended the teachers examination at West
Topsham last Wednesday and Thursday.
- Several from this place took in the
excursion to Westport, N. Y, last Saturday.
= Arthur Anslie of Barre has bought
William LeBarron's farm.
East Elmore.
Q. M. Colby with her mother, spent Sat
urday in Barre.
Miss Jennie Tillotson of East Warren is
visiting her sister, Mrs. @. M. Colby.
Rev. Mr.. Boyd has returned from his va
cation and conducted the five o'clock SER
vice Sunday.
Bernice Colby of Bradford recently spent
a few days in the place, returning Sunday
with her father.
Arthur Grant and family have moved