The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20

A. w. Cole is expected home soon.
Ellis G. Preston is marking chair stock at
Lanesboro.
II G. Lambertou has moved to his new
home ON the river road.
Judge T. b. Hall of Groton was in town
Friday to purchase cows.
NJ. E Beckley will move Wednesday to
the tenement over his store.
The next dancing school s scheduled for
Tuesday evening, December 26.
1. NJ. Kicker shipped a carload OF stock
from this station last Saturday.
Harry Nutter of Corious, Me-, is teaching
in he "New Discovery" district.
George Stone of Luuenhurg was a guest
a. James Bouldry's over Sunday.
Our creamery paid patrons twenty-seven
cents for November butter, oil test.
s. w. Cole is getting out lumber prepara-
tory to building a new house the coming
summer.
md meetings for the present will be
held Wednesday evenings instead OF Satur-
day evenings.
At the Congregational church next Sun
day morning Mrs. K V. Spencer will sing
The Holy City"
At the Methodist church next Sunday
morning Rev G. G.. Corse will preach u
Christmas sermon.
Christmas will be observed at the Metho
dist church with appropriate exercises and
tree next Monday evening.
Constable f G. Merrill and Deputy Sher-
| iff f. Ii. Tracy were ia Peachan Thursday
looking for witnesses for the State.
Miss Helen Marsh of Rochester, teacher
in the Hulister district, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. A L. Davis.
The selectmen are receiving bids for the
contract TO h1ild new bridge over the
river on The D4nville road.
NJ. L Bemis, master of the grange in this
place, attended the State meeting held at
St Johnsbury last week.
Merritt Pickel continues in poor health.
II is feared he will not be able 10 again re-
sumo his duties upon the stage route.
Josephine Mute and Nellie SVerdfeger
are AZ home from their school at East North
field Mass, to spend Christmas vacation.
Mrs. George English of Montpeler is
spending few days in town. Her son
James accompanied her here and spent
Sunday.
The New Years ball will be held in Mar
shalls hall Monday evening, January /.
| Music will be furnished by the Marshfield
orchestra.
The board of directors of the creamery
were in session several times last week 10
discuss the engagement Of butter maker
for the year ensuing
With two hotels and another grocery,
with eating saloon attached, strangers
| within our gates should be able to find
something to fill the wants OF the inner
man.
Forum. Harper's Magazine, Judge, Scien
titic American and Review OF Reviews will
soon be found among the regular pubica
tions upon the reading room table of the Ii
| brary.
The Knights OF Pythiss worked the sec
o ID rank on two candidates and the third
on one last Monday evening. Among the
| visiting knights to assist in the work was
X " S. @ Lewis, Grand Prelate A ban
quet was served at Hotel Spencer.
Constable E. @. Merrill received last Fri
day letter of thanks from Sheriff O. O
Graves for the valuable assistance giveI
his depuy, r III Tracy, in securing wit
nesses in this vicinity.
Carroll Flood has decided his farm in the
south part OF the town TO his son, A. N
Flood, with whom he is 10 live for the pres
ent. Mr.. Flood contributes This as cor
recton Of the item given by the PlaintelC
correspondent in last week's issue.
The Congregational and Universalist so
cieries will unite in holding their Christma
carnival at the Universaist church Satur
day evening. The New Discovery" dis
trict will also unite with hem The exer
cises will commehce al 7 30 o'clock. Every
body is cordially invi ed.
Some OF the pupils in the intermediat,
department OF the village school who haC
become proficient in the art OF throwing
rubbers and doing other like gymnasti,
frats, were recently graduated to the high
or department where no further accounts
have been heard OF them.