The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13

attend the falr.
Our graded school has an attendance of
nearly 200 pupils
Fred G. Smith of Mimi ap lis, arrived
S aturday night for q ten days visit among
relatives and friends.
f. H. Somervile has returned to his
duties at Lawrencevlle, N, j as master
in the preparatory school for boys.
Rev. L II. Elliott will preach in Wey-
bridge and Cornwall next Sunda,, in the
interest OF the Vermont Bible Society.
e. g. Clark has sold his place and eight
acres Of land to r. W. Powers. Mr.. Pow
ers will Immediately fit up the buildings
and grade the grounds.
St. Andrews church announces a fair TO
begin the twentieth and continue until Sat-
urday night, the twenty third, to be held in
the hall adjoining the church.
Carl Cook is home for few d'ys' visit
from the industrial School at Vergennes.
He has been there year and enjoys 1T
much. The boys now have neat uniform
and make fine appearances.
H G. Whitehill has bought the residence
of j. G. Griggs on Randall street. Mr..
Whitehill and family, who have ben
boarding at the Waterbury Hotel will &C.
cupy their new home after October ID.
Charles Moody met with an accident
Monday morning at the new school house.
He had raised the flag and in coming down
the ladder missed his footing and fell about
twelve feet stunning him. It. was over an
hour before he was discovered He was
taken home aud DR.. Hooker summoned.
His injury is not considered serious.
A meeting OF the Ladies' Missionary So
ciety OF the Congregational church, which
was held at Mrs G. 4. Ladd's on Wednes-
day the following officers were elected
President, Mrs. g. e Ladd vice president,
Mrs. e. f. Drew; secretary and treasurer,
~ . t1n a m 1nrt
aud OF the foreign department, Mrs. K. I.
Seabury was elected president; Mrs. l.. Ii.
Elliott, secretary and treasurer.
E. W. Rue, New England representative
OF the Central Lyceum Bureau OF New
York, was in town last week and has ar
ranged for a series of lectures and concerts
this fall and win'er. The concerts and
lectures are all first class and will deserve
the hearty support of the people of WI ter
bury and Vicinity. The management will
be in the hands OF M. II. Moody and j. q.
Farrar, who will soon give a list of the
proposed entertainers an solicit subscrip'
tons.
Waterbury Center.
Leonard Huntley was in Burlington last
Wednesday on business.
Mrs. E. B. Fuller of Brattleboro, is visit
ing her brother, o. II. Minott.
The Womans Relief Corps is to visit the
corps at Montpelier next Thursday.
Arthur A. Newconb aud Erwin Wake
field left last Saturday for their home in
Lisbon, n. II.
Rev. Mr. Montgomery, from New Hamp'
shire, preached at the Baptist church last
Sunday morning.
The fall term at the seminary opened last
Tuesday mOrning, with larger attendance
than was expected.
Wy NJ ID
Eaton, who visited here a few days last
week, left for Morrisville last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. e. b. Moody were in Ran
dolph and South RoyatoD, last week, visit
ing their sons Rev. l.. NJ. Moody and B. l..
Moody.
Rev Thomas Smith and Rev e. e. Phil.
Ups attended the Free BAPTIST yearly meet
ing at StraffOrd last week Mr.. Smith re-
turned Saturday.
Q. Stone attended the fair at Norris
Vile last week. He came home Saturday
but returned on Monday aud will drive the
stage from Morrsville TO Elmore for the
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Huntley, with two
grandchildren OF Potion, Canada, visited
their son, Charles Huntley, on Kneeland
Flats, and their brother, Leonard Huntley
of this place part of last week, remaining
until Monday
The Grange sociable, held with Mr.. and
Mrs. James 7. Thurston last Friday, was
we'll attended. A very pleasant time was
enjoyed. One of the tables was set with
beautiful od-fashioned blue crockery that
had been in the family for more than
seventy years.
There will be promenade and concert
at Seminary hall Friday evening, Septem-
Der Is. Music by the Stowe cornet band
and by banjo and mandolin. Cars will run
from Stowe and Waterbury and return,
| Admission to concert aud promenade fit
teen cents. Refreshments will be served.
The Wonian's Christian Temperance
Union met last Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. Martha Pike for the election of officers
for the coming year. Those elected were;
President, Mrs. Mary T, Davis; secretary,
Mrs. Flora G. Freeman treasurer, Mrs.
Emma Moody; superintendent of fair work
Mrs. Mary 7. Davis; prison, Jail and aims
house, Mrs Martha Pike; Sunday-school
work, Mrs, 7. Smith; Sunday observance
Mrs. Carrie Batcheder; scientific instruc
ton, Mrs. Grace A. Fisk; narcotics, Mrs
Emma Moody; press correspondent, Miss
Stella Pike. This union has added fourteen
new members to its list the past year, and
much good work has been done, especially
in Mrs. Moody's department. large mum
Der OF young people have taken the pledge
and are wearing the anti-cigarette badge
| Oub DTlRuI pTOluibluB TAU was bdhou HUN
our ranks, to join the ranks above. AS ht
lay in his casket we were glad to see the
Badge" upon his quiet breast.
East Warren.
The drought is still very severe. II II
continues week or two longer 1t will be
come distressing. The farmers are putting
a rather poor crop OF corn into their silos o
which there are many, several having beer
built since haying.
Our selectmen some three months age
contracted with a Pennsylvania Iron Bridge
Company to put up an iron bridge spanning
Mad river, the same to be up and ready fol
use the first of September. The bridge haI
not come and report says there is no signs
of it ever coming. The old bridge has been
up some four weeks and the travel has beer
through the fields, about a mile further
which causes great damage to a grea
many who must go to creamery and mills
1t begins to look as though the company
did not mean to put in the bridge. The
tax payers think wooden bridge would bt
better than none and much cheaper.
Mrs. Nathan Thayer was called to Colo
RADIO by the illness Of her son, 8. ID. Meal
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