The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-11-28

more da age here than has been done IN a
like way for years At the electric light
plant the wood shed was demolished and the old
engine house lifted from its foundation and
carried against the dam, where IL was smashed
to pieces The iron roof on b. w Laird's
house was blown off, and also that on one side
of William Robbins house. Chimneys were
demolished at houses of f. A. Ordway and p.
W. Rogers. Several trees were blown down
in the village and many on the hills.
The town treasurer had new experience
last week, when taxpayer insisted on paying
taxes on fifty dollars more than was included
in his property valuation, this amount having
been accidentally omitted in his inventory.
May his like increased
County Examiner Prichard will hold a
teachers examination here on Frida, and Sat
urday of this week
Rufus Murdoch has moved into the Coburn
house near l.. n. Lucas, owned by G. =. Alb
bolt of South Royalton.
Leonard 1. Thompson has gone to Cam
bridge, Mass where he is to work in a board
ing house.
Mrs. Nancy j Copeland went to Randolph
last week to spend the winter with her son.
F. A, Ordway has been in New York for
week past, and his family joined him there the
first of this week and will go to their winter
home at Aberdeen, n. @.
j. A. r. Corwin and son took in on Thurs
day 1866 pounds of poultry nearly all tur-
keys. e. A. Corwin went to Boston Friday to
dispose of it.
Mrs, S. E. Mansfield of New York and Miss
NJ S. Raydes of Lowell, Mass, have been
staying at the hotel for two weeks
Ben A: and Loren j. Goodrich have bought
the E. b Jones farm for 1850 of A. G Os-
go and S. II. Turner of Randolph. They
will use it for pasture and wood lot.
There will be a union Thanksgiving service
at the Congregational church on Thursday
evening. The night will be further cele-
brated by dance at Densmore's hall.
Toe next entertainment of the course will be
the concert by the Hungarian Gypsy Band on
Thursday evening, Dec. g. This promises to
be rare treat to lovers of music.
Charles A. Bacon was taken violently i'll
last week. but is now better. with good pros
poets of being abont his work in few days
The December term of county court opens
next Tues ay, Judge Watson presiding.
CALAIS
E. A. Morse has returned from his hunting
trip in Colbrook, N II. He reports good
luck.
T. T Lamphere, S. Holt and Blanch
Burnap were at home from Montpelier over
Sunday
Miss Alice Lamphere spent several days in
Montpelier last week
Mrs Lucy and Frances Kent were in Marsh
field and Montpelier last week,
The Misses Myrta and Georgia Hawkins
and friend Miss Baird. from Randolph Cen
ter, are spending few days at home.
School will begin on Monday, Dec. 80
Alice Sanders will teach at Sodom, Miss
Burnham of Barre at district No. 7, Blanch
Nelson at district No H., Helen Mcknight at
district No 10 and Daisy Chase at Pe1in.
To the lady sending he ia-g st smuuut
( 90 Ia f1.s # } n
her Homer X -, q ire, Vt, ne viii
give nice paic OF aid gloves.
Corinth
A cyclone struck this place last Wednesday
! and wrought destruction and ruin in many
! places. Large sound forest trees were snap
| ped off like twigs or turned up by the roots
and in some places whole sections of forest
were leveled to the ground. Quite a number
of barns were demolished and roofs blown
from others. harles Martins barn had one
! side of the roof lifted from the plate and
dropped back again, the rafters alighting on
| top of the plate and spreading the roof out
fiat. George Patrick suffered the most of any
| one person, as his only barn was completely
demolished Chimneys were blown off from
houses and steel roofs ripped off and blown
| from their places. A section of the roof of
George Hastings barn was taken off bodily
and landed behind his house. Altogether it is
| the grea est exhibition of the powers of the
storm king ever seen by this generation
A harvest festival was held at the Center
church on Thursday evening, which was sue
cess to gratifying and unexpected degree
| The children performed their parts admir-
ably. The house was lastly decorated and all
were pleased with the evening entertainment.
The originating and great part of the car
rying out of affair were due to the efforts
OF Miss Estelle Mcfarland
| Newburv
The first snowfall of any consequence oc-
Cured on Sunday last, when several inches
fell.
structive that ever visited this town. 1t passed
diagonally across the town from southwest to
the northeast. The barns of Dudley Carle-
ton and II. 7. Baldwin were unroofed. These
were large barns with steel roofs, The roof of
Mr.. Baldwin's barn was carried quarter of a
mile away. A barn of James Wallace was
blown down; sheds and forest trees suffered
and fences were destroyed.
Rev, j. L. Merrill preached temperance
sermon last Sunday in accordance with the
general request of the w G. 7. U. to clergy
men throughout the country to observe it as
temperance Sunday The w. G. I. U. held a
union service in the Methodist church in the
evening.
James B. Hale was at Sugar Hill, N H..
last week, to inspect the damage done to the
Lookout House, of which he is the general
manager.
Pulaski Grange initiated seven candidates
into the mysteries of the third and fourth de
grees on Friday. An excellent supper wal
served by the ladies' District deputy Stephen
son was present and made interesting re
marks, also worthy master, c. Moore, o.
the Haverhill, N. H., grange.
The we'll which the Creamery Company hav,
been digging is completed and there are good
prospects of permanent supply of water.
Holton, the druggist, has added line o
jewelry and silverware to his stock.
Mrs. L. F. Wheeler is sojourning in Bosto
for couple of weeks
Union services will be held Thanksgiving
day at the Congregational vestry. Sermon b.
Rev. Mr. Hardy.
Mrs G. w. FELTON, of Bradford, is visitin
/ her father, James Larey.
The football game between the Newbur
and Lisbon, N. H., high schools, was won b
Newbury by score of As to 0.
South Northfield.