The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-08

soon move here and the Hutchinson
families will go to Brook6eld.
Fred II. Bohonon and Wallace II.
Sanborn INDUCED in little scrap in
trent of l.. N. Lucas blacksmith shop
on Saturday, and as a result the for
mer was found guilty of a breach of
the peace by Justice Emery on Monday
aud paid fine of IS and costs.
SOUTH CORINTH.
Mrs. Lucretia Marsh has returned tn
Mr.. Huntingdon after spending the
summer at East Montpelier.
School commenced last Monday with
Miss johnson of Wells River rs teach
or.
Born. in Piermont, N. H., Nov. 30
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo
Stanley and granddaughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. I. NJ Wilson of this place.
Gold weather and not snow enough
for sleighing makes it seem colder yet.
morning on the streams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolphus Rowell
joined forces for life Nov. 26, 1854.
The event was celebrated on the af-
ternoon and evening of Nov. SS, 1904
fifty years ago. Friends and rela-
tives sixty or more in number came to
congratulate them on that day, their
son, Almon and wife and son from
Keene, N. H., were present, also Ben
ton R., and family of this place. their
daughter Mrs. l.. s. Spear, of Yer
hire could not be present owing to her
husbands serious illness. A daughter,
Augusta, Mrs. George Beckwith, was
Cd RI infn hn spnt toI 70
years ago. Mr.. and Mrs. Rowell are
young for their years and seem more
like people celebrating a shorter ami
versary than a fiftieth. A sum of mon
ey in gold coin and other gifts we're
left the. worthy couple. May we help
them celebrate ten years hence.
BROOKFIELO.
Last week daughter was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Fullam.
Nelson Kinney has brought the old
store building of j. W. Parmenter and
has pos session April /. He is repair
ing a tenement in the hotel building
and will soon move there to stay until
the LIST of April.
Mrs. Henry Hyde was quite sick
several days last week with stomach
trouble.
Several from Brookfield Grange at
tended the Pomona Grange at East
Braintree last Thursday. The next
Pomona meeting will meet with
Brooktield Grange in February.
Henry Freeman is stopping in town
a few days with friends.
j. W. Parmenter has bought Nelson
Kinney's farm on Bear Hill known
as the John Green farm.
Brookfeld Grange is rehearsing the
drama BORDER Land" which will be
presented by them.in town hall Thurs.
day and Friday evenings, Dec. 22 and
%, assisted ny Patterson orchestra and
.e male quartette. The proceeds will
20 toward piano for the town hall.
NORTH RANDOLPH
Fred Cooley of Waterbury was in
town last week.
School in district No IS began last
Monday with Miss Bacon OF Chelsea
as teacher.
G. W. Slodgett and II. u. Parker
were in Barre on Wednesday.
r. @. Poor began his school in East
Randolph on Monday as did May Sar-
gent in East Brookfield.
@. II. Taft has been threshing in
this vicinity with his gasoline engine
A. b. Whitney of Tunbridge was in
town on Monday.
WILLIAMSTOWN.
Mrs. E. B Watson has as a guest
her niece. Miss Agnes Prentiss, of
Waitsfield
Owing to the unfinished condition
of their meeting house the Congrega.
tional church will not this wee.s have
their usual annual roll call.
The mercury last Sunday morning
was IS degrees below zero at the house
of Deacon Edwin Q. Smith
Thomas Sheridan has done quite a
job for Thomas @. Waldo in late
months in the way of carpenter work
on out buildings.
Last Friday was very favorable
day for the sale aud evening entertain
ment Of the Congregational ladies' aid
society, for which great preparation
had been made. The heart and brains
and labor put into the work of getting
ready for and carrying these through
deserved the fine success that was
achieved. 1t tires one almost to think
CT what an amount of work was done
by these women and young ladies for
this occasion. And when one reflects
that this was the third affair of the
kind this season by the women of the
place in the three churches of our viii
iage we can Ieverently say "Heaven
pity and abundanly bless all these
workers. The sum realized from last
fridays sale. etc it is said may be
something over 500. If it were prac-
ticable now to give the names and
list of the deeds of these willing
workers one and all what radiant
showing we could make. May NIL
who are vet tn profit by and enjoy the
fruit ofstheir labors, as it is we sup
pose to go into the renovated church
house, ever remember their labor of
love.
Eugene Marshall moved last week
to Brsintree and Nelson Vassar will
occupy the tenement in Ohauncey
Lougee's house that Mr.. Marshall va
Gated.
Misses Lula and Matte Burnham.