Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-08
Williamstown Items.

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large company, and OF all ages, assembled
AT the Congregational parsonage on Tuesday
evening OF last week, for donation visit
10 fastor Schofeld and family The time passed
very pleasantly with all, and Mr.. schofeld
expresses himself as being highly grathed with
the visit. Perhaps 1t would be hard to find
pleasanter state OF feeling than exists among the
members oil this Congregational society at the
present time. The ladies OF this society VIII
give an oyster supper at the town hall on Wednes-
oay eve the 10Th inst, to aid in Increasing the
fund Tor new carpet for the Westinghouse
Ihey hope for large patronage The recent
Methodist festival was well attended''..'T The
free-wil Baptist society has been raising funds to
purchase an organ for their church.. Mr and
Mrs Philo Walker Of Danvie were in town last
week. Mr. Walker is a native of this place and
is the father-in-law Of ex-Edtor Eaton OF the
North Star, printed in Danville Miss Laura
Davis Ia visiting Mrs. John A. S. White, in Clare
mont, New Hampshire. Barney Flint has rented
the farm Of his father Calvin Flint for the coming
year His house in the village Is to be occupied
by Jason johnson. There is prospect oil a
greater scarcity OF farm help for the coming sea-
son than in the past and OF higher wages. we
hear OF boy not yet sixteen years OF age who is
to get sl5 a month for six months. A man tells
us OF an offer Of $50 month, house rent and
wood for eight months. This Is less than we
hear OF In an adjoining town, where farm hand
is to get S25 month for twelve months An I'M
portation OF good foreign help, ike that oil
Swedes, will be called for In the present CONDITION
oil things, and II is believed TO be practlcaole py
some OF our people we were recently richly
paid for going to see the barn erected last season
on the Lyman Martin farm by George Lynde oil
Plainheld, and at an expense OF upwards OF
$1,000 The building is eighty-fve feet long,
forty-two wide and sixty high on the basement
side, and has capacity for one hundred tons OF
hay. More than one hundred thirty thousand
feet OF lumber were used in 1t and upwards oil
| three thousand pounds OF nails. II, in internal
arrangements or luxuries, there Is anything lelt
for farm animals to desire, we see not what II
could be- Mr.. Lynde, 1t is supposed looks Tor
ward to home on this farm at some time In the
future, and hence his outlay "a much less ex'
pensve but very hne barn we mad the pleasure Oh
going over, upon the premises oil ). T. Huntington
OF East Randolph, last week MT huntington
has farm oil only one hundred ten acres OF
which he Keeps twenty-six cows fortS-nVe acre.
are under ullage' l-ast year ne RAISED eight nun
bred nifty bushels oil ears oil corn ana iour nun
dred thirty-two oushels oats, which ne ieeds ni
stock In the proportion Oh TWO parts corn on TN
ear ana one OF oats' GROUND together' ms ou''e
Is sent TO Boston ana salem, put up IN the ioriu
handsomely stamped quarter-pound palis ah'
packed In TIN trunks netting nun at 'he preseh
time forty cents per pound, ana the proceeds
the years butter is something IKE glow, IN
only green FODDER led Is oats ana rowen' NO ior
eign fertilizers are used common art taxes IN
| place OF muck as an hOsorDenti ana nttle o