Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07
Wllllamstown Items.

The Congregational church and society Of
this place will mako their annual donation
visit at the parsonage, on Friday Of next week,
the 10th inst, The Free Baptists entertained
their pastors, Elders Dckey tof Washington
and Grain (of Berlin) Mt their Westinghouse. on
Thursday last. dinner was served, and dona-
ttons IN the amount Of over twenty dollars were
brought in 1t speaks well for the prevalence Of
musical culture here that In each Of the
cloirs OF the Methodist, Free-Baptist, and Con-
gregationalist-and we are not sure but the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. there are at least four
persons who can furnish instrumental music for
worship, II need be. And now we want some
lesson-givinR In the art OF haud-shaking" Who
doesn't feel that good, hearty hand-shake IL a
means OF grace" ms has well been said But
is It, by remorseless etiquette, or for any other
cause. to he banshed to the realm Of the "lost
art" The man who IL determined to give a
"side-wise" shake, when you are a. d. termined
tn give an "up-and-dovn one or the man who
nuts yon In terror lest his shake" will leave
crushed hand or dslocated shoulder, can he borne
With But when, with heart full OF good feeling
yon grasp hand IN find II rs unresponsve as
piece Of rope would be, that Ia too much to bear
Give us some professors OF hand-shaking. =. DR.
Bailey has bargained for the old Doctor Perry 3"
house, and will soon move into IT, With the al
terations thst the doctor will make in due time
probably. the place will be desirable one. .
Barney Flint will return to his house In the viii
lage to live .Tenements are likely to be in bet
ter demand here than thew have been. Super.
inendent Erwin Martin il finishing out the school
In his district Our rainfall AMI snow fall keeper
reports that up to Thursday last, sixty inches Of
snow have fallen here this winter and more has
fallen since. Our farmers seldom have had 10
devote more time to road breaking than they do
this winter. One doesn't naturally associate
poetry with pulling and plugging of teeth
But Wiliamstown doctor, "Gid" Dickinson,
dentist in Milford, Mass, has written a volume
~ Poems and Essays" which the well-known
publishing firm. A. Williams & Co Of Boston
viii issue the 10th OF this month. This fact has
led Us tn search out anv others Of our townsmen
who have written book Many of our older
citizens will recall one John Fletcher, who years
ago went to Louisiana to live, and who wrote
quite large work in defense Of slavery AZ a d.
vine institution and sanctioned by the Bible It
was said to be an able work by those who he
heved as he did concerning slavery In mark ed
contrast with Mr.. Fletcher and his large volume
of more than six hundred pages, we notice
another OF our townsmen, Alanson Work, and a
volume published by him. entitled Prison Lie
and H affections, and OF which he was sort OF
Joint author. 1t contains an account Of his tn rec
and one-half years imprsonm In the Missouri
state penfeniary, from 1888 tn 1S41, Ito which he
was sentenced for twelve years), for the crime Of
iberating slaves. In 1919 this hook had passed
into its third edition. and no doubt. II was rich
contribution to the stream OF anti-slavery ltera-
ture which finally swept 1.-THE institution" from
tie land II 1t was a mistaken zeal on Mr.
Works part that brought him to prison, his book
shows that he was one OF T" the worlds heroes &"
and the man and the book ought TO he better known
by his townsmen than 1t probably is Another
OF our writer's il Miss Caroline Paine, daughter Of
Judge Paine, who has given an account OF her
eastern travels in pleasant volume called "Tent
and Harem." DR. Martyr Paine. son Of Judge
Paine, has, we believe, made one more vau-
able contributions to medical literature. ....
A student OF the Canton, N Y, Universalist
Seminary il supplying the Universalist pulpit
here each Sabbath afterno m, during vacation
OF few weeks. The schools OF our town pro-
pose To- urite In an entertainment on Friday eve
ning, the I'D inst, to consist Of rhetorical exer-
ciSes. music, etc pleasant occasion will doubt
less be made Of IT,. Gto-ge Martin has sold his
team t. Frank Sibley. who in addition to his
farming, will do the hauling Of freight from Barre
dpnnt