The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-12-05

Williamstown.

RRv. CHARLES NICHOLS Of Boston began his
work here last Sunday evening. We hope our
townsmen will all hear him.
THE ladies In charge OF the coming Christmas
festival at the Congregational house are plan
ming for something pleasant, and out OF the
ordinary line here.
The Congregational ladies' society's custom
airy sociable will be varied by musicale at
Mrs. J. X. Lynde's, ere long. Mrs. Lynde will
make 1t worth attending.
TESTIMONY to tho superior worth Of the
granite taken from one OF our WILLIAMSBURG
ouarries accumulates. We only regret that
Barre gets the lions share OF the good Of 1t all.
THERE will be donation visit at the Congre-
gational parsonage on Wednesday afternoon
and evening OF next week, the 18th Inst. Men,
bers OF this society are invited to spread the
news" Of this visit.
MRS. SARAH (FLrST) CLARK Of Oshkosh, Wis
consin. has had the cemetery lot here, In
which her father and mother are buried, curbed,
and slabs Of MARBLE with large open spaces In
the center for flowers, laid over the graves.
The work, unlike anything we have before
seen, was done by Howe & Co. of Mortified
FORTUNATELY for our town, 1t Is usually
quite free from litigation. But Of late we are
getting taste of 1t, horse-trades being at the
bottom Of one or two cases. George Williams
and w. d. Hooker OF Barre are to have suit
tie more care in your trade, gentlemen, and
there may be more butter" for yourselves
and less for the lawyers.
WE were complaining OF the total depravity OF
type that made two items recently read exactly
opposite to what we wrote them and were
told the following story: One Of our townsmen
has an acquaintance that was at one time In
the dead letter department at Washington.
When the government has done all In jts power
to find the owners OF the many thousand dol
lars worth Of property annually sent the dead
letter office, the property for which no owners
can be found is advertised and sold at auction.
Each article is numbered, and sold by this
number. At one time, three fur caps were to
be thus sold. The clerk who furnished copy to
the printers of the advertisement had the sur
prise OF finding his three fur caps" read
"three tin cups" Sold as they were by the
rumber attached, the "caps" were sold for
"cups," and brought eight or ten cents each,
and the government was left "bare-headed " tn
the amount OF quite good many dollars in
that sale.
WE passed very pleasant evening with Con-
ductor Frank w. Flint, recently, in which he
told US Of some Of the pleasant experiences In
his recent round trip of some thousands of
with good many beautiful views, which could
not fail to make an American proud Of his
country. Mr.. Flint was the only conductor In
the party from New England. He told OF one
exciting experience when, In coming down a
mountain in Colorado the train got away from
the control OF the trainmen. The engineer re-
versed the steam Of his locomotive, but in spite
OF that, and all that could be done with the
brakes down, the train went some eighteen or
twenty miles before 1t was brought under con-
troll 1t was condition Of things that evil
IDENTIFY cannot be appreciated by one not famil-
lar with those mountain railroads. Accompanied
by Williamstownian living in Leadville, Col
orado, Mr.. Flint visited several of the gamb-
ling houses in the city. Strange to say, in ea oh
one the first thing to be seen on entering was
Bible. Then came the bar, and then the
gambling tables. They were not inviting
places. according to our notion.
CLARENCE HERsEY is an assayer In Lead
vile, Colorado. His brother, Henry Hersey,
for some time cadet in Lewis college, North.
field, is preparing for the United States signal
service, and isstudyng just now at Washington,
ID. c.. Willis Gale Is soon expected home
from Massachusetts, and will teach music
hereabouts the coming winter. We shall be
Flint has purchased building lot in Barre OF
Rev. G. L. Wells of this place. :. Friends OF
our former citizens, DIR. Cornelius Lynde and
wife-nee Miss Hattie Sprague-will be glad to
know they are getting pleasantly located 10
their new home in Waterbury,. MRS.
Elisha X. Burnham is in feeble health. She
became unconscious on her way from Mont
pelier not very long ago, and Is confined to her
home. Melvin Burnham has had siege Of
diphtheretic sore throat. ~ Edward Aims
worth Of Iowa is expected here by friends this
week.. Thanksgiving, AZ usual, brought
home some Of our NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., and
among them were Mrs. Mary (Bass) Clark and
daughters Of Randolph, Miss Julia Bass, DR..
Charles Gale of Rutland, and Carl Adams OF
Dartmouth corege.. Ora Blanchard has con.
tracssd -9ocl Of nearly one hundred turkeys
at twenty an Is per pound, and Marcus Smith
traa tad at tha v,rto -aI
for future delivery. :. Mrs Mary Lathror
Crane has returned from the West. A brothe 81
who has been farming in Minnesota has sold
| out and returned with her.