The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-12

sent in by the ladies who wish to organize
Womans Relief Corps here. - The
next meeting of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union is to be held at Il. j.
Fishs. - Mr.. G. Dudley and family of
Montpelier are visiting here. - Justin
Gallup, for some years with Jordan IL
Marsh, is visiting here. 80 James Gay is
at home - Many of our old soldiers are
attending a reunion at Windsor. to-day.
- The Gay Brothers are employing
large number of hands in their wooden man
ufactory. N. G.. Preston's corn was
badly damaged by some night-prower last
Saturday evening. A quantity was carried
away.
WiIliamstown.
ID. CROSBY LEWIS formerly of this town,
died at his home, not far from Waukegan,
Illinois, on the 9th ult, aged nearly seventy
seven years. He went from this place many
years ago and was the last one of his fathers
family. He was three times married and
leaves family of children. He was prom
inent member of the Methodist church of
his town. - The George w. Jillson who
died July II in Sheffield, Vt, is supposed to
be the brother of the late Nathaniel Jilson
of this place. He was in his seventy-second
year. - The sad news has been received
of the death of one of the little twin daugh-
ters of Mr.. and Mrs Horace Flint of Gibbon,
Nebraska. 1t was caused by diphtheria.
She was about eight years of age. The
parents may feel assured of the warm sym
pathy of friends here in this their first sor-
row of the kind. - DR.. Jackson of Barre
went through here on Thursday last to
counsel with Deacon Frank ii. Newelfs
Brooktield physician regarding his lamenta-
BILE case of paralysis. 1t will rejoice Mr..
Newell's many friends if, as we hear, the
case seems not hopeless one to these
physicians. - Rev. II. X. Cram of West
Berlin, who ministers to the Free Baptist
church here, came over in the middle of last
week to work on the repairs being made on
the meeting-house-an indication OF interest
in his work here. - A second instance
of that brotherly kindness that "exalt-
eth ~ town was shown last week, and
again in the south part of the town. 1t was
hay-making " bee " at the farm of the late
Silas Bohanon, who was recently killed.
- Rev. Alonzo Webster recently occu-
pied the pulpit of his brother, Rev. Harvey
Webster, in the Methodist house here. Mr.
Webster resides in Orangeburgh, South Car
DINA, where he is president of the Baker
Theological Institute He is also connected
with the management of the Claf1in Uni
versity there. Some weeks ago he came
| North with his wife, nee Miss Laura A
Peaseley, formerly well-knOwn here, and
who died soon after, of a cancerous trouble,
at the home of her son, physician in Brat
tleboro. She is said to have done good
work in the South, having given her serv-
| ices for two years or more as matron at the
Clatlin University. Rev. Mr.. Webster now
returns to his work in the South - DR..
| j. c. Briggs gives us second report of his
experiments with cocaine in extracting
teeth, which is much more favorable than
the first one for the new anesthetic. He
| now regards it as success. AT the same
rate he pays for the very small quantity of
the drug he buys it would cost about two
| thousand dollars per pound. - One
comes ofeel here that Prentiss Waldo meets
with loss worth talking about when, as
! lately, he loses even a very young colt. We
| lrnnu pf M farmer here whose stock of This
kind rates higher than his. - The pro-
posed reunion of ex-members of our legisla-
lures recalls the fact that there are at least
seven such in this town, Enoch Howe be-
ing the oldest one. He is upwards of ninety
years of age. - One may expect a jolly
time when lot of old college friends get
together, as did number of Dartmouth
"boys" at DIR. Charles w. McClearn's resi-
dence lately. Widely scattered in life, 8
lawyer, doctor, minister, banker anG
several teachers came together again for 8
renewal of "auld acquaintance" - II
might not always be pleasant to " see our
selves as others see u.s." but it is pleasant tc
know that some others see the scenery o
our place as some of us here do. For in
stance, a friend, whose work has taken hin
about the state and into Northern New
York. of late, tells us of finding our Gul
widely known and admired, and this to al
extent quite surprising to himself. One o
our Vermont friends, who has for many
years resided in the West and whose mme
date surroundings are unsurpassed in beaut,
by anything we know of as belonging {,
other friends there, recently writes very en-
Enthusiastically of our New England scenery
New England, without sin, would b.
heaven to her" she says. - In his ser
mons of the last two Sabbaths, Rev. X. ID
Miller has tittingly alluded to the life ant
death of General Grant The themes of tn
! sermons were " Characteristics of the Goo
Soldier of the Cross and " Service" ant
they We're, as usual, treated Interestingly
and profitably. - DIR. Charles w
McClearns treatment of Donnie Earle ha
been very successful and the latter seem
now to be likely to escape fever. -
Miss Ella Martin is to teach a fall term o
I school in the Wesley NJ. Seaver district t
begin the last of this month. - Miss e.
vira Jillson is taking a deserved vacatio
from her work in Manchester, N. H., an
will, during her stay in Vermont, visit thi
her old home - Charles c. Barnes an
son have returned from their encampmen
in the Adirondacks. - Mrs. j. f. Aims
worth goes to Claremont n. H., this week
to visit friends, and thence for short sta
, in and about Boston. - Our ex-town'
; man, John Greene, has returned from wor
in New York city to his farm in Mortified
With son of his own and a son of hi
t brother Darwin of New York, he last wee
} revisited some of the old haunts about her
3 familiar to him as a boy. - Miss Hele
v Tarbell, teacher of a private school i
g Quincy, Mass, was in town last week, tn
= guest of Mrs Charles Tarbell - Care
Watson is visiting his wifes friends i
d, Waitsteld, preparatory to a return Yves
a -" Nat" Simons returned West las
: week. His family will remain East for
5 season. - Old Mr.. and Mrs. Peters
e Chelsea were the guests of Mr. and Mrs
1 j. H. Merrill last Friday.