The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-08
Williamstown.

EASTER SUNDAY failed to be observed in
either Of the churches in any special manner.
WE are told that Ophir s. Martin has re
fused an offer OF $500 for his matched span
of horses.
THE Congregational ladies' society gave
sugar festival at the town hall on Tuesday
evening OF this week.
DIR. CHARLES w. McCLEARN, who has
visited the far West, tells us he thinks a
young man going West would find Wyoming
Territory the best place to locate in.
WE know of no one here getting the start
OF b. #. Sibley in the making Of maple
sugar this season. He carries on General
II. Bass sugar-place. Not much sugar has
yet been made here.
THOMAS POLAND will this season make
change from farm work to working at tho
carpenters trade with Human j. Jersey.
Mr.. Hersey is to build large barn for
Edison Martin the coming season.
SOME one inquiries for Jas. Poor, brother
of Darius Poor and former resident here.
We learn he is living in Florida whittier he
went for his health. He has family, and
works at the carpenters trade there.
OUR selectmen have asked Herbert p.
Martin to care for the roads in his own and
the AFRO Nichols district, Wallace Martin
for those in his own and the village district,
and Ophir s. Martin for those in his own
district.
SEVERAL wild geese, in their flight north
ward, rested for a short time last week on
Prentiss Waldo's place. Since we are de-
MED the governmental weather predictions,
it is good to get this signal " Of proba-
BILE warmer weather in the future.
b. f. SHELLEY was chosen committee
for the village school district last week
Tuesday. A summer term Of twelve weeks
and winter term OF fourteen weeks were
voted at that time. A school tax of only
| txya 70 10 col a
| IT seems like doing a man favor to call
his special attention to the open letter y
of John III. Wigmore on Political Work
for Young Men" in the January Century
Magazine, and also the article by Theodore
Roosevelt, Phases Of State Legislation "
in the April number of the same magazine
| IL one has not read them.
THE funeral services OF Mrs. Catherine
| Cram, wife of the late Allen Cram, took
place Thursday, March Goth. She died o.
heart disease Tuesday, March oath, after ar
| illness of eight months. She was devoted
wife and mother. The funeral services
were conducted by Mrs. Lizzie Manchestel
of West Randolph. The floral tributes wer,
| beautiful. She was sixty-eight years old
and leaves four sons and three daughters.
Mrs. j. X. DARLING of Chelsea, daughter
of Rev. Harvey Webster, died at her father
house here on Sunday morning last, at tn,
age of thirty-six years. She had long beer
devoted member of the Methodist church
The funeral services were held at clever
o'clock Tuesday forenoon at the Meth
odist church, Presiding Elders Spencer an,
Cooper, and Revs. Sherburne and Wheele
of Barre and Rev. j. e. Knapp of Chelsea
conducting the services.
REV. ID. r. MILLER preached an excellen
sermon on Fast day from the text, Who i
my neighbour" The subject of the discours
was the freedmen of the South as on
mil l,1 m. hor ha 1itty Af u
ing both religious and secular educa
ton. If one might well covet the honor @
having done anything to bring about tn
emancipation of the slaves, should he nc
covet as much the honor of doing what no,
needs to be done for them in these ways?
OUR ladies' reading club, organized yea
or more ago, has evidently come to stay. r,
gardingit as most praiseworthy for the goo
it is accomplishing in various ways, an
worthy and easy of imitation in places lik
this, some account of it may not be amiss. Til
club includes nearly score of ladies. The
are by no means persons of leisure eithe
We have none such here. With but yer
few exceptions, we believe, they are will
out help in their home work. Some of thei
have the care of some of the foremost farm
in the place. Age or sect are no barriers I
admission to the club, for we can count rel
resentatives of at least three sects and tw
generations. An earnest desire for in
provement, love of study. willingness
,, work, would seem to be passport to men
bership for one ardently wishing it. II
organization is delightfully."- free from const
, tuition, bylaws, membership fees, fine
( officers, etc.-the only officer being pres
dent, and this one Office not having bee
! created till comparatively recently. tt
, textbook of all the readings, thus far, Ia
, been Shakespeare. To some one of the clu
. as play is to be taken up, is given the wol
of assigning the characters to the warrior
members of the club, and this in season Il
each to prepare herself for the readings. III
= historical plays were first read An inval
- able feature of these readings was I'll
v papers prepared by members on the histo
: ical characters of the plays, the importal
I events of the different reigns-civil, reli
: ious, literary, with discoveries, invention
. etc. Perhaps each member of the club ca
v say, as one of the oldest did to us, that 81
! "never knew so much of English histol
n before" The helps and research needle
r for these papers will readily be seen. II
3 cyclopedia, book, magazine, or the like, tn
}. can shed light on any chosen topic, in Il
k possession of one member, is passed over
!. the member needing it, thus mutually al
n ing one another. The meetings of the eli
+ are for the most part held weekly and
It an afternoon, from two till nearly ii
It o'clock. The pronunciation OF words in d
d readings is carefully criticised. Classic
1. illusions are also carefully looked up al
d explained These readings are kept up wi
IS unabating interest. And do they pay
o will some cynic ask? Let him ask sol
e member of the club for all of the answ,
1t is given ourself to stand only in :" t
Gentle court" but we see and hear enou
:. to say, !" thousand times, yes"
J. TRACY l.. JEFFoRDs is taking few da,
4 vacation from the University of Vernon
e He is looking finely. - Miss Lu,
a Hartman is laid aside by sickness in Bar
s. where she taught last winter. - Aly
n Flint continues very feeble, his mind bel
n temporarily unhinged. His physician 81
re hopes somewhat for him, though - NJ
g Ennice Burnham will reside with her nie'
t. Mrs. Henry Howard Of Randolph,
st stead of Mrs. Prentiss Waldo of this pla'
10 as reported last week. - Mrs. Jose
Y. Norris and her adopted daughter return
ID last week from winter in Northern NJ
: York.
he GrOtOn.-Henry Taisey has gone to Bost
s. to work during the summer. 49, Il
C. small shipments of new sugar have be
: made. - An Easter concert was held
o. the Matho1ist church last Sunday