The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-05

man; No g. Hattie Church: No 9, Lillian
Sprague; No. 10, Mrs. Clara Thompson;
No. II, Mary Howard; No. a. Bertha Ham
mond; No. 16, Nellie Brown. All but Miss
Moses were trained in the Normal School,
and she is graduate of the Graded School.
- Rev. Homer White, who recently re-
signed the rectorship of our Episcopal
church, has been with us nearly five years.
lie has also been rector of Grace church at
the Center during the time. Laboring with
the two churches has been too much for his
strength, and in going to Northfield his
work will be lessened nearly one-half. Mr..
White and his estimable wife have made
many friends here, who regret to have them
leave town. - Ten head of fine JERSEYS,
purchased at the combination stock sale
in New York last week, have just arrived
at the Green Mountain Stock Farm
here. Some of them came from Europe.
- AT the annual meeting of the Epis-
copal church the following officers were
elected: Loren Griswold, Dr. A. Kendrick
j. ID. Denison, Frank Griswold and l.. p.
Thayer, vestrymen; Frank Griswold and
Il. +. Thayer, wardens; j. ID. Denison, dele
gate to the convention at Bellows Falls.
- About twenty-five couples attended
the May-day ball given by the Mechanics
band orchestra. - Hon. w. II. Dubois
has purchased the Dominick VIM farm
adjoining his own farm on the Center road.
George Moulton has bought the Wal
ter Wyman farm, which joins his. -
Rev. MIR. Perry, pastor of the Center Con-
gregatiOnal church, has decided to remain
another year. =- Hon n. l.. Boyden had
valuable horse severely injured on barb
wire fence at the Center recently. -
Mrs Ezra Jewell has purchased Rev.
Homer Whites place on South Pleasant
street. - Mrs. Frank Woodbury. of
California will spend the summer with her
mother, Mrs. e. Blodgett, at the Center.
- Mrs. Henry Hastings and Frank
Griswold have removed the fences in front
of their houses. - l.. G. Fowler and FL
mer Butterfeld have each bought new
visiting in Bethel and Royalton. - DR..
II. II. Mcintyre has rented his pleasant
house on Randolph avenue to a Brooklyn,
n. Y, party during the warm months.
- George Putnam has taken the posi-
ton of telegraph operator at Groveton juno
ton, N. II. - Mrs. Kimball, mother
of Hon. Robert Kimball, has returned from
Ohio, where she has spent the winter.
- Orville Allen of Hyde Park Mass,
was the guest of A. A. Smith last week.
- Mrs George Peck of White River
Junction was visiting in town last week.
- Miss Ella Bakely has been visiting
in Bethel
STAFFORD.
CHARLES j. SLEEPER has purchased OF
Josie b. Durkee the Nelson Snow farm
- HAL Cotton sells to James r. Hayes
the Flood farm. - e. f. Sanborn has
moved his goods and tin-shop machinery to
II. G. Gilkey's old store at the Lower vii
lage - Nearly all our district schools
began Monday In the two villages the
school-houses have been repaired and re-
painted, and in each of these districts three
terms have been voted. In the Upper Viii
lage Miss Mary l.. Page of Newbury teaches
and Minnie Bartlett at the Lower Village
| hall in, Ia.
Clough district, Daisy Davidson; at "the
City," Bertha Preston; in the Baldwin dis
trct, Edith Preston; on Kibling Hill, Ruby
Harding; Minnie Kent in the Carpenter dis
trict; Mamie Kendall in her own, No. 10
Cora Adams in the Dodge district, and
Mamie Hart at home, in No. II. - AR
Dor day was well observed here. Some
seventy-five or eighty trees were set in and
near the Upper Village - Grand Army
Post Henry Dow will observe Memorial day
on Monday. 1t is hoped that our citizens
will turn ont in good numbers An inter
esting programme is promised. - NJ. F
Preston has sold his yearling Devon bull
Theory" No. 3,472, to G. w. Brown o
Sharon. His Devon cow, " Bell Juno,
No. 4,503, dropped male calf the Odd ult
that weighed one hundred twelve pounds.
Tunbridge.
Mr.. AND Mrs. JOHN BALLoU gave a larg,
number of their friends a May-day part,
last Saturday. The boys have had
monopoly of the May basket trade so far
- Bessie Standish of West Randolph
teaches in district No. Is, Mary Burbank o
Chelsea in No. 10, Ella Wells in No. 3, CARR
Drew of Barre in No. IL and Hattie Gay il
No. IA. - The Grand Army Post will
| give free campfire in about two weeks
- Mrs S. e. Hall has gone to Chicag
| to visit her son, Norman. - Miss Hannal
Folsom and nephew, Wesley Folsom, hav
returned from their winters sojourn il
| Florida. - Some plum-trees in thi
village were in blossom last Friday. -
DR.. f. j. Fish moved into the Griffith hous
last Saturday. He is well.
Williamstown.
WE recently read a letter from man il
a distant section of the country who was
native of this place, but went away year
ago to live. He gets the WATCHMAN oC
casionally, and finds among the temZe
names some that of course are familiar, AM
others that he knows nothing of. In thi
| letter he asks about certain persons whor
we have occasionally mentioned, who's
names are like household words here, bu
who are entire strangers to him, such is tn
| change constantly going on, though so III
consciously to those who have always live'
here. 1t may seem painful that in so shor
time the names most familiar now will b
! almost or wholly forgotten, and the in
portant places now filled by living person
! Will he nlled by others VINO nave nardl
heard of the present occupants. 1t is in
sense humiliating, too, and may possibl
lead some one to think il doesn't matter $
much, after all, what ones life is, it goes on
so soon and so soon to be forgotten. But i
this same letter our old townsman speaks Q
some of the noble ones who have lived an
died here, whose memories las were thei
lives) are a benediCtion. And in this fact
that such lives are never lost and their in
tluence never dies-one may find consolation
and inspiration to do ones part well. -
The real worth of what men designate
good time " doesn't appear at first. TIL
other day resident of another town, ridin
with MS, told us of an experience he had i
a Williamstown farmers family as a hire
man many years ago. He went to his frs
work on dull Monday morning and foun
the family around the table playing euchrt
He was set to work at once as a playe
in the game. Noon came, and after dinner
when he asked for work, he was told h
might keep on with the family at their game
and thus the day went. He had dollar c
more for that days work(?) and by this on
day the family is to be sampled. he &c
his pay for the time he was there, though a
the creditors of his employer We're not $
fortunate. The family of course went dow
and ont. Not one of them lives here now
We forbear adding more OF them. But ism
it worth deal of study to be able to te
just what will prove in the long run, to hav
been " a good time?" - We believe on
comparison with surrounding towns, fo
musical attainments. Before us is an articl
on the subject that it might be well if a
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