The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-22

Miss Ruth Lille is quite ill. - Charlie
Southworth is to keep the hotel through the
fair, it is said. He was formerly in the
Orange County Hotel Chelsea, and is very
fine fellow. - Mrs. Mary A. Riddall is
a little more comfortable. 80 NJ. r. King
has been in Boston the past week. -
The factory has been shut down for few
days ON account of low water. 80 Mrs.
s. Il. Hayward is very sick. - Mrs. Ma
hala Foster died last Friday. after short
illness. - Martin Noyes is working at
South Royalton on Henry Manchester's
building. 49, Lizzie Morse is quite i'll, as
is also Mr.. l.. f. BuzZell and his son Clinton.
West Fairlee.
The remains of Samuel Smith, formerly
of this town, were buried here on Monday.
- Mr.. e. p. George returned from his
European tour last week He left Boston
July Sth, on the steamer "Cephalonia," and
reached Liverpool the 18th. He visited
Scotland, spent a week in London, another
week in Paris and about ten days in
Switzerland. In Germany he visited
Heidelberg, Frankfort, Weisbaden, and went
down the Rhine to Cologne, BRUSSELS and
Antwerp, and back to London and Chester,
and sailed for home August 31st. He was
not at all seasick and had a delightful trip,
crowded full of sightseeing and other enjoy
ments, but he is more than ever satisfied to
| live in America. - There was a sharp
frost here Monday night, but crops were
mostly out of danger.
WiIIiamstown.
Two instances of the importance of TAX
| ing receipts when money is paid out have
! just come to our knowledge. One of our
farmers tells us that few months ago he
! handed a man twenty dollars to be endorsed
on note, but took no receipt for it. The
holder of the note sckened and died, and
| the note now fails to show the promised en-
dorsement. With no witness to the trans
action, il cannot be otherwise than annoying
tn thalpu ff tbp A nntbur Of ON
farmers was called upon to pay bill to "a
company outside the state. But having pre-
viously paid it, and taken receipt from a
former agentin the company's employ, he was
safe, though the company, it was claimed had
| never received this and certain other sums
collected by the defauting agent. - ia
recent meeting our Ladies' Reading Club
decided upon course of study which will
| occupy, perhaps, many months to come.
| The history and literature of our own coun-
| try is to be the theme of this course. The
next meeting will have as its subject The
Mound builders" AS has before been stated,
any ladies in town who desire to join the
club will be sure of "A warm welcome, the
only " fitness " required being a desire and
willingness to study and work. Without
doubt the institution of this club has already
proved an invaluable blessing to those who
have made the most OF it, as it likely will
continue to do. - Nelson Carleton is on
a western trip. He is visiting Dakota, where
HIS SlSltTS, ILuHd anu EdllUlt, result.
Miss Julia McCarty's select school has in
creased quite large per cent in the num-
Der of pupils since she first began. We hear
only pleasant things said of the school
- We had the pleasure the other day OF
meeting an ex-Vermonter, whom we knew
as a young man years ago, and who is now
"A wholesale dealer in one of our largest
cities. He has had his own way to make in
the world, and the history of his success
could hardly fail to have some valuable
lessons for young men. He began work for
a merchant on SIG a month and found, y
, and from that time till he commanded a
salary of $1,000 year as a travelling man
he said he ARRAYS SdCed something Of has CdgeS
The contrast between his early plain living
, in one of the quiet little back towns of Yer
mont and that of to-day, when his living eX
penses are thousands of dollars yearly, is Of
; course great enough. And yet he has
lived long enough and seen enough to
feel and say to MS that " it seems better tC
him that family should grow up com
PEELED to plain living, work, economy and
dependence upon self, than in homes o
great wealth" Really, is there any oc
casion to envy the possessors of such wealth
They would likely be the first to say nay
- Mrs. Joel II. Shepherd, who was $,
seriously injured by a fall last December, il
able to go about again with crutch and cane
+ and may yet be able to dispense with these
, though quite way past three-score and ten
- As one of the lamentable signs of til,
times, we mention the fact that some of GU
successful farmers in the very prime of life
l are now wanting to sell or rent, and engag,
, in other work here or elsewhere. Since it il
doubtless true of other places as well it ma,
well employ the wisest heads to find a remed,
for it all - Captain Tilton of NorthtielC
3 has been in town of late to attend to tn,
} cleaning of monuments. - j. NJ. Seave
has been appointed administrator of the es
| tate of the late Alvin Flint in place o
Lewis Flint deceased. Mrs Lewis Flint i,
to administer on the estate of her husband
Y - Myron Flint has returned to hi
work of bookkeeping in Newark, n. j.
= from which he was called away some week
ago by the sickness and death of his father
4 Lewis Flint. - Mrs. Chester Martil
/. has turned her steps homeward from Glen
$ coe, Mimi, where she has been with
= daughter for some months past. She is Wis
g iting friends on the way. - Charles
a Barnes went to Canada few weeks ago t,
e his work of canvassing. - Misses Adj
t e. Flint and Lucina Durham have jus
. returned from seasons work in a hotel a
Old Orchard Beach, Maine. - A daugh
n ter was born to Mr.. and Mrs. George Will
: Jams on Monday of last week. - Melvil
a Burnham has taken the farm of Mr.. Err
e Walker on Chelsea West Hill for series q
. years and expects, we hear to move on to
= in November next. 80 Albert r. Martin
$ who was in attendance at the recent Water
. bury fair as judge in some department
= was taken sick there and compelled t
$ remain few days. Since his return
e home he has been confined to the be,
$ some part of the time. - Mrs. b. +
: Sibley and children were with friend
. in Winoosli a part of last week. 80
e Sanford Dutton has sold the Wrigh
{ place" to Willis Sanborn of Chelsea 70
q 81 1000. - Misses Clara and Eda Lazell
4 are at home on vacation from Quechee
+ These young ladies', with commendable yea
= and courage, are, we believe, paying wit
e their earnings for the place ON which thei
g parents live. = Mr.. and Mrs Henr
n Martin of the northwest section of the plac
h 1--WE have only three families of that name i
i town are camping out with Rev. and Mrs
J Harvey Webster at Highgate Springs. 80
g III. ID. Abbott is rejoicing in greatly in
: proved health. His friends rejoice wit
him. - Henry York's family, living O
+ the old Glysson place, would natural
/. dread fire, having once been burned out be
=, fore coming here, and with the loss of every
. thing but the garments worn at night
e Twice of late their present abode has take
i fire (once in the night, owing to a defectiv
= chimney. - Fannie Simons, daughter c
!, Lucius 5. Simons, is at home from Middle
n town, Conn, on "A vacation -= Messrs
q John Perry and Henry Poole are about t
a begin carpenter-work for l.. H. Bolster c
Barre. - Liberty Jeffords has taken
job OF work as a carpenter in East Mont
n pelier. - Our young townsman, Warne
/, Colby, has just entered into partnershi
y with George j. Town of Barre, dealer i