The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-09-11

Mrs. Louisa Clark left for Los Angeles,
Cali, last week.
Miss Mary j. Smith returned to welles-
ley College, Wednesday.
Mrs. Lucius Colby from Manchester,
Mass, has been stopping at 7. b. Colby's.
Mrs. George Dillingham; and daughter
from johnson visited in the place last week.
Mrs. j. T. Boyer of Walla Walla, Wash
ington Territory, who has been visiting
friends here, left for Bennington on Satur-
day.
The Womans Christian Temperance
Union and Loyal Legion will meet with
Mrs. f. b. Fuller, Saturday, September 81.
We hope to see more children present than
before.
The Green Mountain Seminary and Mi
nard Commercial School opened last week
with a full attendance. A pleasant and
profitable term is expected. A. NJ.
Marsh is spending a week or two at the
Seminary. He returns to Harvard College
soon,
West Fairlee.
1t has been decided to amputate John
Chymouth's leg
William Paul and G.. N. Simpson were at
home over Sunday.
Among the visitors in town last week
were Mr.. Krause, owner of the Ely mines,
at the hotel; Phn. Kmball of Nauvoo, ILL.,,
at Mr.. Eastman's.
William A. Simpson and daughter have
been visiting DR.. Simpson. He has lately
returned from France, whittier he went to
fetch home his daughter, who has for the
past year been an art student there.
South Woodbury..
Mrs j. G.. Brown has returned to Boston.
Herbert Lance is at home from Mont.
pelier.
Mark f. Foster has been suffering Sc
verely for some time past from ivy poison
ing, and has been unable to walk.
While DIR. Lance was crossing the bridge
in this place one evening last week, his
horse stumbled on some loose planks and
threw him about fifteen feet, where he
struck on his knees. He was not seriously
injured, but well shaken up. One thill to
his road cart was broken.
Worcester.
Mrs. DIR. Hunt has been to Lebanon, n.
H., visiting sister.
Daniel Massey has gone to New Hamp-
shire to see a sick sister.
A. j. Stone and l.. NJ. Hutchinson 90 to
Hanover, n. H., this week selling fruit
trees.
The next meeting of the Grand Army
post is to be held September ii at two
o'clock in the afternoon. The Woman's
Relief Corps meets at the same time. Mem
bers are requested to bring their wives and
refreshments.
Williamstown.
Will jenkins buried his youngest child
last week.
a son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius
Wright on the 31st ult.
Miss Bernice Sibley is to attend school in
Montpelier again this fall.
Mr. Ichabod Tucker, now of Tunbridge
was in town over Sunday.
There are some cases of sore throat in
town, but no dphtheria that we hear of
Mrs. Bell Parrish Griswold of St. Paul,
Mimi, has been with friends here of late.
1t is said AFRO Reed of East Brookfield is
about to open livery stable in our village.
Sherman Winchester has rented James
Martins house, two miles south of the vii
lage.
The wife of Rev. Walter Davenport of
Waterbury is in town and in quite poor
health.
John Walker is visiting his uncle, George
BiXby, one of the editors of the PldttSburgh
Republican,
Daniel h. Martin has been engaged again
as principal of the Pullman, H., schools for
the coming year.
Mrs. Jane Bailey Martin now of Illinois,
is visiting her brother, George Bailey of
Northheld. She is accompanied by "A daugh-
ter.
Among recent visitors to the old home
here are Mrs Daniel Bacon of Northheld
and Mrs. Lizzie Townsend of Waterbury
Center.
Return S. Davis returns this week with
his family from stay of some years in
Salem, Mass. He will go back to his farm
in the south part of the town.
DR.. f. b. Watson's baby boy has been
very i'll of late, and his life despaired of.
Mrs, Watson's parents of Waitsfield have
been here'for several days past.
religious service is held at four o'clock
on Sunday afternoons at the Folensby
Goodrich school house, at which OrHille II.
Briggs reads, thus far, Talmage's sermons.
The selectmen were out last Saturday
afternoon to lay a road to the building lots
Mr.. John Lynde is about to put on to the
market The location is one of the most
beautiful in our village.
The Willamstown Granite Company is
quarrying very fine stock ar the present
time. Some even claim that it is the best
in the Barre Granite " market. This
company deserves just such success.
j. X. Lynde was again successful with
his " famous horse, Black Dan at the
state fair last week, and, better than all, he
disposed of him there at figures which the
public is left to guess. The price, of course,
was no small one.
place and for some years past resident of
Southampton, Mass, has been visiting
friends in the West for some weeks, and
reached this place last Saturday on her
homeward journey.
For beauty of location, healthfulness,
desrablity for residence, and promise for
the future in business way, what town of
its size hereabouts presents more attrac-
tons, just now, than Williamstown? We
here want TO join hands with everybody
who will come to build up the place in every
worthy way.
Mrs. Alvin Smith and two sons were
called to Plaintield on Friday last by the
burial of the little daughter of DIR. Dudley
b. Smith. She was the sixth child the doc
tor has buried, and it is said to be the sixth
time he has been left childless. We hardly
recall another of our townsmen who has
been more sadly afflicted in this respect.
We assure DIR. Smith and wife of the sim
cere sympathy of friends here.
From Rev Mr.. Palmer, who recently
canvassed the place in the interests Of the
Vermont Bible Society, we get the follow
ing statistics. He found 255 families, fiji
teen of which were Catholic. OF the 993
persons in these families, there were 900
d.. 4 IL,