The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-31

IL was tnere tnat our tOwn-life began, though
hardly sign now remains to indicate the
fact. AS matter of local interest. what
boon 1t would be IL some member of this
gifted family, which was so large part of
the beginning of the place, would write out
what might properly be given of the story
of this home. 80 Mrs Perkins Bass and
her older son, student in Harvard College,
are in London, Eng. 60 Mr.. and Mrs.
Myron III. Bass are taking an outing in
Colorado For months Mrs. Bass has been
under the treatment of Chicago physicians
for bronchial trouble. 80 Very ENJOYABLE
to us has been the visit of Rev. Josiah
Jones of Wales in the past week His in
terest in his sons parish is something
grand paternal. We have been Interested
in ferreting out some of his first Impressions
of this new world. 1t may be that his idea
OF the average Yankee physique had been
gotten from the customary representation of
Uncle Sam But he finds the Yankees
far from being-all of them-the long, lank
fellows he had expected to see. He is
greatly panied to see the contrast between
this and his own Sunday keeping land, but
what will he say when he has made the
tour of the West? He may be trusted, how
ever, to find out the best side of America
and the American people he meets, and
whom already he seems heartily to enjoy
His short stay here has been benedction
and we earnestly hope for his return in
November, and one or more addresses upon
matters pertaining to Wales, so rich in its
history and its people. - Miss Annie
NJ. Benedict, who went to California more
than year ago with impaired health, is
greatly improved. She has Just engaged
for several months of teaching there at S75
per month. 60 Captain Milton Martin
some eighty years of age, was thrown from
a mower, last week, with the result of a
broken arm. - The widow of a brother
OF &. &. Barnes, whose home is in Lawrence
N V, is visiting here. - The Central
Vermont Railroad Company occasionally
stops its trains, on its Willamstown branch,
at three crossings between here and South
Barre, to take on and let off passengers.
- William Witherell is able TO be
about some on crutches. - One of our
farmers cites the hay season of G3 as being
perhaps even worse than the present wet
and diScouraging one. A good deal Of hay
ing, he says, was not done then on the 18th
OF August. We notice some potato fields
hereaboutS that have been much injured by
rust - Master Roy Ralph, now of Som
erville, Mass, is rusticating at his grand
fathers here. 60 Rev. +. w. Hamblin
will exchange next Sabbath with Rev. G.
II. Farnsworth of Plainfeld. 60 On her
way TO the old home here Mrs. j. f.. Aims
worth of Iowa arrived last week at Bur-
lington, VT, where she is the guest of Mrs.
Alfred X. Ballard. - Rev. Alvaro
Webster was recently so unfortunate as to
lose horse. - A son was recently born
to Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Walbridge.
Caledonia County.
GRoToN.-Large numbers of trout are
being taken from the brooks and ponds
weighing from one.fourth to one pound
each. 60 Arrangements will be made by
the Sunday-school for the annual picnic at
the Summit, which occurs August 8. -
Mrs. f. p Clark of st. Louis, Mo- is ex-
pected to spend a few weeks at the parson-
age with her sister, Mrs. Bushnell. -
The ladies will hold lawn party at Moses
Whitchell's on Friday evening.
HARDwIcK.-A delegation of twenty
seven fresh-air children from New York
came here last week Tuesday and were dis
tributed among different families in this
pace and vicinity, to remain two weeks.
| - Cerebro spinal meningitis is prevail
ing in this vicinity to some extent, but out
/ OF several cases so far reported only one
death has occurred, that of a twelve-year-
! old son of V. ID. Miles. - Rev. A. b.
Blake is confined to his house by sickness.
He was unable to attend to his pastoral
| duties on Sunday. - =. j. Goodrich and
family of Woburn, Mass, are in town His
| two year-old son has been seriously ill with
| spinal meningitis. - James l.. Bullock
has sold all his farm land near this village.
deciding the last and largest area to A. b.
Thomas, ESQ. the past week. Thomas
purchase was about seventy acres, mostly
on the west side of the road to Wolcott.
| - b. Thomas is preparing for active
! WOIh III utNtlOpluB MS granite quarry prop
! erty near Buck pond, in Woodbury., by
| building a suitable road from it to the pres
ent highway. - Many fields of oats are
rusting and potatoes are blighting in some
localities Dry, clear weather seems neces-
sary to save the crop from serious damage.
- Adams Philbrick is to move soon to
/ c. {. Collins house near the east end of
| Church street. - Mrs. Hattie j. Hatha-
way and daughter of Manchester, n. H.,
are now here spending their summer vaca-
/ ton. - Kelso x Leonard's farm barn
| at the Center was burned on the 24th It
| is thought the fire was caused by Spontane-
! GUS combustion from heating of clover hay
/ put in too green, as no one was known to
/ be i'll the barn later than noon, and the fire
was discovered about four o'clock p NJ.
/ The building was insured in the Union
| Mutual for 800. with sufficient insurance on
/ personal property to cover the loss. About
/ half OF their hay crop was destroyed, with
wagons, farm tools and one COW. The fire
occurred Wednesday, the company was no.
I titled Thursday and the loss adjusted and
paid Friday - The barn on the Mark
| French farm. owned by w. w. Clifford was
discovered smoking on Friday, and on in
vestigation fire was found on the hay-mow
/ but had not progressed so far as to prevent
it being easily extinguished. not having
reached the blazing point on account of
lack of air.
Essex County.
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| the Congregational church Sunday, July IS,
| by the presiding elder. - Calvin Break
wood, late of Lunenburgh, has bought part
of his fathers farm in Victory and is living
with him. 60 Ezra j. Shaw has sold his
farm in Victory to his father, who will take
possession after the crops are gathered
60 o. S. Rice of SCOTS, n. H., made a
call in town last week. - The continual
rainy weather has been favorable for the
mill-men Mr.. Loomis Wells has his I'M
usually large stock of logs nearly all sawed
and has contracted the whole TO f. and T.
Fairbanks & Co. of st. Johnsbury. -
| The new barn on the parsonage grounds
has come to temporary standstill A little
more work is needed to make it available
/ for use.
Lamoille County.
EAST ELMoRE.-Mrs. Thomas Brown died
last Sunday, after long illness. - Will
mer Burnham, sick with typhoid fever, is
! improving. 80 Mrs. Sarah Silloway of
Rutland is visiting in town. 60 G. Burn
hams young son Wilbur is quite sick.
| - Flora Morse will teach school in
| Worcester next term. - There will be
Sunday-school picnic in the grove near