The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-16


Mortified, last week. Miss Burleigh's
paper on The Tendencies of the Present
Age " received high encomiums
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Frary have gone to
Jonesville for a few days, and George has
returned to take his brothers place in
the shops. They report largely -increased
trade, and although now turning out be-
tween 900 and 5000 gross of spools week.
have found it necessary to put in more ma
chnery.
The Cooley Manufacturing Company is
putting in the foundations for a pair of
heavy steam shears and some steam rollers,
and are preparing to do an extensive bust
ness this year. A large number of agents
are on the road selling chimney-caps.
Darwin Cooley has gone to Lynn, Mass,
for that purpose.
Edwin Dillingham; Post, G. A. r. of this
place is highly complimenteu by the selec.
ton of the genial T. T. Farrell az aide-de-
camp on the personal staff of General John
Palmer, commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic of the United States.
Comrade Farrell served in a similar capac-
ity on the staff of General Alger, and has
eminent fitness for the position.
The Essex Whist Club of about thirty
members, from Burlington, were at the
Waterbury hotel, last Thursday arriving
on the noon express and returning in the
evening. The club was enthusiastic in its
praise of the hospitality of Barrett & Son.
1t is good thing to have something to at
tract people to town, and well-loaded
table is always a great attraction.
Through the modesty of our reporter at
Waterbury no notice has been made In
these columns of the lecture upon "The
Puritans and their Legacy to America re-
Gently delivered before the Chautauqua Cir
| Gle by Rev. w. II. Davenport. We learn, how
ever, that IL was production of unusual
merit and interest, and one that indicated
extended research and deep thought Ed
The young ladies of Waterbury gave
leap veal, party in the parlors of the hotel,
last Friday evening. The evening was
passed very pleasantly with dancing, music
and games Excellent refreshments were
| furnished The night was one of the worst
OF the season, but we have as yet heard of
no one being lost in the blizzard, so con-
clude the young ladies all reached their
homes in safety.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Rice and Mrs. Ed.
Perry have moved from Mr.. Hutchins'
house to the tenement in the Seth Jones
house vacated by Ed Tracy, who has moved
into the lower part of Charles Griffith s
house recently occupied by Don Turner.
George Grout also moves from the Stewart
house to rooms in MIR. Deals residence. G.
G. Graves, our new insurance agent, has
taken up quarters in the Carpenter house
on South Main street, and is ready for
business. Mr.. Trask has transferred his
household effects from the Minard- Brown
house on Main street, to the Silas Rowell
house at Mill Village. Quite moving time
1t might be we'll for people to know some
thing of the character of the work done for
them, when they send their silverware
away to be plated, and not wait till after
they have paid for the work and the indi-
vidual is gone before they discover that
they have been actually swindled. Such
has been the case, very recently, with q
large number of people, who, altogether, lie,
a fellow take away over 300 pounds OF
silverware, promising to plate the same
} with triple-plate of silver at the rate of 81
per dozen pieces. The silverware was re.
turned, and, to those unable to judge, ap
, peared all right but il has turned out that
| he used common solder, which can be very
easily scraped off.
} The sad news has been received of the
/ death Of Mrs. John Seabury at Redands
CAL, on Thursday of last week, at the ag,
of forty-nine. Mrs. Seabury had many
: friends in this vicinity. w. H. John
son of Stowe Forks is taking vacation il
= this vicinity, having his headquarters a
| Evans hotel He has been visiting his lit
I tie girl at G. S. Blaisdell's. - w. NJ
l Newton of the class of '94, Wesleyan Uni
versity, spent Sunday in town visiting oil,
school friends. - Jessie NJ. Wheeler o
sunday at Frank Joslyn's. - Georg
w. Atkins still lies critically ill with pneu
monia. - Miller Pratt of the class of '93
" University of Vermont, and Miss Ami
Morse Of Royalton were guests of Miss Lot
tie Carpenter over Sunday.
y Waterbury Center.
Professor P. H. Dale is in Lewiston, Me
p for a few weeks. - r. n. Demeritt G
y Plattsburgh, N. Y. visited at Mrs. Sturms
last week - Miss Minnie Lyon is HON
/ on a visit. - Miss Mary and Luci
$ Smith have been visiting in Burlington an
e st. Adams. - A sugar party was give
:. in the Methodist vestry Wednesday ever
ing, for the benefit of the society -
The ladies' aid society will meet with Mrs
), Il. III. Mather, Wednesday afternoon. -
=, Miss Colley arrived in town Monday nigh
If WILLIAMSBURG
Warren Goodnet has returned to Wi
: Jamestown to live.
Horace White has just lost a valuabl
colt from blood poisoning
Rev. Mr.. Longrens services were highl
appreciated here, on Sunday last.
- Messrs. Lynde & Cheney have adde
shingle-making to their other manufacture
:, Charles Briggs, son of Albern Briggs, hs
Ii taken possession of his C. u Lathrop farm
!, Joel A. Bass and sister, Mrs. Mary Bas
- Clark, left for Massachusetts last Thur
~ day.
.
r. here. He pays twenty-five cents pr
Il bushel.
Mrs. Lora Bass Wilson, wife of Sout
~ Dakota Congregational clergyman. star
- for her home this week
r Mrs. Frank Mcconnell has been DANCE
ously ill of late, from spinal meningiti
:, She had been previously ill for some week
re- John Roberts had to have second amp
1t taton OF portion of his finger, last Satu
ID day, which proved very painful oper
ton.
" Ill-health has kept Mrs. f. B. WatsC
" housed for a few months past. She Wa
" able to ride out one day last week, thong
II yet far from well.
Mrs. Andrew Burnham has been visitil
IN her children here of late. Though in h
st eighty.tfth year, she has the happy facul
L. of keeping much younger in manner.
t, George 2. Robertson, who lately W
ie called home to Scotland, has gone TO wo
there for season, at granite quarrying. L
ne thinks of returning some time during d
ID. summer
oil One of our young men who gives mu
to promise of business success i, Bert Simon
IL son of Lucius S. Simons. He has two stor
4. l...lf loo.