The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-12

| from INC past ten years, a Dr1e1 space, tne
future gives most hopeful outlook.
Mrs. X. w. Morse of Hanover, N. H., is
visiting friends in town. - Professor A.
| l.. Hardy and wife OF St. Johnsbury were
guests of his brother, Rev. V. NJ Hardy,
over Sunday. - Messrs. Battles and
Cushman were the over-Sunday soiourners
in Burlington. William Mann spent
Sunday with his family. He is at the head
of the Bradley Fertilizer agency of northern
| New York. 60 Frank Angel, of the Uni
versty of Vermont medical college, has been
| in town for few days. - Maud Blanch-
| ard has returned from her winters sojourn
in Boston. 80 Phillips coo, Reed coo
and Kellar C98 of Dartmouth College were
guests of the college boys for few days
through the vacation.
WiIIiamstown.
Orvile II. Briggs has rented his farm to
an Englishman, who comes from Canada.
Mrs. Myrtle Kathan Donaldson and
daughter, now of st. Adams, are visiting
here.
The Universalist Ladies' Society made
some eighteen dollars, Friday evening, at
their band benefit.
THE Elliott Brothers are building COM
modious blacksmith shop in connection
with their stone-sheds
Wallace Hunter, a granite-cutter Of st.
| George, New Brunswick, and Miss Clara,
daughter of Albert Norris, were married
| last week
AT our March meeting an appropriation
| was made for the proper observance Of
Decoration day, and good address will be
looked for.
Our new and facetious station agent, j.
w. Flint, after some years of life in Barre,
says coming here to live is as good as " a
course " at Kelley Cure"
Friday, a cold, snowy day, was followed
by a thunderstorm that awakened the pain
full memory Of the many similar storms Of
last year that did so much damage.
The union Fast-day service was held in
the Congregational vestry Friday evening
but the change of the hour Of service failed
to make any change in the usual limited at
tendance.
We are told that about the 25th instant
Mrs. George w. Lynde, Mrs. j. X. Lynde,
and Mrs. H. l.. Cheney will start West to
visit friends, and take in the Worlds Fair.
| They will be away some weeks,
The outlook for good sugar season here
has been anything but fine. The weather
has been so disagreeable, cold, etc, as to
lead to the very original remark that "no
one ever saw anything like it before"
Scion Smith, who committed suicide in
Barre, Sunday evening last, shooting him
self through the heart, was son of the late
! Horace Smith, and son-in-law of the late
Nathaniel Jillson. Intemperance, it is said
led to this terrible result.
Eldon A. Earle, wife and children, are
visiting Mrs. Lewis Flint and sons in Tren-
| ton, n. j. Mrs. Flint has been recovering
from broken arm and may come to Yer
mont later TO spend part of the summer.
| Walter Flint, who is in the grocery business
for himself is to be married to lady there
this week Wednesday.
THERE seems to be an opening here for
some out-oftown man, namely, the consta-
bleship. After two town meetings, man
cannot be found here who will take it, so
far as we can learn. The idea prevails
that, so far as the pay goes, it would be,
fgurativey speaking, "a goats" diet, of
hoopskirts, tinware glass bottles and the
like.
AT the risk of possibly being thought to
have laid bare a root of Yankee, womanly,
thrift, we tell this truthful anecdote. A lit
tie miss in our village, some five or six years
of age perhaps, had for warm friend and
playmate wee lad younger by a year or
So who lived across the street, and whom
Ito hide his real nance we will call Tommie.
Now Tomme was the owner of watch.
One day, while he was the guest of his little
girl friend the latter gave vent to mingled
emotions on this wise: Mamma, If Tom
ME should die, couldn't have his watch,
and wear black bonnet?"
The following veritable recent incident
points a moral and adorns tale" 1t re-
lates to young canvasser, the roots of
whose family tree have been nOurished in
past years here by some wellknown tenn
perance and other reform soil. He is work
ing for an old Vermont paper, and, while
soliciting subscribers, found himself one
forenoon at the house of an old patron, who,
for some reason, had got I" out " with the
paper and refused TO subscribe again. Din
ner came, and with it an invitation to dine.
Some good sweet cider being offered the
canvasser, he respectfully declined it, and
the same with tea and coffee subsequently
offered him. Don't you smoke or take
any Intoxicating liquors." then asked the
host On receiving negative answer, the
surprised old gentleman, prefacing his re-
marks with comparatively mild by-word,
said, " l guess l will take your paper" and
so subscribed for the coming year.
Frank Lynde, a student of Tufts College
has been spending his vacation here Of late
- George Wilbur has sold out his bust
ness in Pawtucket, r. L, and returned
home. - Arthur Buckley Jones, after
some months in St. Adams, has returned tC
stone-cutting here. - Mrs. Minnie CLARK
Rowe and husband have located in Walle
Walla, Washington
Groton.
Ira Kicker dehorned the Hooper Brothers
cows last Monday.
Rev. w. n. Roberts will preach his fare
well sermon next Sunday.
I. NJ. Kicker began saving last Saturday
Fred Carpenter running the saw.
! T. b. Hall began saving last Monday
with large pile of logs before him.
| r. S. Hooper has his barn nearly moved
: A nice dwelling is to be built in its place.
( Mr.. Danforth will sell at public auction
April IS, the Orange Clark farm, stock ant
I household furniture.
Frank Kttredge, the argus reporter says
, is to run the "engine" in |. Nj. Ricker'i
1 mill. Mr. Kicker has no engine. Possibly
the kid meant the edger
, Rev. A. B. TruaX was in town last Friday
and in the evening the stewards and thei
8 wives were invited to the parsonage q
speed the evening with him.
: The people in the west part of the tow
< are circulating paper for the purpose O
r raising money to pay for preaching. MI
Y Hutchins offers to preach fortnghtly for
= year for $3.50.
n The Argus has it that " II. X. Fulton @
3 Newbury has opened up stock of miliner
J. goods in Groton for the local trade" Tn
ladies do not fancy the new style of hats
# they see in the show window of the "millir
: cry" store. Mr. Grist, you need to b
r more careful. Mr.. Fulton has opened
/. tin shop, not a millinery store, for loca
l. trade.