The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-07
WilIiamstoMn.

hundred cords, seventy.fve cords Of it hav.
ing been drawn the past week
WiIIiamstown.
The chicken-pie festival given by the Uni.
versalist Ladies' Society last week Friday
evening, was great success The receipts
must have been $50 to S75
1t is reported that George, youngest son
Of the late Cornelius A. White, is hopelessly
Ill from softening Of the brain. OF late he
has been treated in Burlington,
Theodore Wilfore will move on to the old
Allen Martin farm, now owned by Arthur.
son of the late Newton Martin. Mr.. viii.
fore has sold his Daniel Field farm to Mr..
Mayo.
Grosue Sartorelli is about to return to
granite work here after winter with his
family in Italy A letter OF recent date says
the weather there is like a Vermont Sep
TENDER.
Last week there was a large and happy
gathering of the Sunday-school scholars
new and old, of the classes of Mr.. and Mrs
John Farnham at their home. Forty to
fifty persons were present
Our former townsman, Frank w. Aims
worth, OF Racine, Wis, has just been COM
PEELED by rheumatism to 90 to Indiana Min
eral Springs for treatment. Patients are
packed in mud possessing magnetic prop
critics, and drink three gallons of the lithia
water daily, and do not die AZ a result. On
the contrary, much benefit often accrues.
Frank, son of the late Charles w. Adams,
has returned from his western trip looking
finely. His brother Henry is in hardware
store in Kankakee, Ill. Democratic pol-
itics having got into the insane asylum in
Kankakee, his brother James "a former at
tendant), with other republican employees,
was dropped, and he is now at work in
Chicago.
r. X. Dexter, now of the prosperous town
OF Norfolk, Neb, was in town over Sunday
the guest OF his father-in-law, Elisha X.
Burnham. Mr.. Dexter was formerly a
Baptist minister in Vermont but gave up
preaching on account Of i'll health, and has
Tor some years past been engaged in the
cold storage business i'll the West. He re-
ports his family in good health. But how
would our Vermont farmers like to sell
their butter for ten cents pound, and their
eggs ten cents dozen at this season of the
year, as do sundry farmers in Mr. Dexter's
neighborhood? After day or two with his
father in Sharon, Mr.. Dexter will return to
his home little daughter accompanies
him.
DR.. Lester w. Hanson is getting located
in Barre as specialist, and reports a salts
fact Org outlook - Mrs. Laura Weeden
Downing, Oldest daughter of the late Colonel
ii. Z. Weeden, has recently died in this
county. 60 Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Field
were in town over last Friday night. -
Johnnie Mari began work at granite cut
ting in Barre last Monday. We are sorry
to lose him from here. - A child was
recently born to Mr.. and Mrs. William Rid
dell. - Mrs. Leavitt Hayward went last
week to Winter Hill, Somerville Mass to
remain in the family of DIR. j. c. Briggs for
some weeks. 80 John Farnham and son
are hauling lumber for new house on the
lot back of the Calvin Ainsworth orchard.
- coll ,I
Rutland last week by the illness of her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Elan G. Lewis.
Woodbury.
A project is on foot for the organization of
joint stock company TO erect and operate
stone sheds at the Center.
The mountain quarry has an extra force
at work This week they are employing
eighteen men, on an order for 1000 feet.
A gentleman and wife by the name of
Green banks, in turning out for a stone team
one day last week, opposite Aaron Carr's,
capsized, injuring the lady quite seriously.
They have been stopping at AL. Nichols
since the accident.
By request of large number of the
chorus, the presentation Of Queen Esther at
East Calais next week will be on Tuesday
Members of the chorus from Woodbury. will
govern themselves accordingly.
M. E. Foster and wife spent last Thurs
day and Friday in Glover. - Wavey
Farr has moved into the Roy Burnham
house. - Elmer Barrett has moved into
the house vacated by Wavey Farr.
Grace Benjamin has returned from the Nor
NAL School at Johnson.
Worcester.
Alba Richardson of Worcester and Jessie
Wilder of Wallingford were married one
day last week.
The Mite Society gave, at the town hall
on Thursday evening, what was advertised
as an " Old-fashioned Supper"
A. E. Fort, blacksmith from Barton,
has moved into one of the Vail tenements,
and is soon to begin business in town.
Thomas Buck, an old resident of this
town, died at the residence of his brother
last Sunday, and was brought here for
burial on Tuesday.
fire destroyed the blacksmith shop and
tool house, with contents and about fifteen
cords of wood on the Minot Harris farm
last week Tuesday evening.