The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-08
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS OF INTEREST PERSONAL
IND GENERAL.
Williamstown.

Mrs. William Grearson Is visiting home
friends in New Brunswick.
Miss Mamie Brush is about to return from
Potsdam, N Y, for some weeks vacation
from musical study.
Charles Brockway will have charge of
Ed. Houses barber-shop, while Mr.. House
is in the West, for a month.
The Lynde cottage at Berlin Pond will be
opened this week, two or three families Of
the owners going into camp there.
Miss Alice Walker, a teacher Of painting
here, wears medal, the second prize won
in class Of twenty or more pupils.
The dry, warm weather here, up to this
writing, threatens the grass crop so seri-
ously as to make farmers anxious enough.
Mr.. and Mrs George Edison will visit
Colorado Springs, Colo, before visiting fam
lily friends in Iowa on their way homeward.
The family on the Moses Poor farm has
picked 1903 quarts OF field strawberries,
measured after having been "picked over"
this season.
Most favorable reports are made to us by
townsmen who are buying goods in Boston
under the cooperative plan mentioned
few weeks ago.
Last week Wednesday was the fortieth
anniversary of the death OF Rodolphus
Ainsworth, a longtime merchant and post
master of this place.
Samuel Foster now of Duxbury, was in
town last week looking after his farming
interests here. He reports his wife and
daughter in poor health.
In the short time that Segee Moore has
been in Minnesota for his lung trouble he
has gained three pounds. He walks sew
eral miles daily and is feeling finely.
Lewis Martins little son, who swallowed
the bib pin, we are happy to say is past all
danger now If he grows up, he ought to
distance prestidigitators, who only make be-
lieve to swallow bowie-knives and such like.
William Grearson, of Grearson & Beck
EFT, went to Ashburnham Mass, last We'd
nesday to set up two monuments He was
accompanied by two of his employes-John
Dow and Fred Austin-as assistants in
placing the monuments.
S. S. Briggs has just been having further
examination made on what he hopes will
prove 9 good granite quarry on the old Da-
viG-furnham farm. Fhis quarry is so much
nearer our village than any other 1t will
cause general rejoicing here if it shall be
success.
Doubtless our butter-makers would be
much interested in a separator and power
that George Denny of South Northfeld has
lately purchased at a cost of S175. A small
boiler furnishes steam for running the sep
arator, the steam being applied directly to
the driving-wheel as water is to a water
wheel.
Messrs. Sherman Winchester and An
drew Burnham, agents OF the st. Andrews
Benevolent Society of Newbury, are doing
fine business hereabouts these days. They
sent in sixteen applications for insurance
week before last. They are laughing just
now over applications for agencies by GER
tain old.time company agents who had
heretofore talked it down.
One OF our bright and facetious young
misses has just eaten Of the tree Of knowl-
edge. Up to the present time she had been
oeybt Tod nd oil q vntipo Of
other trouble of the eyes. Under recent
treatment by an oculist the scales have
fallen from her vision, and she expresses
surprise at the revelation to her sight of the
plainness of the looks of the people about
her.
News comes of the sudden death of our
old townsman, Loren 7. Martin, son of the
late Rev. Nelson Martin, at the age Of sixty
eight. Two weeks ago last Saturday night
he retired in usual health and was found
dead in bed the next morning, presumably
of heart trouble. His home in late years
has been in Livermore, Iowa. He was very
highly esteemed as Christian man and his
death is sincerely mourned. Two children
survive him.
Nixon Brothers are making a rustic pill
lar, three and one-half feet square by seven
and one.half feet high, that is to be placed
John Brown in North Elba, n. Y This
pillar of rough granite will have polished
panel, two and one.half by five feet, on
which will be inscribed long list Of names
Kate Field, Legrand B. Cannon and 9TH
ers-who were donors OF the farm to the
state of New York. The granite was taken
from the quarry of the SCOTS, in Barre,
and is of an excellent quality.
WE are anxious to do little good in this
world and can think of no pleasanter or
better way to do it than by recommending
One Minute Cough Cure as a preventive Of
na11r nrin Nil IN afl6 hnr in1C
lung troubles that follow neglected colds.
w e. Terrill & Co., Montpelier, Vt.
East BrookfieId.
The officers of the Christian Endeavor for
the next six months are as follows: Presi.
dent, Frank Wilcox; vice.president j. G.
Holmes; secretary, Mrs. M. M Peabody
recording secretary Mrs. E. j. Trask ;
treasurer, W. W. Sprague.
Chelsea.
The closing exercises of the primary
school, taught by Lillian M. Wells, Friday
afternoon, June 26, were quite largely at
tended The work done in this school for
several years is very valuable, and it is
hoped that Miss Wells may remain in the
school for a long time yet. She has returned
to her home in Newport, n. FL. Flora M.
Corwin's school in No. also closed June
&c. and the others closed last week.
North Montpelier.
A successful term OF school in our district
closed Saturday. June 81. Miss Emma
Foster, the teacher, has given the best OF
satisfaction. Those scholars having no
marks during the term were Jennie Nc
Knight, Florence HOLSTER, Minnie Law
less. George Templeton, Elmer Dodge,
Leon Cutler and Harry Coburn. Alice
Gray, Hattie johnson and Nettie johnson
were absent only one day.
WHEN we consider that the intestines
are about five times as long as the
body, we can realize the intense suffering
experienced when they become inflamed
DeWitts Collie and Cholera Cure subdues
inflammation at once and completely re.
moves the difficulty. W. e. Terrill & Co.
Montpelier, vt.
Roxbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Williams OF Barre