The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-14
Williamstown.

mrb' H. ~ ADDOtt Is staying In North
field at present
A daughter was born last week to Mr.,
and Mrs Jesse Poor.
The extremely hot weather last week in
terfered with work at the stone sheds.
Frank Benedict is working for his brother
in-law, George M. Seaver of Washington
Frank, son OF Adna Downs, has Just be-
gun work as a clerk in j. X. Lynde's store.
Walter Granger Is yet painfully i'll and
confined to the bed, with sciatic rheumatism.
Mrs. Laura Angler OF Fitzwilliam, N. H.,
is visiting her cousin, Mrs. George Edwards.
Our successful farmer, Norman g. Davis,
has lately been adding to his out buildings.
Rev. William Schofield and wife have
recently visited his former parish in Worces-
ter.
Our base ball team played with the East
Barre team at East Barre last Saturday af-
ternoon.
Our large dairy farmer, George w. Lynde,
has lately exchanged his old separator for
larger one.
Mrs. DR.. George e. Maloy, accompanied
by her children, is visiting her husbands
brother in East Montpelier.
Mrs. John Lynde finds herself physically
unable to do the work of bookkeeping in j.
K. Lynde's store and has given it up.
Rev. P. P. Womer will take his vacation
OF three weeks in the month Of August. He
will visit his old home in Pennsylvania.
The Congregational Christian Endeavor
Society held straw berry sociable at the
home of George Goodrich last evening.
The Queen Esther Missionary Circle of
the Methodist church will hold sociable
at the parsonage next Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. j. X. Lynde and children and Miss
Laura Remission will go this week to the
Lynde Cottage at Berlin Pond to remain
for the present.
Fred, son of Gurdon Martin, for some two
years past in the employ of j. X. Lynde,
goes this week to Long Island, to work for
Return S. Davis.
The Methodist ladies will give lawn So
ciable at their parsonage this evening. Cake
and ice-cream will be served. The public is
cordially invited to be present,
Martin Erskine's two little girls have
been quite i'll of late, with measles in con-
sequence Of the disease failing to appear
on the surface OF their wee bodies.
Horace Farnham reports corn thirteen
and one-half inches high nineteen days at
ter planting, and barley sown Tuesday was
two or three inches high the next Friday.
B. Frank Sibley remained in Burlington
he be under his immediate care for the time.
His wife was with him the most Of the week.
James NJ. Bass, now of East Somerville,
Mass, is in such infirm health that he can
not accept very cordial invitation from
family friends here to visit this, his native
town, now.
Mrs. Lucy Earle Holt, now OF Barre, was
at the old home here last week. After Wis
iting friends in Brattleboro and New Hamp-
shire, she will join her husband who is sum-
mering at Old Orchard Beach, Maine.
A coon recently visited Olney f. Seaver's
hennery and Toasted on four fowls. At
tempting further foul play on following
night, he suddenly found foot fast in q
fatal trap laid for him, and his fagitious
forsging was forever finished.
Frank, son of Joshua F. Bailey, came
home last Friday, having been quite severe
ly injured in Montpelier last week, from
the capsizing OF wagon. One rib was
broken, and what further injury may prove
to have been sustained is not yet fully ap.
parent.
At a justice trial at the town house, last
Saturday afternoon, it was decided that
cask OF beer which had been seized by Con-
stable G. w. Nichols, should be returned to
an Italian resident. to whom it had been
shipped. Frank j. Martin of Barre appear
ed for the Italian.
Here is hint worthy Of being taken by
busy fathers: An eleven-yesrs-old boy Of
our acquaintance, who Is likely, IL he lives,
to lead professional life, says he is going
to take certain profession, 80 that he can
have time to play ball with his boy" He
Friends OF Miss Laura D. Strong, cousin
of Mrs. John Lynde, and so well known in
Montpelier years ago, will be interested in
hearing OF her, through friend here Since
last October she has been in the family OF
DIR. johnson, the distinguished physician Of
that name in Washington, d. G. For the
present she is to be with sister Of Mrs.
DR.. johnson in the mountains Of West Vir-
ginia.
Notwithstanding the excessively. hot
weather, the concert at the town hall, last
Friday evening, under the direction Of Mrs.
j. X. Lynde, was well attended, and gave
the greatest satisfaction. The programme
was pleasingly varied, the parts having
been taken by band quartette, by vocal
lists Of experience, and, in two instances, by
children. Mrs. Clinton N. Field OF Barre
rendered assistance that was warmly APP
preciated. A handsome sum was Melted
for choir purposes, in the Congregational
church.
An impending thunder storm last week,
brought out, from our nearest neighbor, the
following story told by the wife of minis
ter residing at one time in the place where
the said neighbor formerly lived. A severe
storm had come up in the night, and 30 Sc
we're that the good woman awoke her hus-
band saying that she believed " the day OF
Judgment had come. But he only babe
her go to sleep again, with an appeal to her
logical faculty, asking her how the day OF
Judgment could come In the night.
The weather is too killingly hot TO stop to
inquire why 1t is that 80 many people like
to have man laid out in the newspapers,
when he has been foolishly victimfzed, as
they look at it. But, with this propensity
80 common, it is not to be 80 wondered at
that some Of our joke-loving citizens are
just now mercilessly poking the ribs Of the
| very jovial editor OF the Williamstown Her
aid, after his experience with street vend-
or OF medicines one evening Of last week.
and further want this experience embalm-
ed in printers ink. But why not let him
alone, when he Is ready to confess that he Is
where a certain general was when the Gath
Ollie chaplain in the far West got through
with him? The general had sprung this CO.
nundrum on him, "What is the difference
between q Catholic priest and an ass?"
| When the chaplain gave It up the answer
| came, the ASS wears his Cross on his breast,
while the priest wears his on his back" 1t
was now the chaplain's turn. "What Ia
the difference between q general and an
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