The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-21
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A son was recently born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Jeffords.
Bert Robinson Is at Lake Champlain on a
fishing excursion.
Town Representative Frank Martin has
purchased a separator.
Charles II. Beckett's family is staying in
the Adirondack at present.
Rev. Carlos Adams will preach at the
Methodist church next Sunday morning.
Mrs. George L. Edison and daughter are
staying at the Lynde cottage, near Berlin
Pond.
"Davie Gale is coming out here later
from Barre to work on a new house going
up now.
Mrs. Frank Merrill is in very feeble health
and is at the home Of her mother, Mrs. War
rem 8. Covell.
Mrs. John Adams is putting an addition
TO the rear OF the house bought OF the estate
OF Mrs. Helen Stickney.
The high water last week damaged or de-
stroyed several bridges in this place, and
washed roads badly in places.
Lester Heath, son-in-law of Jason II. JET
fords and now a resident OF Washington,
ID. O., is in town with his wife,
There is to be a sociable at the Congrega-
tional parsonage this evening to which the
public is most cordially invited.
A. b.. Corliss, a brother OF Professor W.
E. Corliss and a resident of Oldbridge, New
Jersey, is visiting friends in town.
Neal B. Smith, son OF Marcus A. Smith,
writes OF cool breezes up where he is, viz,
IN the 10th story OF one Of New York city's
sky-scrapers.
Mrs. Anna Benedict Franklin thinks she
will not return to California this year. She
is likely to be in good demand as a teacher
while she remains here.
b.. #. Sibley returned from DR.. Bingham's
sanitorium in Burlington for a day last week,
and then went back for some days for fur
Their care and treatment.
A musical feature at the evening services
of the Methodist church is the cornet play
ing by Frank Erskine, who is said to possess
fine talent in that direction.
Walter E. Granger is yet suffering from
rheumatism and kidney trouble He had
planned to enter the employ Of j. K. Lynde,
in his store, but for sickness.
Adney, son Of the late Squire Benedict,
has given up hotel keeping in Auburndale,
Florida, and returned to his farm. His
health has been better Of late.
A month or so later, Rev. P. p. womer
will m a series OF Sunday evening
addresses to young men, and we predict
good and attentive audiences.
Miss Julia Covell, now eighty-nine years
of.age, is living with her nephew, Warren s.
Covell. She is almost wholly blind, but
WIFI general nealtn quite good.
We hear Of recent creditable gifts of
money made by our granite boys to certain
of their fellow workers in sickness. 1t is
pleasant to chronicle such deeds.
The sociable planned to be held at the
home of George Jeffords last week Tues
day evening, was given up on accent of
rain, and postponed till into August.
our band in an open air concert last Sat
uruay evening occupied its stand for the
nrsp tlme since its removal, to a spot near
the town hall. Its music was we'll received.
James 3, Hopkins is cutting the hay on
the David Gale farm, 1t is rumored that
the grass on the meadows suffered quite a
good deal of damage in the big freshet last
week.
There was a match game of baseball in
P!ainheld last Saturday afternoon between
Plainfield and Williamstown teams, in
which the latter team was victorious by a
score OF II to 10.
Rev. Carlos Adams, son Of the late Mr..
John Adams, and now pastor Of a Metho-
dist church in Adrian, Mich, is vacationiz-
ing hereabouts with his family, after an alb
sence OF three years.
ist church have been conducted Of late by
certain Of the younger. members OF the So
ciety, as Walter E. Granger, George Wilbur
and Orrin H.. Smith.
The pretty new two.story house that
George Beckett is building a little way
north OF his granite works, will be occu-
pied by Mike j., Elliott of the Elliott
Brothers granite manufacturers.
B.. F. Sibley returned from Burlington
last Saturday afternoon to remain at home
for some days. The trouble in his ear and
face is cancerous and requires the best and
closet attention by his physician, DR.. Bing-
ham Of Burlington.
We are told that William Cults will likely
realize some $500 on the one tbousand-dol-
lar life insurance policy taken out for his
wife in the st. Andrews Benevolent So
ciety. He had paid out for it less than ten
dollars, it is said.
Rev. P. P. Womer reconsiders his plan to
take a three weeks vacation in the near fu-
ture. He may take one Sunday before very
long, at the Moody meetings in Mortified,
Mass, and the remainder OF his vacation
later on. His parish will be glad OF this
change.
An interesting feature OF the Methodist
sociable at the parsonage last Wednesday
was a collection OF photographs, ambrotypes
and daguerreotypes gathered up in the
place, with q prize for the person who
should name the greatest number of them.
Horace Farnham was the winner Of it,
One Of our citizens, a native OF Great
Britain, has a Vermont wife, by whom he
has two intelligent sons, nine and eleven
years OF age. Possessed Of q strong sense
OF the ludicrous, it is not a little amusing to
him to hear his boys, in talking over Ameri-
can history, tell how TOE licked the Brit.
ish."
There has come here the very sad news of
the death OF Miss George, only daughter
and only remaining child OF DR.. James and
Mrs. Persis Abbott Bailey, now OF Ticon-
deroga, N Y. The heartfelt sympathy of
friends here goes out to them in their great
sorrow, coming 80 soon after the fatal acct
dent to their only son.
Charles R. Benedict has recently visited
his sister, Mrs. Martha Benedict Farnham,
for over twenty years a great invalid and
confined to the bed mostly. He found her
in some respects more comfortable than
formerly. II one wished to find an instance
Of the power of the Christian religion to
sustain one, not only but give to SURPRISING
happiness even at times in one OF the most
distressing cases Of sickness that we have
ever known OF, one should know Mrs.
Farnham and her history as a sufferer.
A certain Commercial traveller" repre-
senting a firm in one Of the larger New
England cities, spent last Sunday here.
After listening to Rev. p. P. Womer, at the
Congregational church in the morning, he
remarked that it was his custom, on the
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