The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-10
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tracts with the farmers, for their annual
stock OF maple syrup, and good season Is
pred cted.
All members Of Temperance Home Lodge,
/. o. o. f., are especially requested to be
present at their next meeting, Monday
evening, March 10, at half past seven o'clock.
q. e. Wyman, as assignee Of the late firm
of Hunt * Rabbit, has sold the goods re-
naming on hand to b. e. Wallace, who will
repenish the stock with fresh line of dry
goods and novelties and resume business at
this old and popular location. He has Sc
cured the services of Mr. Wyman as man
ager and Cornelius Moody as assistant. Mr..
Wallace will continue for the present the
business he has been engaged in as travel
ing agent.
The village trustees held their first month
ly meeting Monday evening, acting also as |
water commissioners. j. q. Farrar was ap- |
pointed village treasurer in place OF j. w.
Moody, who declined to serve. Village po- |
lice were reappointed as follows: Edward |
Farrar, John A. Atkins, Joseph Somerville |
and John Cameron, Water rates and rules
and regulations of the water department. |
we're ordered printed and distributed for |
the information of the public.
At the annual meeting of the Waterbury
Congregational Society, held last Thursday
evening" the following officers we're elected
for the ensuing year: Moderator, L. II. e.
hot; clerk, j. j. Colby; collector, @. @.
Graves; treasurer, l.. III. Elliot; prudential,
committee, b. r. Demeritt, j. j. Colby, j.
9. Griggs auditor, f. L. Knight. The re-
| port of the committee on the financial con-
| dtion OF the society was most gratifying.
One year ago debt OF quite an amount ex-
listed, which has been paid in full, by dona-
tions from the surplus in the treasury OF
the Sunday school and Ladies' Union and
largely by the special efforts of the women
of the church, to whom hearty vote OF
thanks was extended.
Williamstown.
Oliver Martin will locate here and soon
begin work at granite cutting.
DR.. Scion Briggs has located in Pasadena,
Cal. His wife still remains entirely blind.
Frank son of Henry f. Erskine, is TAX
ing a vacation at home from school in BriS-
toll.
George Bruce, now of Warren, was in
town over Sunday, guest OF his mother and
sister.
Mrs. William Cults remains very low,
with what seems to be consumption in its
last stages.
The Congregational socety's prudential
committee hope to have a pulpit supply for
next Sunday.
Frank II. Martin and Miss Flora Erskine
are to teach the summer term OF school in
the quarry district.
, Owing to the illness OF his mother, Will
! Lougee is to move his family to his brothers
house. this week.
George w. Robinson lately suffered an
accident to his hand that cost him the loss
of part of finger.
Mrs. John Lynde returned to DR.. w. B.
Mayo's in Northfeld on Monday, to remain
, there for the present.
j. M. Seaver sold lot of wool last week
| at fifteen cents a pound 1t had been accu-
mulating for quite long time.
q Mrs. Prof. Corlss was called to Island
Pond lately, as delegate from some
Woman's Benevolent Society in Barre.
a Horace A. White has just ordered gran
tie monument of the successor OF Smith &
Weston in Montpelier, to be placed in oul
= village cemetery.
John c. Griggs OF Waterbury was in towr
last Friday and bought some two tons o.
u maple sugar OF j. x. Lynde. There has
= been big drop in the price Of this article II
. late months.
: Mrs. Martha Benedict Farnham, for sc
a many years an invalid, has been able t(
write little, the first time in many years
We hear also of other improvements in hel
physical condition.
James Strachan. a former Scotch granite
u cutter, has returned to work here for Grear
: son & Beckett, after an absence OF some
8 years. Several new men are about to bt
o taken on by this firm.
= Mrs. Newell r. Farnham will give so
II ciable at the town hall on Friday evening
y next, for the benefit of the Universalis
y ladies' society. farce and other enter
a tainments will be given.
4 One of our townsmen, now a few
/. years in the seventies, has lately taken OF
flesh till he weighs 200 pounds. Though al
ways a Woodworking man, he tells US tina
he was never really we'll till midway tn,
q fifties in age.
1t has been the desire and hope Of som,
of our people that the Grearson Brothers
now OF East Barre, could be persuaded Il
move their granite business to this place
. But it is said they will build q shop in tn,
near future in East Barre.
: Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Wheeler OF Nashua
N. H., were last week the guests Of Mr. anG
a Mrs. William Wetherill, Mrs. Wheeler beipJ
g q neice Of Mrs. Wetherill. Mr.. Wheeler,
clothing dealer in Nashua, is about to oper
l. branch store in Montpelier.
Il Prof. j. d. Chavis, B. D president O
Bennett College, will speak upon "Th'
n New South" at the Methodist church, Sat
;. urday evening, March 49, at 1880 o'clock
!, Admission free. Prof. Chavis was once
II a penniless and friendless negro lad, who
y has, by dint of extraordinary effort ant
u sacrifice, given himself university ant
y theological education, and who has beer
called to the presidency OF an importan
Q college.
u Mrs. Armins Benedict, wife OF Chauncey
Lougee, had severe paralytic shock las
week, leaving her left side helpless. Sh,
y was alone in the house at the time of its oc
a currence, and about her work. Feeling
l. what proved to be its approach, she started
a for an outside door for fresh air, and fell a.
she opened the door. Some little time
q seems to have elapsed before she was found
4 by passer-by. 1t is hoped she may yet bt
. | better
$ Our March meeting occupied Tuesday ant
Thursday Of last week. Some of oul
4 officers are as follows Clerk and treas
8 urer, George Beckett; selectmen, George
a M. Slavery, Harvey L. Cheney and Henry
4 F. Erskine;. listers, Erwin H. Martin
seer, Nathan Hail. road commissioner
. o. A. Blanchard; constable, George w
: Nichols; law agent, Frank Martin; school
a board, Erwin II. Martin, James s. Hopkins
. Ophir s. Martin. Town tax, $1.75; road
:, tax. % cents; school tax, 80 cents; total
$3.50 on the dollar.
. Woodbury.,
'. Sylvester Jennings is very i'll.
. Daniel Cookson has met another bereave
, ment In the death OF young daughter.
Q Mrs. A. B. Corthell and Miss Annie
; Deane visited at g. w. and NJ e. Fosters
last week.