The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-29


or on Christmas eve, the three chuIcbtsin
our village were 1.-The scenes Of pleasant
happy gatherings, with the usual Christmas
festivities, making glad many hearts.
There will be 9 reunion and roll-call at
the Congregational church next Thursday
afternoon at half past two. Tea will be
served at the church. All members OF the
church and congregation are specially urged
to be present.
State Superintendent OF Education M. 8.
Stone was listened to with much pleasure
last week Tuesday evening, as he spoke on
educational topics. He believes ttat our
present town system OF schools Is working
we'll for the state.
The Universalist church presented to the
pssser-by on Friday evening, very CHEEKY
look, and within the spirit Of Christmas
pre- vailed to the delight Of the children.
Altogether the happiness that comes with
CbristmaStide was large In our town.
John Benedict, son Of the late Squire
Benedict, and for years q resident OF Gales
burg, ILL.,, has largely recovered from the
partial paralysis caused by falling on SIDE
walk some years ago. He and his wife
have b. en- with daughter in Lincoln, Neb.,
for some months past.
John A. Perry and Rev. j. o. Sherburne
have been putting finishing touches 10
the Solid Rock chapel in the quarry dis
trict. We believe this chapel 10 due In no
small measure to the persistent work OF
Mrs. Joseph Sanders, and the efforts OF
Rev. j. o. Sherburne.
On our table is q package OF full grown
peas in the pod, just arrived from southern
California. But we sutpect that to-day
more than one southern Californisns may
be hungry for just one OF our Vermont
sno wstorms, billiards., and what not, in
winter. Things have been pretty well
evened-up somehow, on this footstool.
An excellent Christmas sermon and fine
| Christmas music were heard 1T the Congre-
gstionsl church last Sunday morning. Rev.
| p p Womer took for his text Galatians
4:4, 5,-"But when the fulness Of the time
came, God sent forth His Son, born OF q
woman" In the evening his plain talk
was especially to the quite young folks,
| but was listened to with equal interest by
the older ones, on the theme 'kesemDlances
between a Boy and Watch"
| The children's Christmas exercises at the
| Congregational church on Friday evening
were wholly musical and were well carried
| out, to the interest OF good audience.
| Nothing else, however, seemed to Equal the
| interest in the arrival Of old Santa Claus, In
| the person OF Barney ID. Flint, at the close
OF these exercises, followed by troop OF
children as he advanced laden with gifts,
| from the porch to the opposite end OF the
| church. A spontaneous cutburst OF sp-
| plause followed him as he LETT the church.
The gifts from the Christian trees gave
| great pleasure.
On Thursday last Constable George w.
Nichols seized at the depot liquor designed
| to go to Graniteville, and took 1t to what
| would seem its natural destination, (since
| 80 much of the vile stuff finds its way sooner
or later to these places) viz our lookup,
and put 1t inside one of the iron cages there
| in. The following night our town hall Che
lookup is in the basement OF this building)
| was broken into and the lookup entered,
| evidently with the purpose OF obtaining the
| liquor. The game, however, was blocked
by the boss OF the cage, and the entering
party returned without accomplishing their
purpose.
| 1t Ia only step in thought from certain
photograph temporarily on our table to the
many young ladies' and mothers to whom
| this item may come. 1t is that OF worthy
Miss in another state, the fsncee OF dear
friend, who has been, and 10 now manfully
making his own way In life, in the midst OF
some specially great temptations. More
than through any other one human instru-
mentality, our friend has found inspiration
| to true manhood, he believes, in the on
nobling love Of the one, whose face We thus
| see. But the foundation for 1t all. we sus-
pect. was laid by his own Christian mother
OF whom be is passionately fond and his
| earliest recollection OF whom, he says. Is her
| reading the Bible TO him. 1t is the old, but
| ever new story and can not fail to encour-
| age mothers and loversl
We were greatly touched by letter from
Scotland, just at hand, telling us, among
other things, of the last hours OF George
| Crnden, In his old homo there, on the 10th
OF NoveDb Der, after nine months OF sickness.
He had become Christian, and the calm,
the peace, the happiness that so often char
acterizes the "going out" OF Christians
| life, was his His only brother, William
r. Cruden, died In California on November
8, 1894, at the age Of thirty-one. and his
| body rests in the Masonic cemetery in San
| Diego. What could be more pathetic then
| the sorrow of the Scotch mother Of these
| granite boys, as family voiced In the fol-
lowing lines, respecting the son who sleeps
| on this side the water:
"It was so hard TO part with him
We held on Garth so dear;
| With, ut one farewell word or teari
Tread lightly ON the strangers grave;
mothers s. love hes iS., there her! ',,u Java.
Lot fall gentle tearr
| II this shall meet the eye of any dweller
in that sunny southern Californian cline
who shall chance to visit that grave, he
surely cannot fail to "let fall . tear" thore
for this good mothers sakel
Groton.
Mrs. Abigail WEIGH died ct the home OF
II. N. WEIGH on Friday. Mrs. Welch's age
was 100 years and six months. Mrs. WEIGH
has been in failing health for nearly one
year and death expected at most any time.
She leaves thirty-eight grandchildren, nine
great grandchildren and two great great
grandchildren. She had been q member Of
the Baptist church for nearly sixty years
and was able to read her Bible without
glasses until about two years ago when her
oyesight began to fail her. During the
past few years her time has been mostly
spent in bed and her mind has been fading
| away. Her 100lh birthday anniversary was
celebrated on July 81 when over 800 friends
and relatives were present. She WAS born
on q farm and always lived on one and
raised a large family all Of whom are dead
with the exception Of one who lives in the
West.
G. G. Lord has moved his printing office
from @ III. Pillsbury to the Hatch block.
- Miss Eva Jones, Miss Theresa j..
| Cochran and Elizabeth Hall are at home
| during the holiday vacation. - Herbert
Todd Is at home on his vacation from the
Wesleyan University. - G. ID. WEIGH
| OF Boston IL in town. 80 In the dog case
| OF Plummer v. Kicker the jury rendered q
verdict that the plaintiff recover 1877 and
| cost. Appealed 10 county court. -
Ralph Wiley of Montpelier is in town Wis
iting his grandfather, T. II. Taisey. -
Fl. ID. Stevens is visiting his parents at
| Walden. - Sol. Anderson was at
Wells River on Saturday on business.
g. @. III. Pillsbury and Alex WEIGH re-
turned to St. Johnsbury on Monday. -
The Knights Of Pythias will have their
election Of officers on Wednesday evening.