The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-10-13
Williannstown.

Mrs. Alden p Martin has moved to South
Barre.
Town Representative Frank Martin has
lately been i'll, but is better.
Willie, son of Barney d. Flint has |
lately entered Norwich University in
Northheld.
Will Moore has been advised by his ply |
stefan to take months rest from labor at |
f., Grearson 4 Becketts granite works.
| Mrs DIR. e. b. Watson last week had the
pleasure of visit from her aunt, Mrs. W. r.
Jones, and her daughter, OF Waitsheld.
| George Clark son-in-law OF James M.
| Bass, has come again to vermont, thls
| time to Morrisville for osteopathic treat
ment.
| A former resident writes us from the
| West that it is three months since they have
| had drop OF rain, and crops have suffered
greatly.
George Goodrich has vocal music classes
| in Chelsea and South Royalton, and hopes
for one in one Of the Tunbridges, and one
in this place.
Henry Lassell recently assisted in buying
| lot of wool for Vermont factory, at
price to average about seventeen and one
half cents per pound.
1t augurs we'll for the times here that
everybody has work, at good pay, and that
there is complaint because one cannot get
help as soon as wanted.
Eugene Jail expects 10 leave on hlOuudy
OF next week for Colorado. He will spend
the winter with brother in the town OF
Colorow, in the north part Of that state.
Chris Elliott reached Colorado less IA
tigued by the journey than might have been
expected. His friends will watch with In
terest the effect OF this change upon his
lungs.
William Folsom and wife return this
week to their home in Wisconsin, where he
has made a financial success in farming.
They are to be accompanied by Mrs. Fol-
SONS sister, Miss Cornelia Lougee.
Rev P. p. Womer returned from Pennsyl-
} vsnia last Thursday, having left his wife in
, health about as she went from here. He
7 hopes to finish at least year from last May
here, as minister to the Congregational
d. | church.
Mrs. Aurora Howe Burnham is said to
have diphtheria, and her house has been
uuarantined. Her daughter, Mrs. Frank
, um, teacher OF one OF our village schools,
is now boarding with her sister, Mrs Or
vile Bosworth.
, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Benedict went
! on Saturday to see Mrs. Benedict's invalid
sister. Mrs. Carrie Edgerly, in Middlesex.
y Mrs. Edgerly was better than her sister ex-
: pected to find her and hopes yet to be able
|, to walk again. Her trouble Is spinal.
Horace Farnham had law suit on Sat
h urday with man in Randolph, over a
g horse Believing that Justice was on his
h side, he stood O suit, though there was but q
: difference of five dollars in the case
Having lost the suit it will cost him, likely
some twenty dollars.
1t is reported that our former landlord
- George Clark OF Barre, will soon come here
and open a boarding-house in the old
!. Enoch Howe house, now owned by Il. D.
Bolster of Barre. Some one counts ur
about dozen boarding places here in addi'
: ton to our fine hotel.
:, Last Friday afternoon Mrs. Anna Bene'
. dict Frankums department of the village
school was occupied with reading and reel
tations from Whittier by the A class. Two
original papers on Whittier and his works
were furnished. Mrs. Franklin is enthusf
astic in her school work here.
The Clogston Brothers, for years past
among our largest farmers, and owners oil
the old Judge Paine farm have, OF late
had to kill some thirty-six head OF cattle
because OF tuberculosis. They were valued
at $35 per head. This makes total OF some
seventy-fve animals they have lost in this
way.
, The Tayntor Granite Company of Barre
and New York has bought the Carrick
Brothers dark quarry in our town, and VIII
: liam z. Pratt has sold them an acre OF land
4 adjoining it, This is interpreted as having
. placed the company Independent OF the
new syndicate, for both light and dark
stock.
Will Wheeler, son-in-law of the late Mr.
| .. IdlCOUJ ferrlD anu h Tesluenb INV VI
Des Moines, Iowa, is acting as the lowe
agent for the famous wagon manufacturers
the Studebakers of South Bend, Indiana
He seems to have made marked success
4 in his work in Iowa, and one OF the Da
kotas.
No one need wonder if it is bit rritat
. ing to see spies from the Granite City look
ing over our water courses with reference
s to supply OF water for home use. But il
perhaps does not go much farther than to
d ask impatiently who is to be blamed that
/. the legislative right was given to come here
-. thusly.
I. Next week Sunday evening Rev. p. p
Womer will begin series OF lectures to
d young men, to be continued through sever
q al successive Sunday evenings. Sub
=, 'Granite. Quarryingo and Granite Cut
u ting" 1t goes without saying that he will
fill his lectures with interest to both young
y and old
Rev. P. P. Womer was greeted by his
=, :. usual good-sized audiences on Sunday, af
. ter an absence of three Sundays. His
morning text was We all do fade as
= leaf,'' and through his discourse he held in
: his hands little bunch of autumn leaves
l which served his theme effectively. To the
! praise of his faithfulness in dealing with
d men it can be said that the reverend gentle.
y man is in no wise mealy mouthed," and
h Z" a spade is spade" with him, every time
n in dealing with evil, 30 far as he thinks q
thing Is evil.
. Disagreement for life by burns or scalds
7 may be avoided by using DeWitt's Witch
y Hazel Salve, the great remedy for piles and
for all kinds of sores and skin troubles. w.
e. Terrill & Co.
= GrotOn.
John f. Page OF St. Johnsbury was in
= town last Friday.
+ Alex WEIGH and wife are visiting friends
a in Boston and Manchester.
a Women's hearts ARE huttering over the
a fall millinery of Mrs. G. FL. Pillsbury.
? G. 7. Darling and wife and little daugh-
ter from Davenport, Ia, are visiting in
4 town.
I Fred Green and brother-in.law, Mr..
: Norwood, of Burlington were in town last
Saturday.
I M. d. Coffrin and c. j. Bailey attended
the grand lodge Of Knights of Pythias at
4 Rutland last Wednesday, returning Friday.
8 A lyceum will be held in school house
: hall next Friday evening. Question, Ere
8 solved that Alcohol is more Beneficial than
| Detrimental to Mankind"
We believe Webber and Anderson are