The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-10-27
WilIiamstown.


A third daughter was recently born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Erskine.
Rev. Alvin Smith and family are visiting
friends in Chicago and st. Louis.
George T. Colby will sell at auction next
week Wednesday some of his live stock.
Charles II. Beckett, now Of New York
city, has been spending few days with his
parents here.
Late word from Chris. Elliott, now in
Montana, is encouraging to his friends here,
as to his health.
Rev. Carl Adams has just been reas-
signed as Methodist preacher to the church
in Adrian, Mich.
Warren Grearson will occupy the tene-
ment in Nelson Carleton's house, about to
be vacated by Ed House.
The families of Messrs. Sherman Win
chester and b. Hawley are to occupy the
Congregational parsonage.
Mrs. p. p. Womer continues to gain
in health, and may return here from Penn
sylvania about January l.
In the absence of Rev. Alvin M. Smith,
George Wilbur read sermon at the Uni
versaist church on Sunday.
Albern j Briggs recently fell while climb
ing over bars in his barn-yard and sustained
painful injury to his neck.
Conductor Frank w. Flint left here on
Monday morning last. He will not return
to his usual work at present.
After stay OF few months Mr.. and
Mrs. Ezra Seaver of Chicago are making
farewell visits among friends here.
j. X. Lynde has lately been selling for
eighty five cents per bushe potatoes brought
in here from northern New York.
Will Moore recently consulted DIR. Henry
James of Waterbury, who thinks his pres
ent trouble is the result of pleurisy.
Rev. f. e. Briggs will preach sermon to
the children of his congregation at the Free
Baptist church on Sunday afternoon at two
o'clock.
Ebert Jackson, in the interest OF the Bos-
| ton Co-operatives here, will be at his ware
house near the depot on Saturdays and
Mondays.
An effort is making here to secure a
course of lectures the coming winter. Com
mittees have been appointed to see what
! can be done.
David Gale was at his old home here last
week, having been compelled to give up
study for the present in Goddard Seminary
on account of his eyes.
Ed House has recently laid sewage pipes
| from the house he has just bought of Arthur
Simons to the brook passing through the
north part OF our village.
Our band went to Brookfeld last We'd
nesday evening to the new home Of Clarence
/ McDerment, former player in the band.
A good time was had on the occasion.
DR.. B. Watson will in future cases OF
diphteria administer anti-toxin, If wanted
for his patients. Thus far this year we be-
lieve he has lost no patients by sore throats
Deacon Edwin c. Smith, now of Wash.
ington, was in town last week, and we are
cheered by his statement that he thought
he might yet return to this native place to
live.
Revs. P. P. Womer and William Soho.
field were in Chelsea last week, represent
ing the Williamstown Congregational
church in a council called by the church in
Chelsea.
Rev. P. p. womer will preach at the
Solid Rock Methodist chapel in the quarry
district next Sunday afternoon, it being the
day for Rev. j. o. Sherburne to go to East
Brooktield.
The great contrast in the number of gran
lite men employed here at the present time
and year ago, when the business dropped
so low is an occasion of congratulation all
around now.
Mrs. Betsey II. Hayward, and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Farnham are planning to visit
friends in Somerville and Haverhill, Mass
this week, availing themselves of excursion
rates to Boston.
Miss Alice Walker having been ailine
with sore throat that might prove to be
| diphtheria the house was quarantined last
! the house went elsewhere.
The Guild children are ailing with sore
throats but as yet it is hoped it will not
prove diphtheria The greatest effort is be-
ing made to prevent any spread of the dis
ease If genuine case is found here.
The Womans Relief Corps gave ban
quet at the town hall last Wednesday even
ing, in which the Grand Army Post and
Sons of Veterans joined. 1t was the occa-
sion of the inspection of the corps by lady
from st. Johnsbury.
Town Representative Frank Martin last
week had to submit to surgical operation
| for strangulated hernia. 1t was performed
by Drs. Watson, Reid and Bradley of Barre.
Mr.. Martin has been very sick but his re.
covery is hoped for.
Charles r. Benedict effected a complete
surprise last week Monday evening in the
celebration, by score Of friends OF the fifty
eighth birthday of his wife. A token of
good will and kindly remembrance was left
for Mrs. Benedict by these guests.
B +, Sibley has returned from St. Paul,
Mimi, after his late surgical operation to
the home of his brother-in-law, DR.. George
! E. Maloy of st. Cloud Of that state where
/ he nv likely remain for few weeks. He
is reported as seemingly doing well.
To some of our citizens who have lately
/ seen our old townsman, John S. Green, now
OF Brookfield it looks as II he could live but
little while. A war veteran, and a long
time a pansioher, we Lear his pension
has lately been increased to $72 per month.
James E. Gregory has purchased gaso-
line engine and other machinery for his
new machine shop in our old village school
house, and hopes soon to be at work. We
trust his fine mechanical genius will draw
in work, not only from town but from some
other places adjoining.
Rev. p. P. Womer's second lecture to
young men, entitled Granite Cutting"
was given last Sunday evening, and was
heard with great interest by goodly mum.
Der. The theme was Character Building"
and was finely illustrated by facts in the
art of granite cutting, from the taking OF
the block Of rough granite into the shed
till it was made ready for its proper end.
From a certain section of our country
have come reports in late years of its great
adaptation to grape culture. Money has
been asked for by resident parties, to be in
vested there, in vineyards, the investors to
stand still in their own homes and make
money by the cultivation of their acres, by
the aforesaid parties. We happen to have
a money-making farmer, an acquaintance
who went not many years ago to that sec
ton to live, and grape culture has been q
part Of his diversified farming. He writes
that he only gets enough out of his cranes