The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-08
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Joe Lawler has gone to work at stone cut
ting in Groton
Mrs. Clinton N. Field of Barre was at her
old home here last week.
Miss Emma Adams is teaching in the
| George Williams district.
Asa G. Wilbur reached his destination,
! Jennings, Louisiana, safely.
The mercury was below zero at nine
o'clock last Thursday evening.
Will j. Young buried his father in st.
George, N. b., last Wednesday.
DR.. e. B. Watson has been kept very
busy of late by sickness in town.
Edison s. Martin is to build house on his
farm for the use of his hired help.
Mrs. Mary Beal M Lean of South Barre
| is teaching in the Calvin Flint district.
The Ladies' Reading Club was revived
here last week, after quite long time rest.
A daughter was recently born to Mr.. and
Mrs Arthur Ralph, now of Bridgewater,
Mass
The Congregationalists will have their
| Christmas festival on Christmas eve at their
| church.
The Methodist ladies will give an oyster
supper at the town hall this evening, and
all are cordially invited to attend.
Leon, only son of o. A. Blanchard, and
| Miss Irene G. Barnes of Cooks Corners, N
Y, were recently married in Chester.
Rev. p. p. Womer will hold another ser
vice next Friday evening at the school
house in the Charles Erskine district.
| George Goodrich is to have second term
| this season of vocal music teaching in Chel-
sea. He began a class here in Lynde hall
last Saturday evening.
Bert, son of Lucius S. Simons, manu-
facturer of candy in Providence, X. l.,
writes OF an order for four tons of a certain
style of molasses candy.
Lee Salter of South Barre, in the employ
of Lynde 81 Cheney, will occupy the tene-
ment in the Edison block just vacated by
| Postmaster g. l.. Edison.
Deacon Edwin G. Smith was in town last
week and his return here to live seems
pretty likely, in the not far distant future.
His return will be welcomed indeed
The three religious societies worshiping
in our village decide to have each its Christ
mas festivities by itself. 1t is to be hoped
they may not all come on the same evening.
Mrs. Barnet Goodrich, for sometime past
a great invalid, and sster-in-law OF our
Masonic lodge, recently received a fraternal
present from the lodge OF some fifteen dol
lars.
The Womans Home Missionary Society
Of the Methodist church will hold thank
Offering meeting on Sunday evening, De-
cember u, at seven o'clock. All are cor
daily invited to attend.
| AS mTb. hhlUu w HlJuoy Was Ou uOI way
to the depot on Monday morning, to go to
| Barre as a nurse, she fell on the icy side
walk near the Edison furniture store, with
the result of bruises, and failed to reach
| Barre.
An Orange county citizen has in some
years past, had manufactured for him pro-
| prietary medicine, for which he says there
is a growing call. Druggist Fred A. Aims
worth has been his manufactures for y ear
| or more.
William Grearson, of Grearson & Beckett,
granite manufacturers, is about to repeat his
visit of a year ago to Atlanta, Georgia,
where he bas a sister. John Duffus
will again have charge of the manufactur-
ing, in Mr. Grearson's absence.
Representative Frank Martin is up from
his long and severe illness and able to be
about town. He tells us that his brother
in-law, John S. Green, is again more poor
ly. He had rallied somewhat from the
very low condition he had been in.
George Goodrich's vocal class on Saturday
evening, was in numbers such as to en-
courage him greatly. He is to give a con-
cert here at the end Of his term. A call
now comes to him from North Tunbridge
with the prospect we believe of class.
Rev. P. p. Womer will again take up his
| lectures TO young men next Sunday even
ing, under the new name OF familiar talks
| on familiar subjects" While these talks
are primarily designed for young men, they
are intended to be helpful to all, and thus
every body will bs welcome.
| A recent look at some of the stock of our
furniture dealer, Charles Edison, leads US to
say that his institution seems to us one for
the town to be proud of. An elegant birch
chamber set in his show window is sugges-
tive of ease and comfort in striking con-
trast to the birch at our backs in boyhood
days.
Isaac T. Robinson died on Monday after
noon of heart failure in his eightieth year.
He will be buried here from his home
Wednesday afternoon. He came here from
| Moretown some seven years ago and has
since been engaged in the stove and tin
ware business. A wife and several children
survive him.
Fred, son of Melvin e. Burnham, goes to
Montpelier this week to begin course in
the Methodist Seminary, If he can pay his
way as he goes. AS he is good, faithful,
honest, intelligent young mainland ready
to lay his hand to work outside of school
hours and on his weekly holiday. we trust
there may be those in or near Montpelier
who will give him chance to show his
metal and turn an honest penny to be used
in getting the education he wants.
The Central Vermont Pomona Grange
met at the Town Hall last Thursday. Ger
tain themes on the programme for the pub
lie exercises Thursday afternoon were:
"The most prominent factor in woman
| development during the past nifty years
1.-THE formation of soil'; Happiness, and
where found; and "The effect, il any, that
the free delivery of mails would have upon
the value Of real estate owned by members
of this grange" There seemed quite good
attendance, considering rough roads.
Olney, son of the late Allen Martin, died
on Saturday last at the home of his brother,
David Martin, and was buried from this
home on Monday afternoon, Rev. p. p.
Womer, assisted by Rev. Alvin NJ Smith,
officiating. He was in his sixty sixth year,
and his disease was of the stomach. He had
been confined to the house but two or three
months He had never married. He had
been quite traveller, having at some time
visited the Pacific coast and Europe. For
years past he has resided away from here
and was but little known to most of us.
"Do your best" was the we'll treated
theme by Rev. j. o. Sherburne, at the union
service at the Methodist church last Sunday
evening. This motto may have been sug-
gested to Rev. Mr.. Sherburne by an incl
dent which he related of one who in a wreck
on the western shore Of Lake Michigan,
saved the lives of quite a number After
the wonderful rescue of these persons in
water icy cold there came reaction, and
delirium during which he would put the
question to his attendants, Ibid 1 do my
hest?" After the high ideal portrayed by
the speaker ON Ihe occasion. il Would seem