The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-11
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ElDert jackson has SOLD MS teeu business
to j. X. Lynde.
Orrin Simons has been i'll for a little time,
but is convalescent.
AFRO Reed is in Boston purchasing car
load OF horses to ship here.
Mrs. DR.. W. b. Mayo of Northfield was
in town with friends over Sunday.
A subscription paper is being circulated
Tor a flag to float near the town hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. f. Sibley returned to
Pennacook, N. H., last Wednesday.
Mrs. Abbie Bean Farr was in town call
ing on old acquaintance last week.
Our old townsman, Silas S. Briggs, now
OF Brockton, Mass, was in town last week.
Merville Martin, son OF Guerdon Martin,
enlisted and started for Burlington Tues
day afternoon.
Miss Emma L. Ainsworth arrived from
Moline, ILL.,, last week, after an absence of
some two ears.
Carl j. Benedicts little boy lately fell
from a bed and broke his arm, at his home
in Burlington.
Deacon Edwin G. Smith is to lay out some
hundreds Of dollars in repairing the build
ings on his farm.
The hills were white with snow one morn
ing last week, and ice was to be seen last
Saturday morning.
About one hundred and sixty persons
from here attended the celebration at Mont
pelier Monday evening.
Ernest Riddel's mother lately started for
her old home in Scotland. She has never
been quite contented here.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Beckett returned
last Tuesday from their stay Of a fortnight
with their son in New York city.
FL. Stevens, Joe Lawler and p. Rogers
are said to have failed to pass the necessary
examinations for the army at Burlington.
The Gresrson, Beckett Granite Company
is about to build an Office at their works.
1t will be sixteen by twenty feet, and two
stories high
Peter j. Matheson, of the quarry district,
buried an infant son last week. Mrs.
Matheson is very sick at this writing, and
is hardly expected to live.
Mrs George Mari goes this week to
Whitefeld, N. H., to remain with relatives
two weeks and thence to her fathers home
in Canada, to be away several weeks.
Mrs. Mehitable Stebbins left last Thurs
day for a stay of some weeks with her
nephew, Lewis w. Odds of Erie, Penn,
who is about to celebrate his golden we'd
ding.
A committee Of ladies Of the Congrega-
tional church has been at work on the Sun
day-school library, partly with a view to
temporary exchange of some of the books
with other schools.
George Dobbs has gone from the service
OF the railway between Williamstown and
Barre and is in the employ OF the Wells
River road at Barre. A brother will take
his place, and move to tenement in this
village.
The Grearson-Beckett Company last week
shipped a soldiers monument to Blair,
Neb., to be erected to the memory of the
soldiers of Washington county, Neb., who
fell in the war of the rebellion. The work
consists Of three bases, two dies and cap.
Last Wednesday evening was Flower
evening" with the grange, at the town hall.
In addition to the display of flowers was
discussion OF the relative influence for good
of music and flowers. One may look with
much pleasure and satisfaction upon the
work done by the members OF this grange
We know of no one who did not respect
the religious character OF our late towns
man, Holloway Merrill, who died dozen
or more years ago. We have just heard
one, who was his "hired man" for part Of
two years, say in proof of the genuineness
of the man, that ''he never knew him to
shorten up his Bible reading and prayers in
his daily family devotions, on good day in
haying."
Last Friday was ushered in with the fir
ing of guns and the blowing of steam
whistles, on the departure of the volunteers
for their place of rendezvous. They were
accompanied to Barre by large turnout Of
our people, work having been suspended at
the granite sheds in honor of the occasion.
The hearts of all will be with the boys in
will return them to US in health and safety.
Last year from sixteen COWS two of them
heifers and three farrow), Herbert @. Platt
made nearly $500 pounds Of butter, an av-
erage OF 280 pounds to cow. When Mr..
Platt first took his farm, a little less than
score OF years ago, he could, with other
stock, keep seven cows, but for four or five
years had to buy hay. He has a slo that
will hold a hundred tons OF ensilage, he
values very highly for feed. With a separ-
ator and power churn he makes his butter
which for few years past he has sold on
yearly contracts to W. II. Miles OF Granite
Vile. This year he gets nineteen cents per
pound for it.
The human machine starts but once and
stops but once. You can keep it going
longest and most regularly by using De
Wits Little Early Risers, the famous little
pills for constipation and all stomach and
liver troubles. w. e. Terrill & Go.
South Corinth.
Mrs. G. M. Wilson of Post Mills spent the
Barnes and wife from Eagle Bridge, N. Y,
phrey. - Mr.. and Mrs. O. j. Slack were
past week. - Miss Ward has finished
her term of service with Mrs. A. L. Parker.
Jennie Orr is the next in order. - @. j.
Slack sold nice young horse recently to A.
w. Peters of Bradford. ID. M. Bond
and family were with their immediate fam
lily relatives for brief visit last week.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures