The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-02-23
Williamstown.


State fish and game commissioner, II. W.
Bailey OF Newbury, was at the Monument
House over Sunday.
A. McNichol, of the granite firm OF Carter
& McNichol, left on Monday for Goulds-
Vile, his new field Of labor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Blanchard left last
week for White River Junction where we
hear they are to be in hotel
Fred Burnham will soon return to work
for B. II. Sibley. Meantime Leslie Will
lams is working for Mr.. Sibley.
Guitar, banjo and mandolin playing Is In
vogue here, under the weekly instruction
of Mrs. G. A. Lang of Montpelier.
According to the warning for our March
meeting there is nothing out Of the ordinary
to be considered on that occasion.
Mrs. Charles II. Benedict has been stay
ing with children in Burlington for two
weeks past on account OF her i'll health.
Overseer of the Poor Wesley M. Seaver
froze his nose recently and having taken
cold In 1t 1t presents spirited appearance.
The Universalst ladies' society post
poned the antiquarian socable till Friday
evening, March 4, on account OF the late
snow storm.
The funeral sermon in memory of Mrs.
John Winchester buried last Wednesday,
will be preached at the Methodist church
on Sunday morning next.
Landlord j. w. Brown last week re-
ceived severy injury near an eye by an
accidental hitting Of his forehead against
the corner of a writing desk.
Alfred Carnes after few years of vii.
lage life, is about to return to farming, hav-
| ing exchanged evenly his place in mill viii
lage for the Alden p. Martin place.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. f. Sibley returned to
Pennacook, N. H., where he is being treat
ed for cancer in the face. Henry f. Frs
! kline remains there for further treatment for
| the same trouble.
The storm last Wednesday prevented
Rev. j. o. Sherburne from going to Plain
| field to take part in the marriage of his
brother-in-law, Rev. j. N. Perrin, former
esteemed pastor of the Congregational
church here.
The weather bureau permitting, Gen. o.
o. Howard of Burlington, will lecture on
Thursday evening of this week on "Sher-
mans March to the Sea-" OF course there
will be great interest in seeing and hear
ing this distinguished soldier and gentle
man.
We have just seen letter mailed here in
1843, to a citizen then in Massachusetts,
showing the postage to have been eighteen
and three-fourth cents and not prepaid. 1t
bore the familiar written postmark Of the
late Rodolphus Ainsworth for so many
years the postmaster here.
Justice Charles ii. Bigelow returns his
verdict in favor of this town in the case of
the town vs.. Allie Wilfore heard before
him a few weeks ago. 1t is aHthoritatively
stated that in an attempted settlement of
the case on the day of the trial the parties
came within three dollars of agreeing
The auditors report for the past year will
show some twenty five hundred dollars in
the town treasury, above town expenses.
Shall not what seems to so many a burden
some taxation here, be reduced the coming
year by that amount? Who would not
rather have his share of any surplus in his
own pockets nowadays.
The worst storm of many seasons occur
red here on Tuesday night and Wednesday
of last week Snow and wind conspired to
bury every thing out of sight. So little of
this section OF the real America was visible to
the naked eye, that Hon. Frank Plumley's
lecture on the subject had to be postponed
until Thursday evening of next week,
March 3.
The fftieth anniversary of the wedding
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Liberty Jeffords will occur
on February 81; that of Mrs. Almra New
comb Ketchum and husband on February %
and that Of Mr.. and Mrs. Luther H. j. Mer-
rill on March ]. In the case of the last
couple this anniversary is to be observed in
much the usual manner Congratulations
to our old townsfolk.
If the list Of marriages, births and deaths
here last year shows fewer of each than
the year before, there may possible be err
| rors under the new method Of getting the
returns. Now the doctors are required to
send in the list of names Of any persons
they have helped into, or out Of life, instead
of the secretary of the school board supply
ing these lists AS reported the births
were SO, deaths 81, marriages A.
We have again had the pleasure of look
at the cabinet OF John A. Perry, born col
lector of curios. He has some 175 or more
stuffed birds, a late addition to which is
1arn nx.yl1 hir1
was caught in trap by Presby Hopkins
last fall and when found fought Mr.. Hop
kins for dear life, flying into his face most
spitefully. 1t measures fifteen inches in
height as it rests on its perch. Another OBJ
ject OF interest was stone Ratchet taken
from an Indian mound in Indiana. When
found it was in the grasp of the skeleton
hand of an Indian, bone in which hand,
! as we'll as tooth of the savage, is in Mr..
Perry's collection. 1t makes one wonder
where in the world one may bring up final
ly, as to ones physical self, and it helps to
reconcile one to 'store teeth" One OF the
greatest wonders to us, in this cabinet, is
the nest OF tarantula brought from Cali.
fornia. To this nest the spider retreats in
case OF danger, and pulls down over 1t a
hinged cover. We shall always have
more respectful feeling for that thing here
after, provided he keeps a respectful dis
lance from us. Another curiosity was the
United States governments receipt to Elisha
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| for two dollars, the annual tax he was pay.
ing on "a four wheeled carriage called a
wagon" A niece of Mr. Perry's, Miss
Hattie Webster, taxidermist sets up
work for him
Randolph Center
Mrs. John Bolan went to Rutland Mon
day to visit her daughter.
No services were held in any of the
churches on Sunday on account of the
| storm.
II. Monroe Lamb and Miss Abbie p. Da-
mon were married last Tuesday at the home
of the brides father, r. M. Damon, Rev,
Charles #. Partridge officiating.
The many friends of j. G. Fargo, the old
est person in this vicinity, miss his cheerful
face and genial ways as he has been i'll OF
late, and wish for him a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Daniel Washburn, long time resi-
dent of this vicinity, died last Thursday at
the age of about eighty years. She had been
an invalid for many years and for some
time had been cared for in the home of S.
b. Carpenter. Her son, Julian j., OF Ba-
tavia, N. Y, came Saturday, and funeral
services were held Sunday morning.