The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-06-08
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Inc WIG OF ". ii, sargent Is away IOr
few weeks, visiting friends
Horace e. White and Mrs. George w
Farnham were married last week.
Our Guitar, Banjo and Mandolin Club are
for a concert to be given little
later on.
Mrs Howard Winchester is in very poor
health, and under the care Of a Brookfeld
physician.
Leon Cummings of Company e writes
from his southern camp and In no wise COM
plainingly.
Children's Day will be observed on SUM-
day at both the Methodist and Congrega-
tional churches.
Mrs. Chsuncey Lougee gains little in
the use OF her paralyzed members, as does
Mrs. AFRO Nichols.
The father and sister of the Rogers Broth
ers, who lately enlisted from here, have
moved out OF the State.
An old farmer tells us he has hardly ever
seen better prospect for grass here at just
this time than at present
Return 8. Davis finally concluded trade
last week for farm and stock in Johnson,
valued at some four thousand dollars.
Dexter M. Jones has recently sold his
pretty span of sorrel horses to party in
Pennsylvania. Price reported TO be $500.
Two of our granite firms just now are let
we hope for a renewed demand for them
not far in the future.
The family friends of Mrs. Charles M.
Erskine, with few others, celebrated her
sixty-eighth birthday recently with a visit
and worthy gifts for the occasion.
One of our granite workers was unfortu-
nate enough to have put $500 into 1.-THE
Order of the World" that collapsed last
year, all of which was lost to him.
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appraisal Of real estate. In answer to our
inquiry they expect the appraisal will be
about the same in result as four years ago.
Miss Mary, daughter of Henry A. Aims
worth, mot long ago returned from an ex-
tended tour in Europe) is to come to her
fathers old home here for stay OF some
weeks.
One of our italian granite-cutters, who
went home to Italy some months ago ex-
pecting to remain there permanently, found
business matters such that he was glad to
return to work here.
Children's Day was observed appropri-
ately at the Universalist church on Sunday.
In addition to the childrens exercises,
there were baptisms of children, and two
adults united with the church.
An article written by our townswoman,
Mrs. Frank Harvey Martin, has recently
appeared in periodical of so high grade,
as to make it an honor to any one whose
writing should be accepted by it.
Some one has just called our attention to
the number Of vacant tenements Just now
in our village, and yet one OF our villagers
has had twelve applications for q house to
be vacated some months hence.
At the closing exercises of our village
schools week after next it is hoped there
may be seven graduates from the highest
department of these schools, and several
mora from other schools in town
Allie Wilfore has bargsined for the Moses
Poor farm to take possession the first of
November. Price, $500. Mr.. Poor once re-
fused $4,000 for the farm. Forty-seven
acres have since been sold from it.
Mrs. Denison Martin, in answer to an ap-
plication put in some years ago, has been
granted pension of twelve dollars month,
owing to the death of her oldest son, Carlos,
a soldier in the war of the rebellion.
Mrs Laura Waterman Boots grand
daughter of the late Calvin Ainswortb, and
resident now of Great Falls, Montana, has
an only son, in the twenties, who ia one of
the soldiers on the way to the Philippines.
Rev. j. o. Sherburne at the union ser.
vice at the Methodist church on Sunday
evening gave one of his usual thoughtful,
well.eXpressed sermons, in which the worth
Of the church at large to the world was set
forth admirably.
N. Bert Robinson is about to put thou
sand loads OF sand from j. X. Lynde's
place on to the lot opposite to Mrs. A. M.
Hubbard's place. He has just put in a
sewer from his house to the brook near
Albert R. Martins shop.
While Henry Cross was hunting wood
chucks on Saturday by an accident he re-
ceived the charge of his rife in his foot.
DIR. Reid of Barre was called to assist DR..
Watson to extract the ball from his foot.
The wound is serious one.
Health officer DIR. E. B. Watson has asked
the State board Of health to come here to
settle some questions in connection with
the location OF sewer that j. X. Lynde
and neighbors wish to lay-a matter that
agitates some Of our citizens on nasal and
sanitary grounds.
Mrs. w. B. Mayo of Mortified and a
friend were in attendance at the Congrega-
tional church here on Sunday and had with
others the pleasure of listening to a very
"Christ in the Home" one Of series Of
sermons on "Christ as Our Example"
Two persons from Graniteville were sum-
moned for trial on Saturday here on charge
of abusing horse as they were driving in
our place the Sunday previous, but they were
discharged for some reason. Who the per-
sons were that were driving on our street
that day we cannot say, but some Of our
citizens were greatly indignant at the sight
of what seemed to them cruel abuse OF
horse, abuse that merits severe punishment.
We have just seen a long and interesting
letter from Leon Cummings, one of our
granite boys, who is member Of Company
E of the First Vermont volunteers in camp
in Georgia, and 1t has just the right ring.
1t isn't all fun, getting ready to fight the
Spaniards. but Cummings put the best side
out and writes In spirit worthy of Green
Mountain boy from the days Of Ethan AL
len to the present. We send him and all
our boys there, heartiest greetings and good
will.
g. e. Parker. Sharon, Wis, writes 81
have tried De Wits Witch Hazel Salve for
itching piles and it always stops them in
two minutes. I consider DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve the greatest pile cure on the
market."-W. e. Terrill & Co.
Plainfield.
Mrs. Newcomb Kinney is visiting in town.
DR.. #. P. Gale and family of Barre visited
at 8. B. Gales the first OF the week.
Miss Daisy Pike has gone to her home in
Marshfeld to remain for the present.
Mrs. @. G. st. John went on Thursday to
Mendon, Mass, to visit her daughter.
Charles Jack has moved from Woodbury.
into the tenement in N. I. Ssnborn's house.
Miss Mary McAllister of East Barre,
spent SATURDAY. and Sunday at the home of