The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
Willlanstown.

anu MIS-. Henry Grlthth.
station agent W Flint and wife were
visiting in 81. Abans, last week
Miss Susie NJ Benedict s working during
the holidays in @. NJ 5eaver'a store.
There will be special Christmas music at
the Congregational church next Sunday.
Newell Il. Farnham recently dressed a
porker Of last May that weighed 202 pounds
Miss Mamie Brush lis woi king duiuR the
holidays at Perry & Camps store In Barre.
Gurdon Martin has had the misfortune to
lose the second one Of his granite team
horses Of late.
Melvin e. Church will dispose Of a num-
her and variety Of things at auction, utXt
Saturday.
Robbie Gamble was called to Groton last
week by an accident to his father, who has
granite work there
Miss CorneIia Lougee, now Of Concord
| n. H.. Is visiting the family OF her brother
Chauucey LOugee, in our village.
Herbert N, son of Newell r. Farnham
has been under medical care for few
weeks past with liver trouble.
The family OF Mrs. Ralph Whitney, now
| at the Mary Fletcher Hospital, get no unfa-
| vOrabe news from her.
Il is hoped that a camp of Modern Wood
men will be organized here within week,
starting in with twenty or more members.
Willie Lund is getting enough be tor so
that he works quite little. He has brel
trying his hand again at stone cutting in d
small way.
in its holiday decorations, goes n little
beyond anything that we recall there IN
previous years.
The 1923 we mentioned last " eek az hav-
ing been raised by the Methodists here
last year outs de the ordinary church sx-
penses was TOO small by $50.
Rev. Idrys Jones writes us from Wscon-
sin We judge that his ministerial work
there is a continued witness to his faithful
ness in his calling.
The only daughter of Mrs. Hiram Daven-
port, Mrs. William Carnes aud her son
now Of Vest Chszy, n. Y, have been visit
ing in Vermont Of late.
Mrs. p Mattheson died recently at her
home in the quarry district. She was nor
far in the twenties in age. Her body was
taken to Canada for burial
The next entertainment in our course will
be given on Monday evening, Dece brr %
by Edward II. Frye Of Boston As an m
personater he comes warmly commended,
The talk given by Mrs. George e.
L4dd Of Waterbury at the Congregational
Ladies' Missionary meeting here las week
Tuesday, on Turkey, proved very inter-
ing. OJner places might well s. icit her
services in this direction.
One Of our poultrymen tells MS that the
same feeding of his flock that gives hi
| marked success one year. may fail to give
it ou the following year; thus indicating
thar brains need TO be mixed with chicken
feed as we'll as with an artists paints.
Eugene H Call, son-in-law of The late
! Lyman A Work, who gave up stone cut
thug some months ago because of i'll health,
! has found out-Of-duor life meantime con-
| l,rnixr f. .nfh 10 hos ton
dency to lung trouble.
Asa G. WILDER, who went some weeks
ago to landed property he has in southwest
ern Louisiana intending to spend the win
ter, returned unexpectedly last Sa urday
afternoon. He had hoped to engage in rice
culture to which his land is adapted, il only
water enough could be had, but he was
disappointed and 80 came back.
Santa Claus has come to Charles NJ.
| Seaver's store here, and is to be seen any
! day, in person in front window where hr
! viii have his headquarters during The
| holidays. We would expect that with his
assistants Mr.. Seaver's would be a place
where Santa Claus would like to show his
wa es in the incest way possible. One who
| should hint at criticism OF the old Saint
at this time would do 1t at the peril OF his
! stockings, but would he kindly tell us
whether il is wind, weather, or wine, tha
! gives him such redness OF cheeks and nose
The house occupied by Norman Miuard
and IN )ther, near the Rood pond, took fire
near chimney early Sunday morning last.
Mr.. Nina d was sleeping up stairs his dog
! lying in the room. Mrs. Minard, hearing
the dog aking unusual noise, went to The
room, to find her son partially supplied by
smoke. When, at last, he was aroused, he
went out OF the chamber window to the
ground below, where he lay unconscious foI
some time. Mrs Minard had the tire to pur
| on alone. But few hours la er 10 started
up again when, with the help OF neighbors
il was quenched wholly. hole Was burn
ed through the roof and the furniture wa'
damaged. Insurance Agent James S. Hop
klns OF the Vermont Mutual was called tC
appraise damages.
The ordination and installation Of Rev
Miss Frances A. Kimball, At the Uulvec.
salist church last week Wednesday, could
hardly have failed to be very pleasant Il
her people and herself Rev. John KIM
ball Of Maine, a brother of Miss Kmbal
was unabl- to be here on account OF illness
R-vs j. Edward Wright Alven NJ Smi h
Effie X. NJ. Jones, Anna Belle Aldrich anC
Isabella j. Macduff assisted in the exer
cses. Iu addition to the many more seri
Gus things that would naturally be expect
ed on such an occasion Rev. j. K. Wrgh
in his cha ge to the pastor faceiiously lug
gested that "she cultivate thick epider
mIs," adding that "he thought ministers
should be akin to the rhinoceros.'
Miss Lula, daughter Of Mrs Aurors
Howe Burnham, started to drive hom,
alone from the house Of her brother-in-law
Orville ID. Boswortb, last Wednesday even
ing. She had gone hut little way before
her horse in its playfulness, had thrown
leg over thill of he buggy and becam,
frightened at its predicament. Miss Burn
ham, v no is yet quite an invalid, managed
to hold the horse till she could get out
then she began TO call for help. Mr.. Bos
worth mounted horse and started to Civ,
assistance. Bnt his coming up frightened
Miss Burnham's horse and it started on
run, leaving her behind, not stopping till /
brought M at the George @, Earle house
in our village. Beyond the breaking OF
strap TO the harness and badly chafed lei
OF the animal no damage wa, done.
II we were going to give pen-picture o
Abort X. Martin, our village blacksmii b
and his sm thy, we should want TO draw
latg IL on Longfellow's poem "The Villag
Blacksmith" Well along in the sixties a
to age, still
"W-ek in, week out, fr IN morn till night,
You can hear his bellows blow
His day book, in which he makes lis entrie
OF unpaid work, ia the 4 me old slate. tha
as a boy in the village school up behind Tn
! old al, oh har I'D a