The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-23
Williamstown.

Mrs. Ralph Whitney is somewhat better.
The schools OF the town will begin Mon
day, September 4.
Mrs. Segee Moore has just opened house
for table boarders in Barre
Mrs. j. Fred Austin and daughter are
visiting friends in Woodbury.
Rev. f. E. Currier exchanged last Sun
day with the Methodist minister OF Dan
vile.
Misses Susie Benedict and Gertrude Mar
tin were visiting friends in Richmond on
Sunday.
Charles G. Moore of Atlanta, Ga, is ex-
pected here the last of this week to remain
two weeks.
Representative William y. Pratt's family
are entertaining friends from Massachus-
etts just now.
Rev. P. P. Womer is on his way home
ward from his vacation, and expects to be
here this week.
Thomas Hoffman, a brother-in-law OF
Gene Reynolds, has just moved into the
Poole tenement house.
For the first time in the memory of Har-
vey l.. Cheney, his mill pond is absolutely
dry at the lower end of it.
Rev. p. P. Womer and party came from
Montreal to Burlington last week TO pass
the third week of their vacation.
Miss Mary B. LOOMS of Mortified, who
has taught in town for some time, will not
return here as teacher next term.
The Universalist ladies will hold a soci-
able Friday afternoon and evening, Sep
TENDER |, at the house of George W. Lynde.
Melvin Church is about to return to his
house to live. His adopted son Walter will
be back here to attend school the coming
year.
Corn is suffering greatly from the drouth
and hear of 81 material leSRpniup of the
potato crop as almost certain, from the
same cause.
Miss Amy Walbridge will teach the fall
term of school in the Rodney Seaver dis
trict, and Frank Erskine will teach in the
Sanford Dutton district.
John Mari and Leon Cummings who re-
Gently went to Butte City, Mont, write
back that they are getting six dollars day,
and are paying 1927 month for board.
Mrs. DR.. E. B. Watson returned last week
from her old home in Waitsfeld where she
had been with her parents several weeks.
She left her mother in very poor health.
Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Beckett are en-
tertaining friends from Boston, Miss
Delano of Maine, who has been their guest
in the last fortnight went away last Satur-
day.
At recent accounts Mr.. and Mrs. j. Mum
roe Seaver were in Julesburg, Col, visiting
one of the sons Of Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron
Klnsman. They are expected home very
soon.
Mrs. Belle Smith, daughter of the late
Horace Smith, and wife OF Allen Fleury,
now of Swanton has been in town OF late,
on business errand that kept her here sew.
eral days.
Mrs. Henry Wood will teach fall term
in the Beckett block as the result OF the ef-
forts OF some especially warm friends az a
hn hat aks
under her tuition, 1t will be select school
Some twenty-five young people of Barre,
Joined here last Friday evening by a good
ly number Of our young folks in a corn
roast just north OF our village. A capitally
good time was reported.
Miss Frances A. Kimball OF Poland
Maine, accepts her call to preach in the
Universalist church OF this place, and one
at South Barre, for year beginning with
the first Sunday of September.
Rev. p p. Womer tells us that the
pleasure of his vacation in Montreal wat
enhanced by the kind attention of his
former young parishioner here Richard j
Jenkins, whose home is in that city.
Wesley Demeritt of Northfield, was in
town on Monday, accompanied by his son
Bert r. Demeritt of Waterbury. While
here he made an arrangement with FREQ
Brown to move to Northield and rent his
farm there.
SO great is the drouth here it was sale
last week that without rains meantime, the
main supply OF water for our village faucets
might hardly last more than this week out
Both springs and streams in the place ar,
suffering greatly.
Thomas Sheridan has found his services
as a carpenter in great demand this year
He goes this week to put in a sio for Hor
ace NJ. Farnham at East Montpelier 1t il
said Mr.. Farnham will increase his presen
herd of fifty COWS to seventy head.
Mrs. Oliver Blanchard and her onl,
daughter, Miss Alice, are in town, tn,
guests OF o. A. Blanchard's family. Sine
q year ago last January, Miss Alice hs