The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-07-12
Williamstown.

John Duffus visited an old Scotch friend
in Burlington last week.
Mrs. Robert Gamble and daughter are
visiting in northern New York.
Steele McAllister, longtime invalid, is
apparently at the point OF death
Joel A. Bass is to be with dramatic
company, for the season at Casco Bay, Me.
Leslie ID. Gale has returned to his old
post at the Fabyan House, White Noun
tains.
The next Grange meeting will not be
held till the evening OF the first Wednesday
in August.
Patsey Rogers was in town Monday with
his brother Jack. He will go to stone cut
ting again at once
Miss Annette E. Edison goes to Burling.
ton today to consult the eye specialist who
is treating her eyes.
Mrs. M. j. White and daughter, now of
Melrose, Mass, are to spend their summer
vacation Searsport, Maine.
Mrs. Frank Harvey Martin, who is so i'll
with bronchial and lung trouble, is thought
to have improved little OF late.
Messrs. Henry Martin and the Robinson
Brothers had fine success in fishing at NAL
let's Bay on Lake Champlain recently.
Mrs. X. L. Watson returned last week
from stay of some weeks with her son,
Rev. Cary Watson OF Greenfield, Mass.
from work for j. X. Lynde in a bicycle trip
TO the home OF a brother residing In Enos-
burgh.
Mrs. Carl seaver and son have returned
from q visit of some weeks with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Roberts, now of Gran
vile, N Y.
The Methodist ladies will have an ice
cream festival on their parsonage lawn on
Wednesday evening OF this week. ALL are
cordially invited
John Perry's services as a carpenter are
in demand in Mortified for other work
than on the hotel which will yet occupy him
for several weeks.
Principal Orrin Smith will be at home
this week from Ashfeld, Mass, where he
has been teaching for few years as the
head of the Sanderson Academy.
Mrs. Laura L. Ainsworth of Moline ILL.,,
arrived last week for stay of some weeks
at her old home here. She has had good
deal of poor health in late months.
Perhaps more quietly than before for
years, the Fourth passed here, and we be-
lieve with no permanent detriment to the
spirit of rs in the rising generation.
If our village is to pay $4,000 for water
works for fire purposes it will not be far
perhaps from its proportion OF the bonded
debt Of $50 coo incurred for getting the rail
road here.
Joel Foster of Montpelier is said to have
estimated the entire cost of the water works
necessary for fire purposes here at somt
S12 000 This contemplstes bringing the
wa at from the Oliver S. Walker place.
The selectmen having laid out fire dis
trict that embraces the entire village, in
Guiding Mill village, meeting was called
for Monday afternoon last at the town hal
TO elect officers for the district.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Munroe Seaver at las
accounts were in the town of Cheney
Spokan County, Washington, with the
~ Noav tAtr Ira
Laura Work Dennis, an aunt Of Mrs
Seaver.
Joel Foster of Montpelier was here las
week at the old Oliver 8. Walker farm il
the employ OF the Acqueduct Company
Whatever action the citizens OF the new
fire district take on Monday, it is expected
that water will be taken from this place TO
village use by some party
One of our bright little village misses
seven years of age, became rather impatien
the other day under some needed family re
straint and told her mamma that she shout,
be glad when she was married, believing il
her inexperienCe that there are no bond
for a woman in that delectable period. w
should like to interview her, one or tw
score years hence.
Marshall Seaver, fourth son of the lat
Cyrus Seaver, died last week at his home il
Manson. Iowa, in his sixty-ninth year
leaving wife, four sons and three daugh
tiers. Some two score years ago he LEI
here for Iowa, where as a householder, h
has followed his trade. He has been-a
were his parents-a lifelong, active men
Der of the Methodist church, serving bot
in private and official capacity.
The average OF the hay yield here ma
be better Than many have prOphesied. On
who has had a long experience as a farme
tells us of his experience here, just thi
season. Before cutting the hay on a Gel
tain place he had charge OF, some one sal
tn him that he would not cut the crop fo
it. When cut, our friend said that one-ha
of the yield, valued at So per ton, as
would be willing to call it, would recon
pense him for the work of making the oil
tire crop.
At the meeting OF the citizens Of the fir
district, Monday afternoon, Walter Granf
er, Bert Robinson and Harvey l.. Chene
were chosen prudential committee, Georg
Beckett clerk, and Charles M. Seavel
treasurer Only few citizens were pres
ent, perhaps because it may not have bee
generally known that this meeting ha
been called. AS the prudential committe
will likely call another meeting before YER
many days, to consider the question OF tar
alton for water supply, etc, it behoove
the people OF the district to be informed a
TO the meeting, and to turn out to it,
Mrs. Mary Stafford, wife of the late Ly
man Drury, died last week at her old hom
on the East Hill, after many years Of in
Nhiluibm lrOm u COmpllChulOu Ol diseases
She was buried last Saturday from he
home, Rev. Alvin M. Smith officiating. TIL
large attendance on that stormy day, tn
floral tributes, many and beautiful, test
fed, II but family, to the very high estims
ton in which she had long been held. 1
was remark OF one who entertained
high regard for her, that her shut.in lif
may have been a greater service to tn
world than life OF health would have been
so sweetly and grandly had she met an,
borne her ills OF the body. She leaves tw
sons and two daughters. Her age wa
sixty.four years.
Moretown.
Mrs. Anna Sawyer, Miss Maud johnson
and Margery Hubert have new wheels
- Services were held at the Catholi
church, last Sunday. - Mrs. Hannal
Howe from st. Johnsbury, is visiting
in town. - Nat Carpenter and Mis-
Florence Hurdle, visited in town over Sun
day. - Robert Prentis is at home for
few days. - Little Joseph Donshu
died last Wednesday and was buried Fri
in no 70 hnl IL ata