The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17
WilIiamstown.


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Work is progressing on the addition to II.
III. Martins barn room.
New books will be added to our town
library at the next meeting.
Mrs. Chester Martin visited in East
Brookfield several days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Beckett return
the last OF this week to Boston for the win.
ter.
It Is said that Elm j. Gale will rebuild
the barn lately destroyed by fire at the Gulf
Springs.
Miss Fanny Seaver, who keeps house for
her brother, Rodney Seaver, is having the
bilious fever.
Mrs Lewis M. Seaver was ablo to ride to
the village last Friday, for the first time
since her return.
Mrs. Bertha Sprsgue read an original
paper at the Congregational circular con
ference, last week Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Simons have re-
turned from eastern New York, where they
rave been visiting for few weeks.
Charles Fl. Perry, who has been in failing
health for some months past, has been
worse during the last week or more.
Messrs. Jason II. Jeffords and son Rus
sell have lately sold another fine span of
horses, for several hundred dollars.
Luther Bailey has been unable to return
to his school as teacher in WebsteIville,
Barre, on account of continued sickness.
Joel A. Bass professional work has taken
him to Washington, d. @. this 8, sson. The
press accords him warm praise in his work.
Favorable accounts are received OF the
health OF Preston Cross since his return to
bis home, near st. George, New Brunswick
Mrs. Mary Beckett Simons plans to start
for Washington, ID. c., this week to remian
for the winter. She will be with her sister,
Mrs. Julia Beckett Martin.
One OF our farmers was hauling potatoes
to Barre last week, for which he received
thirty-tive cents bushel. He said there
was no market here for them.
Mrs. Betsey H. Hayward, George r. Bos-
worth, Fred jackson and son are planning
to avail themselves Of the excursion rates to
Boston and vicinity this week.
Barney d. Flint will remain at Wood
burn, Oregon, for the winter. He has been
there nearly two years, bnt hoped to be at
Denver, Col, the coming winter.
1t is hoped that recent rains will start
the fountains of water 30 long dry here,
and thus relieve families that have been
dependent on Others for a supply,
Perley Carlin who has been Ill with ty-
phoid fever for few weeks, was gaining
until last Saturday when it is said possibly
he ate something that brought GA relapse.
DIR. j. Ii. Jackson of Barre was called on
Sunday. The case was found to be very
critical The patient only lived till Mon
day noon 1t has been very sad time OF
| sickness in this family OF late, three of the
four members of it having been i'll.
Seassn tickets for the lecture course are
now on sale at j. X. Lynde's store at S1.25,
$l50 and 81 70, according to location of
seats, single admission 80 cents. The first
| entertainment of the course will occur Sat
urday evening, October 20, and will be the
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| attend this entertainment as it is one of the
| best in the course, and is as good an enter
| tainment as is being placed before the pub
| lie at the present time, furnishing the peo-
pie with an evening of rare sport. The
company is composed Of Durno, the magic
ian, and Mr.. Hugh j. Emmett of California;
ventriloquist and entertainer, who is con-
| coded to be as good as any artist in his line,
| and Megibben Kimbrough, musical freak
pianist aud accompanied, who has achieved
| remarkable success. Secure your tickets at
once al they are selling fast.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gamble now of Gro.
ton, last Saturday brought the body of their
little daughter for burial in our village GEM
etery. She was some two and one-half
years of age and was said to be a beautiful
child. She was sick but a few hours.
George W. Clark has decided to retu
to Barre to live. He has hired a very des-
rable honse for boarding purposes on North
| "olh nuioo1 anu uut BOOu tdDl6 uHdJ He luI-
nishes will doubtless insure him many more
boarders than he has had here.
The members of the Grange will attend
| the Universalist church in a body next Sun
day to listen to a sermon to be specially
| prepared for them by Rev, Frances A. Kim
ball, who is herself a member Of The Grange.
John Staples, son of the late John Sta
Piles, and for years past citizen of Law
renee, Mass, is, with his wife, visiting his
brother.in-law, Dexter NJ. Jones. He has
been great sufferer from rheumatism dur
ing the last yerr
Rev F, E. Currier and Jesse, son of
Erwin ii. Martin, were on a hunting trip in
Gale onia county last week. They had
success in taking wild ducks in Joe's
Pond, Danville.
Mrs. Martha Clark Chandler, now OF
Hanover, n. H., is visiting the family OF
her cousin, Deacon Edwin G. Smith. She
was the daughter OF the late John Clark of
| our town, and has been for six weeks past
with her brother, John Clark of East Ran
dolph, WHO'S very low from heart disease.
Next year we shall hope to have an
| cold home week" in Vermont and one
appropriate exercise here will be- the cele-
bration OF the centennial year Of our town
library. An institution that has been pro-
| ductive of 80 much good AZ this library
| during the hundred years of It's existence
well deserves an appropriate remem france
then.
Two OF our townsfok recently visited
'the old South Church, New buryport,
Mass, about which centers some very in.
teresting history They were shown the
veritable skeletons of three time minis
ters that are in vault under The pulpit OF
the church. One of the three was the
greatly renowned Rev George Whitefield,
born in Eng and in liza, the founder OF
Calvinistic Methodism, and MOODY" in
his day and generation.
In evidence that, kind deeds can never
| de- 1t is pleasant to record the following
that we hea the other day from the lips OF
an ex-townsman. He was born here, the
son OF very poor man In due time he
| left the place and the state and when grown
to manhood, made success financially in
his new home. Recalling a late we'll known
merchant here Of an earlier day, he told us
that when he himself was a. boy and without
money, there was church entertainment
in the village that he wanted to attend, but
| couldn't for want OF the needed fifty cents
He went to the merchant and laid the case
before him and he WAS quickly given the
half dollar. The kindness has never been
forgotten.
1t is complimentary to our road commits