The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-07-25
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Richard J. Jenkins is secretary OF the To- |
cal Granite Cutters Union at Beebe Plains. |
Read Homer Fits shirt waist ad. in this |
issue, 1t means bargains for shirt waist
| seekers.
Mrs Marvin Bruce Kathan has lately Wis
| tied her sister, Mrs. Thomas Poland, Of our
village.
Henry g. House is in charge of the build
| ing of the new dwelling his son Ed is put
| ting up.
Mrs. M. j. White and daughter Of Mel
rose, Mass, are here to remain some weeks
| on vacation.
A third son OF Fremont G. Little has been
| having sCarletina. Mrs. Little is slowly inn
proving in health.
| Willie Lund, whose invalidism for several
! years past, has been most pitiful, is not as
we'll as a year ago.
| Principal Orrin Smith, son of Marcus A.
| Smith, is at home from teaching in western
| Massachusetts.
| Mrs. Lucy Earle Holt OF Barre, was at the
| old home here last week. Her husband is
| building a house for his own occupancy in
| Barre.
Station Agent j. w. Flint is obliged to
leave his work for time on account of i'll
health. His place is supplied by railroad
man from Barre.
Misses Lizzie A. Work and Matte Robin
son are planning for an outing near Lake
Champlain at Milton, where they hope to
go this week.
Willie Briggs new barn in process OF
construction, was struck by lightning one
day last week, but the damage was not
great. No hay had been put into it.
Mrs Rev. William Schofeld and daugh-
| ter had the pleasure OF worshppin last
Sunday with old friends and acguaintances
in Berlin, aformer parish of Mr.. Schofeld's.
George MARI, for some years a resident
| here, has gone to Barre to work at granite
cutting and may later move his family
there, an event that would be regretted
here.
Frank Townsend eldest son of Charles
and Emily Flint Townsend, now a resident
OF British Columbia, is visiting here. His
brother, Calvin, is now working in British
Columbia.
Henry Downs, clerk in j. X. Lynde's
store, was taken quite violently i'll with
measles last week. His brother, Frank, Is
over them, and again at his post in the
store.
Editor Arthur Ropes, with his wife
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. .. H. Bald.
win, w. e. Harlow, DR.. G. e. Hunt and
wife and Mr.. Albin, all OF Montpelier, were
recent guests at the Gulf Springs House.
A barn near the Rood pond, belonging to
Mr.. Minar6 was burned last week. The
fire was caused by upsetting lantern.
The building was in the latitude Of the new
Gulf House and not very far west of it.
Rev d. II. Strong recently married Ed
gar s. Psrkhurst Of Springfield to Miss
Mary f. johnson of Boston, Mass, also Jo-
seph Lassie, granite cutter here. to Miss
Livina Bapponis lately arrived from Italy
The original charter of our town, given in
1881, has lately been framed and hung up
in the office of our town clerk, where any
one who chooses can see II. 1t is well
worth visit and reading.
Hariav Stavaua fOrmar oranita how
here, who some months ago married Miss
Alma Larkin, has gone to the farm of Mrs.
Stevens mother. For a year or two past
Mr.. Stevens has had reason to fear serious
trouble with his lungs unless averted.
Lewis M. Seaver arrived here Saturday
by way OF Chicago. He returned to New
York on Monday and hopes to move his IA
mily to his farm here in about two weeks.
Therefore, for the present, he hopes to be
here half Of the time while his business in
half.
lesson in late years, in that the maple
shade trees that were bound around the
bodies with tarred cotton and clothes to
head off the worms, are now dying from the
application OF the tar. The section OF the
bark to which it was applied seems to have
been ruined by it.
IT like him better and better as hear
( him." is the comment heard regarding Rev.
d. Fl. Strong, the new minister at the Con
gregstional church A suburb anite Of one of
8 the principal cities in the land, who has fine
t preaching as steady diet, having lately
heard Rev. Mr.. Strong here, pronounced
/. his sermon a most excellent one.
, Rev. f. e Currer and family are at his
q cottage near o lake IN Danville, to be away
a few weeks. His pulpit was supplied last
r Sunday morning, as it will be next Sunday
q by Rev. j. A. Sherburn OF Barre. The first
|. Sunday in August the pulpit will be vacant
and the congregation know that hearty
welcome will await them elsewhere.
! Our school board has bargained for an
h acre and quarter Of land belonging to the
Allen Bates estate in the quarry district,
and will proceed to build new school.
!. house as soon as possible. The price of the
:. land was $500 an acre. The board has en-
! gagged Mrs. Kelly Of Barre and Mrs. Nc
4 Lean OF South Bar to teach there again
next term. Miss Kate Erskine will also
: teach again next term there, II her health
u will allow.
: A few days ego Rev. Frances A. Kimball
q and her sister received word that married
!, sister in Maine was sick with appendicitis.
! On Monday morning q telegram came an
!, nouncing her death. They started at once
u preach next Sunday to the Odd Fellows,
but the sermon will be postponed till a
i later date.
q 1t helps us to appreciate our Vermont adj
: vantsges to hear what Is said Of 1t in con-
q trast with other sections of the land. Last
2 week we were In conversation with bust
" ness man, whose visits West and South
. lead him to say that New England has great
+ charms for him. A recent letter from q
/ garden country In northern Indiana tells
: us that farmers there this season will hard
> ly have wheat enough for bread, and seed
= for a coming crop, while the hay crop is
\ poor and oats not very good.
= We wonder how many OF our readers to.
: day have any idea OF what an old-time
u tithing man was. The word has grown to
be as nearly obsolete as the Office itself.
n But sleepers and unruly boys In our
churches In an earlier day knew them we'll,
as they had occasion at times to feel the
power of their words and rods. One OF our
older citizens has lately called mp the days
In the Methodist church here of scores OF
years ago when he was a boy. He rernem-
!. bers well that worthy pillar in the church,
4 Uncle James Hatch, him Of Andrew jack
. | son look, whom old Williamstownians will