The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-09-04
WiIliamstown.


spring with his brother-in-lsw, Marcus A.
Smith. Mr.. Smiths long and serious ILL.,
ness may likely keep him from farm work
for some time.
mGeorge W. Nichols, Jesse Martin, and Mr..
and Mrs. Will j. Young will go to the Pan
American this week Mr.. and Mrs. james
Hopkins will go later
DIR. II. B. Watson and wife will go to BY
field, near Newburyport, Mass, this week
for vacation.
George @. Earle has bsrgained his BUSH
ness, consisting OF harness shop and gran
lite hauling in Barre. He felt compelled to
do this by his ill health which interferes
seriously with proper attention to business.
Granite cutter Will Fl. Lougee has been
threatened with fever, but hopes 1t is avert
ed now.
Goodwin Sutherland OF New Brunswick,
the first man to do granite polishing here,
has returned to work here.
Little Miss Myrtle Dow, who has lived
since the death of her mother with her un-
Gle, Will w Kibbey, is henceforth to be in
the home Of her father, John Dow.
the Gulf House, Elm j. Gale, proprietor,
ht 8 been closed for the season.
Certain friends of the late Perkins Bass
in his college days at Dartmouth, lately
passing through here as strangers, photo
graphed the Congregational church which
Willard Walker, who for some years past
has done market gardening, was 80 unfor-
tunte this season Is to have lost large
portion of his crop by cut worms.
j. s. Abbott left here on Saturday to visit
the family Of his brother-in-law, DIR. James
Bailey of Ticonderoga, n. T., on his way
home to Washington, ID. @. Both DIR. Bal
ley and wife are IN poor health.
Clinton f. Field, son-in-lsw OF George W.
Bush came here last Saturday.
Henry Downs left for Kirksville, Mo-,
last Saturday for the study Of osteopathy
Horace E. White is finishing his house
in our village and wants to sell his farm
and move to it. Mr.. While is now eighty
two years OF age, though 80 well preserved
as not to seem so. He has great faith In
farming now as a business, and believes
that q good farmer who can do his own
work, ought to lay up money.
A young dau zhter OF John Ripple had the
misfortune to get her hand into straw
cutter last week, with the loss of the ends
of two fingers.
Miss e. A. Tufts, the second guest this
season of the Misses Kimball form Boston
left for her home last Saturday. Their
third Boston guest, DR.. Emma l., Call,
very successful practitioner there, is to
come this week, for vacation. DR.. Calls
mother was an own cousin OF Mrs. Walter
Newcomb.
John Dow's family, consisting now of
four ladies' has been at Queen City, Bur-
lington, in the last week
There is an epidemic OF sio building
amongst our farmers this season. George
T. Colby is putting in second one, to be
12x16 feet and % feet high. A prominent
farmer has said that one can afford to pay
thirty per cent for money, IL need be, to
build silo, rather than be without one
The Grearson. Beckett granite company is
about to ship soldiers monument to H.
linois that they have been working on for
some time. 1t is an interesting piece of
work.
Last Monday Harvey L. Cheney, in the
employ OF j. X. Lynde, fell from the sec
ond story of the store to the cellar, through
two scuttle holes and for wonder seems
not to be seriously hurt.
Some recent lady visitors to onr town,
have been greatly delighted with the grand
view on the road near the house of the
DruTy Brothers in the northeast corner of
the town.
Ophir s. Martin and party were "doing"
the Pan-Americsn at Buffalo last week.
They will be with the family Of William
Folsom at Burnett Junction, Wis, for a
few weeks.
Frank A. Walker seems to be achieving
success as an architect. He has lately got
ten the work for an important public build
ing in Ludlow, and is reaching out for q
similar larger job, elsewhere in the State.
Mrs. Enos f. Walker is gaining aud is
able to sit up several hours daily.
One of our young townsmen tells us he
is making good thing, financially, digging
ginseng root.
Prof. Orren H Smith returned last week
to his work in the Highland Military acad-
envy, Worcester, Mass
Mrs. M. j. White and daughter have
been visiting the family Of Charles III.
Ainsworth, Claremont, n. H., on their way
home to Melrose Mass. A little later they
will visit q cousin in Rochester, N. Y.
Charles G. Staples has had the pleasure
OF a 7iC.J from cousin he had never met
beio.,, ~-4iIes Hodge. resident of Him
OiG.
Jerry M Hutchinson las given two Of his
sons their time till their majority, and in
the usual way. Mr.. Hutchins n is getting
ready to build, on a lot at the north end OF
the village.
The new italian firm OF Comolis, will pro
coed at once, it is said, to put into better
shape, the granite plant bought of the
Elliott Brothers. 1t 10 also said they will
employ a score or more of granite work.
men, when under way. The addition of
three new granite firms this season, to our
place, augurs hopefully. There is room
for more.
G. @. Lsthrop is just completing very
long building near our depot, for housing
lumber and other purposes as he may want.
Sad is home without mother. But sad
enough is a home, in these days, without a
good atlas OF the world, and when you can
ges such good one as you can for fifty
conts at the drug store OF Fred A. Aims
worth, there is no longer occasion for this
sadness.
Melvin e. Burnham Is fortunate at this
time in having accident insurance, laid off
from work as he is by an injured hand.
One of our level headed men thinks il our
town would give the same amount OF mon.
ey that was pledged to chair factory, If II
could have been had, to further another
granite shed, it would be better laid out
We are told that just now sister town
with booming granite business, is doing
similar thing to help on the work there.
There will be circular conference OF
Congregational churches here next week
Tuesday, and q prof '.h's occasion may be
looked for.
With Mr.. Moses psrso0s now in his nine
tieth year pilot, W i-osLyly wen. back
in imagination No. hundred years
when his father, Aaron Parsons, came here
from Swanzey, n. II a- ought the farm