The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-11-06

sity. and with whom the best work
/ the University could do, was done
/ for them. 1t is hoped those here
| who are just balancing the question
! of the worth of these schools, may
decide to try them-if they cannot &C
away to be taught Let us have all
| the desirable education our place can
! get.
The librarian of our town library
! tells us of an increased interest in it,
since the centennial celebration last
August. New shares were sold at the
/ last bi-monthly meeting, and more
/ will be sold next week Tuesday, the
/ date of the coming monthly meet
| ing, at which a large attendance is
| desired
! Mr. Smith of Boston, a Harvard
| graduate lis III town for short time,
! for the purpose of preparing geologi-
/ cal map of the town i'll connection
with other towns in the county. His
wife accompanies him and they are
! staying in the family of John Farm
ham.
/ Mr. and Mrs. Ophir S Martin and
Miss Ellen Folsom will start home
! iting brother of Mrs. Martin, on
! the way in Ottawa, Canada.
| Hamilton Wark will have an auc-
ton at his home, next week Tuesday
afternoon, preparatory to starting fo1
his new home i'll the far west in the
! Dominion of Canada.
The best values in warm winter under
wear are to be had at Homer Fits
Lewis M. Seaver bought four thor
| oughbred Holstein COWS, and -four
! heifers of the same kind, at the recent
auction of such stock at Wells River.
Mr. Seaver is in New York city this
week, on one of his periodical bust
ness visits.
Mrs. circuit Abbott and daughter
go away this week for winters alb
sence. They will be in the family of
DR.. Edward Bailey, a son-in-law of
Mrs. Abbott, i'll Oneida, N. Y.
Lawyer John Gregory of Waitsfield,
was in town last week on business
He has made a number of loans of
money III the place in late years
A son was lately born to Carl j.
Benedict now of Burlington.
The three sisters of Preston Cross
residing here, have been getting more
favorable news of his health of late
1t is thought he may remain III his
home III New Brunswick the coming
winter. However favorable the eli
mate i'll the South was to him last
winter, he suffered greatly from the
rheumatism there.
Jesse Martin has been suffering of
lsaN 1. 1..,yl II.
trouble may prove, whether car
buncle or not, has been uncertain.
Years ago the late circuit Abbott had
as farm help a young man by the
name of Stephen Greenslit, whom he
liked much. He afterwards went to
Minnesota, where it is thought he has
been successful farmer. He is now
in the east and has just visited Mrs.
Abbott.
The new shed of the Grearson- Beck
EFT Company has lately been piped to
warm the building by steam,
Edwin Whitney is much pleased
with the medical help he thinks he is
getting in Barre.
Mrs. Fred A. Jackson has again
been more poorly of late.
Mr., and Mrs. Jason johnson have
had the pleasure of late of visit
from their daughter, Myrtle. Their
older daughter, Ella, resident of
Eden and long time invalid, has
been comparatively comfortable of late
Through secretary George MARI os
the Granite Cutters Union, it is
learned that 300 cutters are wanted at
in
and winters jobs are promised in
some instances, These workmen are
surely III clover at this time.
Haden Jetfords has lately visited
his brother, lawyer Tracy L. Jeffords
of Washington, d. q
Mrs. Lucina Martin Fogg was able
last week to ride to the village. For
long time she has been bravely fight
ing cancerous troubles.
Linus, a son of the late Elijah Ed
son, now a resident of Corinth, was
married last month, and few days
OF his honeymoon was spent with
family friends here.
Frank Stacy, tailor by trade but
compelled by physical considerations
to work largely at another occupa-
ton, does afford our place a much
needed accommodation in the matter
of repairing Clothes etc. He lives
just back of the Universalist
church.
William Bass, son of the late Walter
Bass, is now i'll Seattle, Washington.
Two of the churches in Gibbon.
Neb, are availing themselves of the
musical talent and skill of our former
townswoman Mrs. Horace Flint and
her daughter, with one or both as con
ductors of the music. The special
music in one of these churches on
recent Sunday evening seems to