The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-11-13
NILLIAMSTOWN.

George r. Colby has lately bought
n carload of winter apples and shipped
to a man i'll Manchester, n. II.
Eugene Call, son-in-law of the late
Lyman A. Work, has rented the old
John Lynde farm on the West hill,
now owned by Jerry NJ. Hutchinson,
and will move to ii next spring. Mr..
Hutchinson expects to build IA house
i'll the north end of the village to
occupy there.
Other attractions for the evening at the
oyster supper to be given by the Cong
regational ladies' will be Miss Mabel
Stewart of Berlin, reader, and the Eolia
Club directed by Mr.. House.
Newell II. Farnham continues to
add to the buildings at his village
home, which he has been improving
i'll the last year for his own occupancy.
Miss Emma T. Adams will have the
department III our village school the
coming term that Miss Cora NJ. Lewis
of East Montpelier has had for some
time. Miss Lewis, it is said, will
rest for the present, her health being
somewhat impaired.
An effort is making to secure the
Hon. Volney B. Cushing of Maine
for "A temperance address here III the
early part of December.
George r. Bosworth's mother, Mrs.
Dewey of Berlin, has returned here
and is to be in his family the coming
winter.
The ladies aid society Of The Con-
gregational church Is to give an oyster
supper and sociable Wednesday even
ing at the town hall. Everybody is
cordially invited. \ good time may
be confidently expected.
Well worth repeating here is a remark
recently made concerning friend of
ours residing elsewhere, and who has
been and is i'll the line of promotion
in the service of "A large company. The
prediction was made to us that "he will
yet be "a five Thousand dollar "a year
MN, and just his high moral charac.
ter itself will be worth fifteen hun
dr. dollars. y In addition to character
and ability, he has been putting i'll
fourteen and sixteen or more hours
daily into his work.
Certain granite workmen who left
W
ago have returned to work here.
The matter of starting an evening
school here for any who cannot
attend day school and would like
to join one, has come up for considera-
ton of late, 1t is hoped it may ma
terialiZe.
Our worthy townsman Ralph Dirty
died last Friday morning, aged sixty
seven years. He was a soldier in the
war of the rebellion and for years
past had not been strong man. The
past season his health had been failing
some what, though he had been able
to be about, and walk to the village,
distance of, perhaps, a mile. About
two weeks before his death he was
taken worse and took his bed. He
was buried from his home Sunday af-
ternoon, Rev, +. L. Currier officiat-
ing. He was a member of the Grand
Army Post here. He leaves an in
valid wife and three sons.
Miss Edna Dickinson is to be pu-
pill at Montpelier Seminary the com
ing term.
A child was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Winchester last week
The Universalist Ladies are to have
their annual chicken pie supper early
in December.
Miss Helen Kimball returned last
Saturday from carriage drive to her
old home III Maine, on which she
started four weeks ago. She is look
ing better in health and it was pleas
ant to hear her say that no town be-
tween here and Maine, through which
she passed, looked so good to her as
Williamstown.
Rooms were sought in our village
last Saturday for lady from Wash
ington, who wants to come here and
do dressmaking.
Fred V. Winslow's little boy is
thought to be doing well now, under
DR. Il. B. Watson's treatment. He
has been ill since eating cohosh ber-
ries last summer.
Roscoe Lynde will spend more or
less of his present vacation with his
brother Mayo, at Bakersfield.
The ladies' reading club met with
Mrs. John Farnham last Saturday af-
ternoon. The last two meetings have
been given largely to reading "She
Stoops to Conquer. "
.. a. Blanchard and John a. Perry
went last week to Helena, in north
ern New York, where Mr. Blanchard's
son Leon lives, for deer hunting, the
season there being open until Novem-
Der 10. With their veteran expert
ences with the gun they will find
exciting sport-perhaps.