The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-10-30

One of our most sadly afflicted fam
lilies, at present, is that of Mr. AFRO
f. Nichols. For some years, Mrs.
Nichols, who, as to age, would be i'll
the prime of life, has been largely
helpless from a paralytic stroke. Mr..
Nichols is u great sufferer from a
trouble that seems to defy cure and
laws him aside from work. 1t is a
pleasure, in connection with all this,
to speak of the tilial kindness Of Mr..
Nichols only son, Ernest, who lives
in Barre.
Lawyer William G. White hopes to
move his family from MiddleseX to
our place in the near future.
Alden Grearson will soon move
back to East Barre to work at granite
cutting. We are sorry to lose him
from our village.
One of our farmers, who has fine
crop of winter apples, says spraying
his trees in the proper season was q
big factor i'll this good harvest.
William u. Pratt is getting out 300
cords of wood on his farm in the
quarry district.
The mercury was at twenty above
zero here on Monday morning.
Our citizens should remember the
educational lecture to be given at the
town hall on Thursday evening of
this week, by W. Z. Ranger of John
son, State superintendent of educa-
ton.
George Beckett has again been ill.,,
for several days and confined to the
bed.
Rev. d. H. Strong preached in
Shelburne Falls, Mass. last Sunday.
There was a large attendance at the
May Parker Concert" in town hall
last Saturday evening and the ap-
plause that followed the numbers on
the program must have been crafty
ing to all concerned. In addition to
the season tickets sold for the win
ter's course, ninety single tickets
We're sold for this entertainment.
The next entertainment in our
course will be lecture on Novem-
Der IL, by Rev. R. E. King. Wheth-
er his subject shall be This New
Age" or THE Old District School, "
the "Opinions of Press and Public, "
as given by the Central Lyceum Blu
reau would indicate an enjoyable lee
ture.
The number of season tickets sold
for our entertainment course indi-
Gates gratifying interest in these
courses here, as the years go on.
Hamilton Wark hopes soon to start
for his new home in the northwestern
territory, i'll the Dominion of Canada.
The place TO which he goes is about
the same longitude as Montana. and
perhaps 200 to $50 miles north of
Montana He will go on the Cana.
dian Pacific from Montreal, nearly
or quite the entire distance, and sec
ond class tickets will cost him $50
from Montreal. He goes to this par
ticular section because of the num-
Der of family friends he has there.
His wife'S father, who has been
there thirteen years, and who went
from about Leeds, p. O., has found
entire relief from asthma, and has
been successful financially, since 60
ing. Mr.. Wark can take for himself,
and his two sons can each take up 100
acres of prairie land, with an album
dance of cheap coal at hand. Given
good health, and the disposition and
ability to work, that this family has
shown here, and their ultimate sue
cess may safely be predicted.
The Congregationalist of Boston
last week contained statement that
every town in our state should consid-
er and challenge if possible. The
writer, who we judge, may be one
of the editorial corps, has recently
taken Il bicycle tour in this section
and writes of Barre, Montpelier,
Bethel and Proctor. In the course of
his article on Vermont, he says pro
family is too rampant, seemingly a
state vice, as it is heard everywhere
from old and young, whe rever you go !;
more i'll week than heard on the
streets of Boston in year" Since
reading this statement, we have done
some close thinking as to how far it
Is applicable to our own town and we
are constrained to say that the infre-
Guency of profanity here so far as our
own ears hear 1t, is exceedingly graft
flying. But if it is truly state vice.
may our town do its best to help
wipe the stain from our beloved
b. |, Irish, just over the line in
East Brooktield, last season picked
over S33 worth of blackberries on
three acres of his pasture land, and
sold them largely in our town, at ten
cents per quart
The May Parker concert troupe
spent Sunday and part of Monday in
our town. The pickanimies were
i'll evidence, bicycle riding, etc, and
apparently as happy as darkies usu-
ally are when everything is to their
mind
Fur opening at Homer Fits next Fri
day, November |. A New York sales
man, with full line of samples, will be
there all day. BE sure and see the show
ing.