The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-11-20
WILLIAMSBURG.

Granite cutter Charles Nixon, has rent
ed his farm for year to his near neigh
Dor, Levi Carr, and is cutting granite for
the Greason & Beckett company.
Vernon Cross, brother of Mrs Will
liam Grearson, visiting here, will be in
Massachusetts the coming winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. James s. Hopkins go this
week to visit in eastern Massachusetts.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie ID. Gale will occu-
ply their house meantime
Luther Bailey, after some terms of
teaching will, it is said, enter upon furth-
er study.
Frank Benedict, will come home from
New Hampshire next week Tor Thanks
giving.
Harley L. Averill of Barre, has bought
three car loads of cider apples here to
ship.
George Brigham, in the family of Dea
con Edwin G. Smith, has just had two
brothers here to visit him.
Mrs. D. X. Lynde is suffering from
severe cold and cough just now.
George G.. Adams of Fairhaven is to be
one of the home-comers at Thanksgiving
time.
1t speaks well for the quarry district
that it was felt there that Sunday after
noon religious services ought to be resum-
ed at the Solid Rock Chapel, and Rev +.
f. Currer was visited to that intent. He
has again begun preaching there. The
chapel has just been painted
Herbert Colby was in town with family
friends over Sunday.
Hamilton Wark will start with his fam
lily for the Northwestern Territory, Can
ada, Monday.
Mrs. John BOWS health enables her to
it would be taken as an evidence of pros
porous times, that SO many of her trade
find so much work to do.
Another evidence of good times is tLat
it is so hard to find help. One of o. far
mers tells us that he never knew it so
hard to get help for farm work as it has
been this year.
At j. b. Brockway's auction sale last
| Saturday afternoon six cows brought from
$75 to $1,000 per head. Hay sold for
$6.70 to SO per ton.
The Congregational ladies' society de-
serves credit for the excellent oyster sup
per served at the town hall last Wednes-
day evening and for the musical and lit
erary entertainment in connection there
with. The creditable work. as a reader,
of Miss Mabel Stewart of Berlin, grand
daughter of William Hanson, as we'll as
that of the Eolia Musical Club, and the
recitations of several little misses alto
gether made an enjoyable evening.
The Eolia Musical Club, under the di-
rection of calf House, consists of Mrs.
House, Mrs. William j. Young, Miss
Saba Mckee and Ben Bailey. The in
struments used are violin, mandolin and
guitar.
Mrs. John Duffus and children are at
her old home in Waterbury, where Mrs
Duffus aud daughter will remain till after
Thanksgiving. Her two sons are pupils
IL the schools there.
Fremont c. Little has lately sold thirty
five barrels of winter apples for shipment
from here.
Mrs. Barnet Goodrich, who lately went
to suburb of Denver, Col, finds employ.
ment in dressmaking rooms.
Clayton Martin has been more poorly in
late weeks and under medical care some
of the time. He is now somewhat better
Miss Katie Carln is to be pupil at the
Montpelier Seminary the coming term.
Miss Alice Walker just now is with the
family of her uncle, Rev. Walter r.
Davenport of Montpelier.
Next to the large number of silos that
our farmers have had built in late years
we may mention the number of cream
separators that are in use here. We fine
there are at least four different kinds Of
of them in town and the satisfaction given
biven by them insures still larger use o.
them.
The sympathy of friends here will q
out to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred V. Winslow o
Berlin in the recent death of their seconC
boy who was born while they lived herr
and is remembered as a bright, active, ant
strong little fellow.
Miss Myrtle Seaver, who is in her sec
ond year of instruction in kindergarten
work in Springfield, Mass, has had a de
mand for her services as an instructo
there of late part of each day.
The second entertainment in our cours
was lecture by Rev. r. Z. King, Meth
odst clergyman in Waterfowl, n. Y, las
week Monday evening. His subject wa
"The New Age" The pre-announcemen
that the lecture was "neither deep, dull
nor dry" describes it very we'll. Their,
was an interesting array of many facts
characterizing ''this new age, with man
sharp hits at what the speaker believe
the folles of the same.
The next entertainment in our cours
will be December 5. Leonard Carver
dramatic lecturer, is to entertain us wit
his mastery interpretations of master
pieces in literature, 1t will be enough
all that is said of his work shall material
ize here on that occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Opher S. Martin are t,
leave Wisconsin this week for Ottawa
Canada, and will be home here befor,
Christmas.
On Monday last, the distance from OPP
posite depot square, Barre city, wa