The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-07-23
WILLIAMSTOWN.


proceed as follows: October 'S,
Thomas McClary; November 10, De-
Witt Miller November II, the Floyds
(magicians) December IS, Colonial
Favorites, (musical) January %,
Wesleyan Quartette, February 8, j.
Wight Giddings Messrs. Miller and
Giddings have been here before.
News came last week of the death
of former resident, Charles w. Poole
of Chicago, Ill. at the age of seventy
one years. He was the Oldest son of
the late George Poole, who went from
here to Illinois upwards Of fifty years
ago. He had long been a resident of
Chicago. In the war of the rebellion
he served in an Illinois battery. Two
sons survive him.
Mrs. Smead, the mother of Mrs. d.
H. Strong, returned from Massachu-
sets last week.
Dr. e b Watson has sold his late
fathers wagon and repair shop, (the
old Pride carding machine property
with land about it, to S. Martin
Seaver.
Mrs. Anna Dickerman Davis is en-
ployed in the dry goods store of
Homer Fits, in Barre. Her son lives
with her mother in Neponset, Mass.
Let no one despise worthy "town
items" after this, since it has just
been stated that millionaire in the
west, who is using his money for the
good of his fellows. sometimes let's his
benefactions fall in places that he be-
comes interested in by reading items
that draw his attention to those places.
Would that Williamstown might be so
worthily itemized that some rich man
would give us good library building,
we'll furnished with books
Mrs. James Spinney of Mortified is
the guest of Mrs. L. ]. H, Merrill.
Mrs. Elisha B. Gale finds her health
so much better in Colorado Springs,
Col, that she is likely to remain there
for the present.
George L. Edison, wife and daughter
drove to West Lebanon, n. H., last
week to visit the family of Rev. P
P. Womer
The four scholars that successfully
passed the recent examination for adj
mission to High school department,
if one shall be established here next
fall, were a son of Clinton Cram, the
son of James H. Walbridge, the daugh-
ter of Frank Boyce, and Miss Camp,
Ga relative of our teacher, Miss Belle
Camp of East Randolph.
Carl W. Seaver went to Granville,
n. Y. last Thursday for his wife and
to sons, two return this week.
ED" Crane, one of the two sons Of
the late Joseph and Mrs. Mary Ann
Smith Crane, died recently i'll Omaha,
Nebraska, where he has lived in years
past and where his mother, and only
living sister, reside. He had for quite
a long time been in the United States
mail Service on a railroad running
west from Omaha. His body was
brought to Vermont for burial.
Cool, rainy weather yet continues
here, to the encouragement of farm
ers, both i'll securing hay crop and
in the outlook for corn crop later on.
Mrs. Preston Reed was so i'll last
week as to require a )uncil of phys
icians with what may prove to be
case of appendicitis
lightning has lately made close
calls on the farms of L. H. j Merrill
and Return S. Davis, and close one
on the Drury brothers farm, where it
killed one COW and injured another.
Our successor to Mrs. Darlington,
learning that King Edward was now
at Cowes, remarked that "she had al
ways heard it was healthy bein' round
COWS, and 'she hoped none on 'em
wuz kickers there. "
1t is due our base ball team of lads,
that we correct an item of last week,
as to the two games played by them
with the Northfeld team of boys. The
Williamstown boys were the victors
in both games.
A son of Judge Start of Bakersfield
has been recent guest Of Mayo
Lynde, while the judge and wife
were with Mr.. and Mrs. J. X. Lynde
at Watch Hill R. l.
j. X. Lynde returned from Rhode
Island last week with health, he
thinks somewhat improved. We note
more of the old elasticity in this walk
and less of the "tangle' about the
feet" with which he came out of
his last seasons sickness.
One may wells" fight shy of politi-
cal prophecies as to the result of the
September elections in our Vermont
towns, but if "straws" here do not,
just now, point to larger prohibi-
tion vote than common, and quite
large vote for Mr. Clement, then we
shall need to make a new adjustment
of our spectacles".
Shirt waists for thirty nine cents at
Homer Fits.
Miss Emily M. Emery has moved her
household goods to the home of Frank
Mcconnell in Washington, where she
will live for the present.
Charles r. Ainsworth, wife and old
er daughter and Rufus Walker and
only daughter now of Moline, ILL.,, ar
rived here last week for an outing
of few weeks. When NJ, Aims
worth left this, his native place, for
Rockland, Ill, in 1848, he had to go
to Burlington by stage, by boat on
Lake Champlain to White Hall, N Y,
then by canal to Schenectady, then by
one line railroad to Utica, and by
another way to Rochester and on still
another to Buffalo, thence by the lakes
to Chicago, by canal to La Sale, and
overland to Rock Island.
Our creamery patrons were paid %
cents per pound for butter fat in the
month of June.
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