The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-03
WIILIAMSTOWN.

Miss Emma, have lately visited Miss
Mrs. Aurelia Adams Seaver of Bur
lington, Mr.. and Mrs. Elan G. Lewis |
of Rutland and Druggist George Ad-
ans of Fairhaven.
Herbert G Platt's family has moved |
from his farm to his fine residence in |
the village
Mayo and Roscoe Lynde went to
Bakersfield on Monday for the fall
term of school work in Brigham acad
envy.
Mrs. Elisha b. Gale will sell at
auction at her old home i'll the village
next Saturday afternoon, Sept. 6, lot
of household goods etc.
The Ladies' society of the Univer-
salist church will give an entertain
ment at the town hall on Thursday
evening of this week. 1t will be lit
erary and musical and refreshments
will be served followed by a prone
made
Mrs. A. \. White is in town can
wasting for the sale of Mrs. John y.
Logan's book, Thirty years i'll Wash
ington, - q book that purchasers
should find interesting indeed.
Our Italian citizens, Joined by GER
tain of their fellow countrymen of
Barre, held grove picnic here on
Monday, Labor Day.
1t is reported that George W. Mich
OILS has bargaiued for the Gale house,
just south of Lynde's store; price,
$500.
Jerry NJ Hutchinson has been put
ting in cellar for a second house on
lot across the street from our viii
lage cemetery.
A ne,y line of ECLIPSE" Waistinss at
Homer Fits
The Gulf House was one center of
attraction here on Labor Day. \
game of base ball was played in the
afternoon between Graniteville and
Williamstown teams
a fine opportunity is offered here
now for any who would have kinder
garten training for their children
Miss Myrtle Seaver who has lately
finished two years course of instruc-
tion in kindergarten methods in
Springfield, Mass, has opened a
school of the kind in our village in
the Beckett block
Allen Martin, now lawyer at Es-
sex Junction, was III town last Satur-
day.
There was quite large delegation
of our citizens at Montpelier last
Saturday to see the President
Which is right: Two years ago one
of our Italian granite cutters, work
ing for the Grearson- Beckett Co. who
lived here for some eight years, but
whose family has always lived in It
ally, took out naturalization papers.
and voted at our september election
without any challenge of his vote.
Last fall he went to Mortified to
work, and wanting to vote at this
weeks election, the board of civil
authority there rejected his name from
the check list on the ground that he
was not resident voter, since his
family is living in Italy. This man
tells us that there was another Italian
here in exactly the same circum-
stances, that was allowed to vote
here unchallenged two years ago
Mrs. Ella Benedict Griffin and
daughter of Burlington are in town
at present.
Our creamery patrons received 81
cents per pound for butter fat for
the month of July.
Wallace W. Martin, a son of the late
Minot Martin, died of cancer last
week Tuesday at the age of seventy
three years. For years he had lived
on the farm that his father had pre-
viously owned, in the David Gale
school district. For some time past
he had been suffering from i'll health
but 1t seems to have been discovered
not many weeks ago, the serious ma
ture OF his illness, when an applica-
tlor. OF the X-ray showed an internal
and hopeless cancer in the pelvic re-
glon. lie was a great sufferer at
times i'll the last weeks of his life.
His wife, two sons and two daugh-
tiers survive him. In his death the
town has lost worthy, genial and
esteemed citizen
We are glad to report the improved
condition of the health of Rev. F. E.
Currier in late weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Drury have
lately visited family friends at Pixies
Station, n, H.
week gave sixteen young people Of
her Sunday school class ride to
Montpelier where they were pleasant
ly and protitably entertained
There will be Grange picnic at
Fremont @. Little's place ON Friday,
Sept 8.
Mr.. and Mrs George w. Abbott of
Mortified were visiting friends here
last week
Henry Downs returns to KirKsvile,
Mo-, this week to enter upon the Sec
ond year of his study of ostoopathy.
Miss Florence Field, now of York,
Penn, recently visited her brother in
law, Return S. Davis here. She is
employed in the Office of the York
Knitting Machine Company, in which
her brother, Henry, is prominent
officer.
Mrs Will Scofeld and daughter of
Lyndonville have lately been guests of
Rev. and Mrs. William Scofeld
Now that the last vestige of our
bonded debt Of $50, 600 for oar railroad
is to be wiped out with money raised
i'll this years taxes, it would be inter
esting to know how many of the tax
payers would surrender the road for
twice $50, 600.