The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-08

DIR. W. j. Ilndall' S baby daughter
has been very sick with erysipelas in
the last week or more Doctors j. H.
Jackson, Whitaker and Reid of Barre
have been called to see her.
There is to be desirable addition
of new books to our town library this
month.
Miss Ella NJ, daughter Of Charles
and the late Mrs. Emily Flint Town
send, has lately come from Chicago
for few weeks visit with family
friends. She is in the employ of an
establishment in Chicago as a mil
liner, and is sent to different parts of
the west as trimmer in the busy sea-
sons In this way she was in Pueblo,
Col, three years. Last year she was
in Lacrosse, Wis. Her two brothers
are railroad engineers in British Co
lumbia.
Prof. Orrin H. Smith, son of Marcus
A. Smith, was at home last week from
the Military Institute i'll Worcester
Mass, where'he is teaching.
Henry Poole's duties as district dep
uty in the Masonic order called him
to Randolph last Friday.
There was large attendance at the
installation of the new officers of our
Grange at the town hall last Wednes-
day evening, including the members
of the Grange and their invited
friends. In addition to the regular
work of the evening there were papers
read, recitation given, and an oyster
supper served. 1t was a late hour
when the good time came to an end.
AS facts are what is wanted we have,
in all cases, taken pains to ascertain
the working of the Springfield, Mass,
correspondence school in the case of
one of our young folks, who is taking
a business course with the school, and
find that it is regarded very saisfac-
tory, after trial of number of
weeks.
Melvin f.. Burnham last week enter
ed upon work at the granite plant of
the Italian firm known as the Will
Jamestown Monument Company.
Ephraim Snow, Jr., of Cohasset,
Mass, a SON in law of the late DIR.
Gideon Dickinson, was in town last
week on business.
Charles E. Staples is getting out
lumber for an addition to his barn
room, the coming Season.
1t has been to us great pleasure of
late to come into touch again with
an old friend and townsmean, Charles
Crane, son OF the late Ariel Crane,
Esq, since 1876 a merchant in Dexter,
La. One of his four sons is with him
in his business. Another of his sons
is the local manager for large lum-
Der company i'll southwestern Iowa,
while third is in lumber office in
Des Moines. His youngest son is in
the Iowa State University taking a
civil engineering course. The hus-
band of his only living daughter is
principal of an academy in southwest
ern Iowa. 1t seems to be a very busy,
confiring life that Mr.. Crane is liv-
ing.
J. X. Lynde's close confinement in
his store was interrupted last week by
illness from a cold ard = doctors Wis
its.
For the first time in six weeks
Cornelius Perrin walked out last
week. He returned with the feeling
hat he was good ways from being
trong, physically.
G. U. Lathrop was called to Rutland
last week in connection with phos-
phate matters.
In a handsomely illustrated Christ
mas number of the Moline Gil. Daily
journal, is good portrait of Henry
Ainsw orth. From 1896 to 1900 he was
the president of the Moline board of
education. Another portrait is that
of Willim II. Hatch, a grandson of
the lac Capt. Bill Hatch, of our place.
Mr.. Hatch was superintendent of the
schools of Moline from 1889 to 1892.
The two large establishments in which
both the sons of the late Calvin Aims
worth Charles r., and Henry A. -
are interested, are also pictured.
They have achieved great financial
success there.
A former pastor of the Congrega-
tional church here has just written
us from distant part of the country
lamenting the death of our esteemed
Barney ID. Flint, of which he had but
just heard. He says: Il always lik-
ed HIM. He was the first man | ever
saw when | went to Williamstown.
suppose he is positive now, about the
great questions of the future. He was
more positive about those matters in
this life than anything else,I remem-
Der well when he said in the prayer
meeting we are too mach within
these four walls We must get out
amongst the people -