The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-07-30
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month, lately granted him, was OBJ
tanned by Lawyer W. @. White.
Vernon Edison, in Henry j. Lasell's |
meat market, began osteopathic |
treatment last week with DR.. Lewis |
d. Martin, for his severe rheumatism. |
A goodly number of our citizens went |
on the excursion toHighgate last week. |
Miss Luvia Slack of Randolph, who |
has been visiting friends here of late, |
makes her headquarters as trained !
nurse, at Albany, N. Y.
Mrs. Barney d. Flint's daughter
Nellie continues very feeble yet, at
her home near Denver, Col. With
the long continued service of trained
nurse at 525 a week, and doctors
bills of 81 daily, such sickness can be
reckoned as one of the desirable things
of that State.
Rev. P. P Womer, now of West
Lebanon, n. H, is planning for
years study in Europe and perhaps
in Scotland He will go in the fall
and his wife will accompany him, it
is said.
One of our worthiest farmers on our
South Hill tells us his neighborhood
must have telephone communication
with our village not later than next
year. The Peoples Line will be the
one to be established, likely.
Dennis Tilden of Barre was the
guest of his brothers. n-law, Enos F.,
and Rufus Walker for several days last
week For man. eighty years of age
he is in excellent physical and mental
condition,
Charles Wells, a lad of fifteen years,
of our granite district, was last week
taken on a charge of theft, found
guilty and sent to the reform school
in Vergennes. He is to remain there
during his minority
Mrs John A. Perry, who is a great
reader, has large lot of second hand
books in good condition that she pro-
poses now to sell for &c cash. They in.
clude books by Sheldon, Clay, Holmes
and others.
Miss Julia Bass, youngest daughter
of the late James NJ Bass, is here
from Massachusetts on vacation, the
guest of her niece, Mrs. Ed. House.
Mrs Susie Benedict Erskine is at
present in the hospital at Burlington
for medical treatment.
The Bohemian Glass Blowers are in
town tins week under the auspices
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and give exhibitions each evening
1t is expected that Henry A. Aims
worth of Moline, second son of the
late Calvin Ainsworth, will join the
families of his brother and sister at
the old homestead here this week. Mr..
Ainsworth has lately visited Yellow
stone Park.
Among our occasional summer Wis
itors in the past have been the two
daughters of our late X-townswoman,
Mrs. Hannah Clark Kimball, who
have been teachers in and about Bos-
ton. One of these ladies, Miss Luz
celia, was buried ,last week, having
died in hospital in Boston of can
cerous trouble. She has of late been
teaching in the Fall River, Mass,
schools.
Lewis NJ. Seaver goes to New York
this week on one of his periodical
business trips. His daughter will ac-
company him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Moore will
soon go to housekeeping in tene-
ment in William Grearsons house.
Miss Matte Watson of Montpelier
is visiting in DR.. E. B. Watson fam
lily here
William z. Pratt has sold several
building lots Of late from his farm in
the quarry district.
Station Agent Lester o. Morgan,
has bought of Newell B. Farnham a
house on the meadow road to Mill
Village, built originally by Fernando
@. Davenport
On Tuesday of this week Charles R.
and j. Edward Ainsworth, here from
Moline, ILL.,, on visit, gave DIM
ner at the Monument House to a
large number of relatives and friends.
1t is feared that ill health has pre-
vented the return of Mrs. Orcutt Alb.
bott to her home here. At last &C
counts she was with her daughter,
Mrs Edward Bailey, of Oneida, N. Y.
Rev. B. S. Taylor spoke on prohi.
bition last Friday evening from the
steps of the town hall. Had his COM
ing been sufficiently advertised there
might have been a larger audience
However much of ability the speaker
showed in this good cause, the i'm
preston made, on the hearers having
1t at heart, seems to have varied great.
ly. Parts of his address were thought
to have hindered rather than helped
the work.
Rev. T.. Il. Currler came down from
Danville to preach in his pulpit last
Sunday
Rev. Henry Wilson, son-in-law of
the late James M. Bass, has moved
from Iowa to Michigan.
Miss Lora, daughter of Selectman
Frank Martin, is to attend the sum-
mer school of teachers at ST. Johns
bury. She will be away two weeks.
Rev, Frances A, Kimball and sis,
ter will return from Maine this week.
Next Sunday evening our Meth
odist church will be honored, as prob
ably no other church in the State
will be, at the time, by the presence
i'll the pulpit of one of the candidates
for Governor of the State While
we doubt not that the speaker would
consider as "a mere bauble" any COM
mission" the State could give him in
comparison with the one he holds as
a minister of the gospel, we sincere
ly wish every Office in the State could
be filled by such a man as so many
T ~ OIL.