The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-02-19

and so must have been well posted OH
the affairs of the world 1t was, too,
a treat to her, as she met old Williams
townians in her western home to re-
call her past of her life here i'll Yer
mont,
One of the delights of our item
izing pencil, is to try to keep our |
older and widely separated citizens, |
somewhat in touch with each other, |
and we are glad to believe that they |
enjoy the same Among these are |
Mrs. Ira Seaver, second daughter of |
the late Oliver Bangor, now living
with Arthur Seaver, son of her late
husband, on Staten Island, New York,
Her brother law, Lewis M. Seaver,
in his frequent visits to New York,
usually has good health, and her let
tiers show few, if any, of the marks of
growing years. She is constant
reader of the Waterman and retains
a lively interest in old acquaintance.
We send her greeting, as mentally
we offer water bumper to memory
of childhood days in our village.
One of our veterans of the late war
of the rebellion, Charles @. Staples,
has had his pension increased to $12
a month.
When DR.. E. B. Watson was our
health officer it was sometimes felt he
was unduly cautious III the matter of
guarantees. 1t is q pleasure, now,
to hear the tributes of praise that are
awarded him for that same caution.
With the consumption that has APP
peared in late years in the family of
the late Harvey Martin, it does his
friends good to see the improvement
in the last year in the health of his
son Ophir S. Martin. While in the
west last summer Mr.. Martin was adj
vised to use creosote as a medicine,
as he has constantly done since. He
has had no hemorrhages for some
months and is looking well.
There is to be seen occasionally in
our town hall and more frequently in
one of our churches, an ITALIAN gran
lite workman in the forties, who can
| quickly recall to mind not only the
glorious gifts that nature has bestow-
| ed on his native land i'll the way of
skies, scenery, climate, sunshine, etc,
| but as well the magnificent works Of
art in the way of churches, palaces and
other buildings, paintings, statuary,
| music, etc, that are indigenous to
|
of the world, one stands forth with a
charm all its own, Venice-says one
writer And, for one, that city is in
delibly photographed on this work
mans brain And why has he, like
so many others, left these beautiful
surroundings for our own? 1t must
be wholly because the little fraction
of the gold that made Venice and
many another city of his native land
can find no other way to his own
pocket, so well as via America, "the
land of hope and opportunity. Let
us not, however, forget the longing
here must be in these Italian hearts
for what they have left behind, in
Guiding in many instances, their fam
lilies and many other dear ones.
Walter E. Granger is suffering a
good deal from sciatica. DR.. Braley
of Barre attends him.
1t is said our coming town report
will show an improvement in the
financial condition of the place.
PLAINFIELD.
The Plainfield Creamery Company
paid patrons twenty-four and one
half cents per pound churn test, OF
twenty seven cents oil test for Jauu-
airy butter. At the annual meeting
recently held the officers elected for
the ensuing term were as follows
President S. S. Smith vice president,
II. E. Cutler; secretary, ]. H. Eaton
assistant secretary, w. R. Cove treas
urer, E. f. Leavitt; auditors, j. H..
Eaton, H. p. Martin and Horace Hill
The net sales for the year amounted
to $40, 628. 80, the amount paid to pat
rons being S44, 93l 2S. E. E. Smith is
to have the managing of the creamery
the coming year.
Charles E. Carpenter and J. B. Sea-
yer, president and vice president re-
spectively of the Washington Co.
Operative Creamery company, were in
town on Monday.
The Epworth League will hold an
oyster supper at HI. G. Moor's on
Thursday evening, Feb. 30. Suitable
arrangements will be made for trans
portation. Watch for the big
team"
Will Whitcher of Woodsville, N. H.
was the guest of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs Geo. Whitcher, over Sunday.
Miss Clara Perrin who has been Wis
iting in town returned to st. Adams
Monday accompanied by her sister,
Julia
Van Ness Worthen of Danville was
in town recently.
| @. A. Smith of Montpelier was in
town on Monday to superintend the
setting of a monument which was be-
ing erected ON Fred Perrin's family
lot in the village cemetery. The mon
ument is cut from Barre granite and
is of very handsome design.
Miss Sadie Hanson is visiting in
Montpelier and Barre.
Will Pitkin's shipment of swine on
Monday numbered 107.
Ed Carr has finished his labors for
H. M. Farnham of East Montpelier
and is visiting in town for few days.
Rev. and Mrs. Walz visited in
Marshfield the first of the week.
A car load of potatoes was shipped
to Salem, Mass, on Monday by sew
eral of our farmers.
Mrs. +. H. Bruffee is so much i'm
proved in health that she recently en-
| loved a drive to Barre