The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-07-09
WILLIAMSTOWN.

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The AFRO E. Nichols farm has been
sold to Warren S. Covell who has
present possession, but will not move
to it till fall.
Harry Wellman of Bakersfield is
the new clerk at the Monument house.
Will Duffus is again employed in
the store in Waterbury where he
worked during his school vacation
year ago.
One of the prominent dailies of
Chicago is giving medals to the school
children of that city who write the
best essays on Patriotism, and two,
of these medals have just been taken
by descendants of our late townsfolk,
Joel Bass, Jr., and l.. Moseley Mar
tin
Section Boss Bert Clark last week
lost his youngest child by diphtheria
There are other cases of it in or near
Mill Village
Mrs. Susie Benedict Erskine was in
Albany, n. Y, last week to consult
her former physician there
Miss Kate Erskine has returned
from schoolEin Plainfeld.
The Birthday Club i'll the northeast
section of the town held picnic at
BerlinI Pond last week Wednesday.
Alton Smalley of Duxbury Corners,
a cousin of Staples Brothers here, has
rented Erwin H. Martins tenement
house and will move here, hoping that
n change of occupation will benefit his
health
Herbert L. Platt, who has been one
of our busiest farmers in late years,
is now compelled by ill health to give
up hard work and will move ere
long to his newly purchased home
in our village.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie d. Gale have
come up from Boston, where they
have been staying for several months
past, and will be here for while.
The Gulf House and grounds were
the greatest attraction here on the
Fourth. 1t is said that more than
500 persons were there in the after
noon. There was a game of base ball
between Williamstown and Brookfield
teams, the former being the vic
tors. Our band was OH the grounds
and not till the early morning hours
did the company fully disperse.
Asa CT. WILDER, who has been with
a brother in Woodbury. since April
last, is expected home soon.
Our Italian citizens held picnic on
Saturday III the Construction Com
panys grove near the old Lucius S.
Simons farm house.
Henry Poole is improving, and
hopes ere long to be about
Crops all but corn, seem to be do
ing well in spite of the continued wet
weather.
Mrs. John Dutfus accompanied her
mother, Mrs. Luther Davis, on her re-
turn to Waterbury last Friday.
Our townsman Joel A. Bass, CAL
den Bass has received many COM
plimentary letters for his work as
Hosea Howe in The Peaceful Val
ley, but probably none that he would
prize more highly than the following,
from the distinguished author and lit
erary man in general, William Dean
Howells of New York. He wrote, Il
saw you play Hosea Howe in Peace
full Valley this afternoon, and I wish
to thank you for a very rare pleasure.
To my thinking it was delicate and
perfect piece of art, possible only to
the school of Jefferson, of Herne, of
Gillette full of truth and repose the
most dlfhcult or all.
George Marr's family moved to
Barre last week after residence here
of some years and their departure is
much regretted.
The names of those pupils in the
primary room having no marks dur
ing the term are Blanche Godfrey,
Myrl Hutchinson, Susie Lougee, Clay
ton Spencer, Ethel Wlifore, Connie
Whore, Maude Wilfore, Louis Pas
sera, Charley Passera, Faye Dragon.
Those absent less than two days are :
Mary Bottiggi, Walter Cheynoweth,
Vail Godfrey, Robert Ditty, Clyde
Hutchinson, Lester Hutchins, Mil
dred Lasell, Robert Lavine, Ada
Somani, Frank Whore and Hector
Wilfore. Twenty nine of the forty
four pupils registered had no tardy
marks. Emma E. Adams, teacher.
In the A. X. Martin school those
having no absent marks are as fol-
lows: Jennie Ciardie, Maria Erskine,
Ethel Erskine, Martin Fogg, Carrie
Fogg, Richard Jeffords Winifred JEFF
fords, Leo Jeffords, Hugh johnson,
Grace Lavine, Willie Lavine, Mabelle
Lahey, James Lahey, and Morton
Jetfords was absent one-half day'only.
School in the Jacob Flint district
closed Friday, June 81. Eula Good
rich has had no marks during the
term. Alice Waldo has had none dur.
ing school membership. Inez Poor
has had four absent marks and Or
vile Walbridge FIVE. There have been
only three tardy marks. Katie ].
Lull, teacher.
1t is hoped that Rev. Walter r. Daven-
port will supply the Methodist pulpit here
next Sunday.
Mrs. John Colby returned on Satur-
day after an absence of some weeks in
Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Herbert Colby was in town over
Sunday He has lately engaged with
another firm i'll Boston that will put
him on TO a route new to him and his
visits here will be rare.
The Graniteville base ball team
played the Wiilliamstown team last
Saturday afternoon in our village.
Graniteville won the game by a score