The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-05

Word has lately come of the death
of our former townsman, Charles
Snow. of Bright's disease, at his home
in Kankakee, Ill. He was siXtyseven
years of age A brother of Henry j.
Snow, he went to Illinois many years
ago. where he has since lived, and
where his brother, Clifton Snow, yet
lives. He left wife, son and n
daughter His only living sister, Mrs.
Charles w. Adams, still resides here.
Young Theron Williams has closed
his first term of school, having gone
through with it successfully.
Gene Reynolds has arranged with n
cousin to take his farm in Waitsfield,
some six miles from Mortified, and
some three miles from Waitsfield viii
lage. There are said to be thirty
four COWS on the place. He will 90
there in the coming spring.
The Mr.. Hall on the old Calvin
Flint place., " is said to have sold his
interest in the place to his brother,
who also had an interest in it.
The gasoline lamps III George L.
Edson's store, and in the Beckett
quest, we hear, of insurance COM
Frank Lougee, employed in the
Lyman school" at Westboro, Mass, Ga
sort of reform school, we believe)
writes of an epidemic of scarlet fever
there.
The donation visit mt the Methodist
parsonage, last week Wednesday,
proved a very happy success in the at
tendance, the donations and the pleas
ant time generally. Pastor +. f. Cur
rier is on the last part of his fourth
year of faithful, earnest, loving
work, and has the respect and esteem
of the public at large.
The Christian Endeavor society, of
the Congregational church had sue
cessful carnival of both out door and
indoor sports, last week Wednesday
evening
Rev. Carey Watson returned !, last
week to his parish in Greenfield, Mass
His wife will remain longer here.
The young widow of the late Arthur
Simons, who has been with n sister
in Oneonta. n. Y, for year or so
past, was lately married again and
has gone West to live.
When Hamilton Wark, the worthy
tDCDltil Odlhultl, WIZ liNbu vi ll6
Sam Foster farm here six years, went
to the Province of Alberta, in the
Northwestern Territory of Canada,
in the fall of 1901, he was to give us
an account of that section, for the
benefit of our Waterman readers. We
have just had the pleasure of hear
ing of events, ranging through the
year and more that his family has
&c |,
of Montana and he must be living
$50 miles north of tue north line of
the same. The family were fortunate
in having kindred there to welcome
them on their arrival. Mr.. Wark and
oldest son now have 1870 acres of land,
the third quarter section, 100 acres,
having been bought for $500 in cash
and having not very good house on
it. The other two quarter sections
come to them from the government,
as settlers upon it. In December they
threshed thousand bushels of oats
and barley. They cut and stacked 10
to 100 tons of hay. They are keeping
fifty to sixty head of cattle, and all
but seven of them, on shares with the
owner of them. The family are in
good health, and are making the best
of frontier life, out of which they
seem to be getting a good share of en-
joyment We judge the land is like
the prairie land of our own West,
and Mr.. Wark finds the carrying on of
it easier than Vermont farming.
From the correspondence read, we
gathered that the Warks did not suffer
from house flies, potato bugs, and
fashion plates. One of the daughters
for it is family of workers-was
getting $50 month at homework,
and the Oldest son, last December,
was having the best job of his life
time, caring for 400 sheep for rich
Yankee. Dancing seems to be fav-
Orite .pastime, and one letter tells OF
the young folks going sixty or sixty
five miles, on one occasion, for this
amusement. Small saddle ponies sell
for 81 and upwards. Last August eggs
brought twenty-five cents per dozen,
though one quotation in the year was
forty cents per dozen. Butter in
August sold for fifteen cents per pound.
Emigration is large to that section,
and in the common course of events,
the Warks will be we'll to.do people
! in rich land.
The winter term of the village
schools is to be extended two weeks
making twelve weeks in all-and will
close the first week of March.
Asa G.. WILDER learns with pleasur,
of movement to be made by tn,
State of Louisiana in scientific ex
animation of the country there, Il
determine where oil is likely to b.
found. This is because he has SOM
hundreds of acres there, not far from
Jennings.
Dennis Carlin, who came home iron
the Ely mines several months ago il
with typhoid fever, has lately gone t.
work as engineer at the Comol
Granite Works here.
Arthur Ralph, son-in law of tn
late James M. Bass, has for number c
years been in the employ of electri
railroad companies, one or more i
Massachusetts, Already an assistan
superintendent, he is soon to be pre-
NOTED to general superintendent, i
his work. His family at present
in Marlboro, Mass, but with his ne'
position they will go elsewhere a lii
tie later
Granite Cutter Henry Edwards Int
moved from Mortified to Frank Je
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