The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-07-23
WILLIAMSTOWN.

Mr. and Mrs. j. X. Lynde returned
last week from Watch Hill, r. l.,
pleased and benefited by their outing
James f. Gregory has bought the
Melvin r. Church place. back of the
Universalist church, and may later
move to it. Price, some five hundred
dollars. Mr.. Gregory has been going
to DR.. Twitchell of Burlington, for
treatment Of his eyes.
Elmer l.. Tracey has moved from
his place in Berlin, to the Ellie Whit
ney farm here, lately purchased by
him.
The ladies of the Eastern Star will
give musical entertainment at the
home of Mrs George Patterson on
next week Wednesday evening, July
49, Cake and ice cream will be served
: and every one is cordially invited.
Admission ten cents
Prof. Orrin Smith, son of Marcus
A. Smith, and a teacher in the MILL
tary school in Worcester, Mass, is at
home on his vacation.
Our schools will begin on Monday,
August 81, with the exception of the
quarry district schools, which will be-
gin week earlier, in consequence of
the summer term having been cut
short by sickness.
Mrs. Ira Seaver, daughter of the
late Oliver Badger, is meeting with
cordial greeting in this her early
home, having come here of late to be
in the family of her brother-in law
Lewis NJ. Seaver, for the present.
Irving Wilfore did not go to Mich
igan some weeks ago, as he had
planned before leaving here, for the
sale of granite work, but to St. Louis.
He has been out of health there, but
was victim of the recent big floods
there.
We are glad to note the increase III
the number of men that Mike Somaini
is employing in his granite business.
He has some sixteen men at work.
In the July number of "'The Granite
Cutters Journal" Will II. Lougee,
secretary of our granite cutters union,
writes that business still remains good,
with all hands working. In the same
issue of the Journal, the secretary of
the Barre union, says, 'we have a
large number of idle members still.
There is no manner Of doubt that there
is more granite cutting going on in
Barre just now than in any other place
in the world, but still there is not
enough, and much valuable plant and
many more valuable men are idle.
AS time goes on, it seems as if every
voter for prohibition here, at our last
March meeting, should be more thar
satisfied with his vote, and that =" the
tribe of such voters should in
crease, - till the next meeting. News
that comes here from high license
towns could hardly fail to make III
rejoice over the state of things here
with not so much as one legalizeC
place for the sale Of liquors.
We judge that not little good hay
was injured more or less here las
week by the rains that fell before
could be put into barns.
Wilmer Pelky, lad living in Mil
Village, fell from the steps at tn,
Chester Flint house and broke hi
right arm between the elbow ant
wrist, one day last week.
Twenty five acres on one of our farm
has Just yielded seven tons of hay
But we hear nothing else to match tn
falling off of hay this year, in the cas-
w
Lynde's farm that, last year yieldet
forty tons or more. We have just beel
told that Mr.. Lynde was in doub
whether or not to cut the grass now
and let it lie on the land, or perhap
remove it, and let a second crop hav
whatever chance it might get t
grow. Perhaps few if any other farm
will show less falling off from las
year, than the old Chester Marti
and General +. Bass farms.
Sickness can be too much for eve
newspaper reporters, as witness i
the case of Rev. f. Il. Curriers' fam
lily. We said last week that they weI
at their summer cottage in West Dar
vile, as they meant to be. But Hines
prevented, and they hope to go thi
week.
DR.. V. G. Goodrich of Barre is doc
toring Frank A. Downs at this writ
ing. We believe the doctor was til
Downs family physician years age
when living in Brookfeld. A littl
knot of our citizens was the otht
day talking of the bill that one of OF
ex-townsmen had not long ago to pa
for some surgery. The man lives
our State but the surgeon was Gale
from an adjoining one. The operation
we believe, was for supposed append
citis, and the charge for it was $50
A listener to the story then Iemarkt
tat physicians charges might ha'
to be regulated by law, or poor fol
would have to go without their SO
vices. a" Yet that same man won
doubtless admit that no other ella
does so much gratuitous work for ii
poor. as do physicians. Blessed Il
men and women of health that endo
hospitals and make it possible for Il
poor man to have even the most il