The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-04-30
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Charles @. Staples sold his farm
last week, to Arthur McIver, who
was the purchaser of the Allen Bates
farm, east of South Barre. Mr.. Staples
gives immediate possession, and has
moved to 1.-the Gale house" in our
village, which he bought few
months ago.
Mrs M. p. Couiser, of the Monument
House, was called to Montpelier on
Tuesday of last week to the funeral
of her sister, Mrs. Catherine Pratt.
Mrs. Pratt was eighty-one years old
and was buried in Randolph.
Mrs. Eugene Marshall of Braintree
came here last week, for brief stay.
Since her recent marrige she has been
kept at her home by the illness of her
mother, who Is now somewhat better,
DR. ELAN @. Lewis of Rutland came
here last Thursday to visit the family
of his sister, Mrs. Herbert p. Martin,
for a day u two He had just taken
week for visits and calls on the
friends of his late wife, in Massach-
usetts and Connecticut. He was look
ing we'll.
Herbert l.. Platt has returned from
Berlin. after a stay of few weeks at
Elmer c. Dewey 's-while the latter
was away as jurymsn.
William u. Pratt has sold a part of
his farm to a Mr. Joliman of Montpe-
lier. He will give immediate posses
sion and move to a tenement in our
village.
Our high school musical club met
with Miss Ella Sibley, last Thursday
afternoon. Mozart was the subject of
study and Instrumental music was a
part of the program. On Friday even
ing of this week, Miss Marion Hors-
ford will entertain the club at
charade party, at the home of Mrs.
Henry Wood. The very few scholars
in Miss Horsford' high school depart
ment who are not members OF this
club will also share in this entertain
ment. The term of this department
will end this week.
1t has proved that some bones in
Miss Cynthia Townsend's foot were
broken by her recent fall
William H. Pratt last week bought
yoke of Holstein cattle that he has
put on to his village farm They came
from East Brookfield Seeing them at
work recalls earlier days when that
successful farmer, Chester Martin,
used to work oxen on the farm.
ii. W. Irelend, formerly of Detroit,
Mich, and now of Rosindale Mass.
has done some good work here of late
for the Chicago Portrait Company.
For seven wears he was the first tenor
in the Huntington male quartette of
Boston, and this may account in part
for his success in the tenor of his la
Dor at present.
Last week the Watchman type mis-
represented US, Ill saying 'dandal-
ion" The word arrested our atten-
ton at once. 1t carried too 'jaun-
diced' look Then we began to query
whether, after all, the second vowel
in the word should be ''a'' or Sc, -
and this is the way we settled it.
Years ago there WAS a somewhat pc
culiar teacher in one of our district
sc ools who is kept in our memory
from the fact that either i'll his school,
or at a spelling match, he gave out q
word, pronouncing it dan dell-yan
with the accent on the second sylla-
BILE. No wonder it was stumper, -
for the real word was "dandelion. >
But his mistake helped US out in this
case, as may be it has done in many
another one. 1t is, on the whole
comforting to think that even oul
mistakes may very often help others
if they fail to improve ourselves.
Mrs Betsey H. Hayward is yet il
Mortified, caring for her friend Mrs
James Spinney, in her impaired
health
An extra train went from here t.
Barre, last Friday evening, to tax
people to see 1.-The Old Homestead. -
So far as we know, the only thin
that separates members of the Mctho
dist church in Canaan, Vito whic
our young townsman, Rev. Jesse A
Martin, has just been sent-is tn
. Connecticut river. Would that al
such separations might be as easil
bridged. " At present Rev. MI
Martin has his home with one of hi
9 paTishioners in Stewartstown, on tn
S New Hampshire side of the river.
One of our farmers, speaking to I
lately, of the expenses of farming
: told us he estimated that it woul
take the profits of ten COWS to pay til
= cost of hired man.
: Through the interchangeable labors
J Henry Poole, Mason dyed in tt
u wool" and through the kindness
u the State grand master, the Mason
. lodge, here, has just come into poss
o sion of the charter of the first Mason
e lodge in our town. 1t is beautiful
is written ON lambskin, and in fiji
state of preservation. The organic
p ton, known ms the Social Master
N Lodge, No 90, +" was chartered
le 1924, and among the original member
m we find the names, Drs. Perkins al
b. Walter Burnham, and Alanson Valid
g Trial Abbott Warren Poole, Dari
n Pride, Calvin Ainsworth, Bradfo
is Newcomb Alvah Simons, Anna
y Briggs, Asa Hatch Elias Work, CC
ls nalins I.ynda II David Wntsn