The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-01-21

in this way they may eventually come
out better than their parents fear.
Beside this article, of page and
nearly two thirds of another, in one
of our heightened journals, we put
the remark that we have just heard
of, as made to one of our former resi-
dents, comparatively young mother,
"who had talked and talked to her
bright young daughter, and it doesn' t
do any good" In her distress she
brought the matter to a professional
as follows: "She is on fools hill,
now. She will come down later.
| have son in college on the same
hill, but he is coming down.
At the worst, it could have been
only case of suspended animation -
We refer to the item that was sent to
one of the leading city journals in our
State, that our undertaken, O. NJ. Ed
son, died early last week in the insane
asylum at Waterbury, The fact was
that, as undertaken, he went to the
asylum to bring the body of Erastus
Church, who had just died there, to
our place for burial. Local CORE
spondents are every way so universally
reliable that we are not quite ready to
dismiss the above statement as being
wholly without foundation, as it APP
peared to the writer of the item. We
can only say as such correspond
ent'' here, in the home of Mr. Edison,
that he is such a hustler, and has so
many business irons in the fire, -
that a moment of suspended ANNA
ton, i,,in his case, would lead us to
sharpeif our pencil at once for an
obituary. But as to his visit to Wat
erbury, we must let the matter stand
open for further light, for he is very
live man at this writing.
W. @. White of Williamstown has
been appointed referee in bankruptcy
for Orange county by Judge H. H.
Wheeler of the United States district
court. He succeeds the late ex- Gov.
Roswell Farnham of Bradford Mr..
White is native of Middlesex and is
thirty years of age He was postmas.
ter at Middlesex during Nick inley's
first administration, and later was
deputy county clerk for this county.
He was admitted to the bar in 1900
and the following year began the prac-
tice of his profession in Williamstown.
Last fall he established branch Office
in Mortified.
Rev. Carey Watson and wife, now
of Greenfield, Mass, are in town. the
guests of his brother, Dr. f.. B. Wat
son, and wife. Rev. Mr.. Watson
preached at the Congregational church
last Sunday evening.
The mercury on Monday morning in
our village went to twenty three be-
low zero.
New books were added to our town
library at the meeting last week.
Charles Perkins of Chelsea, whose
wife was Celia Hackett, known to our
place years ago, has bought the Haw-
ley Gale farm. We hear the price
was $1,000.
Through his daughter in Southern
California, Charles r. Benedict re-
Gently learned of the pleasurable ex-
element over some snow, brought
perhaps from the mountains, some of
which was "balled," and sold. Such
facts read interestingly here in old
Vermont, at this time of the year
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua F. Bailey are
called to Montpelier occasionally by
the sickness of their son, Frank A.
Bailey.
A careworn good woman tells us
"she was made ten years younger" by
her attendance at the antiquali ian en-
tertainment at the town hall last Sat-
urday evening. The success of the
affair was assured from the beginning,
suclf are the women who had it in
charge. The costumes, the songs, the
supper, and other things, brought
back the old days, and the old ways,
and as always, much merriment fol-
lowed. Probably these same good
women, who afforded so much pleas
ure Saturday evening, one or two hun
dred years from now, wherever they
may be. may well believe that right
here similar antiquari IN entertain
ments may be going on, in which
their very best and very prettiest
gear, of today, will then afford no
end of amusement to the lookerson
But we fancy we hear them saying,
Never mind. Let them laugh. If
they get any more fun out of the hid
PEELED us to wear, at times, than we
did they are welcome to it all - The
proceeds of the entertainment were
some $25.
There will be a donation visit, We'd
nesday afternoon and evening, Janu-
airy 20, at the Methodist parsonage,
lOI tlle DeueHb VI tle pdstor, hSN. f.
e. Currier. Literary entertainment
will be in charge of the Epworth
League. Refreshments will be served
by the ladies aid society. A cordial
invitation is extended to all.
The Rebekah Lodge is to give
masquerade dance at Odd Fellows
hall, Saturday evening, January "a.
Wednesday, January g the Chris
tian Endeavor Society will give car
nival of out door sports, coasting,
snowshoeing, skeeing, etc. Refresh
ments, coffee, chocolate and cake will
be served at the town hall. All, young
and old, are cordially invited to join
in the fun.
WATERBURY,.
Instead of the usual prayer meeting
next Thursday night there will be the