The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-09-24
WILLIAMSTOWN.

Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton r. Dirty now
of Salem, Mass, were last week,
guests of his brother, Windsor Ditty
of our village. His mother, Mrs.
Ralph Ditty, was with them. His
brother Ernest. is a motor man, living
in Brockton, Mass.
Our town has had quite large bills
to pay Bailey Poor, and Tim Holland,
for damage done to sheep by dogs.
Clifton and Mrs. Mary Edison Little,
now of Yonkers, N. Y, have recently
visited Mrs. Littles family friends
here.
Bert Simons, son of Lucius A. ST.
mons, and now q merchant in Provi-
dence, r. l., came here on vacation
last week. We judge he is doing
fine business in Providence.
Ed J. Poor has been quite an inva-
lid, in the last season, from rheuma-
ism that has largely laid him off from
work.
We are having a fine potato crop.
One of our farmers, who anticipated
poor crop early in the season has dug
from two square rods more than
quarter of an acre, ninetv-two bushels
of good potatoes, and ten more of
poorer ones.
Lucuis S. Simons has bought little
less than half acre of land, adjoin-
ing his village lot on the south, pay
ing 800 for the same to j. S. Beckett.
A daughter and the eighth child,
was recently born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Forrest Seaver. Even our good Presi-
dent Roosevelt could not ask more of
them.
Joe Phillips, on "the old David
Burnham farm" last week buried
little child from cholera infantum.
Major l.. A. Abbott of Washington,
d. c., came to the place last Friday
evening for few days. visit with
relatives. He has been living in New
York city the past summer.
Rev. Carey Watson and wife of
day for vacation.
George W. Lynde was in Burling-
ton on Sunday to see his wife at the
Mary Fletcher Hospital. She is
wholly confined to the bed but her case
is hopeful one.
James Powers is said to have lost
pocket book, on late evening, that
contained 1913.
W. S. S. Buck and wife of West
Randolph, George Nye and wife of
East Barre, and George Bates of Tun-
bridge have been guests of late in the
families Of John A. Perry and Fred
Whitney.
AS recently ascertained the Rood
pond in the southwestern section of
our town is $50 feet higher than our
village.
Mrs. Barney d. Flint and her sister,
Mrs. Barnet Goodrich, will start next
week on their return to Colorado.
Mrs. Edwin O. Smith is expected
home from California this week.
j. e. Ainsworth goes to his old
home in Claremont, N. H, this week
and later will go from there to his
present home in Moline, Ill. Of his
abundant means our place, that is his
summer home, thankfu lly shares in his
generous benefactions.
Windsor Dirty will move next month
from the Charles R. Benedict house
to the one next to j. B. Brockway's
house.
We are told that there has been a
drop here in the high prices of COWS
that have been prevailing in late
years.
Winfred Gram will soon return to
Providence, R. l.. where he has job
in the mailing department. of the
Providence Journal. He has been
there for year past.
Return S. Davis and son are said to
have bargained for the sale of some
seventy tons of hay at their barn for
ten dollars ton.
Some of our fern loving friends have
found total OF thirty kinds here
abouts.
George l.. Edison left for New York
city Tuesday last for goods for his
store.
Grover, son of Jerry Hutchinson, has
gone to New York city to work in a
department store.
A recent visitor to Kankakee, H.,
speaks of our former townsman James
Adams, son Of the late Charles Adams
He seems to be taking high position
there in certain lines of worthy work,
and must be having fine reputation.
The young man from East Randolph
VINO preached at the Free Baptist