The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-20

ter Hazel and little son Frank spent
few days in Barre last week.
Hayden Gaylord with his nephew
Harold went to Waitsfield last Monday
to visit his brother, Pearl Gaylord.
Harold Wheatley with party of his
friends took "a days excursion to Mt.
Mansfield last week.
There have recently been some quite
terrific thunder showers in this vicin-
ity. In the shower of Tuesday of last
week valuable barn in West Brook
field owned by Herbert Flint of Spring
field, Mass, was struck by lightning
and burned. There was also a severe
thunder shower last Sunday evening.
There has been no special prepara-
ton for the observance of Old Home
Week in Brookield although there is
an unusual number of visitors in town
at present including former residents
and those who have relatives here.
DR.. Clarence Abbott of Franklin,
Mass, son of DR.. Edward Abbott
former townsman has been boarding
at M. @. Clark S the past week.
DR.. and Mrs. Edward Abbott have
been in California for the past few
months hoping that change Of eli
mate would benefit his health
Mr. and Mrs William Davis of
Mortified spent several days at j. W.
Parmenter's during the past week.
wILLIAMsTOwN.
We hear that our aged townsman,
Orlando Flint, is so poorly that he
may not live many days. He has been
feeble for quite long time.
Last week our selectmen considered
petition for new road between
| Charles M. Erskine place and the old
Orrln Walker place, north. In the
present road, the two hills between
these places offer such obstruction to
the transportation of large loads so
many of which are taken to the quarry
districts here, and in Barre, by farm
| ers-that the petitioners believed a
better way could be found around
these hills. The selectnen, however,
decided that the expense of such
road would be too great to build it.
We are told that "Ad' Batchelder
of Barre thinks he has a granite
J quarry that it will pay to open, on
the Scott farm, in our quarry dis
trict, that he now owns. If it shall
prove true, it ought to be benefit to
the granite business in our village.
/ Charles NJ Seaver started west last
Saturday in company with Horace n.
Farnham, who goes for more horses.
Mrs. Ophir S. Martin was able to
come home from the Heaton hospital,
| Montpelier, last Saturday, ana at
present she and her invalid husband
are with the family of their daughter,
Mrs. Irving Covell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Briggs and
wife are visiting Mrs. Briggs brother,
in Plattsburgh, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Williams are
visiting friends in New Hampshire.
Mr.. and Mrs. "Alf' House returned
from northern New York, last Satur-
day.
The New York Bioscope Company
will exhibit at our town hall on Sat-
urday evening, August %.
The daughter of Frank Huntoon
living here, and who has been troubled
for some little time in the region of
an ear, underwent a surgical opera
tion last Sunday. Drs. Tindall of
town, Joe Jackson and Sprague of
Barre were in attendance. A piece of
diseased bone, back of the ear, was re-
moved.
Throughout last week there we're
tent exhibitions not far from the depot
grounds by travelling company.
There was medley of Exhibits, ="
including proprietary medicines, ETC.,
and Miss Rachel Bruce was the recip-
lent by popular vote of more than
score Of pieces of plated ware, "Rog.
ers' goods. -
If there are any who voted for pro-
hibition here last March, that now re-
greet that vote, we know not who they
are. While we know of no arrests for
drunkenness since the new law went
into force, some instances of it are re-
ported, and most of them so far as
we hear, in connection with visits to
high license towns. But we think it
would be generally admitted here by
prohibitionists that the town is better
off for having no legalized place for
the sale of liquors
There will be a Salvation Army
meeting at the Methodist church on
Friday evening of this week, August
81, and musical entertainment in
Bloss of Barre will be in attendance,
with two boy violinists.
Mrs. Edwin O. Smith reached San
!, Francisco, CAL, safely. She had the
! pleasure of breakfast with her
brother in Denver, COL, ON the way
out, and expects to come back to Dem
yer perhaps the last of this week.
EAST MONTPELIER.