The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-29
WILLIAMSTOWN.

There was all error of forty degrees,
in misprinted item of ours last week,
that deserves correction now We
| wrote that one of our Vermont ac-
quaintances, who is having his first
winter in southern California, says
people are as mad out there. when
the mercury is down to forty-fve de-
grees above zero, as folks are here
when it is forty degrees below.
There was a good gathering at the
Methodist church, last Friday even
ing, for the Christmas exercises, held
at that time, and that were carried
out in a most creditable manner.
There was Christmas tree with it's
abundant fruitage, " and the children
and older ones did Justice to fine
program.
Ed. j. Poor paid his creamery pat
rons twenty-siX and one-half cents per
pounu for butter fat in November.
We have just received from our
young townsman. Frank M. Erskine,
who is teacher in the high school,
in Chatham, n. Y, the holiday num-
Der of a little paper published By the
school, and called 1.-The Business End. 4"
The editor states that all the articles,
in the sixteen pages of this issue, are
| original, except two poems, some of
the jokes, and the quotations. A capt.
| tai thing for that school, we would say,
is the publication of such paper.
We find nothing more sensible, or bet
ter in it, than Mr. Erskine' contribu-
ton, under the heading, Just Among
Ourselves. " Thanks for this copy.
We have just been told of the good
health, and the good practice, of DR..
w. A. Mcconnell (osteopathist) IN
Marion, Indiana. The doctor is a
brother of Frank Mcdonnell, at one
time resident of our place. 1t will
| be recalled that when he went to
Kirksville. Mo-, for the study of osteo-
pathy, he had been suffering in health,
| from fall, and his friends will now
| congratulate him over the change for
| tie better. But do his friends wonder
| that he seems to fight shy' of a
rib, " and be content with single
blessedness? Maybe they don't know
how often osteopathists find cribs to
be the cause of ill they are called to
contend with. 1t wouldn't be strange
| if they sometimes found more than
their match, in this part or the human
antony.
The village creamery paid its pat
IONS twenty five cents for butter fat
in Novem Ger.
DR.. Henry A. Downs, osteopsthist,
reports fine practice for himself and
| partner in Oil City, Penn Work
enough at home led them to give up a
branch office in Titusville, and to take
on an assistant for home work.
! The Christmas concert at the Congre-
g itional church, last Sunday morning,
wac we'll attended, and the occasion a
very pleasant, and as it should be, a
very profitable one.
Among the Christmas gifts that were
"treed at the Methodist church last
Friday evening. was a silver cup and
saucer for j. II. Walbridge, who has
so long and faithfully served at that
church as chorister.
Samuel Foster of Duxbury was in
town again last week, on business
pertaining to has farm. Among the
families of our foIm townsfolk, we
recall few who seem to have had
more OF sickness in them. than has
Mr.. Fosters family. The warm sympa-
thy of his old friends, here, must go
out largely to him.
Just now, the icy roads make the
travelling with teams something fear
full.
The ladies' aid society in the Con-
greagtional church recently voted
800 of its funds toward the repairs of
the meeting house, now IN progress.
The father of Mrs. George Mari,
Mrs. Leslie ID. Gale, Mrs. Henry A.
Downs and Miss Eta Mckee. resi-.
dent of Canada, was in town this week.
He was on his first visit to this sec.
ton.