The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-10-06

Michigan, with little likelihood OF
recovery, we judge.
Mrs. Mary e. Cross, widow of the
late Preston Gross, of New Bruins.
wick, was married last week to 10.
seph Cato, a granite cutter and a ma
tive of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The
couple started at once for Vancouver,
British Columbia. Mrs. Cato has a
brother in that section.
The ladies of the Methodist church
are to be in the contest for the Quak-
er range that the Telegram Of Barre
is to give to the most successful con-
testant. OF course patrons of that
paper here will likely aid what they
can to secure the prize for our citi.
ems.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will hold their annual fair and sale,
here, on Thursday and Friday of next
week.
Charles Hayward's daughter, Bessie
May, has the golden opportunity of a
year at school in Rutland with a home,
meantime, in the family of DR.. Elan
o. Lewis.
The Universalist ladies will have
their annual vegetable and plant sale
on Friday afternoon and evening of
this week, Oct. z, at the town hall.
A hash supper will be served and an
entertainment given in the evening.
Mrs. Carl W. Seaver was in North
Calais last week as a delegate from our
Womans' Relief Corps to a meeting in
that place.
Miss Lizzie Work is visiting in Con-
cord, N. H.
We are told that the health of Mrs.
Hamilton Wark has been benefited by
going to Alberta, in the northwest
Territory of Canada as has also the
health of another person in that Sec
ton, who went there from Barre. But
Mrs Wark does miss, she says, the
good maple wood to cook with. that
she used to have here. There is how
ever no lack of coal in that section,
said to be bout half way between the
hard and soft coal that we know of
here. After two or three years il
that section MI. Wark is said to have
come to this conclusion, namely, if
there had been no one else but himself
to think of he might perhaps have bet
ter remained east, butlwith his family
of boys to consider he thinks it was
much better that they all went there.
The land that Ernest Nichols has
entered in Alberta, Canada, is almost
or quite in touch with land that Frank
Gerber, formerly of Graniteville, is
now on.
We know of no one who has ever
lain awake nights for fear that Veter.
an George W. Slavery would aver come
upon the town. This year he milks
thirty-one COWS; makes his own but
ter; ana sells it in Barre city and
town; nj keeps two hired men. We
know of no other one of our farmers
but Mr.. Slavery that owns and uses a
corn husker and shredder.
Phe Kimbsll sisters, Rev. Frances
A, and Miss Helen, are to board with
Mrs. Walter f.. Granger the coming
winter. Her many friends would be
glad indeed to see Miss Helen Kimball
IL much better health.
Despite the rainy weather on Satur-
day there was quite a large number of
our citizens at the town hall In the
afternoon and evening to see the petri-
fled. prehistoric person, and we know
Vi liz ObO NAiO OhAiO away WiNh q
doubt as to the g~enuineness of the
thing as claimed for it by such an au-
thority as Prof. Richardson of Dart
mouth College, who visited Washing
ton for the purpose of seeing it and
ascertaining AL the facts concerning
it, and who, it is said, will later visit
the spot where it vas found to see if |
other prehistoric things implements
etc. J may be found.
Luther j. Merrill is confined to |
the bed with rheumatism.
Charles Townsend, now of Barre, |
was in town on Monday. He tells us
his two sons are yet in Alaska in pur-
of gold.
Daniel D. Royce was in town last
week.
This was told us. Charles M. Edison
was recently in or about Graniteville, |
the Catholics were selling tick
cts for horses, n or more that were
to be ratified for, price of tickets 80
cents. AS he had but forty-seven cents
he declined to buy. But he was Of
fered the ticket for hat price and he
bought and drew an animal, said to be
some $40.
1t is reported that Ed House is to
move to Barre where he has had work
Of late.
Neal b. Smith arrived duly at his
post in Trinidad. South America, not
long ago.
In correction of a m%isprinted item
last week WI say it was five and not
twenty-five dollars that were added to
to Congregational treasury through
the Junior Missionary Society recent
~.
James X. uLynde Is about to put
windows on to his house in
he lives.