The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10

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ham farm is to have an auction of
cows at his farm on Tuesday of this
| week.
We have a friend, Rhode Islander
by birth, who is Congregational
had several times visited us here, and
our citizens. He lately visited the
| st. Louis exposition. On the last
day of his visit, he writes THAT he
| took dinner at the Vermont Building.
| AT his left, at the table, was young
lady, stranger to him to whom
he said, 81 came here to dinner today
because 1 was born in New England. Z"
"She replied. II was born in YER
mont. - what town." he asked, and
she replied, Williamstuwn; !" and of
| course it was smooth sailing then,
though there NAV be thirty years or
more difference in their ages. The
young lady was Miss Luna Levings,
daughter of Will and Mrs. Zelna
Perrin Levings, now of Oshkosh.
| Wisconsin. Miss Luna lives in Gin
cinnati, Ohio, and is spoke of as quite
a remarkable woman. She is remem-
bered here as a bright little miss. and
was favorite with the late General
e. Bass Her mother visited the ex-
| position, while she was in st. Louis.
Mrs John Bacon of White River
| junction recently visited friends in
the family of Mrs John Farnham,
| here.
Don A. Earle, now of Middlesex,
has been to Orange, N. j.. and taken
his second son home. This son was
rining his wheel, and in crossing
trolley track was struck by a car.
| Seeing what was likely to happen.
the car was stopped just in time TO
| save his life, as another turn of the
| Car wheel would have cut him in two.
He escaped with injuries that may
disfgure his face " ith scars, but it is
hoped will not prove very severe
But he learned lesson of the need of
caution.
The annual chicken pie supper ard
sale of the ladies of the Universalist
church will be held on Friday after
noon and evening of this week. There
will be various attractions in the up
per hall. Domestic and fancy arti-
Giles will be on sale; fish pond will
yield its treasures a Chinese laundry
will be in operation with Hop Ling
and Sing Lee in charge. There will
no hlSu HOTSS bnO0 pltCuluS COub6bb
and musical entertainment. No
pains have been spared to make this
event a success.
Miss Comstock s pupils in the inter-
mediate depart ent of our village
school gave very nice Thanksgiving
entertainment in their school room on
Monday evening last The exercises
t1ok their form and color from our an
Il l.
carried out by the little folks reflect
ing credit on both the teacher and
her pupils Gene Marshall very kind
ly contributed to the evenings enjoy
ment with his photograph.
Our former townsman, Nathan Har-
ring ton, has reached his home in Grin
ell. Iowa, after summers visit here
abouts. AS if it were not enough that
he should have to fight lung uble
and diabetes in years past he now has
an ugly sore on one foot that it is
feared will not heal.
Ed Martin, who came were from
Barre town a few years ago. to the
old Daniel Bacon farm on the Brook
field road, has exchanged the farm for
one in East Brookfeld owned by
George Jeffords, and is now moving
to it,
One of Martin Erskine's children
has the diphtheria.
Oliver Dickinson has been the VIC
tim of lumbago and of rheumatism of
late.
Tuesday was a superb day here for
our election.
MI and Mrs. George have just be-
70 re
Walter Williams in the old DR.. Perry
house across the street from their
home.
The ladies' society of the Congrega-
tional church has decided to hold the
sale in aid of the church fund on De-
cember 2.
WELLS RIVER.
Misses Adine Hall and Antha Mum
sell of this place and Aida Howe of
Woodsville went to Ashland, N. H..
last week to assist in a concert given
by one of the churches.
Mrs Edwin Worthen and children
of Petersboro, N. H., are in town to
spend few weeks with mrs. Worth
ems parents, DR.. and Mrs. W. H.
Munsell.
Miss Nellie Lee attended the we'd
! ding of her cousin, Miss Ruperta Rid.
die in Danville, Canada, last Wednes-
day and spent the rest of the week
visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman Lyons were
in Montpelier last week to see their
| son, Oscar. who was there for day
| with the Norwich University cadets.
He is very much delighted with
Mortified and his school work there
Mrs. Mary B. Goodwin returned on
Saturday morning from an inspection
| trip of the W. r. c., visiting Wood
stock, Windsor, Springfield and Bel
lows Falls.
Oorinthian Chapt. o. e. S. goes
on Thursday, Nov. 10 to st. Johns
bury to exemplify the ritual of the dis
tIict meeting
Herbert Patch of Olaremont. N. H.,
who formerly worked here for A. L.
Davis, is helping HIM during the alb
ssnce of George Dwinell, who as been
sick several weeks with typhoid fever.
Vanderbilt Young of Oorintll, who