The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-28

able to talk, but it is hoped she will
be better, if there is not another
shock.
OLD winter put in another reappear.
ance last week. with fall of snow
that on Wednesday morning measured
eight inches; and the snow continued
to come during the day. 1t could not
have been in response to an "encore"
that winter came back after the end
less "hard things that had been
spoken against it. And yet, if we
knew all the "ins'' as we'll as we
should doubtless want to take back
some of them and acknowledge that it
had been a faithful servant.
f. B. Carr and wife of Gardiner,
Mass, have been here of late. visiting
the family of their brother. Levi Carr.
(In an item of last week. we mad
vertently wrote that last name Clar-
ence Carr.
Clyde McAllister, son OF Charles
MoAllster of Washington, is working
as farm hand for his uncle, Ebert
Jackson.
Miss Ina, daughter of Sanford H.
Dutton, is a student at Goddard Sem.
| mary.
George T. Colby continues to bring
baled hay by the carload here, from
northern Vermont We do not recall
any such amount of this article hav-
ing been brought here before, as has
come in here this season.
Sanford H. Dutton is quite poorly in
health just now. He is said to have a
cancerous growth on an ear.
| The Miss Comstock who comes here
| from Barton as teacher in our vii.
| lage school, for the first time this sea-
SOC, is boarding in the family of Rev.
William Scho6eld. Her parents were
| parishioners of Rev. Mr.. Schofeld,
while he WAS in Irasburg.
Nowadays we are seeing the great
| pleasure that certain of our friends are
getting from a calendar for this year,
| gotten up by woman friend of theirs.
AS the former have large circle of
Intelligent and loving acquaintance,
on whom the latter could draw, many
of them were asked to contribute to
this calendar leaf, on which was to
be written an original, or quoted SEN
timent-the total of them to be suffi
cient that at least che might be taken
|
artistic hand of the maker, very
pretty, as we'll as delightful, calendar
was tine result. MAY it's tribe in
| crease ~
A member of the d. A. Perry Real
Estate Agency of Barre was here the
other day to look over the farm of the
late Gilbert o. Smith. now owned by
Ophir 5. Martin, and which has been
| ala paIa In III ha, nd Nf 10
agency.
Our worthy townsman, William II.
Witherell, who is left in old age, en-
tirely alone, SO far as his own imme.
date family is concerned few
months ago made the experiment of
going to another town, to which he
was an entire stranger, to live perhaps
the few remaining years of his life.
The result was what might be almost
confidently expected. He was 80 lone
ly that he felt he must come back here
and he is so fortunate now as to be
taken into the very kind family of
the man who bought mis- farm. where
it will be his privilege, too, to busy
himself 80 far as he can with work
about the place. Having won the re-
respect of our citizens in the years
since he came from Lowell. Mass.
they will withhold no kindly word,
no kindly deed, to cheer his pathway
while he is with us.
Last week frightened the faces of
sugar makers. 1t brought splendid
run of sap But some of our farmers
had gathered in their sap buckets be-
fore it came, thinking the season was
over.
Mrs. Smead, the mother of Mrs. ..
H.. Strong, returned last week after a
winter and longer in Massachusetts
and her home coming will be warmly
welcomed here.
O. H. Spaulding of Burlington was
here last week. and bought hides,
horns, hoofs, and tallow of Ophir s.
Martin, that had accumulated in his
meat market business.
Ohauncev Lougee and sister returned
here last Thursday after winter with
sister in Wisconsin.