The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-10-27

A daughter was born last Saturday
to Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne u. Wright in
the Judge Paine district.
One of our we'll known farmers had
been great sufferer from rheumatism
in the last six or eight months. While
filling silo this rail- he had an arm
caught in connection with the ensi-
lage cutter and severe wrench given
it. He thereupon applied certain
liniment to it. that helped it SO effeo-
tually that he resolved to use the same
for his rheumatism about a hip and
leg and in few days time the old
enemy was dislodged.
Mrs. Luther H. j. Merrill is yet
Frustrated with rheumatism and in
painful, sad, condition. Her trained
nurse still remains with her.
Ebert, a grandson of Presby Hop
kins, has been working for some
months pact for Fred Webster, who
has been SO successful in the canning
business in northern New York in late
years.
Some Notwithstanding here and
elswehere can recall Tom Clury who
once worked for the late John Lynde.
and went to the civil war from
here. We have just learned chat he
is living i'll Taloga, Dewey county,
Oklahoma.
Bert CLARK, a Jumper at the Barker
granite works, while at work one day
last week, in moving stone, got q
hurt that was very severe at the time,
but may prove far less serious than
was feared. J ST how it all occurred
may not be known. but the large block
of granite slipped, and may have
struck Jack, " that in turn hit Mr..
Clark in the region OF hip. Drs.
Watson, and Reid of Barre were sum-
moned at once and it was found that
if there was serious harm done, it
must be internally, and little time
might be needed to show the extent
of it. At this writing we hear of no
farther ominous symptoms
John A. Perry, jerry and Lyman
Fifield and Charles Brockway went to
Pittsfield last week, prepared for
hunting deer.
The village creamery patrons we are
told got tweny ono and half cents for
butter fat in September.
Andrew Burnham will continue
with Willard Clough of Washington,
10 the exhibition Of the petrified per-
SON. They were recently hunting for
suitable place in Montpelier for an
exhibit.
Although work progresses on the
Congregational meeting house, so
much remains to be done, we should
not be surprised If month or two
more were needed to fit it for occup-
ancy.
Mrs. Lucy j. White returned here
from Rochester, n Y, last week, to
remain here month or SO.
Arthur Davenport has recently
found work in the granite shed of
Fontana & Oltolini.
The fiftieth anniversary of the mar
riage of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M.
Erskine will fall on the 3lst of next
December, and the event will be cele-
brated by their friends Although
nearing his seventy seventh birthday,
during the last haying season, Mr..
Erksine did largely the raking on the
home farm, and on that of his son,
Martin @. Erskine.
The Methodists are preparing to put
new shingles on their meeting house.
And where in place of the size OF
ours, will a prettier church. every
way, be found than this same one?
Mrs. Julia Work Blanchard had an
auction here last week for the sale of
some household goods. She and her
daughter, Nellie, live IN Barre, keep
ing house, while Miss Nellie finds
employment with merchantile firm.
The sickness that began some nine
or more weeks ago, in the family of
John Edwards, on the Charles Daven-
port farm continues, Mrs. Edwards
yet being in bed. 1t has been thought
that it began from eating canned
baked beans.
Mrs. Annette Hall Carleton,
daughter of the late Atrial Hall, has
been the recent gdest of her cousin.
Mrs. Wesley M. Seaver.
Mrs. Walter e. Granger, ife OF our
town Representative, will be in Mont
peller a portion of this week.
Luther @. Newcomb, youngest son
OF the late Walter Newcomb, is the
Democatic candidate for county
auditor, of Black Hawk county. OF
which Waterloo is the county seat,
and IN which city Mr.. Newcomb re-
sides.
At a recent guessing contest for the
| benefit of the Woman's Rellel OoIps,
L. 0. Morgan was the winner OF peo
quilt.
Our aged townsman. Jonathan Dix,
and his houskeepeer, residents of Mill
Village, were very kindly remembered
| by neighbors ard friends, as their an
nual custom is. one day last week,
Ira A. Burns, who comes here from
West Bolton for trapping purposes &C.
cupies one of H. H. Martins tene.
meuts at present. He tells us that he
has taken 1160 hedgehogs and lynxes,
with other game this year. He gets a
bounty of 80 cents on hedgehog and
70 cents on fox This is only one of
his trapping grounds.
Rev. D. II. Strong is expected home
| this week after vacation of three
weeks in western Massachusetts,.
The Congregationalists may be able
to use one of the lower rooms in their
meeting houses Tor public worship,
within two or three weeks.
MORE UOWN COMMON