The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-14


Theron Williams, who is teaching in
the Rodney Seaver district resumed
his work there this week having been
obliged by sickness to suspend it for
little time previous.
A fine quality of ice is being
brought into our village from the Out
ter pond for the creamery. Ed. j.
Poor will also use it IN his creamery.
This is supplied by Erwin H. Martin
and Eugene Carr, we believe,
Randall Wood had rather severe
attack from neart trouble one day last
week while at work at the Gutter
pond hauling ice. but came out of it
before long.
We have before noted the marked
literary gifts of Robbie Duffus, not
yet sixteen years of age, and promising
scholar. In addition to his work as
pupil in the Waterbury high school we
have lately seen some good work done
by him in the Waterbury Record Of
that town. If life and health are
spared him he seems sure of making a
great success with his pen later on.
The fiitieth anniversary of the mar
rage of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r.
Ainsworth now of Moline, ILL.,, was
celebrated in that city on Christmas
when dinner was served at the
Manufacturers Hotel. Covers were
laid for forty-six in the main dining
room of the hotel at O'Clock p M,
and the table was handsomely decor
ated with floral pieces of poinsetta
and ferns, with .twigs of holly scat
tered over the cloth. In the company
beside Mr.. and Mrs. Ainsworth were
their four children and families, men,
bers of the families of Henry A. Aims
worth, Mrs. Caroline Ainsworth Wat
erman and Mrs. Laura l.. Ainsworth
and of the families of Rufus Walker
and of his sons. One Only has to
know these families we'll to be assured
that the occasion could be marred
only by the thought that the hosts,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ainsworth, in the com
mon course of events have not very
many more years on earth to be with
those ny whom they have so long been
SO greatly beloved.
We are not able TO name all of our
Williamstown boys who have taken
business courses in commercial col
leges, but we we're recently set to
thinking of the matter and of the sub
sequent careers of some of those that
we COulu T6Cdll. ItIHdlJS tHc Olu6sb VI
these is Fred Martin, SOD of the late
Captain Milton Martin. He was do
ing the work of blacksmith here when
he lost hand celebrating Fourth of
July. 1t was a turning point in his
life. He then took Ia commercial
course and has made a success as
business man Nash Simons, son of
the late Martin Simons, went from a
store here to commercial college and
in time came to be the superintendent
of a manufacturing establishment in
Wilton, n. H., where he has been for
years and has achieved success. Ny
ron Flint. son of the late Alvin lint,
after a commercial course was book
keeper for years for New York house
and later took up business of his
own and now is with his brother, Wal
ter A. Flint, CT West Orange, New
Jersey, where they are doing thriv-
ing business. Neal b. Smith, son of
Marcus A. Smith, is another similar
example Of success. After leaving a
commercial school he went to New
York city and engaged with an as
phalt company. with the result of 60
ing for them tn the Island of Trim
dad, South America, where he has
been in late years and continues on
the road to promotions. Charles M.
Seaver, a we'll known and prosperous
merchant here in years past, and Frank
Erskine, teacher never out of work
are to be mentioned in this list, as also
John Dexter, a long time market man
in Boston. While such an education
does not ensure later success, othe
things equal it may doubtless help
towards it.
Will Duffus. born student and now
in the employ of the marble company
at Proctor, is studying German and
electricity IN an evening school in the
Y. M. G. A., building there.
The following officers of Our Grand
Army Post have lately been installed:
N. X. Farnham, commander; q. j.
Cram, senior vice commander; .. f.
Seaver, junior vice commander; o.
U. Lathrop, adjutant; G. W. Sa-
very, quarter master; Q. Q. Staples,
officer of the day; Jason Johnson. ser
geant; G.. Nichols, chaplain; ID. M.
Jones, sergeant major; .. A. Blanch-
ard, quartermaster sergeant; Joe
Gregory, officer of the guard.
The following are the newly chosen
officers in the WomaD's Relief Corps;
Mrs. n. r. Farnham, president; Mrs.
Van McAllister, senior vice president
Mrs. G.. W. Slavery, Junior vice presi-
dent; Mrs Walter Williams. secre-
tary; Miss Helen M. Kimball, treas
urer; Mrs. @. U. Lathrop, chaplain;
Miss Mile Drury, conductor; Mrs.
H. S. Drury. assistant conductor;
Mrs O. a. Blanchard, guard; Mrs.
d. M. Jones, assistant guard Mrs.
Carl W. Seaver, patriotic instructor; ;
Mrs Nelson Vassar, press correspond
emit; Misses Mary Slavery, Ellie Whit
ney, Libbie Gross and Mrs. Ed. Whit
ney, color bearers; Mrs Jason john
sou, musician.
Our board of trade just organized,
will De on the lookout for enterprises
that may be of benefit to our town.
Already they are on the scent OF some
thing of this kind as they hope. Let
Us all bid them godspeed.
Fresh victims of the mumps are
Warren Greason, Frank Downs and
wife and Misses Myrtle and Bertha
Seaver.
Our former esteemed townsman.
James S. Abbott, for some years
| resident of Washinst ton, ID. g., has