The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-25

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turned home on Saturday from Boston
where they attended the @. A. Il. en-
campment and the Fairbanks reunion.
The Waterbury base ball team will
cross bats with the Warren team next
Thursday at the fair ground in Waits
field.
Mrs. M. f. Stranahan leaves Tues
day for few weeks vacation which
she will spend with relatives in differ
ent parts of New York.
New telephones have been installed
| recently in the houses of W. b. Davis,
Frank Evans, Dan Manning and Mrs.
Sheplee. These were connected on
Monday
| s. Tefft went to Middlebury on
Monday where he is employed on the
Middlebury Register and other papers,
as solicitor and collector
Mr. and Mrs. Will Palmer went to
| Bedford, p. o., last Monday night
to spend weeks vacation
Miss Anna Davis, who has been
employed for the past two years in
the store of j. w. Moody, closed her
labors there last Saturday night.
Rev. Mr.. Smithers, who has been
spending week at campmeeting, has
! returned home.
Mrs. Peter Uram and children, who
have been spending a few days in
Burlington, have returned to o. O.
Warren's.
Joseph Somerville, who has been
| spending few days in Boston, re-
turned last Friday.
Otis Smith of Worthwhile spent Sun
day in town.
Edward Hoadley began two weeks
vacation from his duties in the post
office last Saturday
Mrs. W. J. Boyce and children re-
turned from Highgate Springs Satur-
day. Mr. Boyce returned Monday.
A tramp was arrested here Saturday
morning who said his name was
O'Neill. His hearing was Monday and
he was fine6 50 and cost. Being I'M
able to pay he was taken to the house
of correction at Rutland Monday
night by Ed. Fsrrar
A good crowd of people attended
the Luciers Minstrels last Friday
night.
The Huntington base ball nine was
to have PLAYED here last Saturday
against the home team, but RAIN pre-
vented.
A large crowd went to Burlington
last Friday to see the ball game be-
tween the Inter-City and Burlington
teams.
@. O. Warren and son have recently
returned from an automobile trip
through the State.
Mrs. Delbert Burleigh of Cleveland,
Ohio, is spending few days at James
Burleigh S.
a new Republican flag was raised
last Friday on depot square.
The two children OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace White, of Worcester, who are
stopping at viii Ather's, were taken
sick with cholera infantum and the
three-yea boy died and was buried
on Sunday. 1t was thought at this
writing that the other child could not
live. Mrs. White was an aunt of
Lewis Demas who died few weeks
ago in California. Mr. and Mrs.
White have the deepest sympathy of
the community.
WILLIAMSTOWN.
Rev. NJ. II. Ryan and wife of New
port were in town over Sunday, hav-
ing come here last week to bury the
body OF their son, drowned at North
Hero.
Druggist George E. Adams of Fair
Haven is here with family friends
Sidney Martin, grandson of the late
Allen Martin, came down from Essex
junction, last week, and was here
over Sunday.
Miss Fanny Seaver, who lives with
her brother, Rodney Seaver, was taken
i'll one day last week, while prepar-
ing dinner, and it was currently re-
ported that she had had shock. But
she is much better, and we hear there
is no paralysis, and that there prob
, ably was no shock.
Dr. Davis. wife and child, of Lyn-
donville. have been taking a carriage
drive of some days, of late, and while
here called on the family Of Rev.
William Schofield.
a largely attended reception was
held. last Friday evening, at the home
of Joshua +. Bailey, given Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Bailey, who were married
on the 18th inst.
Mrs. Henry Martin, now of Essex
Junction, has lately visited old ac-
quaintances, here.
Mrs. Gilbert o. Smith and her son,
, Arthur, of Montpelier, have been
recent guests of Mrs Denny Briggs, a
daughter of Mrs. Smith.
Some six years ago, Allie Wilfore of
our village, bought the Moses Poor
farm in the northwest corner of the
town. A farm of 1876 acres, he was
able to bay it for low price, and on
easy payments He went on to it
with a COW and horse, some two
dollars in his pocket, eight children.
and his wife's father, altogether
there were eleven mouths to feed. He
] now has elevenl COWS, two horses, be-
sides hogs and calves and is paying
for the place. He finds weekly
market in our village for sixty pounds
| of butter both sailed and fresh (Ital-
ians liking the latter His wife is a
great help to him, having been ready
! to take in work, outside her own.
/ She tells us that she once got in an
oat crop with the help of the child
rem. We congratulate the family on
the prospect of farm clear of debt.
! Mrs. Abbie Simons Wales. of Ded-