The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-25
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the lower e0u Oh our village lhbI II H.
day morning.
There was good attendance ut the
animated pictures entertainment last
Thursday evening, which seemed to be
enjoyed. The Congregational ladies
society added some twelve dollars to
its treasury thereby.
Our ladies' reading club had their
summer meeting" last Friday after
noon at the home OF Mrs. Walter E.
Granger. The day was fine and very
pleasant time was had; some eighteen
persons were present Cake and coffee
were served in addition to the intel
lectual treat.
Ed. Q. House was in Barre part of
last week to help out in the barber
shop of Gus Holt, who went to Mass
achusetts for an outing.
j. @. Griggs of Barre was here last
week in the interests of the Metropol-
itan Life Insurance Co., of New York.
One of his agents, Charles McAllister
of Washington, was here with him.
George NJ. Seaver, son of Plymon
Seaver, hopes he is building up in
health in Callfornia-though it may
be Ionly slowly. His only son, Dean,
is now with him and finds employment
-
Beach, where he first located when
he first went there.
In correction of a mistake of last
week, we say, Return S. Davis and
son of North Danville are making
over 900 pounds Of butter month,
and not weekly.
Harold, only son of Return S. Oa-
Wis, was here from North Danville, a
day or two last week,
Mrs Abby Simons Wales, daughter
of the late Dana Simons, and a resi-
dent of Massachusetts for years past,
was visiting relatives and friends here
last week.
Miss Julia Smons, daughter of Lu-
cius S. Simons, is here from Provi-
dence, r. ]. Her brother, Will, has
gone to California to live.
Two nieces of John Dow, one from
Augusta, Maine, the other from Sa-
lem, Mass, are here for an outing.
Lucius S. Simons has in his coIlec-
ton of relics oanteen that was car
ried by our late townsman, James Kill
burn, in the battle of Plattsburgh,
Mr.. Kimball was wounded in wrist
in that battle, and it was never a
sound one thereafter Mr.. Simons al
so has the far with which Mr.. Kill.
burn winnowed the first grain raised
on his farm that is now owned by
George T. Colby. That is thought tc
have been about 1856.
Miss Lucy j. White is expected here
this week, to go next week to visit her
cousin, Mrs. Louise Bigelow Oatley, IL
Rochester, n. Y, for few weeks.
One of our oldest Inhabitants thinks
he never saw things here growing sc
finely at this season of the year as
now He also speaks Of the great
freedom FROM flies and mosquitoes
here, this summer. New Jersey pa
pers please copy.
MIS-. Edwin Clogston and daughter
lately visited IN Massachusetts
The body of Bert Ryan, son of Rev.
M. H. Ryan of Newport, and grand
son of Mrs. l. O. Robinson of our vii
lage, was brought here for burial last
Wednesday in our village cemetery.
Young Ryan. seventeen years of age
had been in sail boat on Lake Cham
plain, near North Nero. He had witt
him boy. The boat for some reason
capsized. Ryan's first effort was tt
save the life of the boy, which wal
successful. He then attempted tt
swim to the shore not far off, but il
thought to have been seized witt
cramps and went down.
The old Hazen Clark place has agair
been sold this time to Walter MatsoI
of Graniteville.
Will Lawrence, son of the lat,
Charles Lawrence and brother of Mrs
Hiram S. Drury, is about 70 receive
his discharge from the u. S. army al
San Diego, Oal. He has been three
years in the service one of thest
years having been at Panama. He ha
been at San Diego quite length o
time and likes there greatly, He will
visit here the COR ing fall and it il
thought he will re-enlist later.
Hiram S. DIury is not in goo,
health, and he Will likely move 10 TN
small farm of eighteen acres belong
ing TO his wife-forme -ly tho Charlie
Lawrence place, near X. Z. Martins
We know something of what tn
mind and the imagination will do OF
the human body, but how abont this
An acquaintance told us last week O
an injury TO his horse. He directe,
that the contents of a bottle Of lini
ment be applied to the cut limb. b.
mistake the other man got bottle o
cordial for bowel complaints and pu
the same on to the sore spot of tin
horse, and the animal was healed
What's the lesson?
The other day we passed on a conun
drum we had jusC seen-namely, 81
all the women were to go to China
where would all the men go? Tn
answer, as we had read it, was CT
Pekin". The only answer however
that we were able to bring out, cam
from bright young lady in the CON
pany, which was, Ito Cochin China.
Not bad, surely.
Rev. i. e. Currier read from 9Th
journal" of his late trip to Califol
mia, at the Solid Rock chapel in tn
quarry district last Friday evening
1t has been In requisition before. an
may well be, in time to come. "