The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-05-12

Mrs. Amasa W. Farnham has rented
her pleasant place outside the village
and will go to stay for time witt
family friends in Massachusetts, ano
Rhode Island, Que or both.
Oscar Thompson of Barre, who is
to drive Horace N Farnham's borses
in road work for Road Commissioner
.. A. Blanchard, is TO live in part
OF the General h. Bass house, and
keep the horses in the Bass barn.
Gene Ingalls, is about to 90 to
Northfield to work in Harry Moseley' S
meat market. Mr.. Ingalls, likes our
town well, but goes for the higher
paw he can get there.
j. K. Lynde and wife went to
Barre, Friday afternoon last, to at
tend the base ball game, as their son,
Mayo, is one of the Brigham Academy
! (l3akersheld) team that was in the
contest with the Goddards. The lat
ter were victorious. Mayo and Roscoe
Lynde returned with their parents,
accompanied by some of their boy
| friends
Daniel Townsend, who has been out
of health for some weeks or longer
was more poorly last week. 1t was
| reported that council of physicians
would be had.
In the debate at the village school
house last Fridaysevening, on the res.
| olution that there ought to be govern
mental control of the railroads, tele-
graphs and telephones, the negative
won the case. The disputants on that
side were Orville Walbridge aud Nor
ton Jetfords.. The disputants on the
affirmative were Ed. Clark and Harry
I Lasell.
Or bee keepers find they have sus.
tanned great loss of swarms, in the
! last winter. Just what the cause of it
is, is uncertain. One explanation is
thought to be the quality rather than
the quantity of honey gathered last
year. The long cold winter may have
been cause, in part at least.
Ophir S. Martin brought home from
Chelsea last Friday, a lot of cattle
that he had bought previously, for
| his market here.
Frank H. Martin will soon have an
auction and sell of lot of cattle, etc.
He finds his farming interests much
hampered by his inability to get in
door help, and for this reason con-
templates change of some kind pos
sibly il will be sale of his farm
later.
Dexter Jones last year realized from
two cows $ll4.40 after supplying his
family with milk and butter
Waverly Murray has just purchased
an organ that wins the admiration of
his family and neigLbors
| At the recent pleasant observance
of the eighty fifth anniversary of the
%. o. F., here Pastor Frances A.
| Kimball spoke of herself as a men,
! Der of the l. 0. o. M. 1; Pastor Brian
| Roberts of Barre, ACKNOWLEDGED MIN.
| self to be of the J. o. o. B.; and
Pastor Strong classed himself with the
l. O. o S., SO we hear. o cruel pas
| tors, if we must go" it to you, that
the already long lists of authorizations
and orders, have been thus extended
Oh Oh Oh!
Work begun on tn Congregational
meeting house repairs last week show
| ed that timbers under the floor of the
| audience room were in very bad
condition.
A child of Henry Edwards, who
lives on j. B. Brockway's farm near
Mill village, has diphtheria and is
under DR.. W. j. Tindall's care.
Clarence Hersey, wife and two sons
have besn spending the winter in
Pasadena, Gal.
DIR. Charles Briggs, son of the late
j. Wright Briggs and for some years
resident of Pasadena, Gal, is about to
take trip to Europe accompanied by
his wife. They will leave home June
| IL, visit the St. Louis Exposition six
days and after that go to number of
leading cities. From New York they
will sail on the Etruria June %, to
visit Great Britain and the continent,
and they hope to return about Sept.
1. They will then visit friends in
New England. We wish them good
trip.
| Dexter Baker is going to work in
the store of James s. Hopkins. He
has been clerking at the Monument
House.
Mrs Minnie Prince, daughter of
L. K. Jones, of Mortified was in
town last Saturday afternoon calling
OH the Misses Edison of our village.
Mrs. George W. Lynde was able to
attend church last Sunday morning and
we are glad to report that she has been
feeling quite encouraged about her
health in the last week or more.
Mike Somaini, one of our granite
manufacturers. plans to open store
in the old Poole house, where he lives
for the supply of goods especially de-