The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-24

gone forth from this schol. We are
glad to know that some, if not all,
of the class, will continue in their
studies elsewhere. Principal Ordo-
way, whose home is in Orleans,
formerly Barton Landing, an electri-
cal engineer, as graduated from the
University of Vermont, is not will
ing to return to teaching here an
other year, in which work he has
been we'll liked, here.
Inc of our school board tells us
that it is certain now, that Williams
town and Chelsea will unite in hir-
ing a superintendent, but that it is
yet unknown who the man will be.
The names of John Comstock of
Chelsea and of our new citizen, A.
n. Fellows, have been spoken of but
it is not known that either of these
men would accept the Office if Offer
ed him. Whoever he shall be we
hope, he will be every inch a man."
a well educated man, and one we'll
fitted for the important work.
Mrs. Ira Seaver, daughter of the
late oliver Badger, tells us that she
hears from her nephew, a son of the
late Ira Badger, who has lived in
Oklahoma and on the Pacific Coast,
and is now in North Western Can
ada in the Province of liberia. She
thinks he likes some one of the
United States enough better than
Canada, so that he will return to
One.
The father of Mrs. George MARI,
Mrs. Leslie D. Gale and Mrs. Frank
H. Martin, has been on visit here
of late from his home in Canada.
Frank Mcconnell has moved from
the village to Erwin H. Martins ten
ement that has been occupied in re-
cent years by the late Mrs. Albern
Briggs and daughter.
DR.. Lewis D. Martin of Barre City
will occupy rooms in his farm house
at the Cutter Pond, in town, for the
summer.
Arthur Burt of Philadelphia, Pa,
and Miss Alice Smalley of Randolph
have recently been guests at the
home of Bert Bruce, in our Mill viii
lage.
Albert r. Martin of our village,
has a thermometer that we, person
ally, accord about the same author
ity to that so years ago we all ac-
corded to the Thermometer Of the
late Squire Pride. Mr.. Martin is re-
ported as saying that 'he never knew
but one degree more of heat at noon
at his house than was registered last
Monday. 1t was then 81 degrees
above zero.
Princial Ordoway OF our High
schol was given a handsome pres
ent by some of his pupils that he val
ues highly. 1t was manicure
set and a paper knife of intrinsic
| value. He will remain in town until
Friday of this week.
Charles H. Beckett is about to go
! to Europe to be away few months.
We hear, this Tuesday morning,
that a son OF Frank Jeffords has or
is threatened with appendicitis.
The ladies of the Uinversalist
church will give a social at the
Grange Hall on Tuesday evening of
this week in honor Of their late pas
tor, Rev. Cora M. Ewes, who is
about to go to Detroit to live. There
will be readings by Lr. Frank M
ynde of Barre City, vocal and instru
mental music, refreshments, etc.
Fred Folsom, formerly Of Chelsea
and now employed at the E. II
Martin G. Son meat market, has al
guests his brother, Hyde Folsom ant
wife of Oelwein, Iowa.
We wish to correct any wrong i'm
preston that may have been mad
by one of our items last week con
corning our new hotel manger, II
r. Lefingwell, who comes from
, long experience as Landlord ]