The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-08

little anecdotes like one we quote
now, whether they be without foun-
dation or not An old Williamstown-
oman living elsewhere has just re-
called this story in a letter to us,
and we suspect there is a founda-
tion for it, though it might not be
possible at the present day for "any
live man" here to do or say the
same thing, even If he wanted to,
which is hardly a supposable case.
Judge Paine was at one time a mem
Der of the State Supreme court, and
at another time was judge of the
U. s. Circuit court in these parts.
1t is said that "When once on his
way to attend court in Windsor he
rode on horseback, accompanied by
fellw townsman, (also on horse
back, as servant That man was
Uncle Rastus Coleman. They are
said to have rode side by side till
they were about enter Windsor,
when the Judge called out Ten rods
behind, Rast, ten rods behind Mr.
Coleman fell back ten rods and did
not forget again that Judge Paine
in Windsor was not the same man
as Judge Paine of Williamstown."
The children of the Universalist
Sunday school gave very pleas
ant and we'll attended entertainment
at the Town hall last Saturday eve
ming. 1t consisted of literary and
musical exercises prepared under
the very efficient training of Mrs
Walter r. Granger, and all, we
htink, under the auspices of the
Universalist Ladies' society.
Last Saturday afternoon members
of the Ladies' Rural G.. L. Reading
club met with Mrs. Wesley NJ. Sea-
yer and Mrs. Leo Williams, and had
new maple sugar, the genuine arti-
Gle, such as Mr. Seaver knows how
to make
On Friday afternoon of last week
Mrs. Oliver Ashton of Rutland, pres
ident of the Women's Federation of
Clubs, spoke at the vestry of the M.
E. church here before our Ladies'
Home Study club and the Rural G.
L. Reading club and friends on the
prevention and Cure of Tubercu-
losis." We think she spoke we'll on
the subject. For some reason we
believe the two Ladies' Readings
clubs here have never been persu-
AIDED to join the State Federation of
Clubs, although the matter has been
up in the past for consideration.
Our village creamery patrons re-
ceived 81 cents per pound for butter
fat on Saturday last, pay day.
Mrs. Emma Staples Hutchinson re-
urned few days ago from McIn-
does Falls, were she had been stay
ing a short time with sick daugh-
ter The latter is improving in
health.
Carroll Dutton, in the employ of
G. NJ Seaver & Co., has moved from
the John Dow house to a tenement
in Mill Village, belonging to Mrs
Rowell and recently vacated by
Levi ID. Carr.
Fred Folsom is to move from the
Joseph Gregory house to Jerome B
Brockway's house near the meat
market of e. II Martin & Son.
Milliner Mrs. Susie Whitney Be
mis- is said to be in very poor health
and having the care of a trained
nurse.
Some one writing from Kirksville
Mo-, recently, says she never before
saw Vern Edison looking so we'll as
to health as he does now. Glad t.
hear it.
A piano has just been put into
the new Grange hall for the use o.
that order
Mrs. Frank II. Martin is likely t.
come East from Kirksville, Mo-, fol
the summer vacation of the Osteo
| pathic Institute there
There will be a Union Childrent
Easter service at the Congregations
church next Sunday evening, tina
we think promises to be very in
teresting occasion.
The funeral of Prescott F. Blan
chard was held at o'clock Tues
day afternoon at his home in Mil
Village, Rev Mr.. Roberts of the N
r. church officiating. The buria
was in our village cemetery. Mr.
Blanchard's son, Leon, of Boston
and tho wifa of bic CON Horace ole