The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-08
AN OLD WATCHMAN
Mrs. Mary Walton Dewey, Formerly
of the City, Has One in Her Pos
session That Is 80 Years Old.


Mrs. Mary Walton Dewey of Cam
bridge, Mass, and one of Montpel
ier's best known summer residents, |
sends this Office a letter; stating |
that she had recently come into pos
session OF Vermont Waterman
cher fathers paper) that was print
ed 80 years ago and gives extracts
which will be Of intertst to older
residents of the city and to readers
of the Journal and Waterman. Mrs.
Dewey says, There are few of the
old Inhabitants still left who would
be interest in it," Mrs. Dewey gives
the following interesting descrip
ton of the paper:
The Waterman.
Published by E. P. Walton, Mont
pelier, Vermont, Volume XIII;
Tuesday, March 80, 1919. Number
642, Weekly Almanack. Terms Of
The Waterman delivered to sub
scribers, Cat the Montpelier Book
store) at l dollar, Is cents per an
mum. Delivered at their houses or by
mail, 2 dollars. To companies, who
call for them, and pay weekly, or in
alvance, 2 dollars per hundred. No
papers discontinued until arrears are
paid.
Advertisements inserted three
weeks, at 81 for IL lines, and 25
cents for every after insertion. Uarg-
er advertisements seven cents per
line. Those from a distance must be
accompanied with the cash. 1t was
a paper 10 inches by IL. Good pa
per, clear print. Printed on hand
press. Adertisements-M The
Washington County Medical Society
met on the 10th inst, and transacted
business. Chose Robert Paddock,
president, James Spaulding, censor,
Edward Lamb to deliver an adj
dress, James Spaulding, secretary.
Montpelier, March 10, 1919. E. P.
Walton, Printer and Bookseller,
Montpelier, VT, proposes to publish
by subscription seven discourses on
the Astronomical Objection to the
Christian Religion, together with a
dissertation on the evidences OF
Christianity, by Rev. Thomas Chal-
mers, one of the professors in the
University of Glasgow. Scotland. The
following recommendation from the
pen of the Rev. Chester Wright, are
thoght to be sufficient: DR.. Chain.
ers' seven Discourses on the AS.
Economical Objection to the Christ
| tian Religion, will be read with pc
culiar interest and delight by al
! Christian and cultivated minds. NJ
, writer of the age has furnished {
| richer treat to the lovers of litera
ture, or presented truth in a more
| clear and overpowering light Thi!
most interesting work ought to b.
| read by every person who entertaini
| a doubt of the divine origin of Chris
| tianity. For those who have seel
the notices of it which have ap
peared in several periodical works
no recommendation is necessary. Al
these discourses are published to
| gether with other works of the au
thor, the publication of them in
separate volume would | am persu
AIDED be a public benefit. C. Wright
| Herkiah III. Read has opened an of
| fee in the chamber of Messrs. Lang
don and Barnard's store, corner o
State and Main street, where he will
attend to all applications in the lin
of his profession as Collector an
Attorney at Law. He solicits tn
patronage of his friends and tn
public, and will endeavor to meri
it by his assiduity and attention t
business. Montpelier Village, Marc
%, 1919. Sylvanus Baldwin woul
inform the public, that he carries O.
the House Joiners Business, and SO
licits share of patronage in tina
line. He has entered largely int
the business of making WindoN
Sashes. Montpelier, Feb. 20, 1S1!
Several weighty questions why
in particular ought to be excuse
from taking the papers. There
no occasion for my taking the pa
pers. l am in neighbors' stores ey
cry day and I see it as soon as
comes. There is no use in my tax
ing the papers, for we can't have
a minute after it comes into tn
store; one or other catches it up S
quick. l have no use to take tn
papers for can see it at the bal
bers. l need not take the paper
for I am among the people so muc
that can hear all the news at tn
Post Office. 1t is no matter abor
our taking the newspapers Ga ma