Vermont Watchman and State Journal from Montpelier, Vermont • Page 5

VERMONT "WATOHMAIM STaTE THUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1909. WILLIAMSTOWN'. Rev. D. H.

Strong our Congro-gatlonal church, hntl 'been nlllng for a few dnys last week, tind hls phy-slclan ndvlscd that ho should not preach last Sunday. IIo liopcs to bo ablc to bo ln hls pulplt noxt Sunday. Our vlllago blacksmlth, Albcrt R. Martin, wlio ls dally at lils nnvll, al-though past 7G ycars of ago, stlll oh-Joys slldlng on a snow crust wlth hls little Kanaly granddaughtors, when thoy aro out horo from (Montpelier. A.

E. Stcarns, on tho old Orvlllo J. Brlggs farm, has returncd from hls vislt to Maryland, whero ho ro-cently went wlth hls father and bro-ther 'antl anothcr Chelsea man, to epy out tho land thero wlth pos-slblo vlow to bttylng. The country he went to ls on Chosapeako Bay. Weare told that ho found prlces of lnnd prctty well up, wlth nothlng ln the way of flne buildlngs ln sorao cases to mako them hlgh, hut ho llketl tho lands.

There hnd been no snow ln tho last wlnter ln somo ono or more places ho vlsltcd and that doubtless would be a prlmo recom-mendatlon to hlm nnd hls party. But we suspect thero wlll llkely be timo to get our handkorchlefs out, as we are glad to say, hefore wo Ishall loso our towusman, One of our former towns'olk, now llving ln a new and dlstant sectlon, wrltes of havlng had to pay a physl-clan at tho rato of $1 a mllc, and ln thls case It was a 20-mllo rlde, for hls vlslts to the family, in a certain case of sickness. The opening of the summer term of our hlgh school was postponed from last Monday to noxt Monday, April 12, on account of tho condi-tion of tho roads. Some on our East II111 told us ono day last week that ho thought tho snow would avcrage three fcet ln depth ln the woods on hls place. Georgo L.

Lane, son of Gllbert 1ane of Washington and now work-Ing in Albans, was in town the flrst of last week, the guest of Mrs. Thomas C. Waldo's family. Lee, son of Carl J. Klngsbury, has 'been getting out somo SOO cords of wood, thls season on the old Frank McConnell farm for our State's At-torney Wilson.

IIo has had flvo men, more or less of the time, as helpers and he may yet increase tho wood plle by 100 or 200 cords. Mrs. Alborn Brlggs, now S0 ycars old or more, has had to have the care of a physician of late. We heard a new phrase one day last week by one of our "Yankee" friends, who was talking of a former citizen that ho respected as an honest man, although perhaps a somewhat close one. Said he, "I rather a man would be honestly hard, than hardly honest." Ed.

J. Poor, one of our biggest stock men, ties up 101 head of cat-tle on hls farm. Somo people seem born to con-tinual comical happenlngs 'and hap-py that ono that can take them wlth a hearty laugh. Such a one is the well known wife of one of our clt-izens, who can always laugh wlth her, at such tlmes. Not many days ago, a seller of essences and the like called at her homo and she was induced to buy peppermint es-senco of marked strength and whlle she was about it, of course, she found that she needed some extract of lemon and bought.

She was havlng lumbago at tho timo and wond-ered later, lf essence of peppermint wouldn't bo good for it. Her judgment gave an afflrmative nns-wer, but unfortunately ln her appli-cation of remedles, she by mis- tako got hold of the lemon extract, wlth which she had a hand to hand cncounter on her back, with her palnful trouble. A little later as the essence peddler was passlng the houso agaln, she asked her husband If ho dldn't think the pedlor would like her testlmonial of tho raerits of hls peppermint, that ho had so highly praised. At ono timo in the West thls family occupled a houso of only two rooms and of course iwero cramned. Honco a shelf in tho rootn whero was their bed, wlth doubtless many oUier thlngs.

The shelf was abovo tho hed hut not so hlgh as to causo a suspenslon of tho law of gravltation. Ono nlght thero was placed on thls shelf a batter for ibuckwhoat cakes for tho noxt break- fast. Whilo tho family -slept tho leaven ln the hattor worked so mightily that tho ibattor broko looso and dlstllled llko mldnight dew on tho heads tho sleopors. But thero was ono worso exporionco that only thoso ncqualnted with tho mlghty worklng power of sorghum molnsses, that tho west abounus in, will fully appreciate. A gallon Jug of thls dolicacy had iboon hasklng a hot sun, ono day when thls good woman was bonding ovor lt, wun only a cork ibetwcon her head and tho contente of tho jug.

ProUahiy no lover ever covotcd moro tho cheek of hls fair ono than dld thls same swcctening tho cheeks ol tnis same woman; and It proved ar un corker. In nn instant tho womnn's halr, and eyos, and checks and noso nnd cars woro plastered whllo she frantically began to claw with hor hands for dayllght for her eyes, and dellveranco gonorally. But sho llves to tell tho talo now and givo her friends a chance for hearty laugh at her expenso, and laughs with them. Long may she Hvo and wave." At recent accounts E. W.

Thurber was canvasslng at Isle La Motto for a book. He Is sald to bo dolng well at thls work. At meetlng of tho stockholders of tho J. K. Lyndo Co.

held at their ofllco April 2, tho following changes in ofllco woro mado: E. E. Bam-forth of Waterbury and Q. A. Martin of Williamstown wcro elected di-rectors to succocd W.

II. Lyndo and G. P. McAlllster, reslgned. O.

P. McAlllster wns olected secretary and trcasurer to succeed Mrs. Clara L. Lyndo, reslgned. Our nged and greatly afllicted townsman, Prescott Blanchard, dled Sunday nlght of gangrene and othcr compllcations.

Ho wns upwards of SO years of age, and had long been ln a vory Inflrm condltion of body. Mr. Blachard flrst became a citlzen of our place many years ago. Hls wife, born Delphine White, wns tho youngest of quite a large family of children of tho late Allen nnd Anna FIso White. Of theso children Hor-aco E.

White, Mrs. Loren M. Down-ing of St Albans, Mrs. Emellnc Whlt ney Richardson of Chlcago, and Mrs. Blanchard are llving.

Mr. Blanchard, ycars ago, was a farmer, here in tho northeast quarter of tho town. We recall hlm as an actlve, cheery kind of a man, apparently in tho best of health and spirlts, and if he or any of hls friends could have known D0 years ago, to what an old age of physlcal Inflrmities and sufferlngs he was to come, it would have seemed well nigh lnsup-porable. Such possibiliies for any and every man certainly help one to bear the loss of friends taken he-foro such sad thlngs can come to them. Threo sons wero liorn to Mr.

and Mrs. Blanchard, ono of whom dled a young man here years ago. Two sons are residents of Boston. For some years Mr. Blanchard was on a farm in oiio of tho Bethels, we think, and flnally camo back here a few years ago to spend the remain-der of hls weariful days.

Wo think ho looked at death as something he desired, for relief. Walter Simons, son of Rebeknh Lynde Simons, and empoyed at tho .1. K. Lynde Company's store, met wlth an accident in hls regular work recently that nearly severed the end of a thumb at a polnt below tho nall. But medlcal aid it is thought wlll save the lnjured mem- ber so that ho wlll have a good thumb yet.

When so worthy and helpful an only child as Mlss Ella Whltney, daughter of Mr. aid Mrs. Wlllis Whltnoy, is trylng to help an In- valid father by sewing and dress- maing at home, or going out by the day into families to do thls work, who wlll not bo glad to give her em ployment when such help is needed? We aretold that a certain worthy family of our acquaintance is con-sldering the matter of hiring tho Monument House As yet we with- hold tho name of tho family, but if it should prove a correct rumor we shall be only too glad to report lt soon. It is said that George, son of Re- bekah Lynde Simons, and Itoyal Cheney, who lately went to Colora- do, have found work, whereat we are glad indeed. It seems to he a part of "the cost" of such "greatness" as was achieved by ono of our earllest cltizens, tho late Judgo Elijah Palne, L.

L.D. that there shall ever follow them A BRIDE SPRAINS HER ANKLE Whllo changing from one traln to another a few dnys ago a fbride wrenched her anlo very hadly. She was afraid she would Tjo lamo for sonl0 tjrao for tho anklo palned her nnij was SWelling rapldly. Ono of her feiiow passengers hrought her a Ijot to of sionn's Llniment The Linl- ment st0pped tho paln at onco nnd took (jawn SWelling and next day nnii0 Was almost as strong as ovor rr xiolaiatl Blshop of Scranton, Pn says: "Ort the 7th of thls month, ns I was leavlng tho Tjuilcllnfr at noon for lunch, I sllpped n(l eu my wrist. I re turned jn nftornoon, nnd at four 0-ciocic couia not hold a penoll in my iianii, I roturneu homo at flvo Oclocc purchaBed a bottlo of Sioan'8 Uniment and used it flvo or sIx tIracs ijeforo WGnt to bed, and tho noxt wns aWo to go to work nnd UB0 Jny hnm as usual.

thought suro I would bo laid up, and aB wo ar0 Vory much i cheorfully recommend Qloin.s Linifont to all porsonB who Jmay injuro themselves ln' any way, little nnecdotes llko ono we quoto now, whothor tliey bo wlthont foun-datlon or not. An old Wllllnmstown-onian livlng clsowhcro has Just re? called thls story in a lcttor to us, and wo suspect thero ls a founda-tlon for It, though jt mlght not bo posslblo at tho preseht day for "any livo man" horo to do or say the same thlng, ovcn if ho wnntcd to, whlch ls hardly supposablo case. Judgo Pnlno was at ono timo a mem ber of tho Stato Supromo court, and at another timo was a Judge of tho U. S. Clrcult court ln theso parts.

It ls said that "When onco on hls way to attend court in Windsor he rodo on horsoback, accompanied by a fellw townsman, (also on horsoback), ns That man was 'Unclo' Ttastus Coloman. Thoy nro said to have rodo sido hy sldo tlll they were about enter Windsor, when tho Judge called out 'Ten rods behlnd, Ttast, ten rods Mr. Coleman fell back ten rods and dld not forget agaln that Judgo Palne in Windsor was not tho same man as Judgo Palno of Williamstown." The children of tho Universalist Sunday school gavo a vory pleas-ant and well attended ontertalnmont at the Town hall last Saturday evo-nlng. It conslsted of llterary antl muslcal exerclses prepared undor tho very efllclent tralnlng of Mrs. Walter E.

Grangor, nnd all, wo htlnk, under tho auspices of tho Universalist Ladies' soclety. Last Saturday afternoon membcrs of tho Ladies' Itural G. L. Reading club met with Mrs. Wesley M.

Sea-vor and Mrs. Lco Wllliams, and had new maplo sugar, tho genuino arti-cle, such as Mr Seaver knows how to make. On Friday afternoon of last week Mrs. Ollver Ashton of Rutland, pres-ldent of the Women's Federatlon of Clubs, spoko at tho vestry of tho M. E.

church hero beforo our Ladies' Home Study club and tho Rural G. L. Reading club and friends on tho "Proventlon and Curo of Tuborcu-losls." We think she spoko well on tho subject. For somo reason wo bellovo the two Ladies' Readlngs clubs here have ncver been persu-aded to joln the Stato Federatlon of Clubs, although tho matter has been up In tho past for conslderation. Our villago creamery patrons ro-celved 31 cents per pound for hutter fat on Saturday last, pay day.

Mrs. Emma Staples Hutclnson rc-urned a few days ago from Mcln-doos Falls, were she had been stay-ing a short time with a sick daughter. The latter is improving in health. Carroll Dutton, in the employ of C. M.

Seaver has moved from the John (Dow houso to a tenement in Mill Village, 'belonging to Mrs. Rowell and recently vacated by (Lovi D. Carr. Fred Folsom is to movo from tho Gregory houso to Jerome B. Brockway's house near the meat market of E.

Martin Son. Milliner Mrs. Susie Wliltney Be- mls is sald to be In very poor health and havlng the care of a tralned nurse. Some one writlng from Kirksvllle, recently, says sho nover before saw Vern Edson looklng so well ns to health as he does now. Glad to hear it.

A piano has Just been put Into the new Grange hall for the uso of that order Mrs. Frank H. (Martin is llkely to como East from Kirksvllle, for the summer vacatlon of tho Osteo-pathlc Instltuto thero Thero wlll be a Unlon Chlldren's Easter servico at tho Congregational church next Sunday ovenlng, that we think promises to be a very in-teresting occasion. The funeral of Prescott F. Blan chard was held at 2 o'clock Tues-day afternoon at hls homo ln Mill Village, Rev Mr.

Roberts of tho M. E. church ofllciatlng. Tho burlal was in our vlllago cenietery. Mr.

Dlanchard's son, Leon, of Boston, and the wife of hls son Horaco, also of Boston, wero hero. Mr. Blanchard was a native of Hinsdale, and was about 82 years of age. Un- doraer Badger of (Barro Clty had charge of tho funeral. Roscoo Lyndo of tho Norwich Unl- verslty Is hero for vacatlon of a week or so.

An offort has been mado to have Lesllo D. Galo contlnuo hls servlces ln tho hotol in Boston in which he has been staying in lato months. Hls wifo may llkely ho hero oro very long. MORETOWN C03IM0Jf. Mr.

and Mrs. G. R. Fostor of Mont pelier nnd Mr. and Mrs.

O. S. Turn-or of TaUapoosa, iwero guests of Mr. and Mrs. E.

A. Fostor on Sunday. G. O. 'Sleopor was in Montpelier on Friday.

Grlfllth commonccd work in tho creamery tho flrst of April. Ovorseor diaso was in Montpelier Wednesday. SOl'TH WOODBURY. Enstou wlll 1)0 obscrved next Sunday with appropriato exerclses by tho children. W.

Goodell attended tho meetlng of the llsters of Washington county, held at Montpelier last week. Albert Buruham has gono to Bristol for an Indeflnlto stny. Frank Spraguo ls worklng for hls brother, Walter Sprague. Loulse Watt ls vlslting her slster, Mrs. Ewen.

Mny Batchelder Is Improving from a sovero attack of asthma. W. II. Angoll, who is at tho Hea-ton hospltal, Is roported as dolng well. Graco Burnhnni ls 111.

Percy Brown nnd grnndson, aro at W. Goodell's for a two weeks' stay. L. W. Haskoll has news that his slster, Lytlla Putnam of Cabot Is very 111 and her recovcry doubtful.

MARSHFIELD. Wllllam Mears of Barre vlsltcd at C. W. Mears last week. i M.

E. Beckley of Groton was ln towii calllng on old friends last week. Arch 'Batchelder of Plainfield was in town, last week looklng nfter the vlllago water. J. Ward Carver of Barro was at homo over Sunday.

Myra Duko is at homo from St. Johnsbury school for her vacatlon. Mrs. Charles Brockway cf Williamstown wns at II. E.

Hadlock's last week becauso of sickness of Mr. and Mrs Hadlock. Hiram Graves has sold hls farm nown as'the Benjamln Boyles' farm, to C. D. Smlth A.

E. Lamhertjon 1ms sold hls building lot in tho village known as tho Bancroft lot, to H. G. Carpenter. Mr.

Beckley of Cutler Corner was in town last week buying cows. Miss Graco Wooster went to Waterbury, Monday to stop with her aunt, Mrs. Leonard Smith. Mr. and Mrs.

Cessett (formerly Inez English) and Miss Agnes Eng-lish of Montpelier wero ln town over Sunday vlslting friends. Miss Dorothy Wooster returned to her school in East Northfield, last Monday. Mrs. C. E.

Shepard is 111 with grip. BROOKFIELD. James Fullam returned to Burlington Wednesday. Mrs. Fannie Fullam has gono to Bridgeport, to spend yseveral wees wlth relatives.

Mrs. A. J. Ladd and Mrs. D.

L. Buck of East Roxbury visited Mr. and Mrs. Lilas Mllls ono day last week. A.

R. Rumney was in Northfield on buslness 'Saturday. CMr. and Mrs. C.

B. Flsk attended the funeral of 'Mrs. Fisk's niece, Mrs. A. Clough at East Braintree Thursday.

E. H. Edgerton of (Rochester, M. M. AVilson and 11.

W. Vail of Randolph were in town Friday on buslness. Mr. and 'Mrs. B.

Holden were ln Randolph Thursday on business. Mr. and Mrs. W. 11.

Perham of East Braintree were guests Friday of their son and wife, (Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Perham.

Miss Myrtlo Smlth is to teach this spring tho same school ln Williamstown sho taught last wlnter, commencing April 10th. Mr. and Mrs. A. L.

Rich attended the funeral of Mr. Rich's mother in Northfield Saturday. Mrs. Julia Wllliams badly sprain-ed her knee, whlch necessitates her being closely confined. Wo hopo for hr a speedy recovery.

The regular meetlng of tho G. A. R. and W. R.

C. Saturday after noon. Tho ladies of tho W. R. C.

will servo new sugar and doughnuts at noon. Tho ladies of the Second Congre gational church are lnvited Nto "attend a missionary meetlng Friday afternoon at ono o'clock wlth Mrs, L. W. (Morso. Tho afternoon wlll be spent In study and sewing.

On account of sickness 'Miss Ruth Hanks was not ablo to open her school Monday. Sho hopes to bo able to commence ngain noxt Monday, tho 12lnst. T. W. Hnyes was sick and con flned to tho houso sovoral days last week, but at thls wrlting is conval- escing.

Tho Ladies' Aid soclety of tho Second Congregational church In vlto tho publio to new sugar so- clablo nt tho church parlors Friday evenlng, April 8th. Ladies In charge aro Mrs. T. Calngon and Mrs. Nancy Mlss Edna Sargont Is to teach school thls spring ln E.

J. Trask's dlstrlct on tho East Hlll. M.r nnd Mrs. II. Mason of Randoph spont Sunday wlth hls parents, Mr.

and Mrs. G. E. Mn sos, EAST BARRE. Mrs.

I. W. Batod spont laat Sat-urdny in tho clty Tho N. E. O.

P. held their regular meetlng last Friday ovoning nfter whlch new sugar was sorvcd. Wliist and other gamo3 woro cnjoy-ed until a lato hour. All report a good timo. Willio Hayley has moved to hls parent's home.

Mlss Bernlco Hoar from tho clty Is vlslting at hor grandparents, Mr. nnd Mrs. Levl Kelth. Ilorbert Hutchlns and family, who havo been occupylng tho Littlejohn nnd Mllno houie, nro movlng into ono of tho Bolster tenements. Mrs.

M. (M. Palno and Q. S. Nyo attended tho funeral of Paschel Currier in Montpelier last week.

Fred Lahounty and family, who havo been occupylng ono of the lato Mr. Bolster houses near tho school houso, has rented tho Arkoly houso. John Cummlngs who was soverely lnjured near Dr. Lamb's houso in tho city, caused by his horso hecomlng frlghtened and throwlng hlm out, Is in a critical condltion. It is reported that B.

F. Davis has purchased an lnterest ln a quar-ry near tho Stratton quarry. Tho East Barro whlst club Is to havo a whlst party thls Wednesday evenlng. Tho Rebekahs held their regular meetlng last Saturday evenlng. Mrs.

Jennlo Philbrlck is in poor health. W. E. Blxby is galnlng slowly. Mrs.

B. F. Davis' mother, Mrs. Chapman, returned from Mcdford last week. Mrs.

Chapman spent the wintor there with her other daughter. The Blanchl shed was burned at 3 o'clock on Sunday mornlng. Tho causo is unknown. WEST CORINTH. Hollis Hoyt returned to his school ln Burlington last Saturday.

Gerald Wiggins, who has dlphthc-rla Is much better of that dlsease, but on account of heart trouble Is not able to slt up. Albert Hoyt and son of Chelsea, Waits Rlver wero here last Sunday to attend the funeral of John C. Hoyt. John C. Hoyt dled at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Harllo, Ward In Washington April 2nd. IIo had been ln ery poor health all wlnter. He was a member of the F. B.

church this place. His remains were brought to the church hero where funeral services were held on 'Sun day. Rev. Mr. Hathaway ofllciated.

Burlal was at the meadow "by tho slde of his flrst wife. Don Brown of Washington and Mrs. Bessio Clough were married March 22 by Rev. J. F.

Owens at East Corinth. fiROTON, 'Mrs. Eliza P. Sargent, ono of the oldest residents of tho town, dled last Wednesday at tho homo of her son, Hosea N. Welch.

Tho funeral was held Friday at tho house, Rev. M. S. Eddy ofnciatlng. Burlal was in the villago cemetery.

Mrs. Sargent was a dlrect descendant from ono of the flrst settlers in town, her grandfather being one of the flrst town clerks. daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. R.

A. Davldson last week Mon day. Mother and child aro both do lng well Mrs. D. E.

Gordon nnd children of Hlllsboro Brldge, N. 11., are vlslting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. F.

Blanchard. J. F. Hatch has bougl a pleco ot lnnd of H. L.

Gilman near tho brldge whero he is soon to put up a building to bo used as a telophono contrnl. David Corruth has flnished work for Mlllcr Ayer at Groton Pond nnd has moved back to his houso at thls village. Charles Ross, who has been very sick, ls improving. Georgo E. Goodwin nnd Miss Lisi- zio Lawton wero married last Saturday afternoon by tho Rev.

Mr. My-ers at tho Baptist parsanago. Tho vlllago schools wlll begin next Monday wlth tho sarao teach-ers as last yoar, namoly, Chnrles Charles Klng of Newbury as prlncl-pal; Mrs Ida Rlcker, Grammar; Mlss Helen Walton, Intormedlate, nnd Mamio Wliito, Prlmary. Georgo Mlllis Is to teach on Grnn-ito street thls year. Mrs.

Fred Knox, who has been very sick, is slowly Improving. Easter services will bo held at the Methodist church noxt Sunday with appropriato exorcises. Tho sugar season ls woll undor way but not very much sugnr has lieen mado yet, and tho prospects nro now for a poor crop. I. M.

Rlcker started hls mill last week. Both havo less than tho usual nmonnt of lum'ber this year. EAST MONTPELIER. Georgo Sanderson recently lost a cow. lOrlando Clark has gono to Boston.

B. Cullum has rented II. W. Vln-ccnt's houso nnd wlll soon move therein. Miss Anna Blllllo was ablo to re-turn homo from illcaton hospltal last Tuesday, 03.

Hammett of Phlladelphia spent tho flrst of tho week with friends here. Mr. and Mrs. J. R.

Young wero called to Provldence, R. on Wednesday by tho death of her forothor, Bcrmah Porklns. iRoblns ro out. Not much sugar mado yet. Snow Is so decp tho farmers can't get into their sugar lots.

DUXBURY. II. J. Parchcr, Mrs. Henry Irisu and Mrs.

John Dlllon aro on tho sick 11st. Mrs Dan Donovan was soveroly lnjured one day last week by a horso stepplng on her and throwing her to tho ground. Moses Sherman lost a good cow recently. O. W.

Hllls found livo butterfly April 1st, that measured 2 31 inches across lts wings. J. E. Crossett has purchased a pair of oxen of Levl Boyco. L.

A. Morse, D. D. Bulkoly and Ar-thur Graves atetnded the county llsters' meetlng at Montpelier last Wednesday. ADAMANT.

Ed. Nolan, Carrlo Dalley, Wlll Gay and Fred Rlcker of Woodbury were In the place tho flrst of last week. Dan McAuley has rented Mrs. Dodge's placo and I. Mather's family is going into the tenement back of the storo.

"Thomas Robinson has moved into the Tlmothy Cummlngs houso and Walter Patch to tho farm lately purchased of Mr. Robinson. Mr. Reed, late 'of Northfield, oc-cuples the Patch house. Elmer Mathers was at home from New Hampshlro last week.

I. Mathers returns this week to hls work In New Hampshire. Rob Lowery is sick with grlp. Dr. Turner attends him.

Among other sick ones aro A. A. Nye and WalterSmith and Mrs. Her-bert Weeks. A little son was born to Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Orr last Friday. Will Royco haa returned from Woodbury. Arthur White is drawing lumber to build a 'barn on the Oramel Stew-ard farm. Frank Bllss lives in the houso by the Bliss pond.

Sydiiey Weeks and Charley Cook-son are ln York, Maine. Harvey Wood goes to New Hampshire thls week. The last quarry shut down Saturday nlght. Bert Britton is ill. Mr.

and Mrs Herbert Kent were at R. C. Colllns' sugar camp Sunday where quite a party of invited guests partook of new sugar. Georgo Brooks of Montpelier has been spending some days wlth R. C.

Colllns. Nellio Lawrenco has gono to Mr. Ladoo's in East Montpelier to work. WAITSFIELD. Miss Florence Howe, who has been seriously ill wlth pneuraonla is convalescing rapldly.

G. M. Jones, who has been 111 since March 3rd is not improving very rapldly, although his friends are not alarmed aljout hlm, yet they aro qulto anxlous, and tho tralned nurse has been recalled and Dr. Mc-Gulre of Montpelier has been called in for consultation. Dan McCarty of this town died ln tho Insane hospltal ln Waterbury, whero he has been for forty years, on March 30th.

Ho was a member ot Co. 7th Vt. Vols. The body wns brought horo and Is hurled ln tho cenietery on tho Four ot hls comrades ncted as bearors. Mrs.

J. C. Joslin of Minnoapolls, Is spending a few weeks with hor father, Hon. J. II.

Hastlngs. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings intend to return with hor to Miineapois about tho last of thls month, whoro thoy wlll mako their futuro homo. Mr.

Hastlngs has long been one of tho pillnrs of tho town, holdlng nearly all tho town ofllces, ropresented tho town in tho Houso of Ropresontntives and the county In tho Sonato. A frlond to ovory liody nnd respected 'y overy-hody. Thoro aro few in Mau Rlvor Valloy that will not riso up and call hlm blesscd on nccount of tho help ho has glvon ln timo of neod. Mrs. Hastlngs has also a warm placo In tho hearts of a large clrclo of friends nnd wlll ho greatly mlsscd for hor kind Bympathy and help rondored to all Chrlstlan -work..