The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-27
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and in the barn
Washington.
DURING the severe thunderstorm of Fri
day barn belonging to Levi Whtcomb was
struck by lightning and burned No insur-
ance 60 Lena, eldest daughter of Daniel
Smith, died of diphtheria last week Tues
day. 80 Mr.. and Mrs. Ichabod Worthley
and Mr. and Mrs. w. e. Worthley attended
the funeral of ID. p. Emery at Barre last
Friday. Mr.. Emery was for many years
prominent resident of this town. 80 Ira
G. Calef was called to Providence, r. L.,
last week on account of the illness of George
Caef, his brother. 80 Irene Calef of
Providence, l., attended commencement
at Goddard Seminary and will spend the
summer in town. 60 Mrs. l.. Flint is en-
gagged for the summer at the Washington
House. w. E. Worthley and n. II.
Perkins were elected delegates to the re-
publican state convention.
West Fairlee.
THE summer term of the graded school in
this place closed last week. Miss johnson
and Miss Bradbury spared no pains to
make the school a success and the people
all feel that it was one of the best schools
we have had in a long time. 80 The eX-
animation of teachers for county certificates
will be held in this village some time next
month None need fail to come for fear of
not finding suitable accommodations, for
the hotel and citizens generally will keep
open doors.
Williamstown.
Mrs. CARRIE S. EDGERLY of Middlesex,
daughter of the late Mr.. Cyrus Seaver, Wis.,
tied this her old home last week. Her hus-
band, a worthy man, has long been in the
employ of the Central Vermont Railroad
Company as bridge-builder we believe
60 Herbert Colby, son-in-law of Charles
r. Benedict, and for some time past resi-
dent of Barre, has bought the well-known
Star restaurant there. - Joseph Bige-
low, son-in-aw of the late Ephraim Luce,
and known hereabouts years ago, has been
for some weeks in the employ of Landlord
Peters of the Hubbard House. He tells us
that his brother Alpheus, who used to be
hereabouts a good deal long time ago, is
living in Gaysville. - Mrs. Oren Smith
died on Tuesday. - Daniel ID. Royce
season. Having found a ready market in
Barre heretofore for garden truck" he
was led to this experiment this year, which
will doubtless prove a success. - Mrs
DIR. G. w. McClearn recently called on an
old acquaintance here. Her friends, who
could not fail of great sympathy for her at
this time, will be glad to learn that she is
improving in health. - Miss Fanny f.
Waldo, after the closing of the term of the
Methodist Seminary at Montpelier last
week, visited school friend in Cambridge.
She will return home this week aCcOmpa-
MED by "A Miss Young, a graduate of this
| Seminary, who is about to 90 to China as a
missionary. - Frank Walker and sister,
Miss Alice, and Arthur Smith (whose home
is with w. III. WitherelD returned last Satur
! day from the Vermont Academy at SaXton's
River. Mr.. Walker proposes to return to
! the same school in September. - James
! S. Abbott and wife of st. Augustine,
Florida, reached New England some days
ago == Mrs. Nellie Barnard Hall, oldest
daughter of Rev. =. f. Barnard, years ago
! a pSfppmpI CONGREGATIONAL minister hare
revisited the place last week, after an alb
! sence of many years Her husband is a
druggist in Greenfield, n, II. Her father
! decides to remain as minister in Wendell,
| Mass, where he has been preaching of
| late. - A Frenchman at work on the
railroad trestle near Mrs. X. p. Martins
| place had a leg broken recently. -
Messrs Alec Common and George Mitchell,
Scotch stone-cutters in Barre, were in town
last week to arrange for the annual picnic
of the Scotch residents of Barre on the first
Saturday of August, provided trains are
running regularly at that time. They Sc
cured the pleasant grove belonging to Mr..
Enoch Howe near Lucius S. Simons' place.
An interesting feature of these picnics is
| the national games, which our citizens can
not fail to enjoy and to which they will
doubtless be heartily welcomed. - Mrs.
! George Walbridge of Waitsfed is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Dr. f. b. Watson. Mrs.
| Watson's mother returned home last week.
| MIS-. III w D. Mayo VI NOTlnlltlu
was in town last week with her family
! Iynde) friends. - Our selectmen have
decided to reopen an old-time road from the
| Lyon place Gn the Judge Paine district to
a point not far beyond the Hiram Daven-
port place. This, as we understand it, is to
give better outlet towards our village for
that section. Now that we are TO have rail
| road accommodations, we hope to retain the
patronage heretofore given by some of our
West Hill residents to Northfeld, who have
naturally been drawn thither by the rail
| road. But to do this we believe even more
highway changes are wanted thereabouts
- As illustrative of the changes that
come TO place, probably but precious few
of our towns-folk know of the man Jared
Green, who once lived on the Foster farm
just north of the village, and now occupied
by Alfred Carnes. He was cousin of the
betterremembered Alanson Green. Re-
| Gently five descendants of this Mr.. Green
(and on the other side of an old-time resi-
dent, Major Howe visited the place to
find his old home and learn what they could
of him. Two of the five were men, one of
them being merchant in New York city
Mr. Enoch Howe now in his ninety-seventh
year, was able to give them some of the in-
formation they desired. They stayed per-
haps two days, visiting the old farm and
procuring some mementoes of it, And
isn't this rather painfully suggestive
of what may be the fate four or five
scores of years hence of many now
familiar name here and elsewhere? -
Charles Wheeler, only son of Mrs Harriet
Robinson Wheeler, who has of late been a
dental student with DIR. j. G. Briggs of
Barre, is going to try his hand as a dentist in
Woodstock, He is fine man and we can
speak well for at least the single job he did
for ourself. 60 Mrs. Libbie Tarbell, Mrs.
Ellen Waldo Colby and Burt Royce last
week attended the reunion of students at
the Normal School in Randolph Center.
- We regret to say it is reported that
the road-bed of our railroad can not be put
in order for the regular running of trains
before August, though the contract by our
commissioners calls for this during this
month of June. In this event it is asked
Can the railroad company draw the town
bonds pledged them on fulfllment of con-
tract? The answer doubtless will be that
they can, the only penalty, if any, being the
damage the town might show as sustained
by non-fulhllment of contract. - Some
one writes us from another town asking if
the railroad company is going to work on
the road south Ct here to Royalton. We
hear, on what should be unquestioned
authority, that they will do so as soon as
circumstances permit, and this is all. 1t is
being talked with more confidence that the