The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-09-07

railroad, and his death is supposed to have
been caused by a railway accident. He
leaves wife, and was said to be an excel
lent Christian man,
Mrs j. NJ. Palmer, now OF Somerville,
Mass has been visiting her sister in South
Royalton. She has had a great deal of poor
health in the last year, though now much
better.
Robbie j. Williams and Arthur Buckley
Jones have formed partnership for the
cutting OF granite here. They will occupy
portion of Edwards Brothers & Jack
mans new she'd
1t was somewhat flattering to be told by
Rev. l.. III. Elliot of the Vermont Bible So
ciety, at union service last Sunday, that
sixty -four per cent of Williamstownians are
reckoued as attendants to a greater or less
extent upon church worship.
Professor Willis IL. Gales music club
will give concert at the town hall on Fri
day evening of this week (uness the town
shall be voting for representative at the
time) Mr. Gale will begin work with vocal
classes in towns about here early in October.
Albert Roberts has sold his place, near
Wallace w. Martins, for $3.50, to Ira Row
ell. Mr.. Roberts will, on "Wednesday after
noon, September IL, sell at public auction a
lot of personal effects. His mother has
gone to reside with her daughter in Cam
bridge.
The body of Widow Tirzah McAllister
was brought here for burial last Monday.
"A daughter o the late Abel Dufur, and at
one time resident of our village, she her
self and her family were highly esteemed
here. For years past she mas been resi-
dent of Washington.
Woodbury..
All the boarding houses for summer guests
are closed for the season.
Messrs. Jed Holt and Roy Buruham are
rapidly pushing the work on their new cot
tages.
Most of the schools in town reopened on
Monday. The Center school willprobably
have the largest attendance in thirty years.
The Methodist Book Concern has made
a donation of twenty dollars worth of books
to the Methodist Sunday school at the
Center.
The bell in the belfry of the school-house
at the Center has been put in order, and
rang out its first call in several years on
Monday morning.
The report circulated within the past two
weeks that the Woodbury. Granite Com
pany had collapsed is entirely unfounded
The company has work on hand to keep
their entire force busy until cold weather
The republican rally at the town hall, on
Friday evening of last week, was "A grand
success. The body of the hall was COM
pletely filled, and "a score of old-t time repub-
licans occupied seats on the platform. The
speakers were Messrs. Rowland and Fay OF
Montpelier and Zed s. Stanton OF koxbury.
band from Calais furnished music
Messrs. u. w. and NJ E. Foster assisted by
Mrs. A. b. Corthell of Providence, X. L.,
gave several vocal selections. The speeches
were TO the point and the ultimate effect
will be quite an addition to the republican
vote.
Gilman Bill is seriously i'll. Mrs.
Hodgetts and two daughters of Brooklyn,
n. T., are the guests OF Winslow Voodry.
- Mrs. Charles Dana, who has been
seriously i'll at her mothers in the south
part of the town, has recovered sufficiently
10 be conveyed to her home. - Warner
Drenan and wife, from the state of Wash.
lngton, are visiting in this section.
Captain Ill. s. Foster u S. A., with his
wife and children visited with g. w. Fos-
ter's family the past week. - Mrs. A
b. Cortheli of Providence has returned to
her home