The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-27

| the mondays AT Whlte River junction.
60 Mabel Carpenter is visiting in Rut-
land. - Ida Bates spent Christmas with
| friends in Bristol, her former home. -
Sarah Reynolds is visiting friends in More
town. - DIR. James was in Burlington
last Saturday. 60 Charles g. Warren
returned from Boston, Sunday morning.
- G.. b. Evans and wife spent Christ
mas in Middlebury. - Hon. w. p. Dill.
bingham and son Paul were in town on
Monday. - Frank, son of A. b. Luce, is
quite low with pneumonia.
Williamstown
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lynde have been
among the sick ones of late.
There was Christmas festival at the
Pratt school-house on Saturday evening last.
Mrs. Daniel Townsend returns from the
Mary Fletcher hospital, Burlington, i'm
proved in health.
The Jones Brothers quarry is shut down
for few weeks aud their foreman is Wis
iting his family in Maine.
Station Agent j. w. Flint has secured
three fine lights for the depot outside. He
will also Put telephone into his Office.
DR.. Charles Briggs, now of Pasadena
Cal, while alighting from his carriage re-
Gently, fell and broke some Of the bones of
a wrist.
Rev. j. N. Perrin was i'll with a cold on
Sunday, and his pulpit was supplied by
Professor Spencer Of the Methodist Sem
mary, Montpelier.
Friday afternoon last, an extra train from
Barre brought in delegates to "a district
meeting" of Masons which was held here,
lasting until late at night.
Orville IL. Briggs is spending the holt
days with his brother, DR.. j. 9. Briggs OF
Somerville, Mass. DR.. Scion Briggs and
wife are there meantime.
Rev. II. f. Howard, Methodist preacher
in Middesex, has been compelled by i'll
health to give up preaching for a time, and
he has come here to live.
The Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor will give a reception at the town
hall on New Years eve. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to all TO attend.
A sad feature in the sickness and death
of Captain Milton Martin was the sickness
of his wife, who was herself confined to the
bed, and so unable to minister to her hus-
band.
The Womans Relief Corps entertained
at the town hall, last week Tuesday, the
members of the corps in Brookheld. A
fine supper and other entertainment was
furnished.
The suit brought by our town against the
Central Vermont railroad company came
up duly at recent term of court, but was
put over on the motion of the road till the
next term of court.
Giosue Sartorelli, one of our frst-class
granite workmen, and at present visiting in
Italy, writes that such is the condition of
things there as to work that he shall return
here before many months.
Cesar Comitti and John MARI, who have
been in partnership in the granite business,
think they will return to work as journey
men, rather than pay the price OF admission
to the Granite Manufacturers Association.
The Congregational church and society,
in its extremity of trying to sustain public
worship, is to consider this week the matter
OF mortgaging their parsonage to raise
needed funds-a grave peril, to say the
least
There was large attendance at the Con-
Sunday-school Christmas con-
cert on Sunday evening. The parts taken |
by the children, by the church choir, and a
reading" by Professor Spencer, were much |
enjoyed.
Rev. j. n. PERKINS, engagement with the |
Congregational society ending this week, |
an effort will be made to secure his services |
the coming year. The situation appeals to
every friend of this church here, or else |
where, to "gve lift" and the bigger the |
better!
Captain Milton Martin and wife were
taken recently with the grip, and both were |
severely sick. Mr. Martins advanced age
health were against his recovery, and he
lied on Friday evening last. His name has
long been one of the most familiar in the
place, and he was the last resident repre-
of his fathers family, so promi-
lently known in the earlier history of the
own. He has always been identified with
he Universalist society here, as one of its
eading members. In politics democrat,
le has served the town variously as town
representative, postmaster, selectman, etc
He was also a director in the Montpelier q
White River Railroad Company. A third
wife, two sons and daughter of his six or
more children, survive him. A genial, kind
hearted man and neighbor, he will be
missed from the ranks of our citizens. .
Woodbury..
Mrs. Wesley Peck has been quite i'll the
'ast week.
The Woodbury. Granite Company has
hut down for the winter.
NJ. E. Foster, with his wife and children,
vent to Glover to spend Christmas with his
vife's parents.
Ezra Ross has given up the house occu-
lied by him on Mill street and returned
With his family to Underhill.
Charlie Dana has broken up housekeep-
ng, rented his place to Blake Fair, and has
.one to work for H. S. Benjamin
Peter Batcheder OF Salem, n. H., a
ormer resident and native of the town, is
listing relatives and friends here.
w. G. Daniels has begun work prepare
DRY to putting up new cottage at the
over end of the village on Main street.
Some of the people here feel that your
raveling correspondent did Woodbury. in
nstice in his report and, on his return here
few days ago, he, no doubt, heard the
of distant thunder. The readers
II your paper here want people outsiders to
that Woodbury. is not a desert
sland." Two wel-stocked stores attest
he fact that we are a live people yet.
frantic quarries capable of stocking the
markets Of the world three steam saw.
nils, two run by water power; two grist
nils, butter tub and furniture factory, and
many other industries.