The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-02
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Az Six U ClOCk, supper anu SOCIAL nOuT,
At seven, reports from the officers of the
church and auxiliary societies, and unfin
ished business. A full attendance is earn
estly desired.
George Norton, foreman at the tannery,
who was seriously injured last week by be.
ing caught in.so ne machinery, is doing well
and will soon be out. - LENA Fullerton
has been offered Il position of music
teacher at Green Mountain Seminary.
80 Fred Somerville returns to his duties
at Worcester, Mass, this morning. -
Mrs. A. j. G well returned Tuesday noon
from her extended visit in Michigan. -
- Lyman Scofield is at home from a
visit to her sister in Providence, r. 1.
- Maude Giffin went back TO her home
in Rutland, Monday. - G. 7. Seabury
and wife visited relatives in Montpeli sr the
past week.
Wiliamstown,
The outlook for the granite business here
is said to be bri ghtening.
Fremont @. Little a nd Clark Shepard had
taken fourteen foxe, this season up to last
week.
There was a reunion Of the Lynde family,
on Christmas, at George W. Lynde's house.
Grearson & Beckett are making important
additions to their facilities for polishing
granite, enabling them to do some work
that heretofore had to be sent o Barre to he
done
Will f. Croudis writes encouragingly
from Yarmouthville, Maine, of the health
Of his family. They are about to go on to
Cape Breton Isle, the early home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Croudis.
Luther NJ. Waldo writes of continued M
provement in health, in Tallapoosa, GA.
Should he 90 on to entire recovery, it will
be an encouragement for others suffering
from lung and scrofulous troubles to go
there.
We have just learned of the death of a
| former townsman, Charles w. Glysson, son
| of the late Rufus Glysson. 1t occurred at
his home in Springfield, ILL.,, and was occa-
stoned by liver and dropsy trouble. He
was some fifty nine years of age, and was a
worthy man.
We have just had the pleasure OF seeing a
| photograph of one of the historic houses in
the vicinity of Boston-wha, is known as
"the Lynde house" in Merose, built in
| 1875 by an ancestor of Hon. John Lynde of
our place. This ancestor was the son OF the
| first of the family who came to this country
from England, 1t was fine building, for
its day, and suggestive of blue blood"
Mrs. Horatio Needham, who came here
year or two ago from Bristol, to reside with
Henry Erskine, died last week, ninety
seven years and seven months OF age. Her
body was taken to Bristol for burial. The
prominence of her husband in state affairs
at an earlier day lends an interest to Mrs.
| Needham, who was woman of decided
|
She retained her menta faculties wonder.
fully, and was, we believe, a teacher in
| Sunday school, and took up a Chautauqua
course of reading, both after she was up
wards Of ninety years OF age
John Walker, son of Oliver S. and Mary
B Walker, died at his home in Washington,
ID. c., Sunday afternoon, December 80,
aged forty five years. He was for long
time connected with the treasury depart
ment, and for the past few years he was in
large Of contracts for the commissioner
engineers Office of the District Of Columbia
He was the only survivor of family of five
children who grew to manhood, He was
married to Mary e. Chase of Washington,
d. c., June 2S, 1894. He leaves wife, an
aged father and large circle of friends in
Vermont Hin )s and Washington, D. c..
who mourn his departure.
There was packed full house last week
Monday evening, on the occasion of the
Christmas festivities. They opened with a
cantata, in which the prominent parts we're
taken by Mrs. AFRO A. Reed, Misses Susie
Benedict and Mamie Brush, with George
Goodrich as Santa Claus" There was
fine chorus of children. Mrs. Hal Cheney
presided at tbs organ. The cantata was a
great success, thanks, we believe, in large
part to the work and fine drill of Mrs. j. X
Lynde, assisted by Mrs. Reed. There was
a tree, with its usual Christmas fruitage
| The ministers of the place were pleasantly
remembered by their congregations. AL
together, the aggregate of pleasure on that
| Christmas eve has seldom if ever, been
surpassed here.
Conductor Frank w. Flint was at the old
home last week, - A daughter was
born last week to Mr. and Mrs Will Cults
- Mrs. Lewis Martin is gaining. -
George Crane, the last of his fathers large
and we'll known family, has moved TO
Bro )kfield. - Bart son of Joshua f.
Bailey, has just been taking little vaca-
| 10 TO la
success as canvasser for medical works
for a Philadelphia house. - Frank
| Lynde has been at home of late on vaca-
ton from Tufts College. - DR.. Watson
removed from Fred Whitney's lower lip,
last week, a small cancerous growth. -
Conductor James Canaly spent Christmas
with friends at Leicester Junction. -
Mrs. Frank A. Walker is at her old home
in Newton Lower Falls, Mass, partly to be
present at the marriage of a sister. -
Alice j. Edison has been confined to the
bed for week or more past with grip, &C.
companied by rheumatic trouble. -
Maggie Corrigan was ill at her home in
West Randolph last week, and her depart.
ment in our village school was closed.
- Mary, daughter of Gurdon Martin, is
ailing with a cold on the lungs that may
prove pneumonia. She is in j. X. Lynde's
family. - Mrs. Carl j. Benedict, now
Of St. Adams, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles r. Benedict.
Woodbury..
Will Carr has moved from the Charles
Goodell place into his cottage below the
Center.
Rev. Mr.. Smithers of Hardwick con-
Quoted the quarterly conference exercises in
the Methodist church last Sunday. There
was a large attendance.
The Sunday school of the Methodist
church elected its officers for the ensuing
year last Sunday. The secretary's report
shows an average attendance for the year of
nearly thirty.
The exercises on Christmas night were a
grand success. The programme was I'M
usually well rendered. Our former towns
man, Peter Bachelor of Salem, N. A., was
present and gave stirring address to the
children and ended by presenting the
church building committee with $50 toward
the church.
South Woodbury..
The Ladies' Aid Society will give pow
erty entertainmt mt and box supper on Fri
day evening, January II, in the church
vestry.
Mrs Rvron pierca Ia in vary NOR haalth