The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-06-29
bradford.

Warren W. Pritchard returned {, Nashua
Friday morning after a short visit at his
home here.
party of four young men from Bradford
went to Barre and return last Sunday, maxi
ing the trip on their wheels.
Several from here attended the social
dance at the Glens Falls House, Lake
Morey, last Friday evening.
Ernest d. McDuffee of Boston has been
spending several days in town visiting his
father and many other friends.
Vernon A. Doty left Tuesday afternoon
for few days absence on business report
ed in pursuit of partner for life.
e. e. McDuffee has sold his place near
what is known as the Goshen road to W.
M. Chamberlin, who will take possession ut
once.
Mrs. Anna M. Kent arrived from Duluth,
Mimi. last Saturday evening and will spend
a few weeks with her friend, Mrs. W. NJ.
Edwards.
Frank e. Hiland, who has been quite ill
for several weeks, was taken to the hospital
at Hanover last Saturday. His condition Is
considered dangerous.
Mrs. j. e. Garfield and Miss Lucy left
last Thursday for visit with her daughter,
Mrs. w. S. Spencer at Puebla, Mexico. She
expects to be absent about year.
Miss Eva Mower and Miss Grace Rich
ardson, who have been employed in the
millinery store of Mrs. G. H. Curtis, have
finished work there and accepted similar
positions at Newport.
H. W. Blake resumed work as passenger
brakeman on the Passumpsic division of
the Boston and Maine railroad on Monday,
being assigned work on the Montreal ex-
press running daily between Newport and
Wells River.
The summer time table on the Psssumpsic
| Division Of the Boston and Maine railroad
| want iptO affppt Monday the Whita
Mountain train making its first trip of the
season. Trains now leave Bradford north
bound at 1 SO and o. 10 A. M. and 2:55 and
g.: 80 P. M; south bound at l SO and TO- 10 A.
NJ. and /: % and 4 33 p. NJ.
The strawberry crop of the present season
is considerably above the average both in
quantity and quality. The warm weather
has hurried the ripening until the producers
are driven to extremes to find ready mar
ket for them. About two hundred and
twenty bushels were shipped from this
place on the first train Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Willard of Cleve-
land, Ohio, have been stopping for the past
week with his cousin, Henry @. McDuffee,
and calling on their many friends and rela-
| tives in town. h, Willard is son of
Manasseh Willard, who came to Bradford
from Sterling, Mass, with his brother,
Israel Willard. They bought Of Mr.. He'd
den the comb factory which was situated
on Roaring brook just north Of the house
| where Israel Willard lived and died, and
| where his son, Israel, now lives. Here the
| Willard brothers manufactured chairs for
several years Manasseh Willard married
Sally McDuffee Of Bradford, May %, 1909.
They soon after removed to Sterling, Mass,
where Joseph was born in 1918. He mar
ried Nancy Norcross of Maine, and in 1856
they went to California where they lived
twenty-five years. Mr.. Willard was the
inventor and the first manufacturer OF
| 6un fa in w
Hercules powder and was patented in 1874.
In 1877 he established the Hercules Powder
company at Cleveland, Ohio. For sixteen
years he was the manager, and is still con.
nected with the company. In 1894 he mar.
ried for his second wife, Mrs. Mary Trot Of
Bucksport, Me-, with whom he is now liv.
ing. Mr.. Willard, although eighty years OF
age is still young and active and it is q
pleasure to meet him.
Bradford Center
W. Tibbets, advertiser of Albany bust
ness college, staid with N. f. Kelly or
Sunday. - Miss Melissa Silloway wai
the guest of her mother on Sunday. -
George N 1Guire, our veteran stage driver
has sold his route to Arthur Cross, who
takes possession the first day of July
- William Porter and bride hold theil
reception on Wednesday, at the home Of thu
grooms father
E. o. Tracy was in Greensboro on bust
ness last week.
William s. Chaplin is working for j. II
Edwards in Brookfeld.
Mrs. A. G. Mills Of Alton, ILL.,, is at j. B
Atwood's for the summer.
Mrs. Willis Scales and her daughter, Mary
are visiting in Barre and Burlington
Schools in Nos. 8 and H. taught by Misse
Anne B. Camp and Anne r. Howe, closed
on Friday.
WI, Davis and wife have gone for thei
summers work at the Profile House, White
Mountains.
A sunday.school, under Congregations
direction, has been organized at school
house No..
Ada M. White of Randolph and Bessie
M. Hackett are learning dressmaking O.
Lillian M Rich.
Mrs. M. q. Corwin attends the meeting
OF the Vermont Woman's Suffrage Associa
ton at South Royalton this week.
Rev. w. e. Allen, Katie E. Laird, ant
Carrie Bickwell attended the State Epwortl
League convention in Burlington last week
Mrs. John A. Tracy died of cancer at he
home in Washington. The funeral services
were held on Monday, Rev. Mr.. Allen Off
ciating.
EBills are out for lively celebration OF tn,
Fourth, winding up with patriotic prone
made" in the town hall. A dance in Dens
more's hall is advertised for the same night
Rev. A. j. Eastman began preaching
service at South Washington on Sunda!
afternoon. A Sunday-school was organ
lied at the same time, o. which r. K. Alb
bolt was chosen superintendent.
The Congregational ladies will give
sociable for old and young at A. W. Whit
ney's on Friday evening. The fee is tel
cents and ice-cream and cake will be served
without extra charge. The proceeds are t.
60 toward the fund for repairing the par
sonage.
Evangelistic meetings, conducted by Rev
N. M. Shaw Of Montpelier and w. o. Smiti
OF st. Armand, Que, the latter being {
singer, are being held this week in a TEN
near the Foss corner. They are announced
as "union" services, but the appropriate
ness OF the term is a little doubtful, as they
are sanctioned by neither of the churches
Mrs. W. P. Townsend and Mrs. A. III
Powers attended commencement at Meri
den, N. H., last week and Blanche Town
send and Julia Cummings returned with
them. Mr.. and Mrs. Powers and Miss
Cummings were suddenly summoned tC
Meriden on Saturday by the dangerous i'll
ness of Principal W. II. Cummings, who
had been seized with pneumonia.
Sick headache biliousness, constipation