The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-23
Williamstown.

Herbert P. Martin is apparently improving.
William Witherel is visiting friends in
Lowell, Mass.
Miss Flora Kilby will teach in Barre the
coming season.
Lyman A. Work has been quite poorly in
health of late.
Mrs. II. Dwight Abbott has lately returned
to West Randolph to live.
Willie Lund has returned home after stay
of some months at the hospital in Burlington.
Lewis Nj. Seaver returned to New York last
Saturday after a stay of some weeks on his
farm here.
There Will be a union Thanksgiving service
at the Methodist church next Thursday morn
ing.
j. K. Lynde has sold his PAGER, Roscoe L., to
a man in New Hampshire. The price is said
to have been $500.
Charles NJ. Edison is to build dam on the
Walter Williams place for supply of ice for
the coming summer.
Allen Martin, a son of Henry Martin, has
located in Essex Junction, where he is to be or
act Judge of probate.
Herbert P. Martin is i'll with inflammation
of the bowels, and osteopathic doctor Beeman
of Montpelier is treating him.
The late Luther NJ. Waldo's family will re
main in Tallapoosa, Ga, at the wish of Mr..
| Waldo, on account of the health of his chill
| dren.
Martin Walkers only daughter and child
| came here from Massachusetts, last week to
join him preparatory to their return home to
| Illinois
A Mr. Webb and Miss Cora Lewis will teach
the winter term of school in the quarry district
and will board in the village with John Farm
hams family,
! John f. Bass, the writer of recent illus.
| trated article from Manila in Harper's Weekly
we suspect is the son of our eX-townsman Per
lins Bass, Esq.
The Universalist ladies realized some twenty
dollars or more from their chicken pie festival
| The address by Rev Efiie X. NJ. Jones OF
Barre was much liked,
Frank Ers<ine will teach in the Charles NJ
Erskine district and his sister, Miss Flora Frs
kline, will teach again in the Ophir S. Martin
district the coming winter.
Mr. and Mrs. b. O. Griffin and Mr.. and Mrs
Herbert Colby, all of Burlington, will take
| Thanksgiving dinner with their parents here
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Benedict.
A very interesting address is expected at the
Congregational church next Sunday evening by
a gentlemen from Boston, who represents the
American board of foreign missions. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
Mrs Orcutt Abbott and daughter go now to
Ticonderoga to visit the family of Mrs. Alb
bott's son-in-law, Doctor James Bailey, and
later will go to to Oneida, n. Y, to spend the
winter with another son-in-law, Doctor Edward
| Bailey.
Miss Anneta E Edison will return from Mel
rose, Mass, this week. having been under
treatment of her eyes in Boston for several
weeks. They are pronounced better by hel
occulist, but it may be long time before they
are we'll
Washington.
Mrs Susan Nichols of Barre is visiting
friends in town.
Miss Nellie Tillotson of Topsham was in
town last Thursday.
e H. Downing is confined to his bed
with il fl lmmatOry rheumatism.
Mrs Frauk Thompson, daughter and two
sons, have been visiting at H. g. Hunting
toms.
O. A. Smith Of East Barre is at work al
l.. w. Flint's, painting the inside of his
house.
G. e Smith has gone to Worcester, Mass.
where he expects to remain through the
winter.
James Kent OF Barre began a school o.
instruction in penmanship here last Thurs
day evening.
The village school closed last Friday.
was a very successful term in both depart
ments TO say the least
Mr.. aud Mrs. o. Z. Curtis were called t
Fairlee last Saturday on account of the Sc
we're illness OF Mrs Curtis sister.
Earl Coiliss, the adopted son of Mrs. Alb
bic Moore, died last Friday, aged five years
The funeral services We're held Sunday
Rev. II. E. Briggs officiating
About $12 was realized from the OLE
folks concert at the school-house hall las
week Tuesday The proceeds were divided
between the young peoples societies OF thu
two churches.
There is a paper in circulation for sub
scription for street lamps in this village
so when the people in the village see Il
coming their way don't try TO hide bu
meet It with a smile (and as much money al
possible) for they are something that II
much needed.