Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-26
WILLIAMSBURG.

Richard J. jenkins returned TO his
Granite work here last week ai'era pro-
lonyed stay at his home in Mon'r'a''
caused by grip.
Frank Lavine, an employee at Nixon
g. Marr's granite shed, who had pre-
viously lost one eye in his work. re-
ceiyed a severe blow Oh the other one
day last week, from flying granite
chin. Richard j. jenkins who was
working quite = little distance away
was also STRUCK on the eye with another
of these chips.
Williamstown is making due efforts
to keep up with the procession III .he
matter of the grip. But whatever the
harvest for doctors, druggists and the
town liquor agency, we are g'ad 10
record that sections and undertakes 90
not seem to be reaping much it any
thing from the epidemic. 10 unaer-
take to give tho names of all who suffer
from attacks of this dis'emper would
make an item to be suggestive OF
town "check list"
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Cross returned
last week from their bridal trip to New
brunswick and will set up hous'-keep-
inv in the Edison Brothers block.
Not Ranslow as the papers are giving
it, but Rensaleer Clark is the name OF
our ex-citizen who lately died in Horn
ellsville, N, Y. Only one of this well
known family of bright children born
here in the early part of the century yet
lives. He is Judge Francis Clark OF
Waukegan. Ill, Recent report from his
home, is of his poor health, requiring
surgery.
Lyman A. Work died Tuesday after
noon of last week. at the age of II years
and was buried from his home on Fri
day afternoon, Rev. L. p. Womer Off
ciating. A native of the place, he was
the Oldest son of the late Elias Work,
we'll known mechanic here in the first
half of the century. While compare
lively a young man, his father and
mother died, and the care of the young
err children devolved on himself. Most
manfully he met the responsibility.
Later he married Miss Mary A.. daugh-
ter of the late Jacob Jeffords Jr, and
five daughters were born to them.
Some "a years ago Mrs. Work died
suddenly of diptheria, and again the
care of motberless small children was
thrown upon him, and with great father
ly love he accepted the new charge and
bore it as such man bears things.
These five daughters have grown to
womanhood here, and are esteemed
residents of the place and we can say
personally that we have never known IL
more beautiful devotion on the part of
a family of children to a father than
these daughters have shown to their
father. His own unce asing love for
them came cut in most touching way
in his last sickness, when in his delirium
he would feel he was away from home
and so desirious to get back lest he
cause them anxious suffering by his
absence. Mr. Work was a wheel-wright
by trade, and, up to his last sickness,
kept up his work, and too often beyond
his strength. Space fails Us to speak of
all his kind, genial, neighborIy ways,
or worth in other respects. If we were
to try to add more to this brief sketch,
it would be pictures of little children
riding with him; or visiting with him
in his work shop, having general good
time, with tools Or anything else they
wanted to lay hands on. 1t was on one
of our last visits to his shop that we saw
happy boy of perhaps four or five sum-
mers. thus engaged with all the three
score ten and more years of difference
in their ages, bridged over bv the love
Of Mr.. Works great heart.