The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-24
WiIliaDstown.

John Farnham is to build another barn |
on his place in the village.
Henry j. Martin has sold out his fish |
business to Cornelius Pettis.
No religious services will be held in our |
village next Sunday morning.
Our band gave a promenade concert at
the town hall last Saturday evening.
Mrs. Bert Dobbs and children are at her |
old home in northern New York for few |
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Seaver were visiting
Mrs. Wesley Martin in Michigan, at recent |
accounts.
Frank Carter is living on farm In North.
field, and working at granite cutting in the
depot village.
There is marked increase OF attendance
at the Methodist church since the coming OF
Rev. II. e. Currier.
Charles Bigelow of East Brookfeld, was
in town last week, surveying on Construc-
ton Company Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezekiel z. Odds have Just
buried the little child OF their late daughter,
Mrs. Laura Odds futile.
Mrs. Jane Palmer of Montpelier was the
guest a few days last week of an old and
esteemed friend in our village.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank A. Bailey are in
town, the guests of Mr.. Bailey's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua #. Bailey
Rev. p. p. Womer exchanged last Sunday
morning with Rev. Mr.. Goodacre of Berlin.
The latter was much liked here.
George e. WILDER was obliged to lay off
from work in j. K Lynde's store several
days last week on account OF i'll health.
Richard j. Jenkins writes from Montreal
of restored health and a purpose to return
to granite work here in the near future.
Newell II. Farnham and Edwin Covell
have been drawn as petit jurors for the
coming term of the Orange county court.
Mrs. Preston Cross is assisting our mill-
uer, Mrs. j, w. Flint, in place of Miss AL
ma Larkin, who recently went from here.
Most favorable reports come from the
Mary Fletcher hospital in Burlington, of
the progress healthward of Mrs. George G.
Earle.
George Booth is preparing his lot in our
village cemetery, in which his brother,
Peter Booth is buried, for monument to be
set soon.
The devoted daughters of the late Lyman
A. Work covered his grave in our village
cemetery with flowers on a recent annivers-
airy OF his birthday.
Ex-conductor Frank w. Flint, who
makes his home with d friend in Windsor,
has lately been at a national conductors
meeting in Salt Lake City.
new branch Photographic gallery is to
be opened here this week, just south OF j.
X. Lynde's store, by parties recently come
to Barre, from Massachusetts.
Fred, son of Gordon Martin, returned
from Liverpool, Eng, last Saturday. He
went over there as an employe in charge of
cattle that were being shipped across.
Rev. and Mrs. Carey Watson returned to
their home in Greenfield Mass. accom-
panied by Mrs. X. L. Watson, after the
funeral on Thursday last of X. l.. Watson.
Alden 2. Martin, who has been very i'll
for the past nine weeks, has of late been a
little better. A council of physicians was
called last week and his recovery is hoped
for.
G. Prentiss Waldo had the misfortune the
other day to find a valuable cow in field
with a broken fore leg. 1t is said that one
OF his team horses is likely to die il help is
not found SOON
Fred S. Brown was pleasantly surprised
by friends recently on the evening of his
thirty-frst birthday. His wife and children
have since been the guests of Mrs. Charles
Hayward, now of East Brookfield.
| George Goodrich and Miss Hattie Met
| calf OF Washington were married by Rev.
| z. z. Womer last Saturday. They will re-
side here in town with the parents of Mr..
Goodrich. Here's to long and happy life!
George Bosworth has taken some photo
graphs of views along certain of our streams
| that are beautiful indeed. 1t is a great
|
| il only our eyes are open to appreciate it
| all.
Our fine machinist, James Gregory, tells
| us that he regrets now that he did not put
gasoline engine into his shop, instead of
the steam engine that he put in when he
started his machine shop here year or
| more ago.
We were recently happily surprised with
present Of photograph of Barney d.
| Flint's family and home in WOODBURY.,
Oregon In the picture was to be seen
Horace Flint of Gibbon, Neb., who was
visiting his brothers family.
The commander of the Grand Army post
here hopes our citiZans will make most
generous display of flags at their homes on
Memorial day. Any in our town who will
contribute flowers for that day are invited
to send them TO the town hall on Tuesday
morning.
Don A. Earle, formerly of this place and
| HaZen Clark of STAFFORD, employees at the
electric plant in Mddlesex, were in town
| last week having taken bicycle trip
through Washington, Chelsea and STRAIT
| ford, and taking in Williamstown on their
| return. They paid a high compliment to
our road commissioner, o. A. Blanchard,
for the fine roads they found in our town.
Mr.. and Mrs. AFRO Reed are delighted at
| the cure wrought on their little daughter
| not yet two years old by DR.. Lewis D.
|
porch and was not able to take step for
ten days, when DR.. Martin was sent for.
Immediately after one treatment the child
was able to walk easily and has since con.
tiuued to do so.
The granite monument built to the MEM
DRY of Peter Booth, to be placed in our viii
lage cemetery, is in design the broken trunk
OF tree, several feet in height. Clinging
to this trunk is an ivy vine. On band
around the trunk at proper distance from
| the bottom, in rustic letters, is the name of
Peter Booth, Lower down on the trunk
| are the years of his birth and death. It.
will doubtless strike many as a beautiful
monument
The union Memorial Sunday services at
the Universalist church, next Sunday after
noon will begin at 1870. Rev. j. Edward
| Wright Of Montpelier is to preach. The
| music will be under the direction OF John
Lynde. The exercises on Tuesday after the
decoration OF the soldiers graves, will be in
the town hall a. follows; Singing under
the direction of Mrs. j. X. Lynde; prayer;
exercises by the school children, under the
direction of Mrs. Anna Franklin; music by
the band; address by Hon. Fred A. How
land, of Montpelieri singing; music by the
| band.
Neighbors and friends OF the family, gath