The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-11-27
WILLIAMSBURG.

Mrs X. L. Watson has been quite
ill III the last few days.
Henry Poole, district deputy in
the Masonic ordar. went on Monday
to the east side of the county, for Off
cial work.
There will be a union Thanksgiving
service on Wednesday evening of this
week at the Methodist church, and
large attendance will be welcomed
Miss Clio Tarbcll began last Mon
day n winter term in the Rodney
Seavcr district. She will board with
PerlcN G.. Sanders family.
Our lodge of Odd Fellows had a
festive occasion mt their rooms in the
j. X. Lynde block last Friday even
ing. Visitors to the number of fifty
or more came from the Barre city and
East Barre lodges. There was one
addition to the lodge Refreshments
were served and remarks were made
by a goodly number. The moonlight
evening and good weather favored the
gathering.
Hamilton Wark and family started
last Monday afternoon for their new
home in the Province of Alberta,
northwestern territory, Canada. Their
postOtfice for the present will be Da-
visburg We hope later to give the
Waterman readers Mr. Warks news
of that section, to which he and his
sons naturally go with the hope of
greatly lettering themselves. They
have had relatives there for some
years.
Hon. Volney B. Cushing of Maine,
a noted temperance lecturer, will
speak at the town hall on Friday even
ing of next week, Dec 6. Both the
speaker and his subject will insure an
interested audience.
Last week A. F. Lazell and Mrs.
Lizzie Hutton Eastman of Worcester,
were married here by Rev. William
Schofield at his home.
1t as said that second paralytic
stroke came last Friday afternoon to
Mrs. AFRO f. Nichols. She had been
largely crippled in late years by
former one For months past Mr..
Nichols has been great sufferer from
probably helpless disease, and his
condition apparently only grows
worse. Altogether the family have
been in very pitiable state in the
time.
Mrs. Marion Bruce Kathan is here
at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Thomas Poland and in poor health.
For four years past she has had the care
of an invalid, helpless from rheuma-
tism in Burlington.
Our place can boast of excellent but
ter making but we do not recall any
thing better in that line than the pro-
duct of the dairy of Charles A. Briggs,
one of our good farmers. He has
just purchased a separator.
Mayo Lynde is at home from Ba-
kersfield on vacation.
Wesley P. Martin of Marshfeld has
returned home after stay of four
weeks here with his daughter, Mrs
George w. Slavery. He is again bet
ter in health,
Not so very long ago, we recorded
the fact that Asa G.. WILDER had the
last and so the best laugh over his
purchase of some hundreds of acres of
land in southeastern Louisiana, a
dozen years ago. And now, with the
oil excitement in that section, he
shall yet laugh louder than ever for
what underlies his land there, we will
none OF us blame him even though it
were hard work not to envy him his
good fortune.
Our schools will begin next Mon
day.
Haden Jeffords has spent two de-
lightful weeks in Washington, ID. c.,
with his brother, Tracy J.. Jeffords.
1t was his first visit there and he had
an unusual opportunity for making
the best of it. He took one day at
Mount Vernon.
Joshua f. Bailey and Fremont G.
Little, have been drawn as jurors
from here for the December term of
Orange county court.
In the earlier part of this year, May
nard l.. Kiser, former granite work
or here, returned to work in "A store.