The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-20
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thursday OF TINS week
Gardiner Poor was in West Randolph last
week with reference to working the coming
season on the Moulton stock farm there.
Mrs. Denison Hopkins Is thought to be
failing. She is eighty-two years of age,
lives with her daughter, Mrs Q U. Lathrop
and has been sick a week or two.
John Dow's mother, a resident Of New
Brunswick, is here on visit.
Mrs. j. X. Lynde left last Friday for
Washington, ID. O. She was to visit with
Miss Myrtle Seaver in Springfield, Mass
with Mrs, Clinton N. Field OF New York
city; and Mrs. Hal Cheney of Philadelphia,
while absent She goes to Washington as
delegate to a congress OF the Daughters OF
the Revolution, to be held there this week,
ana may remain there till after the Pres
ident's Inauguration.
Mrs. Ed Adams stepmother, Mrs. John
Warner, will receive $1,000 life insu ance,
following the recent death of her father in
Massachusetts.
Mrs. Henry f. Erskine returned last
week from visit with her sister, Mrs VIII
Wells of Cabot
In the recent illness OF Rev. Frances A.
Kimball, her sister, Miss Helen Kimball,
has been doing pastoral work in calling
upon sick members of her congregation.
A letter has lately been received here
from Melville, son of Gurdon Martin, who
Is soldier in the Philippines. He is still
in the mounted service and was at an island
some 800 miles from Manila.
In recent biographical notice OF the
Rev. Thomas 8. Smith, grandson OF our late
townsman, Asa Smith, and for years a mis-
sionary in Ceylon, we read that he faced
death with great courage, and with an I'M
faltering hope. He was interchangeable in
labors, and was greatly beloved by the peo-
pie to whom he gave his life.
Our former townsman, Leonard Flint,
died few days ago at Washington, at the
age Of eighty-six. 1t Is said his illness had
not been long, nor had it seemed very Sc
we're. He left q wife and daughter, Mrs.
Birney Seaver Of Washington.
Vernon Edison, in the employ of Henry j.
Lasell in his meat market, returned last
week from the hospital in Burlington, where
he had been few weeks for the treatment
OF an eye. The severe injury to the eye was
caused by lad who thoughtlessly fred
pop-2un at him, the cork striking the eye at
one side. Whether the normal sight of the
eye will ever be regeined is a serious ques'
ton that time alone can answer.
J. Munroe Sesver is improving fast at
present. Last Saturday he rode out for the
first time. From present indications he is
likely to be we'll again.
Jerry NJ Hutchinson in addition TO the
two houses he is to be build for himself, to
rent incur village next season, it is said is
to have charge of the building OF j. b.
Brockway's new store.
Will S. Davenport, son of the late Rice
Davenport, has completed machine of his
own invention for firm in Hartford Conn,
and has orders for six more. The machi es
sell for $1,000 each, and are built by the firm
in New Bedford Mass, with which Mr..
Davenport has been taken as partner.
A daughter was recently born to young
John Wilfore.
Mrs. Henry Nixon, who moved from here
a few months ago to Newbury, we are told,
had taken her little daughter, Iona, to
school every day this winter distance of
more than two miles. We suspect the fam
lily may come back to our village, to live
before very long.
There has been esh outbreak Of grip,
colds, and the like here in the last week or 80.
Dr. K b. Watson was called to more than
twenty places one day last week. TO minister
to the sick. In the families Of Ira II. Row.
ell and son there are six sick ones. While
there have been few very sick, there have
bsen no deaths among them.
L, j. Bolster of Barre was here last week
to meet our board of civil authority, who
again abated one-seventh OF his taxes on
the old Enoch Howe place, Mr. Bolster
having felt that at the last quadrenniAl ap-
praisal of the property, it was listed too
high.
George e. Wilbur and Mrs. Ed. j. Poor
have been quite ill in the last week, but are
better
Will, son of W. f. Crouds, now of Var
mouth, Me-, has entered a commercial
school in Portland.
The new drug firm has taken the name of
the Williamstown Drug Company, with
Clayton II. Martin, grandson OF the late
Mr.. Allen Martin, as treasurer and DR., w.
j. Tindall, M anaaer. Marnard Kiser, for
some years a granite cutter here, is clerk.
Lester Houghton and wife of Brookfield
W re- guests of the family Of Enos +. Walker
one day last week, They will soon move to
Franklin Grove, Ill.
Selectman, Thomas Q. Waldo, a born
successful farmer, goes in for stock raising
in his business. just now he has a regis
tered three-y ear-old Ayrshire bull for sale.
Some one tells us Of having been out two
days of late TO find some one to do the work
in one or more sick families, and could not
get any one.
Albert W. Goodrich, one of our leading
farmers who keeps dairy OF eighteen cows,
has found 1t more profitable for him to get
a separator and make his own butter at
home than TO take it away. He has con-
tracted his butter tor second year in Barre,
a here he gets the cash as he delivers his
butter. He lost $50 by the failure of the
former creamery here.
Silas Stone died at home here of pneu-
monia Monday afternoon, after short ILL
ness. He was over eighty years of age, and
had been resident of the place for many
years. He was good man and expressed
himself as ready to depart this life. A wife,
one son, Dell Stone OF Barre, and one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Christopher Hood of Brookield,
survive him.
Preston Gross, with his wife and broth
or, have arrived in North Carolina from
New Brunswick and are sta ing in the town
OF Concord, Cabarrus county, in the south
western portion of the State. The infrm
health of Mr.. Cross called them there.
w. W. Lapoint's new play, County
Court" was gwen here on Monday even
ing
Charles r. Benedict is here and wants to
sell his old village home. 1t seems to have
attractions for buyers.
A recent visitor to the public library OF
Boston had an opportunity to look up the
history of the father and grandfather OF the
late Lucius Edison OF our place, and found q
worthy record OF the men. Both saw ser
vice in the Revolutionary war. Both Misses
Alice and Annette Edison are daughters o.
the Revolution. in fact, II not in form, and
there may be many other ladies here who
have the same honor.
AS large granite die was being loaded
on car at the Grears0n- Beckett company