The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-10-01
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Mr. and Mrs j. Edward Ainsworth
and Miss Lucy Ainsworth and sister,
Mrs. Stephen Velie, of Kansas City,
were visiting in Boston and vicinity
last week. They were accompanied
part of the time by Miss Lucy White
now of Watertown, Mass, in visiting
points of historic interest in that vi
cinity.
A great pleasure has just been given
some of our citizeus in the visit of
Mrs. Julia Barnard Lyman, third
daughter of Rev. p. +. Barnard, for
years in the past, a Congregational min
lister here 1t was Mrs Lyman's first
return to the home of her childhood
in long time. Bereft of her husband,
a business man in Manistee, Michigan,
some seven years ago, she came East
with her two daughters, and is caring
for her parents at their home in West
minister. Her father who is eighty-two
years of age has been compelled to
give up preaching almost wholly by
his physical infirmity Her Youngest
sisters family is in Kalamazoo,
Mich, her only brother has his home
manning daughters of the Barnard
and the other in Kansas City
a. l. Green of Montpelier was here
last week successfully canvassing for
the sale of books
Mrs. Ednah Watson Barron, now
of Lacrosse, Wis, was the recent
guest of the family Of her cousin, Dr.
f. B. Watson, here.
E. j. Poors new creamery, known
as the Highland creamery paid its pat
rons 22l5 cents for their butter in Au-
gust.
George w. Bruce last week decided
his farm on East Hill, the old Russell
Martin place, to new conner here, NJ
j. Mclean, for S2,250, the sale in
Guiding, we believe, number of tons
of hay. Mr.. Mclean was at one time
granite manufacturer in Barre He
is to have possession the middle of
October.
Friends of Mrs. Martha Lynde Ken
niston, daughter of the late John
Lynde, and for many years a resident
of lllionis, are rejoicing to hear now
of return of health to her. She
seemed to have been in a serious con-
dition of i'll health in the last year or
more.
Maynard Kiser, conductor on the
Montpelier and Barre electric railroad,
was in town last week and continues
to report the great and surprising i'm
provement in his health. Only last
year we had sharpened our pencil, so
to say, to write his obituary but we
hope now to wear out many before
such sad duty shall be ours.
George O. Earle improved so rapidly
last week that he was out of doors
again the last half of it.
Some twelve or fifteen of our Con.
gregational ladies had the rare pleas
ure of attending the Vermont ladies'
missionary meeting in Barre last week
Wednesday.
Frank Jeffords, on the old Chester
Martin farm in our village, has one
piece of corn of several acres that is
yielding well for Fthis year. The
ground was high and warm and the
crop we'll tended in its season.
Mrs. Emily Emery of Washington,
was a guest of Mrs, NJ. Seaver last
week
Thomas D. Poland and wife drove
to Pomfret last week to visit sister
of the late Mrs. Albert Bruce.
John NJ. Duffus, a veteran in the
granite work, decides that he must
give up the cutting of granite if he
would retain his health. With his
experience of thirty years or more,
both as an employe and employer, and
other important qualifications it would
seem that his services now in some
department. of this great granite bust.
ness might be very valuable as buyer,
seller or manager.
1t must be pleasant and satisfying
memory to Rev. Charles H. Farnsworth
and wife now of Manchester, N. II,
that of the great kindness shown
in years past to Miss Lila f. Dow,
who died here last week and to her
sister who died before her. 1t surely
emphasizes in the right direction their
work as minister and wife.
If among the numerous committees
to be appointed by the Speaker of our
coming Legislature there shall be one
on first class road making we venture
the prediction that our town Repre-.
sentative, O. A. Blanchard, would
have prominent place on it, if the
we do his qualifications in that direc-
tion.
w. Martin Seaver is adding a hand
some new veranda to his house in our
village.
a fine line of new style walking
skirts at Homer Fits See them.
Thirteen of our ladies took premi-
ums at the Northfield fair, and George
T. Colby, one of our best dairymen,
took premium on butter.
We are told that in some serious cases
of trouble with the eyes here tobacco
is thought to have been potent cause.
A post -mortem in the case of Miss