The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-20
WILLIAMSTOWN.

from OOlOrauO springs, COL, laSG
Thursday, after an absence of nearly
year and half She will remain
here but few weeks. She feels that
her health is so much better i'll Colo
RADIO that she is not likely to return
to Vermont to live at present.
Frank and Mrs Susie Benedict
Erskine are in town for short visit,
Mrs. Erskine will return to the hos
pital in Burlington for further treat
ment. She seems to have been much
helped there.
Mrs. Henry j. Lasell is sick with
erysipelas in the face.
Telephone poles are being placed
between here and East Brookfield for
the Peoples Telephone line.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. 5. 5. Buck of West
Randolph were visiting friends in
town last week. Mrs. Buck is sis
ter of John \. Perry and Mrs. Fred
Whitney.
Ernest Sherburne is doing service
in the rural mail delivery at st.
Johnsbury, being provided with a
motor bicycle.
Frank Downs, the well known clerk
i'll years past in the J. X. Lynde
store, was married to Miss May
Morse of Bakersfield this week Tues
day Miss Morse has been a teacher
here for several terms past. They
will go to housekeeping at once in the
house purchased by Mr. Downs some
months ago. We join in the chorus
of good wishes that now go out to this
couple and are heartily glad they are
to locate i'll our village.
Miss Josie, daughter of Mrs Mary
Bass Clark, now of East Somerville,
Mass, is taking vacation mere from
work i'll Boston.
Miss Lora, daughter of Frank Mar
tin, was much pleased with the re-
cent short term Of summer school at
ST. Juhnsbury. \ part Of the corps
of teachers was from MASSACHUSETTS,.
Miss Martin speaks we'll, too, of the
Springfield, Mass. Correspondence
School, in which she has taken
course in the last year. She will
teach the coming fall in her home
district.
Our school board has not been
troubled TO find teachers for the fall
term of schools here, as they were to
get teachers some months ago. a
dozen more might have been engaged
had there there been schools for them.
A daughter was recently born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Ditty.
At the reunion of the Randolph
normal school graduates in that town
last Thursday Williamstown was
vel represented and an enjoyable
time was had.
There was frost here last week
Wednesday.
al.
nolds, a Mrs. Burbank of Canada,
is to come here to live in the Rey-
nolds family.
Mrs. J. K Lynde visited the fami-
ly of Rev. p. p. Womer in West Leb-
anon, n. H., last week.
Miss Ellen Folsom is to start this
week on her return to missionary
work in India.
Mrs. John Dutfus and children are
visiting at her old home in Water
bury.
Mrs. j. K. Lynde gave porch
party one evening last week i'll honor
of some young ladies from out of the
State, who are visiting here.
Mrs. NJ. j. White and daughter,
who have had their home in Melrose
Mass, for number of years past have
moved from there and may for a
time reside in Watertown, Mass
There is an abundance of early
apples hereabouts, but the supply of
winter fruit may be small.
Charles NJ. Edison, accompanied by
his wife and son, was in Rutland last
week to attend the meeting of under
takers. He was elected to a member
CHI Of 70
George Bigelow's barn on his farm
near the Rood pond was struck by
lightning one day last week, but for
nunately was not burned.
Nathan Harrington, now of Grin
nell, Iowa and visiting here, reports
the prosperity of our old townsman,
Joshua Bacon, who is farming in that
section.
Henry Downs and Miss Sadie Nc
Kee attended the wedding of Frank
Downs in Bakersfield last week.
They were to visit the Brush sisters in
Cambridge over Sunday.
A silo is to be built at DR.. Lewis
ID. Martins farm near Cutters pond.
Bert Guild had an operation per-
formed on his diseased arm last week
in the Mary Fletcher hospital at Bur.
lington He hopes to return home be-
fore long with the arm in a condition
to be entirely well, later.
While away last week, Mrs. J. X.
Lynde visited Mrs. DR.. Brown of
Lebanon, n. H., relative of the
family.
Rev. P. P Womer, now of West
Lebanon, n. H., will go to Glasgow,
Scotland, the latter part of next week.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Womer will take
nine months course of study there
Under the auspices of the Congrega-
tional Ladies' society, as announced
last week, Prof. George Herman of
Pittsburg, Penn, will give an enter
tainment at the town hall on Thurs
day evening of next week, Aug. 2S.
We wish all our citizens could read
the words of high praise that have
written of this artist in his field of
work. He will present here in mono
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