The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-10
WILLTAMSTOWN.

lage school house in condition for adj
ditional work next term Miss Marion
Horsford of Charlotte has been engaged
as principal of the high school depart
ment.
Miss Mary, daughter of George w.
Slavery, who has been very i'll in late
weeks, is again better.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Edwards
are the happy parents of bounc-
ing daughter recently born to them.
Preston Reed, who has charge of
j. X. Lynde's livery stable for quite
a long while, proposes to go to farm
ing, If he can satisfy himself as to a
farm.
X. Chynoweth, who has had work
on the Williamstown branch of the
railroad and occupied tenement III
the Hopkins q House store, has found
job of running an engine in South
Barre, and has moved there.
Lawyer w. C. White, it is said, will
put in three days each week i'll his
profession in the quarry district.
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. j. Smith and
daughter of Montpelier, who have
been staying at George L. Williams
home, have returned to Montpelier.
Mr. Williams son and daughter will
attend the fall term of the Spaulding
school at Barre. The son was able
to pass successfully the last examina-
ton of teachers here.
Tom Hoffman has been engaged by
J. X. Lynde for general work, team
ing, etc Mr. Lynde supplies sand
and other material for building pur-
poses, in quantities, that he delivers
in Graniteville in addition to all his
other work, that requires a man like
Mr. Hoffman.
j. X. Prize went to Old Orchard
Beach, Maine, last week as dele
gate to the Modern Woodmen's con.
vention there. His wife accompanied
him.
Miss Clara Larabee of Massachusetts,
is the guest of Mrs. d. II. Strong.
Rev. d. II. Strong was visited last
week by younger brother from Con-
necticut, who has preached in the
Congregational pulpit in Chelsea the
last two Sundays.
The Methodist ladies added some
$l3 to their treasury last town meet
ing day, furnishing dinner to voters
and selling ice cream
Ed j. Poor had the pleasure of see
ing the President at Montpelier on
Saturday of week before last and a
pick pocket had the pleasure of rob-
bling Mr.. Poor of his pocketbook con-
tanning $40 on that occasion.
Two or three corn harvesters have
been bought by our farmers this year.
Mrs Ella Benedict Griffin, now Of
Burlington aud who has been visiting
family friends here of late, will be
taken to California this fall by her
husband, with the hope that the
change of climate and residence in
California for year or two will re-
store health to her. Her trouble has
been tuberculosis.
Mrs. Susie Benedict Erskine is said
to be decidedly improving in health
of late at the Mary Fletcher hospital.
Burt Guild is said to be also doing
well there.
From our former townswomen,
Mrs. Emma Bailey Martin, now of
Alliance, Nebraska, whe learn of the
recent death Of her husband, Frank
Martin, nephew of the late Capt.
Milton Martin Mr. Martin was a
son of the late James Martin, a for
mer and early townsman and had long
lived in the west. He was soldier
in the war of the Rebellion, and at
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