The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-04
WILLIAMSTOWN.

charge of the store, occupied in late
years by Jeweller George r. Bos-
worth, in the Beckett block. Mr..
Bosworth will come here one day in
the week from Berlin for the present
and will be found then at the store
Neal b. Smith, son of Marcus a.
Smith, lately visited his brother,
Prof Orrin H. Smith, teacher in
the military school in Worcester, Mass
He will return to Trinidad, South
America, in few weeks. The New
York Asphalt Company for which he
works will allow him to come home
hereafter once a year.
The common in front and around
the Congregational church has been
regarded in the past as fully belong
ing to that church and society, to all
legal intents and purposes so long as
worship should be sustained in the
church building. In order that the
church might know all their legal
rights in backgrounds they had con-
suited some of the most eminent au-
thority here and were assured that
they could and ought to have recon-
pense if any portion of the grounds
were used for a virtual highway 1t
was hoped that steps recently taken,
anu W WulCl dlluSlOu Was lllduc ldSb
week, might end in satisfying the
church in the matter of such use of
these grounds, in late years, as a road
way. In justice to our selectmen we
would say as to the item of last week,
that we had no thought of conveying
an impression that they did not con-
slider duly the mentioned petition for
a road. They did thus consider it,
but felt that the town treasury at
present did not justify building the
road
George Whore, son of Paul Will
fore, recently married a Berlin girl,
Rev. William Schotield officiating.
H. H. Martin, farmer noted for his
good stock, and lot of it, recently
lost an OK, one of valuable yoke he
had lately bought.
Charles Crane, second son of our
late townsmaD, Ariel Crane, Esq, for
years merchant in Dexter, Ia, is
visiting in Brookfeld after an absence
of quite good many years.
; Cornelius Perrin has been quite a
little better of late.
In base ball game here last Friday
afternoon, between South Barre and
Williamstown clubs, the latter were
victors.
Mr.. and Mrs J. w. Flint of Mont.
pelier were in town last week packing
household goods to take TO Montpe-
lier 1t was good to see their faces
here again.
Our school board, using the liberty
given them by the town, last March,
expect to start high school depart
ment in the fall All pupils for this
department will be examined by our
school sperintehdent, W. G. White in
an examination following the close of
the present term.
Lucius S. Simons, the owner of
some valuable relics has the first rife
brought to this town, with which the
late Nathaniel Martin killed cata-
mont in 1916, not far from the farm
house built and occupied by Mr.. ST.
mons, till a few years ago, before
moving to the village. The said rifle
was later converted into shot gun by
sons Of the late Josiah White.
The two new corners from Boston,
purchasers of the Gulf Spring hotel,
gave general invitation to our citi-
zens to their opening last Friday even
ing, and the response was so generous
that 1t Is said nearly 800 persons were
present. Cake and ice cream were
gratuitously served and with the at
tendance of our band, music and
promenade accompanied 1t is to be
hoped that bread thus least upon the
waters may yield the proprietors of
the house large return OF course it
was most enjoyable occasion.
Gene Marshall of East Brookfield,
who has been in the employ of J. K.
Lynde for year or two past will
now find employment in Henry F.
Lasell's meat market.
Frank Godfrey will be employed by
j. K. Lynde in his feed store.
Gilbert o. Smiths father was
eighty seven years old Memorial Sun.
day. He is living with son in Barre.
The two sons and daughter of the
late Calvin Ainsworth, now living in
Moline, ILL.,, it is expected will come
with members of their families to the
old family residence here this season.
Miss Alice Walker has greatly i'm.
proved in health of late.
We doubt if the time has ever been
that so many of our farmers were
without hired men as at present and
all for the scarcity of such needed
help.
On Thursday last Dr. E. B Watson
called to his assistance DR.. Chandler
of Montpelier and DR.. Lazelle of Barre
for an abdominal surgical operation
on the person of Mrs. L. A. Hall,
living on the old Calvin Flint place.
The case was said to be very rare
one; without the operation death
would have followed in twenty-four
hours, and with it there was but a
chance in a thousand for recovery.
Mrs. Hall lived till the early hours of
Monday morning, dying at the age of
nearly thirty seven years, leaving a
husband and five children A daugh-
ter of Q. W. Hall of East Barre, she
was born in the Province of Quebec
and came to the United States
eighteen years ago, living for some
years in the west For three years
past she has lived in Vermont. In
early life She was a member of an
Episcopal church. Her father, mother
and sister were here at her bedside in |
the hour of death The services of |
her nurse, Miss Foster of Montpelier,
proved very acceptable to her. So |
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