The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-15
WILLIAMSBURG.


Mrs. Myra Seaver Williams is assist
ing at the store of Charles Nj. Seaver
i'll taking account OF stock.
Lawyer W. c. White is helping out
in the store of j. X. Lydne q Co.,
in the illness of Mr.. Lynde.
DIR. W. b. Mayo of Mortified was
here recently to see his brother-in
law, j. X. Lynde, i'll his sickness.
He thought the latter was doing we'll
Trained nurses were called here last
week to care for j. X. Lynde and
CLAYTON H. Martin. The latter has
not been as well of late.
The Universalist ladies gave a large
ly attended ghost party at the town
hall last week The band was in at
tendance. The pecuniary result OF the
party was $50.
1t was a pleasure to us lately to take
a look through the granite works OF
the Foutana Brothers, one of our new
Italian firms One does not need to
20 elseN here for fine work. He en-
ploys Italian help largely as they are
to the manner born, as stone workers.
We saw one quite large and beauti-
fully carved stone ON which some three
months of work had been doing, and
it is not finished yet, and even this
has been surpassed, it is said, i'll the
same shop.
The meetings of the week of prayer
last week were quite well attended
and were helpful to those in attend
ance.
Mrs Mary Grearson of Barre, was
visiting relatives and friends here
last week. She lives with her son
mi VK-Crlyp thpra and
well known here. Her youngest son
James, is at school in Chester, Penn.
Frank Lougee and wife are at the
old home of Mrs. Lougee, i'll West
Chazy, n. Y, the home also, OF Mr..
and Mrs. William Carnes.
Mrs. Lucina Martin Fogg has been
more poorly i'll late weeks from her
cancerous troubles. Her daughter,
Mrs. Emma Fogg Farnham, is with
her at present, The family has lately
been the recipients of gifts from some
of our townfolks, in the sad condition
that sickness, etc, in years past,
has wrought.
Darwin Goodrich, who has had a
good deal of sickness in the year past,
was taken quite poorly last Friday.
He has trouble with his heart.
1t is a pleasure to record another
testimonial to the worth of a CORE
spondence school on the part Of one Of
our ladies, whose opinion is valuable
and who has been testing the school
in her own case, since our place does
lack some much needed educational
facilities, it is an occasion for rejoic-
ing if they can be brought in some
good measure to our young folks in
this way.
A number Of our prominent farmers
attended the Dairymen's meeting in
Montpelier last week, and few of
them had butter there on exhibition.
The ladies reading club met last
Saturday afternoon with Mrs Har-
vey Cheney. The subject of their
study was Coleridge.
There was public school teachers
meeting at the village school house
last Friday evening. George II.
Sprague, superintendent of schools in
Brookfeld, was present TO tell of the
high school in that town. as George Il.
Wilbur of our board is very DESTROYS
that our own town may have a high
school department. The principal of
the school in South Barre village was
present and gave two Rotations.
be of profit to school work here
Gene Calls little daughter Dorothy,
has been quite i'll in the past week.
Mrs Albert r. Martin has been UNI
der medical care of late.
Rev. f. e. Currier regards the ser
vices at the Methodist church, on the
first Sunday of this month, the best
that have been held there in his stay
of nearly three years here At the
roll call service he gave some interest
ing statistics in reference to the mem
bership of the church covering the
last forty years. In these two score
wears there has been a total of 429
members. OF these, 205 have takon
letters to other churches, and / rs have
died The present membership is
10S, of whom ninety are residents and
eighteen non residents. OF this total
membership of 429, one hundred and
four Joined by letter, and 1928 on pro-
baton In the afternoon service, the
papers read by Miss Emma Adams,
Matte Robinson, Edna Dickinson and
Jessie Martin, Rev Mr., Currier be-
lieves would not easily be surpassed
by any young people on this circuit,
so he wrote his presiding elder. Miss
Kate Erskine read poem in the abb
sence of Miss Cora Lewis, whose name
was on the program. Letters were
read at the morning service from
members who could not be there.
Arthur b. Weeks, of this town and
Miss Florence Birchman of Washing
ton were married December % at Fox
vile Sin our quarry district, by Rev,
f. e. Currier.
j. X. Lynde was able to sit up an
hour on Sunday last,
Rev. r. Il. Currier exchanged last
Sunday evening, with Rev. Mr. Nor
rison, pastor Of the Presbyterian
church in CronitQVilla