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

w. wi. ldDbT, dSSlSU6u ny Abraham
Miller, is painting in Warren.
DR.. II. T j. Howe, william Ryle,
John Mclaughlin, |. W. Gregory and
II. M. Waite were in Warren on bust
ness last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Billings of
Bolton were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. N. Billings part of last
week.
Peter LaBelle is in poor health.
The Home Circle met Wednesday
with Mrs. Jones.
guest of her parents.
Cassie Farr of Bolton was the guest
of friends in town part of last week
Bertha Joslin of Springfield is a
visitor in town.
Carl Haselton of Bridgeport Conn.
is at home on a vacation.
Mrs r. j. Gleason, who has been
quite i'll, is improving.
A grand Republican rally will be
held at Waitsfield, Aug. 27. James
L. Martin and Judge Stanton are the
speakers for the occasion.
Several from town attended the Old
Home Week basket picnic at S. j.
Maxwell's in Fayston last Thursday.
Miss Joslin of Boston is visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. George Hastings.
Mr.. Griffin of Waterbury was in town
on business last Thursday.
Mrs. NJ j. Long has been quite ill
with heart trouble.
Mrs. Ida Parker was visitor in
Warren on Saturday.
Mrs. Donnely of Barre was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. John Nc
Laughlin, a part of last week.
Mrs. Anda Blair left Monday morn
ing for an extended visit in Massachu-
sets.
Mrs. George Miller, who has been
quite ill at X. d. Browns, is report
ed better.
Henry LaMorder and wife of Warren
were in town Sunday.
T. H. McAllister, Clarence Richard
son and number of others from this
town and Warren went to Waterbury
toy attend Mr.. Hooker's funeral last
week.
Mrs. j. E. Badger, who has been
confined at the Waterbury retreat for
the insane, passed a successful opera
ton at that institution last week and
is reported on the gain. Mr.. Badger
will remain with her for few days.
Mrs. William McAllister was in
Moretown on business last Saturday.
Mrs. Henry Ladue is working at the
Waitsfeld house
The band gave an open air concert
last Saturday evening. Now that it
is nearing cold weather, we may ex-
pect music i'll the open air at least
once a month.
EAST WARREN,
Mrs. and Mrs. Gerald Campbell, Mr..
Ard Mrs B. G. Sterling, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Turner and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Blake, are camping at the lake.
Mrs. Will Wright of Manchester, n.
H., is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. A.
Williams
Miss Mabel Bingham of Middlebury
is visiting friends in town.
The Ladies Mite society will meet
Thursday afternoon, Aug. 81, with
Mrs L. G. Heath. All are cordially
invited.
George ElliotG is convalescing,.
Mrs. Florine Blair and daughter,
Emma, are visiting in Braintree.
Charles Nichols, who has been as
sisting in caring for e. ~ Eldredge,
has returned to Pittsfeld.
E. A. Williams had two horses badly
cut last week by backing onto a
soythe. He was Obliged to take six
teen stitches on one of them.
SOUTH WOODBURY..
Martin Lyford passed to his last rest
Friday, Aug. |, 1902, aged seventy years.
Mr.. Lyford had been great sufferer from
heart trouble for number OF weeks. The
physician gave no encouragement from the
very first, and everything that kind friends
could do was done for his comfort. He
was a tender and atfectionate father and
husband and kind neighbor Mr.. Lyford
was born in this town, March n, 1882,
and has resided ON the farm where he
died, since 1861. He married for his first
wife, Mary Ann (Voodry) Glidden, who
only lived two years after their marriage.
She left an infant son, Lewis, who sur
wives his father, b ing his only child,
Mrs. Glidden had one daughter, Lizzie,
who was taken into his home and occupied
the place of an only child. She was mar
ried few years ago to lloyd Gallup and
resides in Plainheld Mr. Lyford mar
ried, Nov. H. 1874, Ellen Gallup, who sur
wives him. Funeral services were con-
Quoted from the house on Sunday, Aug.
3, Rev. c. H. Coolidge officiating There
was large attendance and the floral
offerings were many and beautiful. San
ders Haskell, Albert Burnham, Rawson
Sabin aud Byron Pierce acted as bearers
The family have the sincere sympathy of
the community in their bereavement and
the wife and son wish to extend theiI
thanks to the neighbors and friends for
their kindness and aid during the sickness
and death of the husband and father.
Last Friday the Good Tempars in dis
trict No met for general picnic in the
grove owned by Frank Batchelder on the
shores of Sabn Lake In the afternoon
at about three, they had the pleasure o.
listening to temperance address given
by our grand chief templar, Chauncey H
Hayden, also, cornet solos with organ ac.
compartment by Mark Wait and Sylvia
Bliss. In the evening they met with the