The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-09-10
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and will now take some time for rest.
Martin Seaver, the only living
child of the late Cyrus Seaver, aud
for years resident of Iowa, is in
town visiting friends. His wife,
whose old home was not far from Bur
lington, is with him, as also Il daugh-
ter.
Granite Cutter Henry Edwards is
again back in town and living in j.
B. Brockway's house, north of Mill
Village No other place seems to offer
him such inducements for his trade
as does this one.
1t is said there are now more pupils
in our village school than ever before.
Our former townswoman, Mrs. Re-
becca Lynde Simons, now of Prince
ton, Illinois, seems greatly affected
in the sickness of her husband, Nat
Simons, and her daughter, who
went as missionary to Harpoot,
Turkey, two years ago. Added to the
latter is the disturbed condition of
things about that city, that makes one
very solicitous for her safety.
George Poole in his vacation from
work at Goddard Seminary, came up
here last week for calls on friends.
He likes his place there in Barre very
we'll.
Rev. S. b. Currier of Tarpon
Springs, Florida, came here last week
as the guest of his nephew, Rev. II.
e. Currier, and preached an excellent
sermon at the union service at the
Methodist church Sunday evening.
He has been in Florida ten years and
likes much there. His wife accom-
| panies him.
George Beckett George w. Lynde
and James X. Lynde were in Burling-
ton last Friday at the meeting of the
Fish and Game League.
In the thunder storm of last Friday
evening the lightning struck "the old
| Oliver 5. Walker house," now owned
by Pat Kelly; the creamery of Ed. j.
| Poor on the old Oren Smith farm
and "A barn belonging to Rodney M.
| Seaver. MiracuOuslv, no lives we're
lost, nor were any buildings burned.
| The damage to both creamery and
barn was slight. The lightning entered
the gable of Mr., Kely's house, at the
west end, leaving hole as large, per-
baps, as an ordinary door, and then
went to room on the first floor,
wnere Mr.. Kelly was in bed. The
bedstead was in the pathway of the
| lightning, that diopped corner Of it,
and then went to another re ON, and
| from there to the cellar. 1t then came
up through the ground outside the
| building, making quite hole. Alto
| gether 1T seems most marvellous es
cape for Mr.. Kelly, as also, perhaps,
for his wife, who had not retired at
the time.
Rev. S. b. Currier, elsewhere men,
| toned, enlisted at Chelsea, during
the War of the Rebellion, at the same
time with Lieut.. W. Henry Maj tin. He
speaks very highly of Mr.. Martin as
Christian man and soldier
Elisha G.. Simons, son of the late
| Dana Simons, and now of Montague
Citv, Mass, was in town last week
calling on friends.
Mrs. X. P. Blanchard has gone to
Barre, to be with her daughter, Nell
lie, who is to take business course
in Goddard Seminary.
Cornelius Pettis is employed by J.
X. Lynde at the Monument House.
Rev. w II. Kinzie, pastor of the
Baptist church in Barre, is to preach
the sermon at the Congregational Cir
! cular Conference here on Wednesday of
this week.
William u. Pratt will move his fam
lily next spring to his farm in our viii
lage.
Rev. Frances A. Kimball and sister
returned last week from their vaca-
ton of few weeks in Maine.
Mrs. Traitor of Barre was here last
week, canvassing for the sale of
books, and while here was unfortunate
enough to lose handbag containing
a few dollars in money, etc.
Mrs. Edwin @. Smith is at present
visiting brother in Denver, Col, on
her way homeward from California.
She may be away yet for two or
three weeks.
Mrs. Jane L. Smith Davis. of Hous.
ton, Texas, came here last week after
an absence of some fourteen years.
She will go from here to visit cousins
in Brookfeld, and will remain with
other friends in Vermont for few
weeks yet, before her return to Texas,
where she has lived for many years.
Miss Ann Eliza PeuIiman of Barre
has been here to see Ohauncey Lougee's
place, in our village, with reference
to purchase, and it is said that she
has purposed to take it.
We are told that the Clogston Broth.
ers ON the old Judge Paine farm solo
forty tons of hay at toe very high
price that ruled here some weeks ago,
"between hay and grass when the
outlook was SO poor for this years
crop.
Mrs. Henry F. Erskine goes to
Berlin his week and few weeks later
may go to her sons home in Chatham
N. Y.
Mrs. George W. Slavery has beer
very i'll of late with heart trouble
and there was council of physicians
! to consider her case on Monday.
M. p. Courser, we hear, is now tC
have a hotel in Townshend, where
he oroe had hotel.
Charles M. Seaver returned from
the west ON Monday last. On the 15tf
of August be left for the west with
Horace M. Farnham. On Tuesday Of
the next week they reached st. Louis
and found our former townsman, Egg
bert Martin, son of the late Kimbal
p. Martin who has long been on the
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