The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-04-02
WILLIAMSTOWN.

slul Ing Ill hOulDtlltl VI lutts itllb ub |
that he may return here later and take |
up the fish business again, for the |
summer.
A Kentucky friend, who is general
ly on the right side in the great ques-
tions Of the day, has just asked us, in
view of the new liquor law "What |
is the matter with old Vermont? and
adds, 81 am ashamed of you" But
he is only one of multitude feeling
that way.
After very sad illness of two and
half years, Mrs Major D. Flint
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs Daniel O. Townsend, last week
Tuesday, in her eightieth year. She
was buried on Thursday, from Mr..
Townsend's house, Rev. ID. II. Strong,
pastor of the Congregational church of
which she has been a member for
years, officiating. She was buried in
the East Hill cemetery where the body
of child was buried, and to which
the body of her late husband will be
removed from the village cemetery.
She had buried two other children,
one in Royalton, and one in Tun-
bridge. A daughter ana son survive
her. She was the daughter of the late
Orrin Walker, and good woman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend desire to ex-
press their appreciation of thanks for
the kindness shown by neighbors and
friends in the death and burial of Mrs.
Flint.
George L. Edison was in New York
and Boston last week for goods for his
store.
Lyman Hayward, an epileptic, has
been taken to Brattleboro by Overseer
of the Poor George w. Nichols, to be
cared for there. His is a pitiable case.
Will Duffus will graduate next term
from the high school in Waterbury.
Mrs. Patsy Elliott and son. now of
Northfield, were the guests last week,
of the family of her brother-in-law.
Mike Elliott.
Ed Dutton, son of Sanford H. Dut-
ton, is to occupy the Gale house, in
our village, lately bought by Charles
@. Staples.
Cowslips and frogs hereapouts, must
be taken as harbingers of spring"
Horace Farnham has just returned
from the West with another carload
of horses.
An out of town man sends us word
| that another should be added to our
list of professional Martins. " On
inquiry or townsman Albert r. Mar
| tin, @ tells us he thinks his late
| fathers oldest brother, the late Nathan
iel Martin, was once a Congregational
minister and after having embraced
Mormonism, wholly or in part, died a
| Spiritualist in the West.
A son was lately born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Holden, and a daughter
to Mr.. and Mrs. Will Salter, who live
on the Brookfield road, and in the Will
liam Hanson neighborhood.
Last year George Gumlaw, stono
cutter in Barre, bought the Denisen
Brown farm, on the west side of the
town; now he has exchanged farms
some years on the old Horace Smith
farm. Mr.. Blaine will go to the
Brown place the first of April, and
Mr.. Gumlaw will return to stone cut
ting in Barre driving from his new
home here, daily $50 ..-.. D, &z2 NJ 3
We have seen enough of theT expert
ence of stone cutters, who have given
up their work. and gone to farms. to
expect surely that is is only question
of time, when most of them will glad
ly return to their old trade. And yet
we have two such, one on the .. S.
Walker farm, and the other on the
Russell Martin farm, who are sticking
well to farming
Edison S. Martin, who came from
the home of his late father, recently
sold, to our village, has been working
of late for the Barre city firm OF
Smith, Whitcomb & Cook, driving a
team. He may remain there for some
time.
George @. Earle has jus5 been max.
ing repairs in his house, building a
chimney from the cellar bottom, etc.
Sanford H. Dutton has hired Fred
Gauthier for farm work, for term OF
months.
Charles r. Benedict went to Bur.
ligton last Saturday to visit his three
children there.
1t is now almost or quite, a score Of
years since a ladies' reading club wa'
formed here, that has been kept up
meantime. The work done has beer
OF high order and of great value
and reflects great honor on those who
have labored so hard, and so persist
emily in it.
Mrs. Alf House will work for Miss
Helen Harrington, in her new dress
making establishment in the Beckett
block
Our dramatic club last Thursday anC
Friday evenings gave the four act
comedy. ''Uncle ST, " at the town hall
Sales of tickets amounted to SAT.
Whereas, Death has removed an
other comrade from our post. ant
Joseph Gauthier, now free from his
long and painful sickness, awaits Oh
the other shore the coming of his com
rades and friends, Commander
Gauthier in his last sickness expressed
his good wishes for this post, and was
thankful for visits from members OF
our order, Therefore be it resolved
that the sympathy of this post be
rendered the wife and children of oul
late comrade; resolved that our char
ter be draped for thirty days, that
these resolutions be spread upon the
records of this post, and a copy sem
for publication. o. f. Seaver, n. r
Farnham, Jason Johnson, Committee
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