The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-04-09
WILLIAMSBURG.

Rev. Frances A. Kimball expects
Rev. Marcia Selman of East Montpe-
lier to preach at the Universalist
church here on Wednesday evening of
this week and Rev. Walter Dole of
Mortified on Friday evening.
Lawyer Frank A. Bailey of Mont
pelier, who is at his old.home here
has not been quite as we'll il the last
few days, and last week he called DR..
E. B. Watson to see him.
Mrs. George Mari and children, now
Of Barre, are in town for few days.
About the year 1890 the Clogston
brothers hired Hungarian for farm
work and with the exception of two
years at his old home in Europe, he
has been there till this week. He is
now on his way to Europe to remain
Mrs. Rebecca Lynde Simons, of
Princeton, ILL.,, was a recent delegate
| to womans' missionary convention
| in Moline, ILL.,, and was the guest of
her cousin, Mrs. J. Edward Aims
worth.
| From an item elsewhere in this pa
per, ON the genealogy of the Townsend
| family the name of our townswoman,
Miss Cynthia Townsend was uninten-
tionally omitted. The late Mrs. James
M. Cheney, and Mrs. Albert r. Mar
| tin, Mrs. Henry O. House, Charles
Townsend of Barre, and Will Town
send of Chelsea, should be mentioned
ar members of this family.
Harry Fogg, who has been suffering
from paralysis of one side, is improv.
ing slowly.
We confidently hoped Mrs. Barnet
S. Goodrich and two children, who
went to Colorado in 1901, could have
improved health there, as all inherit
ed consumptive tendencies, the chill
dren from both father and mother.
We are now told that their health is
so much better there that they will be
contented to stay.
Mrs Dan Campbell, who has been
staying with the family of her cousin,
w. N. Grearson, for some months,
will now return to her home in New
Brunswick. OF the three children
with her, she will leave two here for
the present.
Our town schools will begin Mon
day, April 20.
There will be appropriate Easter
services at the Congregational church
next Sunday. In the absence of Rev.
+. e. Currier at the conference at
Mortified, there will be no service
at the Methodist church that day.
His people know where they will be
warmly welcomed, though.
1t is more than pleasant TO know
of the prosperity of our Grange at the
present time. 1t continues to increase
in numbers, and, if possible, in useful
ness At the last quarterly meeting,
in new members, and mostly young
people, were added to the order, and
more are expected at the next quarter
ly meeting in May At the last meet
ing of this kind, Rev. y. D. Olapp
was present, and took part in the
discussion of the resolution that our
State had taken backward step in
it's new temperance legislation.
Last week Wednesday evening a
contest was begun between the I'M
married and married members of the
Grange, in the matter of the better
literary program. An excellent pro-
gram was presented at that time by
the unmarried ones, and next week
Wednesday the married ones will en-
deavor to surpass it In the matter
of debates this order is doing fine
work for those of our young people
who are Changers. Walter E. Granger
is the master of the order at present,
and his wife, here, as elsewhere, is
the order has had in the last few
years no greater addition to it's work
ing force than Rev. Frances A. Kim
ball and sister from Maine. Long
live the Grange
Marshall Lamson, son of Frank
Lamson of Brookfield, has lately come
to work for the Grearson- Beckett
Company as granite cutter. His
home at present is with the family OF
his wife-the Badger family occupy
ing the Henry Martin farm in the
David Gale district.
Henry j. Martin will furnish oui
citizens again this season with fresh
fish, each week, beginning with this
week Friday.
Edwin M. Covell, one of our maker.
of good maple sugar, has made 70(
pounds from 500 trees this season.
Miss Ella Cross, sister of Mrs
William n. Grearson, bookkeeper fol
the Grearson- Beckett Company, is
taking short vacation at her ole
home in New Brunswick
On Good Friday of this week there
will be a Home Land Thank Offer
IuS stTNlC6 III Ine NeSlTy u bn6 OUn
gregational church at 2:30 O'CLOCK
p. m. All are cordially invited to at
tend,
Hawley Gale, who now resides il
Barre city, will offer at auction, mex
Monday, at his late farm in town,
COWS, etc.
Proctor, and not Boston, as stated
elewhere in our items, is where Will
Duffus has situation awaiting him.
with the Vermont Marble Company
Mrs. Norman G.. Davis returned tC
. her home in Waterloo, Iowa, last
" week, after long and delightful visit
in Moline, ILL.,, with her Ainswortl
cousins.
Willard Walker has been the victim
of late of boils on his head.
This "Reminiscences of an earlier day
has been given us concerning the late
wife of one of our well known aged
farmers Such was her ability at the
loom that she had been known tC
weave an amount in one day that was