The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-19
WILLIAMSTOWN.

WILLIAMSTOWN.
Mrs. Betsy II. Hayward is visiting
her friend, Mrs. James Spinney, of
Northfield
Will o. Martin, son of Ophir S.
Martin, and for few years past
resident of Ottawa, Canada, was re-
Gently married.
Mrs. Hiram Davenport went to West
Chazy, New York, last week to re-
main till fall with her only daughter,
Mrs. William Carnes.
Our high school department opened
last week with twenty -four pupils.
DR.. j. Henry Jackson of Barre was
called here last week Wednesday to
consult with DR.. W. j. Tindall in the
case of Mrs. Ralph Spencer.
Mrs. Josie Wilfore, daughter of
Theodore Wilfore and wife of Ralph
Spencer, died ON Wednesday night of
last week, at the age Of twenty three
years. She left husband, a son of
nearly two years and an infant daugh-
ter of a few days. She was buried
I from the Congregational church on
Saturday afternoon, Rev. ID. H.
Strong, the pastor of the church of
which she was a member, officiating
assisted by Rev. Francis Kimball
Mrs. Spencer had been in poor health
for some little time, but there was
hope for the best The final, sudden,
cutting off of this hope, with all the
sorrow and loss involved to remain
ing friends, makes it case of great
sadness, and evokes the sympathy of
all.
A child was recently born to Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Flint
The blacksmith shop mt the Comoii
Granite Works was burned on Friday
morning last The fire caught i'll
lot of papers that were stored in the
building
The Ladies' Reading Climb will meet
with Mrs. Harvey l.. Cheney on Sat-
urday afternoon of this week The
subject of study will be "Modern Art
and Artists. "
Robins, blackbirds, and one or more
other varieties of birds were in evil
dence here last week.
j. X. Prize, partner of the late
George Lamson in the granite indus
try, we hear will have the fine, dark
granite quarry, in our township and
the heirs of Mr.. Lamson the light
quarry, in Barre town, and the gran
ite shop in Barre city.
Mrs Josie Wilfore Spencer was one
of the Charter members Of the Re-
bekah Lodge, formed here not very
long ago. The members of the lodge
attended her funeral, in a body, last
Saturday afternoon, and furnished a
part of the floral tributes. The Chris
tain Endeavor society Of the Congre-
gatIonal church. of which she had
been member, furnished another por-
ton of the flowers.
The Mr.. McAulay, who bought the
Ophir s. Martin place some two years
ago, is said to have sold it to d. S.
Mcfarland, for 81, 300.
Fred Hail. grandson of. the late
Lucius Scott, of South Barre, who,
has been working in the Brockway
store here, has engaged at the Gulf
Spring House.
AT the town social library meeting,
last week, some new shares on the new
plan were taken.
The Universalist ladies will give a
new sugar sociable at the town hall,
on Thursday evening of this week.
Mrs Rose Rice, now of st. Johns
bury, had an auction sale IF her mil
linery goods, here one day last week.
Prices were disappointing to her.
She had bargained her store here but
the announcement that Miss Lizzie
Townsend would open millinery
, room here broke up the trade. II
would seem that her family is now
pleasantly settled on a fine farm, five
miles from the village Of st. Johns.
bury.
A musical club has just been formed
, by some fourteen members of our high
, school, that may be called "The W.
II. S. club. For the first time, the
club met with Miss Ella Sibley last
Friday p. M, after school hours. A
special subject of study was Men
delssohn, and some of the great ora
, torios Miss Louie Seaver is president
of the club. The work of the clut
J will doubtless go on, under the spe
, ial guidance of Miss Marion Horsford
, principal of the high school, as il
, meets fortnightly.
Mayo Lynde. in his late vacation,
; had as a guest his fellow student il
Brigham Academy-a son of Frank
Fay whose father was the late Gard
ner Fay and both former residents OF
, the town. Young Fay will enter Yale
college next fall.
The list increases of the bewailer
of our local option law among Yer
i.