The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-07
WILLIAMSTOWN.

VILLA Mo l. Wv IN.
The mercury here on Saturday morn
ing last, went to fourteen degrees
above zero.
Gurdon Martin began work last
week for j. X. Lynde, who now has
hve men constantly in his employ
about his livery, feed and other bust
ness, and calls in other special help as
needed.
Our extownsman, Ebert j. Briggs
of Rochester, n. Y. has son who.
with his wife, is travelling III Europe at
present.
Two persons were received into the
Congregational church here last week
by letters from the Congree ational
| church in Barre.
Neal B. Smith, son of Marcus A.
Smith, whose business home is Port
of Spain, Trinidad, British West In
dies, expects to be here later in the
season on his vacation. His steady,
persistent work for the years in the
employ of his company shows that he
is possessed of the true metal and, we
| hope in more senses than one. A lover
of his own old Vermont home, and we
half surmise of another Vermont
home, he is sure of welcome may
be on both sides of the mountain.
The Peoples Line, or Orange County
Telephone Company, in coming from
Chelsea by way of Gilbert o. Smith
place and the Free Baptist church,
were expected to reach Mr.. Smiths
neighborhood the last of the week on
the way to our village with their wire.
George Crane of Brookfeld was Lere
last week to put an Orange County
| Telephone 'Company's instrument into
j. X. Lynde's feed store.
Rev. Ozro Royce of Sheffield a
candidate for the pulpits of the Free
Baptist church here and in Washing
ton, is expected to be, about here for a
week or two yet, looking over the field
| etc.
Albert M. Goodrich addition to his
barn is nearly completed.
Daniel Townsend has just had a
visit from his only son, Herbert, who
is a machinist in Plattsburg, N. Y.
The first of the Townsends to come
to our place was John Townsend, who
owned the farm where David NJ. Smith
lives. His son, Daniel, was for time
on the place and then went to Barre
to work as machinist for the late
UOSlIud W lnS. Wllon Ills SUI,
Daniel, our present townsman, was
seven years old, he came back to Will
Jamestown to live on farm, thence
forth.
Sidney Martin has returned from a
winter with his brother, Lawyer AL
len Martin, of Essex Junction. and
will work for Road Commissioner
Blanchard this summer His mother
plans to visit here later.
Miss Grace Carr, who had been ill
in weeks past died early Tuedsay
morning at the home of her parents
here, and at the age of nearly twenty
four years. When her father came
here from Montpelier this spring to
live on DR.. Lewis ID. Martins farm,
near the Cutter pond, she came with
him from Montpelier where she had
been employed in dental office. For
months before she had been in i'm
paired health, but was ambitious to
go on with her work. Since coming
here she has suffered with heart
trouble. She will be buried from her
fathers home on Thursday afternoon.
Her short stay here and under the cir
cumstances of illness had given her
little chance to become further ac-
quainted here, though previously
known to few of our citizens, but
she is very kindly spoken of.
William u. Pratt will move to tn
Charles Perry house owned by j. M.
Beckett and in the northeast quarter
of our village.
Said an out of town man to us last
Monday 1T is a pleasure to drive to
your town, you have such good roads.
Your road commissioner, Blanchard, is
a king of the turf l nowhere see
such good roads about here. Our
town apprec iates it's commissioner as
shown last year when it elected him
for five years.
Edwin @. Smith and son have
bought Carl W. Seaver's milk route in
our village and will take possession
of 1T on Friday of this week. If Mr.
Seaver has any but friends among his
customers we know not who they are.
His reason for selling out is the condi-
ton Of his health.
Rev. d. H. Strong proposes to ex-
change next Sunday with Rev. DIR.
William Hazen of Northfeld.
Two of the female teachers in the
quarry district board with George Z.
WILDER, of cur village.
Fred Brown, whose wife was niece
of the late Mrs. Charles r. Benedict,
drives meat cart from the Moseley
meat market of Northfeld where Mr..
Benedict works.
X. T. Leonard Of the quarry district
was buried lAst Sunday, our undertaken
Charles n. Edison having charge Of