The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-14
MILLIAMSTOWN.


A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Martin Erskine last week, the first son
in family of four children, we be-
lieve.
Cornelius Perrin died last Thursday
in Barre and was buried on Saturday
in his native town, Berlin. In ac-
cordance with his own wish the fu-
neral was held in the Congregational
church there, and Revs d. III. Strong
and William Schofield, his former pas
tor in Berlin, officiated. Mr.. Perrin
was the last but one of a family of
fourteen children, and had he lived un-
til last Sunday he would have been
seventy nine years old. In 1850 he
married Miss Orlena Strong of Berlin
and three daughters were born to
them, Mrs. J. X. Lynde, Mrs. Kel-
logg and Mrs. George l.. Edison. The
family moved to this town in 1893 and
the next year Mrs. Perrin died here,
to the very great and lasting sorrow
of her husband. Forty years ago Mr..
Perrin united on profession with the
Congregational church in Berlin.
Later he moved to the town of Barre,
where he lived some twenty-five years
before coming to Williamstown. More
than a year ago, he was found to have
Bright's disease which progressed till
his death. Although coming here very
late in life, with his ten years here
burdened with the greatest sorrow Of
his life, and with the increasing in
firmities of age, we always found him
a very pleasant, genial man to meet,
and at the last, he always had a smile
on his face as we chatted with him.
Among the floral tributes seen at his
funeral, was very beautiful one, a
wreath of roses sent by his nephew,
DR.. @. @. Ellis, now of Winter Hill,
Somerville, Mass.
"Now rest in sweetest freedom,
From all the storms that rave,
All would that peace so perfect,
Might dwell this side the grave
Thou dwell st where all is bright,
In heavens unfading light,
Farewell, farewell, thousand times,
farewell"
A daughter was born on Monday,
to Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Edison.
Our former townsman, George Har-
rington, now of Princeton, ILL.,, Is
just getting out, on clutches, after q
fall on the ice last winter that caused
broken hip Only year or two be-
fore, he fell and sustained very Sc
we're injury to his collar bone, and al
this added to a serious chronic disease
of the kidneys that he had been, and
is, suffering from.
Next Sunday there will be union
service at the Congregational church
in the forenoon, and one in the even.
ing at the Universalist church, in the
interests of temperance. Clarence j.
Ferguson, Esq, of BurlingtolS will
be present to address these meetings.
Rev. DR.. William S. Hazen of North
field who preached at the Congrega-
tionalist church here last Sunday
morning, in announcing these meetings,
spoke highly of Mr.. Ferguson, in re-
lation to this work.
Henry J. Lasell was last week in
Tunbridge, Vershire, Thetford, and
elswehere, to buy cattle for his meat
market here.
Will 20. Martin, son of Ophir S
Martin, and now of Ottawa, Canada,
plans to visit here about July l, ac-
companied by his wife.
Mrs. Laura Work Dennis, now liv.
ing some thirty miles from Spokane,
Washington, is so crippled with chron.
ic rheumatism that she is not able tC
get out of chair alone. She has
three sons and a daughter, there.
At the Grange meeting here last
week there were tlve additions to the
order. There was a discussion of the
resolution that success in life is due
more to circumstances than energy, -
and the question, "In what way have
/ benefited my farm. or myself, the
past winter, was up for answers by