The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-06-09
WILLIAMSBURG.

Vile will preach at the Universalist
church next Sunday in exchange with
Rev. Frances A. Kimball The Inde-
pendent Ordsr of Odd Fellows will
attend church in body, accompanied
by the auxiliary society Of Rebekahs.
James Edward Ainsworth snd wife
of Moline, ILL.,, and Frank W. Aims.
worth of Racine, Wis, are expected
here the last of next week for visit.
Station Agent L. o. Morgan, who
has been here for the past four years,
is at Jonesville. his old home, for a lit
tie vacation. He has an opportunity
now for promotion to larger town in
the work of the Central Vermont
Railway Company. He had not taken
vacation in eight years.
Road Commissioner .. A. Blanchard,
while at his work on Monday last, had
the misfortune in a somewhat peculiar
way to have the tine of steel fork
pierce his leg near the hip, to depth
CT several inches.
Mr.. and Mrs j. X. Lynde will
drive to Bakersfield this week where
their two sons are at school. They
will remain for the commencement ex-
ercises, when their older son, Mayo,
will graduate. He will enter Dart
mouth College in the fall.
We are told that Messrs. Benevides
and Rowell have dissolved partnership
in the meat market business and that
Frank Huntoon will go to South Barre
to engage in the granite business.
We are glad to report that Judge
| Autsin Young and wife, nee Lenora
Martin, of Minnesota, are to visit
| here this season.
| Engineer Davidson, for quite long
time in the employ of the Grearson-
Beckett Granite Company, has given
the company notice that he will soon
QUIT work here. He purposes to go
| to Vancouver city.
Mrs Barney D. Flint has sold her
place in Littleton, Col, and bought
one in Denver. Her only son, Will, a
dentist in the latter place, sings in
TIE choir there, and plays the cornet
in Y. NJ @. A. services.
Will Aubin is victim of tuberculo-
sis.
Clinton n. Field, son-in.law OF
George W. Brush, has been here re-
Gently, from New York city.
Rev. John P. Demeritt preached a
good sermon at the Methodist church
TO Methodists and Congregationalists
last Sunday morning.
Rev. f. E. Currier returned from
California last week, looking finely.
We hope that he will soon give oul
citizens public account of his trip.
Eugene Gall, son-in-law of the late
Lyman A. Work, has lately bought q
gasoline engine to be used at the shoI
formerly occupied by Mr.. Work.
Miss Maude M. Hutchinson, daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Hutchin
son, is to be married on Wednesday
evening of this week to Clyde B. Hop
kins, of Richford, who came here last
Saturday. Rev. Frances A. Kimbal
will officiate at the wedding.
There will be Ohildren's Day exer
cises at the Methodist church mex
Sunday morning, and there will also
be an Odd Fellows Memorial service
at the Universalist church, Rev. L
P. Booth to preach.
Darwin Goodrich died very sudden
ly ON Wednesday morning of las
week, and in his seventv-first year
He had long been sufferer from
heart disease and had been quite
feeble of late. On the morning of hi
death, he had risen and gone out tt
where his son was milking, and wher
he was letting down bars fol- the COWS
to go through, the summons came
His son went at once to help him, bu
he expired almost Immediately, with
out being able to utter word. HI
was buried from his home on Friday
afternoon, Rev. d. H. Strong officiat
ing at the largely attended funeral
Mr.. Goodrich was born in Brookfiel(
and was one of fourteen children
His wife was daughter of the lat
Jacob Jeffords, Jr., and, with on
son. survives him. Mr.. Goodrich wa
a life long farmer, and seemed con
tented with the quietness it Drough
to him. A kind hearted man and
good neighbor, he will be missed b.
his. family and townsmen. For tn,
kindnesses shown the family in tn,
burial Of a beloved husband and faith
er, they desire to return many thanks
Sanford H. Dutton died last Friday
and was buried from the Free Baptis
meeting house, on Sunday afternoon
Rev. Frances A. Kimball officiating
at the funeral. He was some seventy
seven years of age. He had long beer
a resident of our place, as a farmer
His first wife was daughter of tn,
| late DeaCOn harvey hartln, anu wv
daughters were born to them, tn,
surviving one peing Mrs. James H
Walbridge. His second wife, who i
living, was Margaret Mcdonnell O
Washington, or Chelsea. A son ant
two daughters, by this marriage, ar
living. OF late Mr.. Dutton had suf
fered from a cancer on an ear. d,
had long been sufferer to some ex
tent from physical ailments. We al
ways found him a pleasant man t,
meet, and though at some distance
from our village, we hear him spokel
of as kind neighbor
Rev. Carey Watson of Greenfield
Mass, is the gest of his brother, DR.
E. B. Watson. He is not we'll and i
here to recuperate.
James M. Beckett of Boston arrived
here ON Tuesday last.
Will Wheeler, son-in.law of the lat,
s. Talcott Perrin, is here from De
Moines, Iowa, accompanied by hi
wife, son and daughter. We hear tina
he is in impaired health, and ma,