The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-10
WILLIAMSTOWN.


The Y. P. S. c. E. social appointed
FOR Friday of this week has been post
poned till Friday evening of next
week.
Orr Grange, that now has 1856 MEM
bers, expects an addition of some eight
members soon.
The l.. D. Barker Granite Company,
we are told, is about to put on an adj
e1itional sharpener, and more cutters.
DR.. Charles A. Briggs of Pasadena,
Cal, son of the late j. Wright Briggs.
is expected here for a visit next season.
Charles Thompson, granite cutter,
who lived here in earlier life with
the late W. G.. Putnam, went to Cali
fornia some months ago for his health,
the trouble being with the lungs He
has a sister at Sacramento, Cal. But
the change did not agree with him and
ne has returned to the East
Norris Wiggin and wife are about to
return to Willard Sprague's farm, Mrs.
Virgins old home, to be there for the
present.
Miss Belle Camp of North Randolph,
a we'll known teacher here III the
past, has just buried her father. He
was a brother of the late William
Camp, who lived here years ago.
Mrs. Mary Lsthrop, sister of @. U.
Lathrop and wife of Rev. Almon
Shepard of Tunbridge, while doing
favor for neighbor, fell and brokelher
collar bone recently.
Harvey L. Cheney's family hope to
get their household goods to Mortified
while there is sleighing now.
Mrs. William Schofield and Mrs J.
K. Lynde have been ill of late.
On Saturday evening Of next week,
March 10, Thomas McClary will lee.
ture in our winters course.
Marcus A. Smith has fifty. eight
hens, Leghorns and Plymouth Rocks
crossed, and IN January and February
ne got $3.50. SO for the eggs he sold here
in town. The eggs i'll February
brought $21.2l.
The selectmen took an appeal to the
county court after the recent justice
court decision in favor of George L.
Colby in the dog case.
On Friday evening of this week,
March H. the ladies Of the Methodist
church will serve warm sugar and give
a miscellaneous entertainment at the
town hall. Admission Is cents.
Frank Densmore, son-in-law of
Frank York, has moved from Barre
city to our village to occupy the house
vacated by Mr.. York. He will cut
stone for the Grearson- Beckett Com
pany.
On the second floor of the Lynde
store, a room is being finished for
George l.. Edson's use, for crockery,
etc. There will be some 1856 square
feet of floor in the room.
Station agent l.. o. Morgan has just
been visited by his youngest brother
who lives IN Jonesville.
Mrs. Gene Marshall went to Brain
tree last week to care for her mother
IN sickness.
Conductor James Kanaly was at
home on last Sunday from Montpelier.
One of our granite manufacturers
tells us he has plenty of work to fig.
ure on, and he expects a good business
this year.
At the auction sale last week at the
Albern Briggs place. COWS sold for $40
to $31.
In correction of an item elsewhere
we WOulu say UIdb buftt bOus VI tHe
late Minot Martin are living.
Miss Louie, only daughter of Lewis
NJ. SeaveI. has been having quite q
severe time with thumb that was
punotured by hat pin.
One of our townsmen tells us that
one of the first blacksmith shops in the
town stood near the large old maple
tree ON the roadside not far north OF
the old Calvin Flint place, and he says
ne has the box that was used for hold
ing this tools for shoeing horses there.
We know of no trace of the shop there
in the laet two or three scores OF
years.
Veteran John Bacon wears q silver
badge adopted by the Nineteenth Army
Corps in the war of the rebellion, In
which he served. that was made from
Spanish silver coin found on the per
son OF his great uncle, who served al
captain in the Revolutionary War
and who he thinks was killed in tina
war. He tells us that his father. thu
late Edmund Bacon, had four sons il
the late OWL War. The father wen
from here to the neiPhborhood of Med
ina, N. T., many years ago, and. IL
company with Otis Durkee, as younI