The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-08
WILLIAMSBURG.

Messrs. Q. u. Lsthrop, J. K. Lynde,
and l.. M Seaver, of our board of
trade went to st. Adams recently to
see the officials of the Central YER
mont Railroad Company, and it was
through their effort that the time of
the departure of our morning train to
Barre was changed back to T 30 a. IN.
We were mistaken last week when we
reported Z 80 a. m.
Hilton Brush came up here from
Proctor last Saturday morning to re-
turn on Monday His fathers family
expects to go to Proctor next week, for
the winter anyway. Their place here
is not rented.
Mrs Clinton N. Field and daughters
have gone TO their new home in East
Orange, N. j.
George E., son of Ebert G. Jack
son, likes his tuatiop as an employe
at the Essex County Massachusetts
Truant School near Lawrence. Mass.
Mrs. Luther H. j. Merrill, who has
been so i'll with rheumatism in weeIs
past, is enough better 50 that her
nurse could be given up.
About 9 O'Clock last Thursday even
ing fire was discovered in a loom on
the third floor of the Monument House
occupied by the conductor and brake
man on our railroad. The latter is
said to have gone to the room and lain
down on the bed, and to have been
found there when the fire was discov-
cred. Whether there was an explo-
sion of the lamp in the room as has
been suggested or whether the lamp
had in some way been tipped Oh to
the floor and broken may never be
known. The fire was first seen by
man as he was passing on the street,
who went to the hotel, and gave the
alarm in time to save great contiagra-
ton The damage to the room a q
furnishings was allowed by insurance
men to be some $40 or $40. With no sort
of adequate protection from fires here
it behooves our village to exercise all
possible precaution against them.
George L. Edison and family are ex-
pected home from Iowa this week.
Charles Woolcut, who was eighty
three years old last September is in
better nealth now, than earlier this
year. He is still able to attend to
choring about his home
Charles, only son of the late Hiram
Davenport and now farmer near
East Barre, was in town last Saturday
He likes his present home with its
better market for farm produce. His
mother, who has her home with ner
daughter, Mrs. Will Carnes, of West
Chazy, N. Y, has visited him this
years.
Miss Grace Gannett, popular en-
ploye at the Monument House in the
months past, was presented with a sum
of money and PIN by boarders in the
house when she recently returned to
her hume on Chelsea West Hill.
We are glad that Italians here, who
want to learn English are now to have
teacher, ,Iohn Giovsnneli an Ital-
ian, who lives on Construction Hill at
the north end of our village. And
Will it not be a good opportunity for
any of our citizens, who want to learn
Italian, as we are told he speaks Eng
Lish.
Alfred Carnes and James X. Prize
have been drawn as petit Jurors from
here for the present term of the Or
ange county court.
Lyman Fifeld is said to be working
at the tale mine in Pittsfield.
II only one wants to know of the de-
mand for tenements here let that one
start out some day and Try to hire one
and be told of the number of app(i-
cants the owner of good one has,
when there is prospect OF "a vacancy
near at hand. And what is the Iea-
son of the dearth here? 1t seems To
be that the cost of labor and material
strikes those who could build as too
high to get an adequate return in the
way Of rents.
Fred A. Martin youngest son of
Gurdon Martin, by his first life has
haar hnn1a 70 xrici frnr Rrid Nnrt
Conn, where he has worked for some
years.
Mrs Chester Martin is SAID TO be
quite little better in health than
when she rst returned from the west
last summer. She was able TO be at
the OouRregati nal ladies sale aud
entertainment at town hall last Fri
day evening and enjoy it,
Fred Bishop. who has worked for
George W. Lynde, is living in the
south end of the General K. Bass
mouse.
tn say, seems to be in much improved
health.
Albert M. Goodrich continues much
better of rheumatism, from which he
was so used up, not long ago, aud is
now able to swing an axe.
Last weak we inadvertently spot c
of our young townsman, Rev. jesse
Martin, son of Erwin ii. Martin, as a
Methodist pastor, in Eden, of our
State. We should have said Canaan.
Having begun his ministerial, and
his married life there, within the two
years past, we hope that it has been