The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-12-01
WILLIAMSTOWN.


Bruce, brother of Mrs. Poland.
Mayo Lynde, a freshman in Dart
mouth College was at home for Thanks
giving. His brother, Roscoe, of Will
liston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass. 4,
will come home for the holidays.
Mrs. W. j. Tindall was at her old
home in New York last week accom-
panied by her son.
Mrs. John Edwards. who has been
so ill in late months, is thought to be
gaming.
Martin Erskine's house is no longer
quarantined for diphtheria.
Oliver Dickinson offers his place not
very far from our village for sale as
he wants change of climate for his
invalid daughter
Daniel d. Royce was in town again
recently. He thinks he will go later
to Florida, with acquaintance from
Barre.
Miss Ann Eliza Penniman has been
for a few weeks past visiting friends
in Morrisville and Hardwick.
Charles Perkins, the present owner
of the old Hawley Gale farm, is going
to sell off his stock and later sell the
farm on account of not being well
enough to do the work he has to do
with the scarcity Of good hired help.
He thinks he has an excellent farm,
however.
One of our newer townsmen tells US
he has lived in Syracuse, N. Y,
Bridgeport. Conn, and Boston and he
thinks he can live cheaper in those
cities than in Barre, notably in Srya-
Cuse.
sharpening trade in Barre
The young sister of Mrs. Howard
Winchester, recently taken to the
asylum in Waterbury. is said to be bet
ter. There is no insanity in the fam
lily, we hear.
Theodore Alexander has had to have
both his SHIN bones strapped by Drs,
TindAll, and J. Henry Jack-ou of
Barre, the bones having been injured
III connection with his. farm duties Oh
the Old A. M Goodrich farm, not the
A. M. York farm as printed in the
Waterman last week.
A deed was recently given Mr.
Gurdon Martin of the house and land
| djacent to the farm she now lives on
| that was for some years occupied by
Thomas Sheridan.
! A townsman tells us of brother
, living in Iowa, who went years ago
from an adj lining county and bought
land for SO an acre. Later he con-
| sidered he was doing well TO sell fol
! Sl5 per acre as we recall it and now
! the same land is worth $50 an acre
And many like chances are oubtless
awaiting young men in the east who
! will 90 to the western and other sec.
| tions of our county and grow up with
| them.
! Miss Grace Gsnnett of Chelsea West
Hill is TO leave the Monument House
and return home.
With the quantity of Grain shipped
! here for our two feed stores farm ami
owners pocket books do not so.
Royal Cheney of Mortified was
in town last week aud looking well.
Our greatly beloved ex.townsman
Charles r. Ainwsorth, who died sc
suddenly in Moline, ILL.,, Monday
the l4th inst, was buried from hi,
home on the following Friday, anC
in his family lot in Rock Island, IL
which city he had lived so many
years. The day was beautiful. II
keeping with Mr.. Ainswortl' IS wei
known character, the services were
simple. His family being attendants
of Baptist church. the officiating
c ergyman was of that denomination
| The hymns sung we're Rock Of
Ages, and Lead Kindly Light
There WAS a profusion of flowers
roses and chrysanthemums. undel
which the body was Ibid away, il
the bosom of Mother Earth But NJ
grave closes over that in the man
that has been so long and SO muci
beloved, in the more than three scor'
and ten years of earthly life.
The Congregational church her
had friend in the late Charles Il
Ainsworth. In his visits here from
the west, the contribution box, q
the Sunday morning services, coult
testify to that; and TO the repairs nov
in progress in the church building
he gave over $500 But ne had SOM
very precious memories in connection
with this church, of which SO man,
of his fathers family had been mem
bers.
We begin to despair of the ap
pesrance of the snow here before al
other spring