The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-22
WILLIAMSBURG.

of with the grip.
Mrs. Heman Smith is improving
at the Mary Fletcher hospital.
Veteran John Lynde has had his
pension increased to So month
Albert M. Goodrich has just sold
horse to DR.. w. H. Hurley and has
13 of the horse kind left.
Miss Mile j. Drury is about to
visit her Kimball friends in Rich
mond for some three weeks.
Mrs. X. i. Watson came to her
S0th birthday last Sunday. She is in
a very feeble condition now.
IBeorge L. Lane, son of Gilbert
Lane of Washington, and working
now in st. Adams, was here the
first of the week.
Miss Matte Robinson, in the old
Darius Pride house, is quite poorly
Just now in health, requiring both a
physician and nurse.
The patrons of our village cream
cry were paid 80 cents per pound
for butter fat, on the 18th inst.
The water in our village from the
melting snow last week was said to
be unusual in amount, but we heard
of no serious damage done by it.
We are glad to hear that our
townsman, Mike J. Elliott can walk
two miles daily at his present place
of sojourn, Colorado Springs, Col.
]. Lindsay Winchester has hired
to Norman Pratt for a seasons work
on the farm of his mother, Mrs. Will
liam z. Pratt, the old Chester Mar
tin farm.
Orange Bannister is in very poor
health and he thinks he grows
worse rather than better; but we
hope for favorable change with
warm weather.
Mrs. Horace Blanchard of Boston
has remained with her husbands
mother, Mrs. Prescott F. Blanchard,
since the deaS of Mr.. Blanchard, a
short time ago.
1t looks as if Carl w. Seavers
poor health will forbid his continu-
ing in the post Office long Since his
severe illness of last year, he has
not been we'll.
Denny ]. Briggs, son of the late
Albern Briggs, and the present own
er of his fathers farm, is quite
poorly in health now, and under
physicians care. We hear grip
spoken of in his case.
We are told that the town of
Barre has now work enough for a
superintendent of schools without
coupling longer, with Williamstown
as it has done in late years, and
that our town will now have to tie
to some other place. if they want a
superintendent.
Years ago, Charles r. Benedict
carried on the sugar place on the
General f. Bass place in our vii
lage, now owned by the family of
the late Thomas C. Waldo. The sea-
son was a short one, but, in ten
days, from 145 trees, he made 597
pounds of sugar.
Mrs. Ada Martin, daughter of the
late Ophir S. Martin, and widow of
the late Henry Lasell, has bought
the place in our village belonging
to the estate of Mrs. Elijoh Edison.
Price, $500. The house is the one
owned and occupied by the late l..
Moseley Martin, half century ago.
The Passera Brothers, italian, of
whom we wrote last week, as hav-
ing just purchased an electric dy-
namo, and air compressor, for bus
mess at the Lynde and Lathrop
sheds, are building new black
smith shop in connection with their
work and Charles Nixon will do
their blacksmithing.
Mrs. Scion Patterson, was having
one of her common attacks of asth-
ma last week, after an interval of
two or three weeks, we think be-
tween it and the previous one. These
continual attacks call out the warm
sympathy of friends who would
doubtless, gladly "spell' her at
times, with their own free and easy
! breathing
We have seldom seen Marcus A
Smith looking so poorly, as we
found him at his home the last of
last week. But we think he is now
on the up grade. His housekeeper'
Miss Alma Bean, has been hard
sick with bronchitis of late, and
trained nurse was called to her last
Saturday. Mrs. Darwin Goodrich is
helping out in household matters
for Mr.. Smith.
The sugar house on the Thomas
c.. Waldo place in our village took