The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01
WILLIAMSTOWN.

The very warm weather in the last
week has given crops hereabouts
desired start.
DR.. e. B. Watson is GONZALES
cent and we hope will ere very long
be busy again at his practice.
The Fits meat market of East
Brookfeld commenced last Monday
to come to our village with a meat
cart.
1t is reported here that Principal
Irdway, late of our high school, will
now 60 to Texas as an electrical
engineer.
Henry B. Waldos oldest son has
been hard sick Of late with double
pneumonia, but is thought at this
writing Monday to be in a hopeful
condition.
After weeks of sickness, Miss AL
ma Bean, for weeks past the keeper
of Marcus A. Smiths house and
home, was able to ride to the village
a few days ago.
Charles NJ. Edison, wife and only
son, are on an automobile trip to
Yonkers, n. Y, to visit his sister,
Mrs. Mary Edison Little of that
place. He will return about the mid
die of this week.
Mrs. J. II. Fiddock, now of
Jonesville, remembered here as Miss
Mabel Seaver and a former teacher
in town, is in town with her twin
babes, visiting her mother, Mrs. A.
r. George on our West Hill.
Miss Lucy Abbott is in town for
few days, the guest Of Mrs. j. NJ.
Seaver and her sister, Miss Lizzie
Work. She will go from here this
week to the home Of her sister, Mrs.
James Bailey of Ticonderoga, N. Y.
George Brigham, foster son of
Deacon Edwin c. Smith, is at home
for his summer vacation from the
University of Vermont after his first
year of study there. He will 90
back to Burlington for few days
during the Tercentenary exercises
of next week.
Our former townsman, DR.. Dudley
b. Smith of Plainield, son of the
late Judge Alven Smith was in
town last week for a visit with his
two brothers, David NJ. and Marcus
A. Smith. The doctor, we are sorry
to say, seems in rather feeble
condition of body.
The proprietor of the The Will
Jamestown Inn tells us this Monday
morning that he hopes to have his
house open to the public the latter
part of this week. He has had a
most busy time in late days in get
ting the house in order and we may
expect to see an orderly house"
when all is ready.
Granite Cutter Arthur F. Free
man, who come back here last year
from Groton, where he had lived and
worked several years, has been in
rather poor health in late weeks and
ENABLE to work at his trade. He has
lately had, as a guest, his old friend
DR.. S. n. Sastman of Groton, vet
eran of the late Civil War.
The Ladies Home Study club will
not resume it's regular meetings till
October next, but they do meet once
in while by invitation, at homes
of some of the members of the club
fir a social time. Last Saturday af.
ternoon they met in this way, with
Mrs. B. F. Sibley and her daughter
Mrs. W. ]. Young. In August they
will meet again at the home of Mrs
Walter E. Granger.
Fred, son of Ed j. Poor is now tc
build house on the farm he moi
long ago bought. This farm consists
of land that belonged to Mrs Aurora
Howe Burnham's farm, co years agt
or more, it was the George Bale,
farm, and lying north OF the roac
leading to the old Oliver S. Walker
farm. 1t is good, now, that we are
to have a wholly new farm house
and to be built by young, enter
prising farmer life Mr.. Poor.
The mother of Mrs Joseph Sand
ers, born Diantha Williams, and he
brother, George L. Williams, was
stone, the wife of our former towns
man, the late Jiseph X. Williams
Slime of the descendants of the Ston
rfagnily have for dozen years an
more, kept up the commendabl
etom of an annual family reunion
Tho year, a reunion of the kind, wa
held on Wednesday of last week
the farm home of George l.. Wi
liams and his olny son Theron, o
the west side of our town. MOI
than a score of cousins were pre-
ent and a fine time was had. A goc