The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-08

cOrher. In an instant tne woman
hair, and eyes, and cheeks and nose
and ears were plastered while she
frantically began to claw with her
hands for daylight for her eyes, and
deliverance generally. But she lives
to tell the tale now and give her
friends a chance for hearty laugh
at her expense, and laughs with
them. Long may she live and wave"
At recent accounts e. w. Thurber
was canvassing at Isle La Motto for
book. He is said to be doing we'll
at this work.
AT a meeting of the stockholders
of the j. K. Lynde Co. held at their
office April 2, the following changes
in Office were made: e. e. Bam-
forth of Waterbury and G.. A. Martin
of Williamstown were elected di-
rectors to succeed w. NJ Lynde and
G.. F. McAllister, resigned. G.. f.
McAllister was elected secretary
and treasurer to succeed Mrs. Clara
L. Lynde, resigned.
| Our aged and greatly afflicted
townsman, Prescott Blanchard, died
Sunday night of gangrene and other
complications. He was upwards of
so years of age and had long been
in a very infirm condition of body.
Mr.. Blachard first became a citizen
of our place many years ago. His
wife, born Delphine White, was the
youngest of quite a large family of
children of the late Allen and Anna
| Else White. Of these children Hor-
ace E. White, Mrs. Loren M. Down
ing of st Adams, Mrs. Emeline Whit
ney Richardson of Chicago, and
Mrs. Blanchard are living. Mr..
Blanchard, years ago, was farmer,
here in the northeast quarter of the
town. We recall him as an active,
CHEEKY kind of man, apparently in
the best of health and spirits, and
| if he or any of his friends could
have known so years ago, to what
an old age of physical infirmities
and sufferings he was to come, it
would have seemed well nigh insup-
| porable. Such possibilities for any
and every man certainly help one
to bear the loss of friends taken be-
fore such sad things can come to
them. Three sons were born to Mr..
| and Mrs. Blanchard, one of whom
died a young man here years ago.
Two sons are residents of Boston.
For some years Mr.. Blanchard was
on a farm in one of the Bethels, we
think, and finally came back here a
few years ago to spend the remain
der of his weariful days. We think
! he looked at death as something he
desired, for relief.
Walter Simons, son of Rebekah
Lynde Simons, and empoyed at the
]. K. Lynde Company's store, met
with an accident in his regular
work recently that nearly severed
the end of thumb at a point below
the nail. But medical aid it is
thought will save the injured mem
Der so that he will have good
thumb yet
When so worthy and helpful an
only child as Miss Ella Whitney,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
Whitney, is trying to help an in
valid father by sewing and dress
maing at home, or going out by the
day into families to do this work,
who will not be glad to give her EN-
ployment when such help is needed?
We aretold that certain worthy
family of our acquaintance is con-
sidering the matter of hiring the
Monument House AS yet we with
hold the name of the family, but il
it should prove correct rumor we
shall be only too glad to report it
soon.
1t is said that George, son of Re
bekah Lynde Simons, and Royal
Cheney, who lately went to Colora-
do, have found work, whereat we
are glad indeed.
1t seems to be part of "the cost
of such greatness" as was achieved
by one of our earliest citizens, the
late Judge Elijah Paine, L. Id,
that there shall ever follow then