The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-15
WILLIAMSTOWN.

| at ViiS NiIIHlS, Mouudy, Ine case
of L. II. j. Merrill seems to be
hopeful for recovery.
A poor sugar season thus far,
here, and the outlook is rather ON
nous to our citizens.
| Mrs. ,Beorge Booth of Barre City
has been staying here of late with
her mother, Mrs. Walter Williams.
| Our high school began again last
Monday. The other schools we UNI
derstand are to begin next week
Monday.
After having been kept in the
house by illness a little more than
| two weeks George Beckett was in
his office on Monday morning.
Mrs. Lydia Bemis of Plainfield, a
sister of Mrs. Charles G. Staples and
who has been visiting here of late,
returned to her home last Monday.
Rev. w. N. Roberts of the NJ. e.
church here is at the conference at
Hardwick We think he will surely
be returned here for the coming
year.
Mrs. Julia Hayward Andrews and
husband of Mortified are here Wis
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Hayward for week or
more.
The wife of Heman, son of Dea-
con Edwin c. Emith, went to the
Mary Fletcher hospital at Burling-
ton last week for expected surgical
treatment.
The family of which we spoke last
week as a possible candidate for our
Monument House, decide that they
do not want their small children
coming up" in a hotel
Marcus A. Smith, we are told on
this Monday morning, is confined to
the bed, with congestion of the liv-
err, and some congestion OF the
lungs. He is under a physicians
care.
"Pete" Reed of East Brookfeld,
who has lived here a good deal in
the past, is just as happy over his
new ten pound boy Ian only SOM as
it is his privilege to be. Congratu-
lations.
Mrs. Barnet Goodrich writes from
her present home, Littleton, (near
Denver), Colorado. of the past cold
winter. Her daughter, Gertrude
continues to be in poor health and
may go to Oregon for a change of
climate.
About Is feet of the roof on one
side of George w. Lynde's so foot
barn was lifted off by the high wind
one day last week, something that
might not have occurred it is said
but for failure to close a door in
to the barn.
~ B. Robinson is to extend the
pipes of his fine water system up
Brook street, running west from AL
bert r. Martins blacksmith shop, to
the house 70 Theodore Wilfore, the
old John Lynde house, and others,
farther west.
Miss Ruby, daughter of Frank
Jeffords, is learning the millinery
trade at the Whitney millinery
rooms and Miss Katie, daughter of
Theodore Wilfore, is learning the
same trade with Mrs. Erskine Row
ell.
Mrs. William Schofield's very sad
illness is frightened a bit by the
beautiful flowers that are constant
ly coming to her sickroom from
from friends, and she desires us to
tell all the donors how greatly she
appreciates their gifts. She has been
measurably comfortable in some of
the late days.
AS a matter of course our old
townsman, Rev. Walter R. Daven- !
port would be wanted longer in Or
leans, "Old Version" Barton Land
ing) by the Methodist church 20
which he has been minister there
for the last three years. With his
wife we may see him here on visit
to his sister, Mrs. r. F. Walker,
soon.
Our Grange occupied its beautiful
new hall for the first time on We'd
nesday evening of last week We
are glad to say that this hall will
be rented for some other purposes
than the uses of the Grange, and it
is an occasion for great rejoicing
that we have now a suitable place
for lectures, concerts and other en-
tertainments.
Miss Carrie A. Lewis of East
Brookfield, for some time past a
clerk in the Lynde store here, was
called home last week by the very