The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
WILLIAMSTOWN

| F4I b 3
Mr.. and Affs. Austin Skinner Of Chel-
sea are guests OF Mr. and Mrs. Enos F.
! Walker.
Henry Holt, wife and son Of Mont
pelier were late guests Of Charles NJ.
Sewers family.
Mrs. Chester Ladd Of Worcester has
been visiting her sister, Mrs S. Martin
seaver, Of our village.
AT recent accounts Miss Tmma +.
Adams was with her brother, WILDER
Adams in Tacoma, Wash.
Mrs. James NJ, Hopkins, nee Lucy,
daughter Of the late Calvin Flint, has
been in very poor health Of late.
Mrs. Julia Work Blanchard and
daughter, Nellie Of Barre City have been
recent guests Of Mrs, . N. seayer.
w. f. and Mrs Annie Schofeld Ram
dali have lately driven to st. Johnsbury
to visit Mr. Randall's invalid mother.
The new meat market Of ED Fl Martin
and Gene Ingalls,, in the basement Of The
Lynde block, was opened on Thursday,
Sept, 80.
Our town was quite well represented
at the recent state fair. and we hear only
golden opinions expressed BY our citizens
Of the fair.
Miss Florence NJ. Leighton Of New
Hampshire, the new principal Of onr
high school, seems to be giving marked
satisfaction as teacher
I
The Free Baptist church here has been
successful in raising money to make
some needed repairs on its Westinghouse,
four miles from our village.
r. w. Thurber has entered upon a
course Of study in South Lancaster,
Mass, to prepare himself for the minis
try, in the Second Advent denomina
ton.
Ed J Poor, one Of our largest cattle
raisers, has just sold 10 cows to 90 to
Connecticut, AS TO the price, we know
that he had refused $40 per head for
them
Miss Ella, daughter Of Mrs B. F, Sib-
ley and one Of our worthiest young Ia
dies, is about to 50 to Boston for the
HluNN " ktNAhi Ntht ttH WNfks 9At NAhf
be away for the coming winter.
Miss Elizabeth Lane daughter 81 Gil
bert Lane, has Just completed a visit
Of a few weeks here end is on her return
to Pasadena, Cal, where she lives, and
il employed as trained nurse
Mayo. son Of the late ] X. Lynde
who is in the sheep raising industry III
the far West has a Cock Of three thom
sand sheep under his care His mother
has planned to visit him this fall.
John NJ. Stone & Sons 81 the old
Judge Paine district, and leading farm
ers here, are putting up d fine large
barn to take the place Of the one de-
stroyed by fire year or two ago.
Alden Jewett. son.in-law 81 Hayden
Jetfords, Is about 10 begin bis first
housekeeping in Mrs. Henry Erskine's
house, at present occupied by Fred Poor.
Mr.. Jewett is the manager Of our village
creamery
George r Bosworth Of Berlin, once
resident here. has taken many fine pho.
tographic views OF our town In the past
He told US here, this week, that i'll this
year Of 1909 he had made some eleven
to twelve thousand postal card pictures.
Our esteemed Belgian townsman, TIE
odore Alexander, seems 10 have a gift
for raising large quantities Of excellent
potatoes This year he tells Us he may
have 800 bushels Of them His farm
is near the southern limit of the town
Our new townsman, A. n. Fellows.
tells us that he was at one time
resident Of the same street or avenue
in Brooklyn, M ", on which the north
pole explorer, Dr. Frederick A. Cook
lives, and the Doctors face was a famil
lar one to him.
Charles r. Benedict has been very
poorly in health for some months. with
heart and other troubles, and is not able
To be up at all now. His two daughters
Mrs Ella Griffin aud Mrs Susie Erskine
Of Whittier. Cal, have been with him for
few months past
Our ex-townsman, Return s. Davis,
and son, Harold, now Of North Danville
were to sell at auction on Sept. 30 their
liAEH farms IA AtV GitEos ~ t1WNs In
tons Of hay horses, farming tools, etc
They had arranged to move to North
Carolina, the last we knew
If one had been told some years ago
that at the present time $50 to 200
copies Of q single daily paper in this
instance the Barre Daily Times, rs told
us would be taken BY our citizens, it
would have been surprising We recall
easily when only two or three daily
tBostonl papers were taken here
Work on the repairs Of our Methodist
church has gone on much to the salts
faction Of pastor Roberts, and ii the
new pews and memorial windows are
soon forthcoming, the house viii b
ready for occupancy ere long, The audi
enee room Of the church promises to be
very attractive.
Mr. and Mrs Erwin n, Martin have
just returned from i few weeks at Old
Orchard Beach. Me. Their son. Rev.
Jesse A Martin, who has been a Meth
odist minister in that state for mum,
Der Of years. has now gone Ia Connect
cut to preach. His post office address
is Rockville, Conn.
The Ladies' Home Study club willl
have its first meeting Of the season on
Saturday afternoon of this week Oct. 2, |
with Miss Myrtle Seayer The program
of the meeting Is, quotations froia
George Eliot; England, chapter / 4:
George Eliot, character sketch. by Mrs.
Anne Martin Wilber Ten questions on
Shannrnnk land This clmh iisas lie Rn,.