The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-14
WILLIAMSBURG.

( Mr.. and Mrs. w. n McEnany returned
from st. Adams Wednesday
1 Fred Folsom is better Of his late i'll
ness and able to work again.
Martin Fogg viii taken Warren vii.
fore's vacant place at the Edison livery
stable.
Warren, son OF Allie Wilfore, went
to Broekton, Mass, on Thursday to work
In store
The last census showed our population
to be l,726, a gain of ll6 over the pre-
yious census.
Harry, son Of the late Ryland J. Seav.
er, and resident Of Boston, is visiting
relatives here
Mrs AFRO A. Reed, wife of our repre-.
sentative, was at the governors recep.
ton the other evening.
Miss Kate Carlin has been spelling
Miss Fern Reeor, assistant postmaster.
this week in the post Office.
Capt. A. S. Cowles of the Gulf house
is taking the R. f. d. route No. 2. while
Charles Sivright Is yaeationizing.
We are told that Horace NJ. Farnham
has sold his house in the northeast quar-.
ter Of our village to Mr. Eastman of
Barre.
Rol Moulton was in town Thursday.
Ele will move his ssw- mill to the old
Thomas G. Waldo place, to saw for Har.
ry Daniels
Mrs. Barnet Goodrich is said TO be
very sick with typhoid fever, at her
home near Denver, Col. Her sister, Mrs.
Barna D. Flint, is nursing her.
One day this week was the I'D birth.
day of our old townsman, Danforth
Work, a brother Of the late Lyman A.
Work, and resident OF Neponset III
We send him birthday greetings galore
On Tuesday last Mrs. Oliver w. Dick.
nson served her annual boiled dinner
10 the M. f. Ladies' Home Missionary
society, that met at her house We
think 1t is always very pleasant occa-
zion for the society,
Bert, son of the late Gurdon Martin.
md in charge OF the central telephone
,tfce Of the Peoples line, has recently
lad fine little vacation on the farm
If his uncle, Charles L. Hayward, and
.omes home refreshed for work.
The Methodist ladies will have their
Innual fair and chicken.pie supper on
Thursday and Friday of next week. Oct /
% and 2l, at the grange hall. The sup /
,er will be served on Thursday even 4
ng, and on Friday evening there will
'e a musical entertainment.
Mrs. Joseph Sanders and Horace f.
White, up in the 90's Of age, sought for
Justice before our town clerk and Justice
# the peace, H. S. Baker, a few DAYS
go, as they had failed to agree on price /,
# work done by Mrs. Sanders for Mr.. 4
White. Mrs. Sanders had offered to set. /
lie, 1t is said, for s4s. She was given
90 in court and had to pay half OF a
MI of costs that was S4 total.
Newell r. Farnham has sold his farm.
he old-time Amasa Worthington and
,ter the Clark w. Farnham farm, to
lurdo Mcleod. Mr.. Farnham tells us
hat his grandfather, on his mothers
ide, Amasa Worthington, and his wife
anne here to this farm In an early day. /
n horseback, from Connecticut. Their
oplar riding sticks were stuck in the
round after reaching here and grew into
he Lombardy poplars, we think vet to
e seen, near the dwelling house. "Unole
masa' Worthington, as he was famil-
Irly called, was a pioneer in Method
m here. and If the full history OF his
ONE could be written now we think
would abundantly show how he made :
tell in various ways for the further
nee Of Methodism here. We think the
ell-known eampmeetings here Of 80 :
Ears ago were held on his farm. Clark
Z. Farnham, the second owner Of the Z
ace. married a daughter of Mr.. Worth.
gton, and the late Robert Seaver mar 4
ed another daughter A lady member :
the Methodist church here tells us
at as a girl she remembers Mr.. Worth. Z
gton wen, Her fathers pew in the old
ureh at the south end Of the village
Joined Mr., Worthington's pew. and
culiarity he had was that he had
N driven into his pew. on which he z
ways hung his hat az the church serv-
=. No wonder that Newell r. Farnham I
md Il hard TO sell the old farm. on
lieh both he and his mother were born.
d the home Of three generations OF
e family.