Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-03-20

pr3ssion OF hi, face when she read to him,
which were his favorite Psalms and passages
of Scripture; to the very last she thought
him perfectly conscious of every thing that
was going around him. Was not that a com
fort for the poor mother; Blessed are the
dead who die in the Lord
"Tamoai io her Son. The sword ordered
by tho Legislature at It's last regular session,
Go be presented TO Capt ii. b SAWYER, t. S.
~, for his services and good conduct on board
Che Z. S. Frigatc Constitution at the capture
of the Cyanc & Levant, in 1910. has been re-
ccivcd i'm town, and is placed for public in
spection at the Store of Messrs. Brinsmaid q
Hildretn, Bank Block IL is a very beautiful
weapon. The blade Is richly ornamented
with appropriate emblems and arabesque
tracery. Tho hilt is of gold, mother of pearl
and silver gilt, bearing ON the guard the arms
of Vermont Tho scabbard is of silver heav-
lily gilt. Its ornaments are an anchor in bold
relief, representation Of the sea fight of the
three ships in die work; liberty cap and rich
scroll work. 1t bears the inscription
Vermont to her Son
Horace b. SAWYER, u. S. NAVY,
Constitution, Cyane y Levant.
20th Feb. 1915.
The sword is the workmanship Of the Ames'
Manufacturing Company. of Chicopee, Mass,
and cost with case aud belt complete, $3.50.
1t will remain for several .-Bmijngton
Free Press.
Fre.--At half past eleven o'clock. last
night the wood shed of the Railroad Compa-
ny, directly south of the station House, was
discovered 10 be ON fire The wind was blow
ing strongly from the south, and the live Gin
ders were blown through the village, among
the houses, distance of more than one hun
dred rods The house of Mr.. Nathan Wood
took fire. but it was extinguished before dam
age ensued. The wood-shed was filled with
wood. The fire took from a steam engine
used for saving wood, and this. together with
other property, was ruined in the fire. Dam
age about five hundred lEddioJury
Register.
Tie HaiHe Lawm Forfar.-Mr j. Brown
keeper of the hollow hotel in this village
was dealt with to-day for violating the liquor
law; fines and cost amounting to Sl40 lack
ing few cents, were imposed upon him
The Stato's attorney was on hand. This must
cut down the profits somewhat.-S Albans
Messenger,
20 Near Troy, Bradford County, Pa, a
woman annoyed by the mysterious disappear
ance Of her butter worked strychnine into it,
A few days after, two children of a boarding
house keeper fell suddenly i'll and died, and
several of the boarders were, at last accounts,
in extreme danger. The woman was immedi-
ately arrested and placed in Towanda Jail.
Bat the clearinghouse keeper: is he in
Jail, too
The ladies of Batavia, Michigan, offered to
board, wash and clotho young man, and
supply him with pocket money, if he would
give mp the sale Of liquor; but he was deaf
to their entreates, and they thereupon at
tackled his rum casks with augers and axes,
and his stock in trade quickly vanished. He
replenished his stores when the operation
was repeated, with the intimation that third
offence would enttle him to a ride on a rail.
The Rhode Island House of Representa-
tives has passed an act declaring all places
where liquor is illegally sold, as well as hous-
es used for other immoral purposes, common
nuisances, and subiocting the owners of such
houses to severe penalties.
The Lowell police are now notifying the
owners OF buildings where Intoxicating liq-
uors are sold in the city to step the same
Thore is penalty of $1,000 for letting build
ings for this puprose.
On Thursday of woel before last. the large
building on the north side Of the river, above
the bridge, at Winooski Falls, VT. occupied
by Edwards. Chase a. Cole as a machine
shop, sash factory, &c, was consumed by fire.
Whole loss about $4,000
A boy in Rochester fell into mill race,
and was sucked under an arch hundred feet
long and some feet under the surface of the
water. lie boiled up to surface at the other
end, caught hold Of post, and was rescued
all right,
A proposition is agitated in Washington
which has for IFS end the policy of removing
all the lndian tribcs except those located im-
mediatcly on the Arkansas and Texas bor-
ders, to Western Minnesota, and there pro-
viding for them permanent homes,
Last week a pine log weighing fourteen tons
was drawn from Bethlehem, n. H.. TO Little
ton depot. from whence it was forwarded to
Clifford IL was a great event for lumber
men.
Estes Newhall distinguished member Of
the Society of Friends died at his residence
in Lynn Mass, on Saturday morning, at the
advanced age of eighty-seven years.
The editor in chief of the London Times Is
said to have the same salary as the President
of the United States-s25,000.