Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-12
Wafrhiman & Journal
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY -, 1881.
Current Mention.


O. +. DUDLEY holds his sngng-school in the
town hall In Barre every Thursday evening.
THE Vermont State spiritualist Association will
hold It's quarterly convention In Rutland the Dist
22d and sd instants
COLONEL CHARLES II. LEwIs OF Boston has ar
ranged TO pay the salaries OF at least six profess
sors, endow scholarships and erect new buildings
for Lewis college at Mortified
p p p,rxts. trustee offers IN, sa,s hy auc,,on
,ho &c ola t1arrov farr, :, 4, ros, u,.,,a,,or and
the personal property thereon, Thursday January
9th, 1881. See advertisement
How uu,vnu,, -, pon,i,r.,, una cbosen
vice-nresden, for vermon, a, Tho animal meet
inc ~ tho Now F,c,and tIis,o,icai and Genealoe-
ical socie,v bs,d in pos,on lac, wednesday
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woo,.,aa,. ,,'a ,,,ird yodnosday md rburs-
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lHE laules Oh bethahy society Will holu AN an
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The item IN last weeks paper In regard to
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Island Pond Is incorrect, No such verdict was
o'o' ion.eo" "s"'"'s VIC ''' ,'"N, i"' "o
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IHE recently reported poisoning case at BRAIN
tree proves not 10 nave Deen SO very serious AFTER
AL Apackage oil paris green was leit on one oil
the beams AT the barn ana was accidentally scat
tered over the nay, MT fratt being entirely IN
nocent'
HE vermont state foultry Associauon Will
hoid their third annual exhibition at town nall,
hutiann, FEBRUARY ist "a, 81 ana ATM open DAY
anu evening" Liberal premiums are onereo ana
tne nst OF specials Is very large. SEND TO Y. Z.
fierce, secretary, RUTLAND Tor premium list and
entry blanks.
THE COngregdtiondiist, noticed on the first page
with such contributors as Professor Austin Phelps,
Rose Terry COOKE. susan Coolidge PRESIDENT
BARTLETT Marion Harand, Kew L. w. Bacon,
MARY Ciemmer' and others, cannot tail to be en-
Joyed In the family We cordially commend it
to our readers
THE annual meeting of the Mad River Valley
Agricultural society," for the election of officers and
the transaction OF any other business which may
properly come before the meeting, is adjourned to
the hotel hall in Waitsheld on Saturday. the 22d
inst, at one O'Clock p NJ All are cordially in
vited TO attend.
AMONG the articles injured by the fire in the
Willard residence was the original manuscript of
the revision OF the laws of the state in Mr. Will
ards handwriting. These papers were stored in
the celar ana were injured somewhat by fire but
Principally by water They are of value chiefly
Tor the purpose oil reference
THE morning express from Boston January
9th, was several hours late. The delay was the
result of an accident on the Sullivan road. The
train was running on a side track at South
Charlestown, N. H., when it was thrown from the
track by a broken rail. The low rate of speed
prevented serious accident.
Mrs MARY E. PURPLE will give public enter
tainment of dramatic and miscellaneous readings
at the chapel in berlin Corner next Tuesday even
ing, the 18th instant for the benefit of the Meth
odist society Good music will be furnished and
refreshments served. Doors open at six o'clock
Reading to commence at seven o'clock
BF. BuxroN NJ Broolfie,d having ;rron.oa
A yery useful boot drier and des;,ing 70 doro,o
his whole attention to the sale of this article
offers for sale his real estate in Brookfeld con-
sisting Of saw and grist mills, dwelling house
with barn and garden. Particular attention is
called to his advertisements in another column.
IT ought to be generally known that any kind
of wheat flour is almost the best article to throw
over fire caused by the SHILLING of kerosene. II
ought to be known, because flour is ALWAYS within
convenient reach, and often valuable articles Of
clothing. blankets. etc are DESTROYED in extin.
gushing such fires Ashes and sand are eoualv
as good.
Someone who has been fipuring II nm saws that in
the latest American biographical dictionary there
are CLOS names of prominent men of the United
States; 149 are from Rhode Island: Vermont has
1874, New Hampshire 273 Maine 1877. Connecticut
5l5, while Massachusetts has $50 New Eng
land thus boasts of ,OO7 of the G 600 eminent men
OF the country.
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cord Naw uamnsbiro ,,hioh ,,i,, ,,Ia,, =. ~.
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