Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-05-04

ecuted picture. Mr.. Wallace has been with this
house for several years, aud from our knowledge
Of their work we conscientiously commend IL to
parties desiring pictures.
II. S. LOOMS has long held front rank among
the dry goods merchants OF this village. and he
shows no disposition to yield this honorary rank
to his numerous competitors. The old store on
North Main street is again filled with a rare as
sortment OF seasonable wares, and, as usual, is
visited and patronized by customers with an as
surance which time and expert nee has rpened
into an abiding faith In the orthodoxy Of Mr..
Loomis' taste and judgment His advertisement,
in another column, enumerates the leading at
fractions in his line OF goods.
THE Dartmouth Glee Club, consisting OF Messrs.
W. A. Bartlett, Benjamin Tenney, A. +. Rice and
H. L. Luques will give their long deferred concert
in Capital hall, Thursday evening, May 9th. An
exchange says Of this club. 1.-THE voices OF the
quartette blend tremendously and their selections
are pleasing and well rendered. The solo, The
Distant Shore" sung by Mr. Bartlett, first tenor,
one OF the best numbers on the programme. Col
lege singing IL always unique, and has In II the
ring Of the rollicting life of college students.
Give the quartette generous welcome and take
an evening Of rare musical enjoyment.
JUST before six o clock last Thursday afternoon
Fred Bailey, who works for the Edward Perrin es-
tate, was sitting with his child in team belong
ing to the estate, when the Wells River mail train
came in. The horse became frightened and with
one leap detached himself from the wagon, break
ing the thls and overturning 1t, Bailey and child
underneath. Neither was hurt much, but the
horse ran down the track, across the bridge and
fell from the west end about fifteen feet When
found he was securely wedged between the wall
and post. lie was with difficulty extricated with
no other injury than a bad cut on his tail.
ONE OF those events which tend to smooth the
pathway of life recently occurred in Cabot. Many
OF the townspeople OF Mr.. A. NJ. Foster, who has
justly acquired the reputation of being one OF the
leading farmers of the state paid him visit Ia
complete surprise to HIM upon the occasion Of
the thrtieth anniversary OF his marriage. He
and his estimable wife entertained their guests
right royalty, showing his broad and well-tilled
acres, his convenient barns, the place where he
makes the sugar which has more than a local
reputation and finally welcoming them to his
Widespread board. He desires us to express the
thanks which he fears he, in his surprise, neg
lected to do
THE Messenger seems to be badly befogged
Judging from such items as this " Town CLERK
Russell of North Hero claimed that the list should
be deposited in his office, but one Of the listers
wrote to Secretary Nichols and he said 1t was moi
| necessary It seems that in Washington county
the lists are being kept generally by the listers
who do not put them on exhibition in the town
clerks office" On the contrary, the listers o.
II.
office, as is now and always has been required by
law, but the Inventories are not filed, for the sufii
cient reason that the law does not require it ant
| ought not to require it. We don't believe DR.
Nichols ever said that the lists not to be filed
IT appears that the Arab and whirling dervisl
business has been used as means of filling the
| depleted treasury OF some OF the churches, ant
the Bellows Falls Times says Certainly tn,
Redpath Lyceum Bureau is doing noble servic,
to our country in placing this Arabic troupe be
| fore the public Surely they ought to be warml,
welcomed and patronized by all Christian people.
1t appears to us, however, that it is about tint
for the churches to put it under the ban, as lot
teries, fish ponds and grab bags have been. Tn,
company recently spent Sunday in Ludlow ant
| amused themselves with playing leap frog, ant
| otHct Bhmcs requiring dpHlty, Ou tno aWu utdT
public house when the street was full Of people
returning from church.
THE attendance at town meeting yesterday wa
very small and business was dispatched in very
| short time. The seectmen recommended that
town tax Of forty cents the dollar of the grant
list be raised payable to the town treasurer by tn
collector on or before July LIST. This was voted
and also that a discount of three per cent be al
lowed to the taxpayer, provided he pays his ta
on or before June 10Th. Ahighway tax Of twent
| cents was voted The grand list of the town
not quite completed, but the listers estimate it Il
| round numbers at s37, 900 against s11 900
year ago, that the forty cents voted will rails
about the same amount OF money that one hun
| dred and thirty-four cents would on last year
list The aggregate of taxes of all kinds will no
exceed, and probably will not equal, one hundred
and forty cents, the town tax one year ago.
very gratifying state Of affairs, especially to til
poor men who have been disproportionately bur
dened heretofore.
| WITH sad frequency these columns have re
counted the story of an afiiiction as old as huma
| life, but as fresh and tragic still when it frs
| told the pangs of buried love. winsome child
as bright and laughing as the gladdest OF its ST.
sunny years was little Josephine Reed, the daugl
| ter of Mr. and Mrs j. NJ. Poland. Rising Frida
morning, the 22d ult., apparently in the full ilus
Of youthful health and spirits, she went out t
| play with her sister companion but soon returned
| saying she felt sick An examination reveale
the lurking presence of diphthera; medical ski
was powerless to loose the fangs Of the insidiou
disease and on Wednesday evening, the 9th
little Jodie's ewes were closed in their la ain IN