Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-08
Waterbury Items.


Rev. II. s. Wheeler and wife were the CRATE
ful REGIMENTS. ON Friday Of last week. Of
very skifuly executed crayon portrait of the late
President Garfield. The picture is by Howard g.
Arms formerly Of this village now Of Bristol,
Connecticut, and is the gift Of the Arms family,
as a token OF their regard" To the presenta-
ton card are appended the names of Mother
Arms, c. N. Arms Geo. G. Arms, Mrs. Philo Arms
and Mrs Mary L. Wells. Rev. S. H. Church
Of the Center exchanged with the Rev. Mr..
Wheeler last Sabbath. Frank Il. Ormsby died
Thursday, the ID instant, at the age Of ffty-nine,
and his funeral was attended Saturday, Rev. W.
J. johnson officiating. Mr.. Ormsby had been
prominent citizen in the town lie was elected
to the legislature for the years 1901. Other
town offices were repeatedly conferred upon him,
nil of which he declined. His health had been
very delicate for many wears. and during the last
two mr. three wars in narticular he has seldom
been seen in nublic lie was a man of unusual
iptellioence and ability and had he been blest
with vigorous health he would have been an ac-
tive narticinant in the nublc affairs of the town
Hannah Heath wife of r. s Rates. died jan
nary 3ist. in the eiRhty-second wear Of her age.
Mr. Rates was stricken with paralysis several
weeks AGO and the misfortune TO her aged part
ner undoubtedly aggravated seated malady and
has,ened bar death liar funeral yyas attended
bv Rev w I Iohnson and +. s. Wheeler. A,
"a Remipe,ton was taken voIentlv sick Wednes-
dav of last weel. with n animal difficultv. black
vail tod IN tho be ,snob Thursdav. To mufIle the
hall Inv an aged relative unfamiliar with the sig
ni6cance NJ this sablc sion. WAS the inviting
cause NJ n shock IN the neiqbbors. but IL was
sneedilv removed and the anprehension II ex-
cited disnelIed At last accounts Mr.. Remington
vas imnroviug Marion f. Scott. n Young
daushter of n Il Scott. broke the ulna of her
rirht arm inst above the wrist. Friday. She was
aiding down the hill on the southerly side of the
railroad bridge and while turnnp into the ward
of Mr.. Bates her sled was overturned. Putting
ont her arm to save herself from upsettng she
received the injury described above. The patient
is doing well. and will doubtless come out all
right. The Winooski lodge Of masons propose
To have n SIMMER and social time at the Water
bury hotel week after next, precise date to be
fixed. The brethren of the mystic tie" from
the surrounding towns will be invited to the fes-
tive occasion. a.. Damon Latouche maintains that
during the recent fearful sickness In his family he
passed thirty-six consecutive nights and days
without sleep. The mans wife, 1t will be remem-
bered fell an early victim to the disease, diph-
iberia. and left the father and a son sole nurses
of five children. all suffering from the disease in
n malignant form. The father was certainly
most faithful in his ministrations to his mother
less children. and deserves honorable mention for
His constancv and fortitude, ais this the best
wa,erburv can do for n school-house?" "Why,
eitber Warren. Moretown or Waitsfield have a
much better one" "I should think Waterbury
wopld be ashamed Of such a school-house" "I
dec,are don't wonder thew call IL The Tombs -
| These and similar COMPLIMENTARY illusions to the
v;lIage tenne of learning we're overheard among
| tho ,oocbars and otbers assembled on the confines
Of the graveyard Saturday And still some peo-
nla think d" Il bnrts the town to saw ANYTHING
about the school ar sohool.house. The facts. not
tho nuhlisbino them ia what "hurts" Mr. D,rtt
o,,;don,i,, had onr school facilities in mind in n
,,,r,ion ~ his ror,orls SATURDAY. evening and
,roror,,, o,nors in tho yage will do we'll 10 nom
a.. ,rha, ,ho .,ote sunerntendent said
-. .l,o g. Qualities 81 n Good school
A cate and coffee socable will he held by
a., Cauaro,,at;ona, ,ad,oo oid sociotv at Mrs s
II whoolor,s wadnesdav avenipg the 18th inst
M. =, .,is .oo,o,,, na,,or {, do tb;nos ~,
| hal,.oa aud M ara xr ha M farpN ahout
,h,. soo,oh,o I'm, a ,ocd souare nrovision for the
oa,,,or, =, tha innor nan woman and child ant
tha h,ahor dolioh,s Of a social character "tari1
;, nil, ho leviod and this ia alwav
no;;o0 l., sooia,v n NO, in no,i,ics
rha oo,o,,,na,,on ,ocL NJ Arms g. Uaines, saf
&c wen, bacl, =" on them one dav last week. refus
;,,, -, ros,,rra ,, ,ho rsnoI domands N oman nm
o,nco ,yhor tho f;rn, has heen obliged tn do bnsi
ross vi,bont mos, NJ THAR hooks those articles a.
imnortant IN a welI-reguated business house, be
inc hack NJ that refractory lock ON Monday re-
lief was exnected from the makers of the safe
doing business IN New York Fred II. Stone
who soma yeel,a s,nce received an iniurv tn a,
ave while cbinping granite in Jac,man & Co. ;
morh,o uorLs was tor,urate In having n nolic,
In ,ba rrni,ad s,otoa r,r,rai accidant association
~ Nov, VII ana has mat drawn ebou. s25
E,od r craves ,vho since the fall Of 1879 ba
I,oon s,onn,r. in Korsas ia home on visit To hi
ro,a,ivas bara mora narticularlv on account n