Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-17

for the purpose OF general taxation S3, 724 9S, or
"a, ss less than last year The personal estate is
about 100000 less. a large portion Of which is
explainable by the withdrawal Of Mr. Langdon' 8
personal property.
JOSIAH S HENDERSON, the former proprietor OF
the Jersey Queen that was sold to W. II. Darling
OF New York for 5000, now has herd Of fifty
three Jerseys Of the "Queen family on his Jer-
sey Queen Dairy Farm, some of which bid fair to
equal, II not exceed, that famous COW.
THE second annual grand exhibition fair of the
New England Manufacturers and Mechanics Tnsti-
tute will be held in Boston, commencing Septem-
Der @ and continuing until November 1. Appli-
cations for space can be made now The exhibit
ton building Of this society is the largest in the
United States and Its fair last fall was grand
attraction for the country at large.
THERE is great complaint, and there appears to
be reason for it, by people living on Seminary
Hill and in the Liberty street neighborhood, OF
ball playing in that vicinity on Sunday. Games
OF ball have been played there for three consecu-
tive Sundays. There is a law forbidding such
things, and we are assured that it will be enforced
unless the practice Immediately ceases
THE report OF the proceedings with the poems
and addresses at the centennial anniversary Of
the State Of Vermont and Of the Battle Of Ben
nington August 10Th and 10th, 1877, is published
and the pamphlets are on sale at Phinney's Its
pages are adorned with fine portraits of person.
ages linked with the early history of the state,
and also of those who participated in the anniver-
sary exercises.
TUESDAY morning Mrs Edith stearns of Bethel,
,..stt 40 k,-
hanging She was mother to Charles Stearns,
station agent who hung himself last September.
She got up from her bed and went into closet
adjoining her room, without dressing herself,
threw skein of yarn over the door, put her head
in the other end and stranged herself She had
for a long time been partially deranged at times.
BosroN Journal item: "a man up at Island
Pond the other night disposed Of the following
provisions by actual count, weight or measure
ment, viz: Fifty-four crackers, two and a half
pounds of cheese, two pounds Of ham, one quart
of raw oysters, two quarts OF cider, one quart Of
water, and for dessert two-ounce bottle of
tor oil So says a Portland drummer who saw
the feat" Yes, and when he says so he lies like
Portland drummer.
WHY do not people obey the unwritten law
or statute law, for aught we knOw,-and turn
to the right when one team meets another There
have been numerous smash-ups in the vicinity OF
this office, and in nearly every case they were
caused by neglect of this precaution. Only last
week bad accident was barely averted on the
spot we speak Of by good management by man
who had wel-trained horse. The street is
broad, with ample room for three teams to pass
abreast, yet people will act upon the Dutchman' S
principle of taking his half of the bed out of the
middle.
CAMILLA URso, the distinguished violinist,
Helen Potter, the eminent reader and impersona
tor, Miss Marguerite Hall, a talanted soprano,
and August sauret pianist, is a combination OF
talent and accomplishments that should fill Cap
ital Hall These artists are booked for this viii
lage Monday evening, May Doth. Madame Ursc
and Miss Potter are well-known here and each
! is pre-eminent in her profession. Miss Hall is a
daughter of d c, Hall of Boston, leader Of the
famous Halls band. She is delightful singer
and all in all an evening of rich and varied enter.
| tainment is assured
FROM the Fairbury, Illinois, Independent Bad,
we gather particulars of pleasant social event il
which the principal actors were Vermonters, Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Tewksbury, natives of Waits
field in this county. 1t was the golden ami
versary day OF their wedding May 3d. They
passed thirtyeght Of the fifty years in Waitsfield
where six children were born to them three o.
whom are living, They are now living in Fair
bury with their son and daughter. Many pres
ents we're made and letters from distant friend
read, one of them from two Waitsfeld boys doinl
business in Minneapolis. The Forrest corne
band gave a delightful serenade, and the only
drawback to the pleasure of the occasion was thu
thought OF the absent daughter, Mrs NJ. II
Spear of Minneapolis, watching by the bedside o
her sniff erinp child