The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-19
Waterbury.

MIR EDWARD SHEPLE has received the pipe
for his new aqueduct.
Mr.. DUMAS has leased the woodshop at Col
byvile and 1t is expected that some work will
be done there.
REV. S. II. WHEELER will return from his
vacation this week and services will be held in
the Congregational church next Sunday.
JAMES A. BURLEIGH, wife and daughter re-
turned from their visit at Minneapolis Satur-
day night. Mr.. Burleigh speaks in glowing
terms of the fair appearance and the present
and future prospects of the flour city.
ARMIES & HArNEs recently received cargo
of hundred thousand axehelves and they
were disposed of about as soon as received.
Apparently the sound of the woodman's axe
will be heard in the forests this fall and winter.
THOMAS CASEY was driving young horse
over the dry bridge on Stowe street Sunday,
when the animal became frightened backed
and tipped the occupants out. No serious in
jury was done. broken thill was the extent
OF the damage
REV. JOSEPH L. SMITH, colored preacher
OF Chattanooga, addressed Waterbury con-
gregation at the Methodist church Sunday
morning. His discourse related to the educa-
ton of the freedmen and was listened to with
interest Mr.. Smith Is well educated and an
intelligent gentleman and created favorable
impression.
J. d. ANDREWS has raised on exactly two
bushels of sound wheat. How is that for YER
mont? Will Mr.. Andrews make statement
of the manner in which the soil was prepared,
character of soil, expense in labor and fertil-
izers, etc. This would be interesting and of
practical value to his brother farmers
c. f. RICHARDSON has just put in one of
Smith e. Anthony's wrought iron furnaces for
heating his house. A. j. Brown and M. o.
Evans propose to warm up by the same means.
The new boarding house at the Center also has
one of these furnaces, all of which have been
or will be furnished by G. d. Robinson Good
satisfaction is reported as far as trial has been
made.
OUR hardware dealers are pushing young
men and evidently do not intend to have the
community suffer from cold. G. o. Graves has
put a dozen box stoves into the school building
at the Center and has just fitted his store with
Ruby furnace large enough to warm the
whole building Furnaces OF this kind were
put into the houses of a number of the viii
layers, including Mr.. Luther Davis DR.. James
and Ed Farrar, and also into the Mill village
school-house last year with favorable results.
AN exciting game Of base ball was played on
the common Saturday afternoon between a
youngster nine of the Street and nine from
the Center. The latter were the seniors of
their challengers and the game was watched
with good deal Of interest. The BOYS led
the Center youths by long score till toward
the end when the kids" began to Quicker"
WHINING tne game, uOWeVer, Dy score OF
fifty-seven to forty-nine. Birnie Fullerton
made catch that greatly surprised him and
was loudly cheered by the spectators
ELMER CoFFRIN was badly under the influ-
ence of liquor Sunday afternoon and outraged
humanity and decency by lashing a horse
through the streets Officer Bates rescued the
team, which was one of Keene's, from its bru-
tai driver and after some difficulty placed him
under arrest He was brought before Justice
Lease Monday morning and subjected to the
usual fine and costs He said he received his
liquor by express from Boston at Rideys sta
ton. He was released subject to re-arrest, IL
inquiry proved that his story was not true.
THREE fellows of the baser sort, whose names
are not remembered, came down from Mont
pelier Friday night, it is alleged by one Rey-
nolds who lives near the railway station, and
had carousal at his house. They induced
his wife to drink the bad whiskey they got at
the capital and when Reynolds protested his
inebriated spouse requested one of her fellow
jewellers to "slap" her leige lords mouth. -
To these doings Reynolds very properly OBJ
| jected and wants the town grand juror to in
vestigate and to prosecute the disturbers of his
| domestic peace.