The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-24

ew cases remaining undecided, and to adjourn |
The only business of the session was the dispo-
,ition of two cases as follows: Martha L. Cald-
we'll Us. Don Carlo Caldwell, libel for divorce,
bill granted for intolerable severity, and the
of the wife broaght to the husband at
he time Of the marriage decreed TO the petit
tioner as alimony; exceptions by the petitionee;
decree stayed. State U.s. William Blood. This
was prosecution for the unlawful sale Of in
toxicating liquor under the prohibitory law
and appealed from the judgment Of justice
and entered In county court at the March term,
$780, Bail was fixed at 5000, and the same
was subsequently called and forfeited. The
question here was on motion TO chancer the
bonds, filed by the respondent. Motion denied.
The court adjourned sine die
BRADFORD is taking steps to stop the illegal
sale Of liquors. A letter signed by Ex-Governor
and Frost and thirty or forty Of the other promi-
nent citizens was presented to the two men
who were engaged in the business warning |
them kindly and firmly to desist from the lille |
gal traffic or be prepared to suffer the penalty |
Of the law. The delegation which called with |
the letter. which consisted Of the first three |
Of the above named gentlemen, was kindly re-
ceived, and one Of the men visited said he had |
already ceased to sell liquor and should sell no
more; and further that he was willing to have
his premises searched as often and as thor
oughly as they wished. The signers have
chosen committee of three who are author
lied to prosecute all violators Of the law II
every town in the state would adopt such de-
cided course, the sale of Intoxicating liquor
might be stopped almost instantly. The mat
ter is entirely and only in the hands OF the
people,
Mr.. T. W. WOODS name is a synonym for a
peculiar quality of excellence and cleverness in
matters of art. In none Of his late efforts
which have been seen in this village has his
genius for finished execution, for the success
full and happy handling Of subject, been more
strikingly displayed than in the portrait Of DR..
julius Y. Dewey, the founder and the old-time
president Of the National Life Insurance Com
pany. This superb picture has recently been
hung in the presidents room at the office
of the company. The attitude Of natural and
unconstrained ease, the striking features, the
clear and animated expression, are almost
lNiuB huu prohthinB ropEouuCtioh Vi tho uoo-
tor Smoothness without tameness, perfection
in finish and the entirely satisfied impression
produced by all the details Of color and ar
rangement, testify to the high artistic excel
lence of the picture. 1.-THE height of art is
to conceal art" and, in the fact that this
portrait shuts out everything but its subject,
Mr.. Woods brush stands the test Of highest
artistic achievement
wnL1AMsrowN contributes the following
through its regular correspondent: "It is in
no wise in competition with Miss Phelps Gates
Ajar that this truthful anecdote told us by
the Sunday-school teacher herself) is offered.
One of her little pupils. a girl Of a few sum-
mers, had pet pig that she was very fond OF.
One day as the teacher was passing the house
of her little scholar, she found her In the yard
crying bitterly over the death of her pig and
she at once Set to work to comfort the little
mourner as best she could. Finally, a gleam
Of hope shot into the young mind, the tears
ran less copiously, and the girl was able to
say, When get to heaven shall find my
little pig shan't l, teacher? % yes was the
reply, 1T will be there And shall know it
| just as quick as | see it, added the girl And
how will that be?' inquired her teacher. 20,
by its tall was the quick reply. And what
was there peculiar about its tail?' Why, IL
hasn't got any, and at this last explanation of
the comforted pupil, we suspect the mouth of
the teacher was more ajar than the gates
through which she had attempted to look
THE New York Sun recently printed an al
legged portrait of Holman of Indiana, whom il
processes greatly to admire and Is blooming "
for the presidency. Newspaper portraits at
their best are not apt to be extremely hsttering
and the natural beauty of the austere Sucker
was not enhanced by the Suns publication.
The Times funny man refers to 1t as q rancid
visage whose appearance strongly confirms the
charge that he carries two kinds of tobacco,
one for his own rumnation and one to feed to
Baptists" In the brief biographical sketch
with which the work of art was accompanied
the Sun remarked that its ideal candidate was
Of slight stature and weighs about one hun.
dred and forty pounds" Whereupon the Time,
humorist remarks: "The Sun has broken its
Holman boom right in two in the middle and
thrown away the pieces. Everybody knows
what the Sun means when it mentions the
weight Of a democratic candidate. 1t said Of
General Hancock that he was a good man
weighing two hundred and fifty pounds and
General Hancock's friends assert to this day
that their candidate was slain by that sarcastic
allusion to his weight. Now that the Sun hal
informed those persons who did not appreciate
the humor of its Holman boom, but actually
believed that the Sun was in earnest, that Hol
man is a good man and weighs about on,
hundred and forty pounds, no one can fail t
understand that our esteemed contemporary
has become tired of Its joke and is ready to turr
to fresh booms and candidates more or les,
green"
THR gold mines at Tyson Furnace are run
ming full head says the Woodstock Standard
and il we may judge from the outside they arr
doing good stroke of business. The mine 4
situated about three fourths of mile from th
old road on the east side Of the lower Plymouth
Pond, ON what is known as Buffalo brook
Gold has been found on this brook by differen
parties for quite number of years, which lei
to considerable prospecting for ore, and tn
: present company found what they call a ricl
vein about three years ago. They sank shat
r about twenty-five feet and ran drift from
, about five feet The ore vein here was abou
seven feet wide and was rich enough to pa