The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-11-28
Current Mention.

OUR premium announcement Is crowded out
this week, but the offers still remain good.
GooD hard wood four feet in length, is
wanted at this office in payment for subscrip-
tions
A LIMITED quantity Of fruit and vegetables
Of good quality will be taken on subscriptions
at this office.
CLAIMS against the St. Albans trust company |
to the number Of nearly five hundred still re-
main improved
CONSIDERABLE correspondence has neces-
sarily been condensed and much entirely
omitted this week for lack Of space.
EVERY subscriber who does not now have
GOOD Cheer, should read the notice headed.
"Change Of time" in the first column on this
page.
THE court Of chancery has given orders to
s. M. Gleason, Esq, the receiver OF the Ely
mines, to smelt out what ore there Is on hand,
and the furnaces will be put in order for work
at once.
THE Union says that the Caledonidn just
"bearly" escaped being an interesting paper
last week. We fear there may be jealous
Ie6lnR OTuW UetWeen thoeo uiepth thsofo VI
mental pabulum.
THE following epitaph is found on a grave
stone near Rutland
Here lies Darius, who died OF late,
His spirit few straight to heavens gate,
There Gabriel met him with club,
And beat him back to Belzebub.
ELEVEN persons showed their good judg-
ment by subscribing for THE WAToHhAN Mon
day, and our confidence in the ability Of man
kind to appreciate good thing is being daily
strengthened by liberal additions to our list.
Keep right on doing 30, friends.
ONE of our lady readers sent for some extra
copies of last weeks WAToHMAN on account of
that story headed, Honest for q Day." with
the remark that she tried the same thing once
| with even worse results than were set forth in
our columns. Truth is often stranger than
| fiction.
WATcHMAN: "Good hard wood, four feet in
length, is wanted at this Office in payment for
subscriptions. Don't you want some dried
apples7-Clipper. Yes, we will take even dried
apples, If you are ready to square up the bal
ance due THE WAToHMAN for exchanging with
| the Clipper.
COMPANY has been organized for the pub
lication of the Rutland Repiew, under the name
Of "The Review Company" The articles Of
incorporation are dated November 1ah and
were filed November 21st, with the following
corporators: Charles Sheldon, B. W. Mar
shall, II. W. Love, Jewett P. Cain. The name
of Charles Sheldon would seem to be guar
anty of financial backing.
In Tight Fix" among the selected arti-
cles in this WATCHMAN, will interest the boys
and girls and ''the children of larger growth -
too. "The Lost Manuscript" and indeed
everything in the departments of selected liter
instructive. Do not omit the pages on which
these things are found. They are q very es-
sential part Of good family paper, for old and
young, and the object of particular pains.
THE Reformer comes to the front with the
following retort at the expense of our neighboI
around the corner: 1.-THE Argus attempts to
be facetious in calling attention to an item in
the Reformer of November g. relative to the
bar association meeting October 1925 1t adds
1t is rearly amusing Rearly is good. We
presume the argus means by this as seer
from the rear AS long as the argus keeps in
the rear of the Reformer, this journal will find
no fault with its prospect from that quarter
however amusing it may be-"
A MONTREAL dispatch says that Sheriff
Quesnel of Arthabaska seized the whole of thu
South Eastern railway Thursday, but com
promise was made regarding the movabes
The seizure was for claim Of $4,000 by tht
township OF Wickham. The sheriff has for
warded to the official Gazette notice of sale fo
January 28th. Ex-Governor Hendee of Yer
mont receiver of the bank, is now in Montrea
endeavoring to arrange Mr. Barlow's affairs il
regard to the South Eastern road, which arr
daily becoming more complicated.
Mrs. POLLY BOLTON, a lady eighty-nin'
years Of age living alone in her house in the
village of Snowsville, In the town of Braintree
was burned to death and the house and con
tents entirely consumed Saturday night Just
before twelve o clock. The fire, 1t is supposed
, caught from chimney, which burned ou
early In the evening. When the fire was fir
discovered 1t was 30 far advanced that entr,
to the old ladys room was not possible. Sh,
! was probably suffocated by the smoke. ant
charred portions of her remains were found II
the cellar.
MONDAY evening the heavens to the north O
this village were brilliantly lighted by a fir
which occurred on the old county road in Eas
> Montpelier. The buildings burned were owned
; by Horace o. Stewart and comprised house
> shed, barn and some small out-buildings Mr.
Stewart did not occupy the place, but was a
work there in the early part Of the evening an,
had gone to the barn with tubular lantern
but had not been near the place at which tn
flames broke out; and, there being no defec
3 In the lantern. 1t Is believed that the fire wa
the work of an incendary. Five head of cat
4 tie perished In the flames. Several wagon
and seds, and some farming implements wer
, also destroyed.
THERE will be hearing before Judge Royc
at st Albans, December 7th, on petition o
the Central Vermont and the Consolidate,
company, that the Central Vermont railroa,
company may be discharged as receivers an,
. managers 80 far as the possession and manage
. ment Of said roads are concerned, on sucl
terms aud conditions as the court may pre-