Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-01-03

button OF the sweets stop with them, II we may
Judge from appearances. The little people en-
joyed themselves heartily, and the elders were
pleased to see them happy, so it was good time
all around.
THE thirty-third annual meeting of the Ma
tioual Life Insurance company was holden at the
office of the company January LIST. The old
board of directors was reelected follows;
Messrs Paul Dillingham; Timothy p. Redfed
Charles Dewey, W. IL. H. Bingham, George W.
Reed, Dudley C. Denison, Frederick Billings, Ed
ward Dewey, James c. Houghton, Fred f. Smith,
Perley p. Pitkin, Charles T. Sabin and James T.
Phelps. At the meeting of the board OF directors
the following officers were unanimously reelected
Charles Dewey, president; Edward Dewey, vice.
president; George W Reed, secretary; John b.
Thurston, actuary, and Sumner Putnam, MD,
medical examiner. The summary of the years
business shows it to have been the most success
full year since the organization Of the company,
One thousand six hundred four policies were
issued in 1882, insurng 81 100 600 which is nearly
double the new business of the preceding year.
The whole number OF policies now in force in the
company exceeds $500, insuripg over $40, 800 900
THE following statistics OF fires in Montpelier
was compiled by Charles Def Bancroft, to
whom are indebted for copy for pubca-
ton No fire occurred in town in 1882. The
last fire in town that required the use of fire
engine was on the 9th of February, 1881, when
the old Marsh house on Main street was slightly
damaged. The entire fire department has not
been brought into use in town since the fire at
Mrs. c. W. Wizards, January $, 1881, and at the
cab shops on Berlin side one week later. An old
barn burned on Barre street April IL, 1881, and
| the Leland saughter-house on upper North street
| August H. 1881, but were consumed before assist
| ance could be given to extinguish them. During
the years of 1876, II, rs, 70, 80, 81 and 80
only nineteen fires have occurred in town, causing
| an aggregate loss of about S34 900 with an in
surance of about one-haf that amount. The
| burning of the court house May %, $780, covers
three-sevenths of the whole loss. During the
past ten years three years have elapsed in which
the town had no fires-in 1874 1877 and 1882.
IN EN- and Events of Half Century is the title
of very interesting book by Frederick T. Wallace
a former Waterbury boy, for many years promi
nent lawyer and citizen of Cleveland. Mr.. Wal
lace went from Waterbury to Massachusetts,, il
which state he lived several years and was for 8
| time member of the legislature of that common
/ WtdlLu lie subsequently UuONtu W ItNeldHut VI
which city he has long been resident. He is a
| public speaker whose felicity of address has fire.
| quently made him the spokesman OF the Fores
city on public occasions, and of prose and poetry
| he Is a graceful and accomplished writer. Hi,
mind is stored with fund Of incident and de-
lightful Renaissance of times extending Dacl
more than half a century, and in this book he ha'
preserved some of them in an enduring and at
tractive form. few of these "reminiscences re
| late to men and events in the early history o
Washington county. "Websters Spelling Bool
| Uncovered" will be reproduced in some extract,
from the book in the next WATcHMAN. The ex
tracts will be of interest to the general reader anC
of especial interest to the older dweers in Water
bury and vicinity.
| RUTLAND HFRALD: 1.-THE Producers marbl
company, so called, a combination of the principa
marble firms for the purpose of maintaining sale
yards in several OF the larger cities and for pool
ing sales in certain territory, has been in opera
ton over two years and has proved beneficial t
all concerned A new arrangement Of the sam
character has just been completed. 1t is essen
TALLY like the Producers and takes its place IN
der the same name but the provisions of tn
combination are more extended than before. Tn
details of the consolidation are as follows Tn
Vermont marble company, Sheldon & Sons, tn
Dorset marble company, the Ripley Sons and Gil
son & Woodfin are to combine or pool their entir
sales for five years from January LIST, 1888. Fac
company furnishes a certain percentage of tn
marble sold, the proportion being based upon il
productive capacity, and each shares in the e'
penses and profits of the wholesale trade in thes
proportions: Vermont marble company, 81 4
Sheldon & Sons, "a Dorset marble company, II
Ripley Sons, 1875; ellison & WoodfD, 7 o. TIL
concern has branch yards in Boston, New Yorl
Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco; tn
Vermont marble company has yard at Toled
} and Gibson & Woodfin one at ST. Louis, which wi
J sell the joint production.
ACCORDING to our custom for several years, W
9 publish below the mortuary statistics of the tow
Of Montpelier for the year 1882. 1t is compile
! by Mr.. c. Def Bancroft with his usual pain
4 taking care, and we believe it will be found a
o curate: The whole number of deaths in tow
: during the year 1882 was fifty-two To this nur
. Der might be added eleven more that occurred
n the Berlin side OF the whole number, all b
s five occurred in the village, OF those in tow
If twenty-nine were males and twenty-three we
l. females, occurring in each month as follows: ia
uary, one; February, four; March, two; Apr
q four; May, ten; June, six; July, six Augui
~ four; September, two; October three; Novembt
:, three; December, five, The greatest number c
A CURED in May and the smallest in January. On
;, half occurred in the months Of May June, Ju
-, and August. There was but one death from I
q beginning of the year to February 18th, which W
d on January 29th, it being an infant dying
81 Group OF the causes of death, nine died of dip
=, iberia, eight Of consumption, five of pneumun
five OF old age, three of cancer, three of choe
infantum, two OF heart disease, two of Group, t'
: OF paralysis, two of cerebro-spinal meningit
Y two OF canker-rash, one was killed by an &C
; dent, and eight died from rs many other caus
., or the ages, six were under one year. seven |
III tween one and five years, three between five a
e. ten years, one between ten and fifteen yea
- three between fifteen and twenty years, t.
u between twenty and twenty-five years, three
J, tween twenty-five and thirty years, none betwe
" thirty and thirty-fve years, one between thirt
u five and forty years four between forty and fort
. five years, two between forty-fve and fifty yea
" none between fifty and fifty.fve years, one
u. tween ffty-fve and sixty years, two betwe
VI sixty and sxty-fv years, five between sxty-fi
and seventy years, two between seventy a
At
81 eighty years, two between eighty and eighty-f
oil years, three between elghty-hve and ninety yea
~ and one between ninety and ninety five years
6 the Oldest being ninety-three years and f.
- months. Sixteen were males over twenty yea
w. ard sixteen were females over the same age.
:. these nine were husbands and nine were wiz
r five we're widowers and five were widows. I
= total number OF fatal cases OF diphtheria In to
u from the first one august o, 1880 and the |
y one November 2 1882 WAS fiity-two In Il
70, there were seventy-nne deaths in town a
NJ eleven on the Berlin side. The average NUM-
h OF deaths in town, yearly, for the past ten yea
no was fiity-eight,
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