Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-03-14
Waterbury Items.

The Edwin Dillingham; Grand Army post will
light ite first camp fire In hotel hall, Friday even
Ing Of this week. An Introductory address by
Ex-Governor Paul Dillingham;, "Reminiscences OF
Prison Life by Captain II. c. Lull Of Montpelier,
with songs and instrumental music, make up
the programme. Half the community has grown
up since the first gun was fired at Fort Sumter.
Grand Army camp fire Is an instructive lesson
In history to the young and revives many stirring
"reminiscences among those who were living " In
war time and took notice OF Its great events.
A delegation from Post Brooks, Montpelier, Is
expected. Go and hear the old soldiers. :. The
town elected meritorious list OF officers at the
March meeting. Choosing G. T. Clough first lister
was particularly satisfactory act Two years
ago he held that Office and discharged It's diff
cult duties under the new and untried law, with
impartiality and good judgment lie was UNI
fairly defeated year ago. His election at this
time In opposition TO his own wishes, Is an
earnest that the backbone OF the tax law Is I'M
broken and unbending in Waterbury. His col
Leagues, o. W. May and Y. N. Smith, have
served efficiently two years under the new sys.
TEN, and altogether the board Ia an excellent
one. .Apropos Of the subject Of listing, It Ia
currently reported that several deposits Of the
maximum legal amount exempt from assessment
by the listers-S1 ,500-have been made from
this town In a Burlington savings institution.
One OF the alleged depositors is understood to
have conceded frankly that the deposit was made
to evade taxation. Mrs. A. c. Stebbins will
close her millinery sales this week. preparatory
TO going west. Persons 10 want Of any article In
her line OF goods must call early or lose an OPP
portunity for good bargain. Mrs. stebbins in
tends TO go TO Nashua, Iowa, and will probably
resume business at that place. Her brother, p
A. Pickett, formerly with B. r., in the shoe
trade In this village, Is a resident OF Nashua and
engaged In business there Mrs Laura Brigham,
mother OF Mrs. Stebbins, accompanies her daugh-
ter She is 70 years old and apparently good
for twenty-five more. Specimens OF needlework
recently executed by her would do credit to the
skill Of professionals OF The stitch" The late
1T
will regret to have go. ID. B. Cole and family
took their departure yesterday and now J. T.
Wheelock, the skilful dentist, unceremoniously
routed out OF his comfortable quarters by the FIRE
In January, goes to New Britain, Connecticut, In
fuenced by better prospects in that city p. H.
| Caldwell, whose death was published in last
weeks WATCHMAN, was brother OF b. G. Cald.
| well Of this village Mr.. Caldwell was a success
full dry goods merchant In Nashua, Iowa, and was
formerly clerk for j. G. Stimson in this village
He was man OF bright wits with an element Of
| innocent drollery In his speech and manner.
| Salvador W. Marshall, former resident Of this
village and for many years boot and shoe make
| Wallace daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
| Wallace, died OF consumption after an illnesl
Of many years, Tuesday Of last week Her ag'
was twenty. -four years. Another daughter was
| victim to this disease not long ago Myrti,
| CALDWELL who has taught with success In tn,
| schools In this vicinity, went to Randolph Monda,
TO enter the normal school,. The dramatic clul
repeated " The Social Glass" at Hotel hall FRIDAY
evening to full house and played at Stowe Sat
uIday evening, where they were showed in b,
| Virgins big storm DR.. Hooker Is temporaril,
| under the weather with slight touch Of diph
| liberia A few skeptical individuals had tn,
hardhood to attend church Sunday morning, not
wlthstanding the visible evidence that Virgin
storm had struck this planet" There were n,
services In the evening. At meeting of tn
| trustees OF the village Tuesday evening OF las
week, Jos. Somerville and John Seabury wer
| appointed highway surveyors for the corporation
-. H. +. Bates has recently purchased fine 10
OF top buggies to arrive as soon as spring bust
ness opens. Mr. Bates intends TO have az fin
| carriages as were ever run in the livery bushes
In Waterbury. w. IL Hutchins of Chicago ha
been spending few days at his old home here.
Mrs. Eugene Streeter left her husbands bed an,
board last week by reason Of alleged i'll trea,
ment. Mr.. Streeter pursued his wife and over
took her at Swanton on her way to her parent
home In New York. Taking from her his tw
years old child he returned to his house her
where with his father he is keeping bachelor
hall -, There was an "egg party at Henri
Gleason's on Waterbury river last week for tn
benefit OF the Baptist church in that vicinity.