Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-02
Current Mention.


REV. J. Ii. HINcKs will preach at the church
at WrigAtsville next Sunday at two o'clock T. NJ.
REV. GEORGES. GUERNSEY will preach in Waits
field next Sunday, May 9Th, forenoon and after.
noon.
THE Brattleboro listers were compelled to en-
force the doubling clause" Of the listing law In
only three cases.
TBEsemi-annual meeting Of the Vermont Homo
eopathic society will be held in Burlington on
Wednesday, May 9th.
THE Argus thinks the secret OF Stones par
oxysm Of rage is that the wAToHMAN " does not
bend the knee to the Cdledonidn idols"
JOSHUA WHlTCoMB at Capital Hall Monday
evening, May l. Tickets fifty and seventy five
cents according to location, now on sale at Phin-
ney's. Josh supports good orchestra.
SHAFT Of polished granite twenty eight feet
long, four feet square at the base and weighing
fifteen tons was shipped to Cleveland Ohio, last
Wednesday from the works oil Wetmore & Morse
OF Barre. 1t was very handsome piece.
THE Consolidated railway company has COM
menced to lay steel rails between Burlington and
Vergennes. When that is done there will be an
all-steel track from St. Johns to White River
Junction and from Essex Junction to Rutland
ATT hearing before Judge Rowell last week
the injunction was dissolved restraining the Yer
mont Copper Mining Company from selling, ex-
changing and disposing Of Its bonds, the orator.
Cain. having failed to file an Injunction bond Of
$1,000, as required by the order. The hearing OF
other questions was postponed.
THAT unsavory disturbance In Rutland Of which
II. W. Love seems to be the center still continues
in active eruption. The prosecution on the first
charge OF rape broke down entirely, but Love
was again arrested Monday afternoon on sim
liar charge the alleged victim this time being
niece fifteen years Of age till recently living in
his family
THE arguments In the case OF the First Ma
tional Bank of Bratteboro against the estate OF
Silas M. Waite were heard In Brattleboro last
week. waite was taken there from the house OF
correction as witness. Judging from the reports
OF the local papers, he acted as II he thought 90
am monarch Of all survey" His counsel en-.
deavored to show that the bank owes Waite NOT
less than $4,000. One OF these days the bank
may be compelled to get down on its corporate
knees and beg Waite's pardon for compelling him
to undergo portion OF the punishment meted oui
TO the common chicken.thief
WE some time since mentioned the fact thai
Hon. Frederick Billings Of Woodstock had puT
chased the valuable library Of the late George
Marsh and had presented 1t to the University OF
Vermont He has since expressed his intention
OF donating $4,000 to the university to provide
library building At a meeting of the trustees
held April IL, series of resolutions was unanl
mously adopted expressive OF their gratitude fo
this munificent gift and voted that the library b,
called the Billings Library" Those words ar,
to be inscribed upon a tablet to be placed over
the main entrance to the building.
The lately imported farm help does not " pai
out" quite as well as WAS expected. Middle
bury correspondent says OF them: The help &c
sick Of their jobs, even II the farmers don't, 3,
that Il amounts to about the same thing. Tn,
ScaDdinavians work well enough as long as the!
work at all, but they soon tire OF their jobs ant
leave without notice" They continue to come
however, company OF fourteen men and fiv
women having arrived at Middlebury lately
One OF the men came very near being killed a
the depot, but Just escaped uninjured. The,
were apportioned out among several farmers"
JOSHUA WHTcoMB is play Of which American
w. 'sS'Ns ~''S' ~ hoo htlu tue DOhIub VI
consecutive nights for months In the large cities
Uncle Josh Whitcomb is a representative of tn
New England farmer OF fifty years ago, befor
foreign immigration, railways and "new fangle
notions" had revolutionized manners and cus
toms. He is shrewd, self-possessed, quic
witted farmer, full Of drol hunor and hayip
withal a tender heart and generous natur,
The company is in all respects a superior on,
and Montpelier Is fortunate In being one OF onl
three places In the state which 1t wIll favor viii
visit Capital Hall, Monday evening, May Z.
THE house Of Samuel Smith in Montpelie
about mile fIom the Wells River railway station
was burned late yesterday afternoon. The col
tents OF the upper rooms were entirely consumed
but the household goods on the lower floor weI
mostly saved. The fire was first discovered b
men at work upon the trestle on the Barre bsanel
some time before the family was aware OF |
They Immediately rushed down and could hay
put It out had there been any ladders there.
hole had been burned through the side OF a laIg
barn. and the hay caught fire, but prompt rail-
saved it. The Wells River train passed the spC
while the house was on fire, and on Its arrival
the station the engine WAS attached TO platoon
car and FIRE engine. Capitol ., was loaded upon