The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-03
Waterbury.

II. F. BATES is out again, but is not yet able
TO make arrests.
DIR. J. T. WHEELocK goes this week to Prov
idence to attend the meeting Of the New Eng
land dental association. His office will be
closed Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
this week.
THE railway company is laying new plat
form around the station. The workmen could
find some repairs TO make inside the station.
The lady customers of the road would like to
see that rear door to the waiting-room, so long
barred up, made passable.
SUPERINTENDENT CHURCH desires to have
the teachers, school officers and friends of i'm
provemsnt in schools generally meet at the
schoolhonse in this village at two O'Clock Sat-
urday October 18th, to re-organize the local
educational association. Teachers and others
from the adjoining towns are invited to
participate.
JOSEPH SoMERvILLE was returning from
Morrisville Saturday night, and when Just
above Colbyville collided, in the darkness. with
another team. His wagon was smashed, he
was thrown out and dragged short distance
when the reins broke and the horse got away.
Mr. Somerville was somewhat bruised, but re-
ceived no serious injury.
TWENTY tons OF butter we're shipped from
this market last Monday, the results of trans
actions at the market on that day. During
the season the weekly shipments have been
this village now rivals st. Adams as butter
market Indeed, the shipment of last week
was larger than any from the latter market
during the season.
LAST week an effort was made to say in
these items that F. c. Stone of Saginaw had
called upon his old friends in this village. The
composition seemed bound to have the first let
ter of " Chicks initials anything but an F,
and after skirmishing along the line of the al
phabet till midnight, won the contest by maxi
ing it an H." An attempt was also made to
mention Mrs G. G. Washburn's name as the
owner of the first Dight-blooming cereus there
mentioned, but the name seems to have dropped
out.
IT Is a matter Of genuine regret that Frank
Carpenter must this week form the subject of
another item in painful contrast with the fes-
tive character of last weeks mention. While
assisting to lower barrel of vinegar down the
steps of the bulkhead leading into C, C.. War
ren's cellar, the barrel got beyond CONTROL Mr.
Carpenter was thrown back upon the cellar
bottom, and the barrel descended upon him,
the chime striking and fracturing the large
bone of one leg below the knee and inflictng
some other less serious injuries. He was
taken up and conveyed to his home. The
fracture proved to be square break, and
there seems to be no unusual difficulty in the
way of a rapid healing. 1t was very narrow
escape from much more serious disaster
THE matter in dispute between Mr.. Thaddeus
Crossett and the village as to the amount of
land damage to be paid for land taken for the
street laid to the Cooley mills, has been referred
to commission made up of Hon. C. H. Heath
of Montpelier, Benjamin Barrett of Middesex
and Henry Giett Of Richmond. II the voters
of the village could get at this matter, it is be-
lieved, with hardly a dissenting voice. thew
would instruct the trustees to reconsider their c-
ton in laying out street three rods wide at this
place. 1t would seem that these officials should
heed the known sentiments of the community
on this subject. On the main street the trav-
eled tract is much less than two rods wide, and
street of that width or even less would be
more than ample for all the business that can
ever be done in that locality. The village
should be liberal in this matter, but it cannot
afford to be extravagant.