The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-29
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.

THE Orwell town fair will be held on the
18th and 10Th of September.
THOMAS KIppER Of Albany trapped three
hundred pound bear recently.
Ir IL expected that several young ladies will
enter Mddlebury college the coming year.
THE Methodist camp-meeting for the st.
Johnsbury district commenced at Lyndonville
Monday.
THE Middlebury Episcopalians Baptsts and
Universalists are yet without pastors for their
churches.
OLD Mr.. Savil, the Oldest inhabitant in Col
chester. was buried the 10Th Records show
that he was one hundred and two years old.
MR. ROBERTS of Hydeville recently returned
from England bringing Norman colt twenty
seven months old that weighs, 1t Is said, 1900
pounds
SMITH HUNT of Barton is said to have the
largest apiary in northern Vermont. His eighty
five swarms OF bees have this season proouced
1900 pounds Of honey.
A BENNINGTON man has taken out patent
on boat centreboard made in sections, which,
when not in use, may be drawn up side by
side and held in case.
SEVEN carloads of sheep are booked to leave
Middlebury as soon as arrangements can be
made Some OF these are going to Ohio, some
to Colorado, and some to Nebraska.
WORK on the new dam at Swanton is being
pushed rapidly. Over 100000 feet OF square
timber IL being used and car load OF iron.
The structure will cost about "a, 600
THE Glen House at West Bratteboro, occu-
pied by A. J. Hooker for a hotel, and A. X.
Jones as a store, was burned August 22d, at
loss OF from S12, 900 to $4,000; insured.
THE docket for the September term Of the
Chittenden county court contains one hundred
and twenty-seven law and seventeen equity
cases. The term will begin Tuesday, Septem-
Der IS.
A GRAND band reunion is talked Of for Fri
day, August 31st. 1t Is now expected that the
MOrrisvle johnson, Lowell, Hardwick, Crafts
bury and Danville bands will hold picnic in
Worthwhile
A LARGE, new barn, belonging to Eugene
Judson, OF Arlington, was struck by lightning
the Goth, and burned. 1t contained several
tons of hay and 400 bushels OF oats, besides
other property; no insurance.
Ir ia said individuals in Swanton are inter-
ested in the St. Adams trust company to the
tune of one hundred thousand and over, and
that fifty men have been thrown out of en-
plovment at Farnham, P. Q, on account of
Barlow's failure.
AN estimabe citizen of Hartford recently
lost his reckoning on the days Of the week and
was found running his moving machine Sun
day morning. When the boys told him that
1t was Sunday, and he upon reflection saw his
mistake, that busy farm scene was suddenly
brought to a close.
GEORGE f. CRowELL, publisher OF the Brat
tleboro Household, has grown rich out of that
paper, and is now using some OF his money in
purchasing large lot Of wood land near the
village and fitting 1t up as park for the peo-
pie OF Brattleboro. Very few publishers can
afford to be so public spirited
EDUCATIONAL meetings are to be held by the
superintendent of education at East Berk-
SHIRE Sheldon, Franklin, Bakersfield, AL
burgh Center, Swanton and Milton, the first
To-, ba ara
not exclusively for teachers, but for all the
people, and every one is invited.
j. NJ PILLsBURY of Sutton has cat viii CHI
deserves special notice. She does not conf ne
herself wholly to the destruction OF rats and
mice. but attacks rabbits, cartridges and even
wOOdchucks but in q tussle with one OF the
latter the other day he proved too heavy for
her and Mr. Pillsbury went to her assistan ce
and the woodchuck succumbed.
THE present season has been remarkably IA
vorable for honey in Addison county. The
market price is now eighteen cents per pound
but dealers say they will soon be able to buy
cart loads Of 1t at twelve cents per pound.
The copious rains through the spring and sum-
mer months have induced splendid growth
of white and red clover which is favorable to
honey.
BOOK agent canvassing for History of the
Rebellion, at Barre the other day, was show
ing 1t to an old soldier. In the book was ar
illustration of Andersonville prison. The sol.
der, who had seen some hard times in that
death-trap, looked at 1t a moment and then ex
claimed: "Why, that looks as much like An
Jacksonville prison as Barre does like the New
JerusalemP
THE town Of Benson began last Tuesday the
celebration Of its one hundredth birthday with
q historical address by Rev. Evarts Kent OF
Georgia. grandson of the towns first minister
Wednesday Rev. j. W. Peet of Iowa gave ar
address on the towns old people and old Gus
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tinguished children. The town Is ten miles
from a railway station, and its history has beer
unusually uneventful.
BURLINGTON man has raised In his garden
this season a very remarkable variety of greer
peas. The seed was first sowed by him on thu
18th Of April and on the 18th Of June the pea
were ready for the table. Mr.. Smith saved
and dried some Of the peas and sowed then
again on the 21st day OF July. On the 23d o
August-just thirty-three days from the tint
of sowing-he gathered fine and we'll de
veloped mess
ENGINEER FULLER of Boston has finished
survey to determine the practicabiity Of dan
across the Connecticut river opposite Brattle
boro, q scheme which Is projected by moneye'
men OF the town, with view of providing
water-power for manufacturing purposes. Tn
expense of q dam and canal Is reckoned a
about $3.50, 900. This sum, 1t Is thought cou
easily be obtained in Brattleboro. With thi
accomplished it is said that various manufa(
turing establishments are positively assured.
D. p CELLEY, who runs a trip hammer /
the scale shops in St. Johnsbury met wit
quite an accident on Wednesday last; the tong
with which he was holding large pivo
broke, and the red-hot pivot flew and struc
him in the face from the chin to the nose. M
Celley was quite bewildered by the blow br
fortunately happened to stop the hamme
without further injury to himself. He hs
run a trip-hammer there for about twent
years, and this Is the first injury he has ev'
received.
THE creditors of Jones, Lamson g. Co.,
Windsor, In insolvency, held a meeting befol
Judge W. II. Walker, Wednesday. Hon. ].
Parker Of Quechee was elected assignee.
NJ. Blaisdell of Chicopee, Mass, and j.
Holmes of Springfield Vt, were appointed
investigate the amount Of property, ETC., an
report. A statement was presented by Jone
Lamson Il Co., which showed an indebtedne
of $497 286 So, Of which 100000 is secure
and nominal assets of S343, 498. 81 appraised
$158, IA.
In the office at Proctorsville few days al
there came communication from Antwe
forwarded to a friend as follows: "a b a I
$780," or course outsiders knew not what
meant but on inquiry of the person to who
II was addressed the information was Civ,
that friends left New York by the last steam
for a visit to Germany and Europe general
and cypher dispatch was agreed on 30 that
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