The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-11-07
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.


THE Passumpsic railroad shops are now run
ming on eight hours time.
THE village OF White River junction is build
ing a $4,000 school house.
THERE are now one hundred and thirty sub
scribers to the Rutland telephone system.
RUTLAND and vicinity Is suffering from the
operations Of an organized band Of burglars.
THE Grout Guards of Newport will give a
grand military masquerade ball November 20.
THE diphtheria at South Royalton has nearly
spent itself. There have been eighteen cases
and four deaths
ST. JoHNsBuRY is to have roller rink, and
Brattleboro is agitating the propriety of fitting
up one Of the same institutions
JONES' LAMsoN & Co., OF the Ascutney mills,
Windsor, have made q settlement with their
creditors and the mills will shortly resume
operations.
PEOPLE don't die as fast in Barnet as In some
other places Mr. and Mrs. Alex Brock have
just celebrated the sixty-fourth anniversary Of
their marriage.
MRS FRANK DART, a widow lady in Per-
kinsville, committed suicide by taking Paris
green, Tuesday of last week. Mental aberra-
ton is given rs the cause.
JAMES E GOODWIN has been appointed assist
ant superintendent of the Connecticut river
railroad, the appointment taking effect Novem-
Der l. with headquarters at Bellows Falls
THE dixie on the meadows of the Windsor
farm Of VIM. NJ. Evarts costing some IS 600
Is nearly completed and will make beautiful
lake of some one hundred and twenty-five acres
TUNBRIDeE has cat with forty toes. She
will probably accompany herself when she
sings although it is doubtful IL people in the
neighborhood will ever get over the garden
waul.
THE farm buildings and contents belonging
to Matthew Gorham, near Saxton's River Viii
lage, we're burned early Sunday morning Loss
aHD,,k I'D A1ahl s,.oa
Unoccuped.
ABOUT seventy-fve tons of honey has been
shipped from Addison county this season
This honey is put up in one and two pound
boxes and has sold from nineteen to twenty-five
cents per pound.
AT Vergennes, wanuts and butternuts are
quite plenty, the former selling at 81 per
bushel, and the latter at twenty-five cents.
Appes bring "a per barrel for No. l, and 50 to
So 80 for No. 2.
GOVERNOR BARsTow and the asylum super
visors have been in Brattleboro looking over
that institution and we're satisfied with their
inspection. The party went to Northampton
to compare the two institutions.
The Passumpsic railroad have Just moved
into their new depot at st Johnsbury, which is
the best on their road and equal to any in the
state The building is brick, forty by one hun
dred and sixteen feet, with granite trimmings.
AT the session of the Woman's National
vember 3D. an elegant fan was presented to
Miss Frances Willard by the women of Yer
mont, Mrs. Green making the presentation ad-
dress.
STEPHEN PRATT caught panther recently
in trap on the West mountain, near Pownal
Some time ago a camping party heard an ami
nal scream nearly every day near nightfall.
This is the only panther caught in the vicinity
in number of years.
NATHAN GREEN OF Mortified used his whip
on the twelve-year-old son Of Fl. c. Moody,
infictiug very severe cut across the right eve
lid, which the boy had fortunately closed when
he saw the lash Observation-Disclosures it would
probably have put the eye out.
MIDDLEBURY talks of putting marble slab
in its new town hall, with record OF the towns
inventions 1t claims the circular saw, the wool
picking machine, power looms, saving mar
BILE by sand, water and soft iron welding cast
steel and making door and window sash by
water-power.
DAVID AUSTIN of East Burke went hunting
and made what he thought was a big haul,
shooting nine geese out of flock he saw fly
over the river. He didn't feel so keen about
it, however, when he discovered that they were
not wild geese, but some tame birds belonging
to neghbor.
ADJUTANT c. c. KINsMAN of the Vermont
department, G. A. R., says that the work of
establishing new posts throughout the state is
progressing rapidly and continually increasing.
This week posts are to be formed at Readsboro
and Ripton, and an application has been made
for one at East Middlebury
CASHIER DowLEY of Bratteboro, has a one
dollar bill of the bank of Brattleboro, dated
March l, 1926 and signed by E Seymour,
cashier, and John Hunt, president 1t is
in an excellent state of preservation. Mr..
Dowley obtained it of man in Winchendon,
who found it in his pay roll before the war.
CAsTLEToN minister has preached fifty
years on salary running from $3.50 to 81, 600.
Forty years ago he was getting $500, had wife
and four children, and lived in house with
out carpet or a stove. Now he has retired,
has 250 yards of carpeting and four stoves, and
five sons scattered through the country and
doing we'll.
THE directors of the Rutland railroad COM
pany have had an expert accountant at work
on the books OF that company for some time,
going through its affairs since the organization
of the company. The committee having the
matter in charge will soon make report to
the board OF directors of the result of their in
vestigations
J, H. SPRAGUE of Brookfield, who recently
deserted his family and ran away with his
wifes sister, has been heard from at Chicago
Sprague at one time held the office of select
man and superintendent of schools in Brook
field. He was also superintendent of the Sun
day-schOol and had Bible class at the time Of
his leaving, at the " Branch"
THOMPSON HOLBRooK of Townshend, over
eighty years old disappeared from his home
Tuesday of last week. The town was aroused
and the search became general. After long
search he was found lying out on a high hill
where he had been without food or shelter from
the time of his disappearance. 1t is doubtful
II he RECEIVERS. He is a prominent and highly
respected citizen.
THE right to vote for school officers has not
been used much by the women of the state.
At Burlington, this year. 3l4 women were en-
titled to vote, but only eight made use of this
right. Out of the PAL towns in the state twenty
have elected women as superintendents Of
schools, but not In single case has the cleo
ton been secured by women's votes
A LITTER was mailed at the St. Johnsbury
post-office, recently on which was what il
supposed to be a confederate stamp. The
stamp was nearly the same color as the new
stamp, but the work Is very inferior. The
letter was forwarded to the department at
Washington, and II it proves to be confederate
stamp the sender Of the letter will be sorry
indeed.
In the trot at Woodstock week before last
G. B. Bullock of Laconia, N. H., won the three
minute and 2: AZ races with Timber Jim
best time 2: "A and 2 40 respectively NJ s.
Williams OF Grafton, n H., won the 2: 35 race
with Frank d. = best record, 2: 38 w. S.
Stewart of Larabee's Point took first money in
the open with Ellen " after hard stIug.
gle of six heats; best time, 2: 49,