The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
WilliamstOwn.

A THIRD boy has just come to the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. b. f. Sibley to gladden. it.
Mrs. BARNET GooDRIcH returned to Yer
mont from Boston, last week, hoping to be
well woman again.
CAN " the oldest inhabitant" recall a
more delightful week in December than was
experienced last week here?
DIR. CHARLES w. McCLEARN's ride extends
into q neighboring town. People like the
way he takes hold of his work.
Miss GERTIE BARNES is recovering from
hard siege of typhoid fever DIR. McClearn
may well feel pleased with his success in
the case.
ALFRED CARNEs is about to move on to
the Samuel Foster farm, and Charles Good
rich will occupy Mr.. Carnes' place the COM
ing year.
ct is only a consort exercise" said Cub
bins. as he came out from the storm " in
side his house, the other day, to greet us as
we drove up.
THE Congregationalists have failed to Sc
cure the services of Rev. G. j. Richardson
of Newbury as their minister and now want
TO find a good man for the place.
WE saw James Walbridge in the role of
teacher of singing-class the other evening,
and he is to the manner born" The
chance to get his instructions ought to be
improved.
JUDGE JOHN LYNDE, q well-known stanch
republican, in the more than fifty years that
he has been a voter, has never failed to vote
at freemen's meeting. His vote has been
cast too, on the side of freedom and equal
ity for all, both white and black, and that
when "an abolitionist was term of re-
proach
IT is well to know the great COST often
times, of things which seem easy and nat
ural to others. A friend living in a college
town writes us that the college-church
preacher remarked to one who spoke to him
of his art of preaching without notes, that
''it cost him fully ten years of hard work to
acquire it"
A NEW two-story house in Barre was re-
Gently pointed out to us as belonging to
| Frank Snow, third son of our old towns.
! folk, Henry and Mrs. Phylenda Simons
| Snow. He is prosperous stone-cutter in
Barre, and we congratulate him on his
pleasant home. The prosperity of our
| Williamstown "boys" anywhere is pleas
ant item to chronicle.
A TRIAL of our rejuvenated town hall
leads to the fear that it greatly lacks in
good acoustic properties. Possibly this may
be overcome in some way yet, as ought tC
be done if possible. But how WE'LL pays tC
get good architect to plan with speca
reference to this Indispensable quality in s
public building of this kind, since one un
skilled in the art could not be expected tt
plan for the best results.
WHO that knows the delicious maple
sugar that the late j. NJ. Palmer used t.
make will soon forget it? Some time befor,
his death he invented sap-spout, but failed
to complete the securing of patent on it
His son-in-law, DIR. G.. c.. Ellis, has taker
hold of it, of late, to secure patent and t,
manufacture the goods to put on to thu
market next season. We hope dealers will
investigate the merits of the article
JOEL HERsEY has rented his farm to A
w. Norton for the coming year, but will
live in the house with Mr.. Norton. Regard
ing his silo, the only one in our place as yet
he tells us that he put in one hundre,
twenty tons of ensilage, and is now feedin,
thrty-three head of cattle from it at tn
rate of about three pecks each twice day
He gives them one good feed of hay daily
He says they are greedy for the ensilage
and that what he has already seen woul,
induce him to build silos if he had not ye
done so.
MONDAY evening was very unfavOrabe
on account of the storm, for the Congrega
tional ladies' entertainment. The receipt
were, however, over $50. In addition to
bountiful supper, there were several musi
cal selections, tableaux representing tn
four seasons, and the poem, Maud Muller,
illustrated. The poem was read by Mis-
Matte Abbott. The presence of our Metho
dist friends, some of whom came from quit
a distance in the storm las Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Erskine and Mr.. and Mrs. Orvill
Briggs, was duly appreciated.
CHARLEY EDISON, in the employ of j. X
Lynde, met with an accident last week tina
might have proved far more serious than
did, fortunately. He was on the secon
floor of the store, hosting meal from belo,
through a scuttle. Standing with his bac
to this opening, the rope which he wa
pulling, and which passed over pulle
above him, suddenly broke, and he fe
backward and down on to the first tiool
Hoping to save himself, as the rope brok
he grasped bag of meal standing nea
him, but only to pull it down with, and o
top Of, him. The meal he was hostin
: struck the floor before he did and he fe
on to it, thus breaking the force of the fal
Altogether it was narrow escape.
OUR ex-townsman, George w. Smith, no
, a resident of Barre, showed us, last wee
two inexpensive silos that he built last sun
mer in a barn. The dimensions of each al
length, seventeen and one-half feet
width, nine feet depth, ten feet. They al
made of matched boards, with cemente
bottoms, the cost of all the materials bein
not more than $50. The capacity OF the tw
silos is estimated at from seventy-five
! ninety tons of ensilage. AT present M
Smith is feeding each of his cows bush
in the morning and another at night of I'll
, ensilage which, with one quart of corn an
cob meal for each COW twice day, is all
IeeuS tnem he says HIS DuIttr, WltHo'
, any coloring, is as yellow as in June. Wit
the ensilage and six tons of hay he hopes
!, winter at least fourteen head of cattle. +
estimates eight acres of good corn sufficiel
; to fill the two slos, and that S25 ought
cover the expense of filling them. Thong
the corn was slightly frost-btten befo
n cutting, his cows are so fond of the ensila!
y that they will refuse meal for it, Mr.. Smith
: experiment seems worth Investigating
!, our farmers, since if it prove the succe
. anticipated, silos are within the reach
n men of very moderate means
;. Richmond.-The ladies of the Unive
?. salist church are to hold a bazaar at Il
t vestry, for the sale of fancy and domest
y articles, and the entertainment will consi
s of music and the play, Seeing the El
5 plant" Supper will be served to those d
. string il at moderate prices. - The dep
# has been newly painted outside and plaster
e inside giving it much better appearance
$ A new coat of paint has also been put up
IS the freight house. - The skating rim
n recently closed has been reopened, with
8 NJ Conant as proprietor. 1t will be open
Al, do.