The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-06-11
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LEWIS FLINT is abroad in the land, CANVASS
ing for fruit trees.
MRS CHARLES WARD Of Burlington Is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Chester Martin.
Mr.. AND Mrs DENIsoN BROWN 20 with an
invalid daughter to the seashore this week
REV. WILLIAM SoHoFIELD accepts call to
Irasburgh, and will move there this month.
MRS MATTE WHEELER SHELLEY and daugh-
tiers, now OF Chicago, ILL.,, are visiting friends
here.
Mr.. AND MRS. NATHAN HALL recently drove
to New Hampshire to visit a brother of Mr..
Hall, who is feeble.
THE most remarkable horse for size that we
see nowadays Is the black Eastern Bow colt
that George Lynde owns and that j. K Lynde
drives. The animal Is only about two years old
WE are told that J. X. Lynde has large
amount OF goods hauled to this place We
also hear his low prices spoken of; and in the
comparison with Barre prices his own do not
suffer.
WHILE working on the road, last week, WAL
lace Martins team, which he left alone for
short time, started off on the run. Some dam
age to cart to which the horses were htched
was the result.
THE republicans of our town are to meet at
the Town Hall at seven o'clock, next Saturday
evening" to choose delegates to the state con-
vention at Burlington, the 18th instant. Let
there be good turnout.
OUR old townsman, Charles Crane, now
prosperous merchant in Dexter Iowa ia visit
ing family friends in these parts. Two daugh-
ters are taking a course at the Mount Holyoke
Female Seminary, South Hadley, Mass.
WILL WELLS, son of Rev. George L. Wells.
now at Marshfield, married Miss Hattie, young
est daughter Of James Martin of our town, on
Wednesday of last week. They will reside at
Barre, where Mr.. Wells is a stone-cutter.
/ Good wishes to theml
DIR. CORNELIUS V. LYNDE and wife of Stowe
were in town last week. The doctor came
down to attend the convention of the State
Homeopathic Medical Society at Montpelier
He likes his new home, and thinks he has
good point for practice.
Hon. N. P. BOWMAN of st. Johnsbury re-
Gently nominated democratic candidate for
Acknowledgements was the guest of General
L. Bass and Mrs. Chester Martin last week
However one may differ with his politics, he
must admit him very genial man.
FRANK J. MARTIN now goes about with only
a cane, though he has little or no use of the
knee in walking. The fractured portions of
the knee-pan seem to be united by ligaments
rather than bony substance. 1t is hoped that
he will yet get good use of the knee.
j. M. SEAvER and William Mears of Barre
have just amicably settled suit in law. Both
were in Boston, when Mr.. Mears suggested
that each "chalk" the conditions on which he
would settle. Mr.. Seaver consented and,
strange to say, both made the same figures and
| the work was done.
How high an elevation may an itemizer give
his back when the printer spois one of his sem
fences by making the work "baked" read
| backed, as in these items last week? But
| doubtless the printer gives good many
crooks to his own back, as he attempts to
decipher the hieroglyphics from the itemizers,
so they can afford to be aisy" with him.
In one of our schools, last winter, lad was
punished in what seemed to his home friends
and some others an unjustiable manner by
| teacher who came from another town. The
| case has just been presented to the grand
| jurors at Chelsea for investigation Should it
| come into county court, it will possess features
of interest to teachers generally in the state,
| perhaps.
WE not long ago heard prominent demo-
| crat, in conversation with republican, claim
that at the present time there was little or no
difference between the two great political par
| ties. Whereupon the republican asked him:
What, then, does your party want different
To which he good-naturedly replied: 1--WE
want the Offices" This may be too true of
both parties; but don't we need better basis
flor any political party than &C. wanting the
Offices" -?
THIS is the lesson man of three-score years
tells he has just learned in the matter of the
protection OF plants: Just before the recent
| very cold weather, he set out his tomato plants
Anticipating the frost that came, he put barrels
over them to protect them In some cases, the
barrels rested on the ground In other cases.
they rested on stakes, and did not reach the
ground by few inches. In the former case
| all the plants were frozen; in the latter none
were. This is just the reverse of what many
would suppose would be the result
IT is a matter for congratuation that certain
well-known and much-talked-of difficulty in
the settlement of an estate, which Herbert Mar
tin, as plaintiff, felt compelled, he says in JUS
tice to himself, to take to our county court for
| cd in nant haa or or a1 wit ha
| expected litigation. Mr.. Martin tells us it
was settled too, just as he had several times
before offered to do, each party paying its own
costs. 1t is to be hoped that only the best of
feeling may now follow, as will be the case If
the charity that "hopeth all things" be allowed
to guide.
A CORDIAL invitation was sent to the Con-
gregationalists by their Methodist brethren to
be present on Sunday afternoon last at their
Children's day exercises, and was accepted.
Birds and flowers made the audience room
very pleasant to the eye and ear, and we
heartily enjoyed the exercises. Something of
the grand work that the Methodist church ha 8
done and is doing in the world-a work in
which all Christians may well rejoice-was
brought out in pointer exercise, prepared for
the occasion. The house was we'll filled. The
fraternal feeling that thus brings the societies
together occasionally is to be hailed as
happy omen.
WE recently found case of annoyance to a
young farmer in another town from giving a
written order to stranger, representing a
welknown business firm, for an article to be
delivered in the future, and at a price of nearly
$50. AS a matter of fact, this young man
was not posted as to either the article or prices,
which made the order all the more unwise.
Just the goods ordered could not be obtained,
and a substitute was offered and left for trial
Not being satisfactory, it was rejected The
firm now claims, upon the representation OF its
agent, that the maker of the order consented
to its being changed, to take what was finally
presented which the latter Indignantly denies,
though he has no witness no support him. The
firm talks rather blusteringly, and what the
end may be remains to be seen. But let every
man use the "ounce of prevention" in such
cases. First, give no written order in such
circumstances But il you foolishly do, have
it duly witnessed and keep certified copy OF
it, II any change is to be made, require the
first order to be returned you before executing
a second one and then take the same precau-
tions as with the first