The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-12
WilliamstOwn.

NUMBER OF births recorded in town last year.
twenty-five; number of deaths, thirteen; num-
Der of marriages, three.
WE hear that William G. Pratt bid off some
of the best hay at the c. Holloway Merrill
auction sale, on Saturday last for 20 per ton
THE town system of schools had slight
chill here on March 4th, but be assured 1t will
vet march forth to victory-that, or something
better.
GAS whole, the schools in our town aver
aged better for the last year than the year be-
fore" said the report Of our superintendent on
Tuesday Of last week.
"SwEET are the uses OF adversely" and one
lesson that a townsr1an says he has just learned
in sickness Is that "people are oetter at heart,
than he ever knew them before"
WE have some brawny lads here, among
them will Schotied, who gets S25 month on
farm this year. and Frank Jeffords, only six
teen or seventeen years Of age, who Is to get
S12 per month.
AT our March meeting committee was ap-
pointed to report at an adjourned meeting, on
Saturday of next week, as to alterations and
repairs to be made on the town house. Let us
have something, this time, worth having.
HERE is a capital ARTICLE - to add to ones
"creed " for everyday living: "a crust and a
song Is better than sirloin and groan."
This was found, 1t is said, in the autobiography
OF an English poet who died not long since
New business having come up within few
days, town meeting has been warned for
Saturday of next week, at an hour previous to
that of the adjourned March meeting, the hour
OF the latter being one o'clock in the afternoon.
THE c. Holloway Merrill farm was sold at
auction last Saturday for twenty hundred and
five dollars, Asa S. Simonds bidding it off-a
shrinkage Of more than thirty-three and one
third per cent from the cost to Merrill of the
farm, some eighteen or twenty years ago.
DANIEL ROYCE reports four hundred bushels
OF ears of good corn from three acres, last year,
on which he put eleven or twelve hundred
pounds of phosphate. He says the phosphate
was all that saved any good corn for him, as 1t
gave it the start that put 1t beyond the reach
Of frost.
FRANK J. MARTIN had been confined to his
bed completely by broken kDee-pan for al
most six weeks, but on Friday last got the first
relief by the use Of an elevator bed, patented
and made by William Duncan of Lebanon, N
III. The bed is designed for all fractures of the
leg, palsy, rheumatic fever, etc. Some of Mr..
Martins friends surprised him with this bed,
which he is to have the use of while it is needed.
WE learn there was a sharp contest in a
neighboring town. last week Tuesday, over the
school SUPPLEMENTARY, one of the candidates
being an ex-citizen of our place, who had held
the office for some time, and against whom OPP
position had been provoked for revoking the
certificate OF a teacher judged unworthy OF it,
after fair trial at teaching. The old superin-
tendent was retained. Ought she not to have
Dt6u, III lub only ldult WAS uOluR WUdI b66Iutu
duty to be done?
MORE than ordinarily we'll educated ex-
Vermonter, whose experience as a scholar and
teacher in the state in the past and whose
present work, under the most advanced meth
DDS of teaching, entities him to a respectful
hearing, writes us that he candidly believes the
public school system in Vermont is, to a large
extent, fiat failure, and that II he lived in
the state he would never send child to such
a school as he used to attend when boy. We
may not like to be told such things, but there
is surely something better than we have had
and we may trust the intelligence and native
pride of Vermont to labor until it is obtained.
AFTER four years of-who can say anything
but?-faithful service as our town superin-
tendent Erwin H. Martin like Cincinnatus of
old, returns to his farm. As Mr.. Martin is by
no means a dead man yet, an obituary is un-
called for He is to be counted upon as an
earnest friend of education in the future, as in
the past, and we hope he will have the plea
sure OF seeing the improvements in our schools
and school system that he has eagerly de-
older ones as well, need to keep in mind the
words of President Eliot of Harvard University
in a recent address, in which he predicts some
improved educational methods, viz: "Reforms
in education always advance slowly"
A RESIDENT who, on account of very poor
health, has advertised his farm for sale, says
he gets inquiries from persons outside who
say they want good farms. Now no one can
gainsay that this is good farming town, and
there are plenty of good farms for sale, but
from no fault of the farms. This town also
has good points as place to live in. We have
no railroad yet Though we have an excellent
appetite for one, and shall not keep quiet till
we have it), but then, we have no lawyers.
We have four churches, one doctor, not sa-
loon, one hotel, a first-class country store, and
for general intelligence we will put our people
but our occupation is one that is character
lied by such modesty that this sentence must
go unfinished. Just give our place call and
investigate it thoroughly, all you who want to
buy good farms, and see If we won't " do you
good"
SOME from among our best readers and sing
ers have kindly consented to aid in a reading
and musicale, on Wednesday evening of mex,
week, at the town hall. Should the affair
prove, as we hope, success, others OF SINH
lar nature may follow. 1t is hoped that all oul
people may take an interest in the matter, aIC
give it substantial aid by their attendance.
small admission fee will be charged, and i
enough shall be obtained to secure, bye ant
bye, a professional reader lecturer, all thu
patrons of the readings will be entitled to thu
free benefit of the same. 1t ia to be hom
affair." designed to bring together more fully
and pleasantly our towns-folk-and, while nj
airs are to be put on, it is fully believed w
have home talent enough to make pleasant
profitable series OF wholesome entertainments
Will all our people help to make the thing
great success?
GEORGE LYNDE has taken POSSESSION of hi
farm and the familiar face and form of Lyman
Martin, as farmer, is again to be seen here. Blu
there must be many sad memories as he return
to his old home. I'D. nj. Palmer started in las
year with nine swarms of bees. He sold abou
sixty-fve dollars worth OF honey, honeyed hi
own bread and butter, and now has twenty-on
swarms of bees all tod-a pretty sweet profit
is it not 2. Mrs. Emily Ware Brown, now c
Chicago, has recently buried a son of eight @
nine years OF age. Henry Hersey is engage
at the signal service station, New London
Connecticut. -. George c. Earle shipped abou
a ton and half Of butter last week. He sti
is a great sufferer from rheumatism. Dl
Charles Ellis has had his eye upon a fine res
dence in Nashua, N. H., owned by the lat
Judge Worcester (brother of the Worcester
dictionary fame), and he now has his han
upon it, having, within few days, bargaine
for it. This means an early return to Nashua
live. His stay here is thus, like his pills, sho
and sweet. j. M. Palmer, failing to sell h
farm, will rent it to Elijah Kathan, who wi
move on to it. Mr.. and Mrs Palmer will II
main on the farm. Rev. G. l.. Wells Q,
changed last Sunday with the Methodist mil
lister OF Worcester. -. George Lynde starts OF
with thirty-two cows on his farm. The break
of his wrist proves to be bad one. Fran
Lougee goes to Vergennes this week to worl
He has the job of night watching at the refor
school,. Calvin Flint has made an arrang
ment with Jason johnson by which the lstt'
poaa on In his farm with his family Mr. an