The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-02-20
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.


Pond, Westmore.
WOODSTOCK reports an unusual amount OF
sickness, but not serious.
RoYALToN had twenty-five births, nineteen
marriages and twenty deaths last year.
WAGONS have supplanted sleighs in Rutland,
snow having nearly disappeared in the streets
THE Windsor County Temperance Society
will hold its annual meeting at Woodstock next
Saturday.
THERE are six thousand bushels of potatoes
for sale on the road in Jericho in distance of
two miles.
THE Barnard library association has now
completed its organization, and will soon be in
running order.
The village of Lyndon, in its eighty years
existence, has had seventeen fires, in none of
which the loss has exceeded $4,000.
A SERIES of temperance meetings, under the
auspices of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, is being held in Addison county.
THE department of Vermont g. A. R., con-
tributes one hundred dollars toward the relief
of suffering comrades in the inundated cities
OF Cincinnati and Covington.
BURLINGTON city taxes will be 33-100 cents
on a dollar, S74, 448 being the amount required.
The cty's bonded debt is 1852, $50, having
been reduced $5,043 last year.
SENATOR MORRILL, has introduced a resolu-
ton authorizing the donation of four con-
and one hundred shell and shot to the town Of
Rutland.
THE st. Adams telephone exchange seems
to be losing ground. Quite number of sub
scribers have dropped off, since the new man
agement obtained control, because the rates
were raised
A SOMEWHAT careful estimate puts the aver
age value of the sugar crop in Glover at $11,-
$50, and yet some are cutting down their sugar
orchards for the small gain they can get on the
sale of the wood.
A PARTY of Hungarians, who have been
working around among the farmers in Addison
county for the past ten or eleven months, hav-
ing laid up 800 or 800 each, started for their
native country again last week.
HERMAN Posi- of Hinesburg has imported
span of bay Clydesdae mares, two and three
years old, and weighing fourteen hundred and
forty and sixteen hundred and ten pounds re-
spectively. They are from Scotland.
On the 18th, Belden Newton, twenty-five
years old, in an attempt to board freight
train leaving Lyndonville, fell under car and
had an arm cut off and his skull crushed. He
lived but half an hour. He came from Con-
cord, N. H., last fall.
THE Bennington wooden mills have been
gradually closing, as stock ran out, and they
are now shut down for good. Many hands
have gone to North Adams and other places
looking for work. There are grave doubts if
the mills open again within year.
AN eight-years-old son of Lorenzo P. Ward
well, while in the woodwork shop of the Bur-
lington wooden company, Friday, watching
some of the machinery, was caught between
the frame of planning machine and the wall
of the building, and was squeezed into not more
than two inches space.
IT is stated upon good authority that there
is school district is this town which has a
population of forty-eight children of school
age, and the average attendance upon school
for the year has been four. We think this is
good field for missionary work if ever one
presented itself Bennington Banner.
A PORTION of the members of the Congrega-
tional church of Winooski have locked the
church against the pastor the Rev. II. New
man Wright, claiming that he has been too at
tentive to young ladies in his flock, though
he has a wife and five children. He has
served successfully in the ministry of the Epis
copal Methodist and Congregational churches
TELEGRAMs from E. N. Bisse of Shoreham
announce his safe arrival in Sidney, New South
Wales with the cargo of sheep with which he
started two months ago. This is probably the
last shipment Of American sheep that will get
into Australia for long time, as 1t is under
stood that the ports of that country have been
closed against all American sheep that were
not on the ocean on or before January 28th
THE Cutter marble company's property in
Middlebury was attached, the 18th, on writs in
favor of Boston parties for $4,000. The COM
pdny mas Deen somewhat Slack IN It's DuS-
mess methods for several months and slow
about paying workmen. They owe consider
able to them now, end last week Saturday was
their monthly pay day. The company is said
to have on hand orders for S25. 900 worth of
work to be set up next summer.
THE State Line paper MILL owned by the
Stark paper company OF North Bennington,
situated two miles west of the village and
known as the Sodom mill, was partially de-
stroyed by fire Tuesday morning. the 18th inst
The fire originated in the east end or store
room, extending through the main part and
containing bleachers and engines. The wing
containing the paper machines escaped. The
insurance is $4,000.
THE Alcott Falls company is preparing to
improve its water-power on the Connecticut
river in the towns of Hartford and Lebanon,
N. H., about two miles north of White River
Junction The company is organized in New
Hampshire and owns 250 acres of land border
ing its water-power. That on the Vermont
side is on the Passumpsic railroad and that on
the New Hampshire side is one and one-half
miles from the Northern road The fall is
twenty-four feet and is estimated at 10000
horsepower The dam is already done, and the
company will build pulp and paper mills, all
on the Vermontside the first one to be done
by next July.
THE second annual meeting of the Vermont
Sheep-shearers' Association was held at Mid
ul6Dury, WIFI SOOu httenudnc6. Inc report
of the secretary, Harrison F. Dean of Corn
wall, was read. 1t was shown by the report
that the association was in prosperous condi-
ton, there being two hundred and twenty eight
members. The last annual shearing brought
out the best exhibit of sheep ever made in Yer
mont. A committee reported the following
list Of nominations: For president, j. L. But.
tolph, Middlebury; secretary H. F. Dean
Cornwall vice presidents, Virtulan Rich, Shore
ham, and A. II. Hubbard, Whiting; treasurer
L. f. Moore, Shoreham; directors, Nj. b. Will
hanson of Middlebury ]. T. Sticking of Shore
ham, d. w. Prime Of Brandon, L. S. Burwel
of Bridport, Charles Witherell of Cornwall
John ii. Mead of West Rutland, and George
Hammond OF Middlebury All were elected
After considerable debate, the time for holding
the next shearing was set for Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday, April /, 2 and 3. A
proposition to have one days shearng IL
August for those who have adopted the custom
of shearing their rams twice year was moi
carried.
Other Localities.
THE ice palace at Montreal is to be takel
down at once.
A CYCLONE passed over the north western
part OF Georgia on the 18th.
A TRAIN on which King Humbert was pas
senger was fred into on Saturday.
THE prohibition debate has begun in the low
legislature, and excites great interest.
A REUNION of the Army of the Potomac is t
be held in Brooklyn, June 18th and 18th.
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