The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-09
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cessfu singing-school at Shady Rill Friday
evening. The singing continued from Thurs
day evening through the day on Friday. clos
ing on the evening Of that day, as stated
above. 1t was a very enjoyable occasion, the
attendance was large, many musc-loving peo-
pie coming in from the adjoining communities.
The solo singing by Mrs. Monet was pleasant
feature of the occasion. Mr.. Ober has taught
six schools the past winter with much success,
and to the entire acceptance Of his patrons.
ONE week from this morning the annual
session of the Vermont Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church begins at Trinity church,
in this village, with Bishop Mathew Simpson,
DID,, LID, in the chair. Many prominent
men Of the church from out OF the state
will be present at different times during the
session to represent the various denominational
interests, such as church extension, freedmen,
missions, etc. etc. Conference business will be
attended to in the forenoon of each day, while
the afternoons and evenings will be occupied
with sermons and various anniversary exercises.
The public will be welcomed to all the meetings.
AN old confidence trick is now being revived.
Here is the usual method of performing it, A
man enters store makes small purchase,
is passed to him, usually So bill and the rest
in small bills and silver. He puts the $5 bill
in his pocket, lays down with the other change
enough to make up So, pushes the whole back
and asks for $5 bill instead of the small bills
and silver. As soon as the So bill is laid down
and before the small bills are taken by the
clerk, the purchaser pushes the whole mass
back, and remarks: 81 guess I'll take SIC
bill instead of all this In many cases the SIC
bill is passed out without question, the success
Of the trick depending upon the skill of the con
fidence man in confusing the clerk. We have
not heard of any trial Of this. trick in this vi
cinity, but it may possibly be due to the feai
that no man would have as much as ten dollars
by him at any one time.
WE are indebted to Mrs. Martha T. Mallory
of East Montpelier for copy Of THE WATCH
MAN dated March 18th, 1909, over seventy-fvt
years ago. The paper has four pages of foul
columns each, about three columns Of which il
taken up with advertising, and the price was
rs per year by mail. Samuel o. Randall
| Of Cabot advertises patent washing machine
while T. & R. Hubbard of Montpelier vii
| lage" threaten to sue all of their debtors
"wthout reserve" endeavoring to strike ter
| ror to the hearts of the aforesaid debtors by
urging them to "recollect that our village /,
| overstocked with attornies, subject to the EN-
barrassments of the embargo laws, who mus
| have a subsistence from some source or other
No state news of any kind appears, and thu
general news is very meagre and old, the new
from Boston being dated two weeks before th'
issue. On the whole, 1t presents wide con
trast to THE WATcHMAN as now presented t
its readers.
SOME machine poet has thus expressed tn
public feeling in regard to the attractiveness o
newspaper work:
| i wish were an editor
| really do indeed;
1t seems to me that editors
| Get everything they need
| They get the biggest and the best
| OF everything that grows,
And get In free to circuses
| And other kinds of shows;
And when mammoth cheese is cut,
| They always get slice,
| For saying " Mrs. Smith knows how
To make 1t very nice"
The largest pumpkin, longest beet,
| And other garden stuff,
Is blown into the sanctum
BY an editorial puff;
| The editor is an engine
Whose fires will neer go out.
He always means to keep up steam,
| Tho other men may pout.
Puff puff, puff, from morn till night,
| Putting still in the glarng noon,
| Puff by day and by candle light