The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-10-29
WilliamstOwn.


Pollard, now of Ludlow, was in town re-
Gently.
STATES ATTORNEY DARLING of Chelsea
and Miss Emma, daughter of Rev. Harvey
Webster, were married at the Methodist
church here on Sunday afternoon, last.
REV. Mr.. RICHARDSON, whose home, we
believe, has been in Newbury of late, on ac-
count of i'll health, preached very accept
ably to the Congregationalsts, last Sabbath.
REV. HARVEY WEBSTER has in his pos
session an p" English setter " dog, left with
him by a friend who had refused fifty dol
lars for him. He must be q valuable bird
hunter.
Four HUNDRED baskets of corn from two
and one half acres is Asa s. Simonds esti-
mate of his corn crop this year. We know
of no other farmer who raises so much from
small amount OF land as does Mr.. Simonds.
AS Wilbur +. Adams was going to Joshua
#. Bailey's surprise Saturday evening, to his
own surprise his wagon colided with another
in our village, demolishing one wheel, and
this although he was carrying a lantern at
the time.
ALVIN FLINT has settled with the Whitney
Brothers, who have rented his farm for
eighteen months past, and will occupy it
himself at present. The Messrs. Whitney
want to purchase farm. They have good
name as industrious boys.
GEORGE LYNDE, while driving at a rapid
rate in Barre, on Saturday evening last, col
lided with team, and was thrown from his
buggy, striking on his head and shoulder
No serious damage, however, came to him.
His buggy was damaged, somewhat
DEACON AND Mrs. CIRCUIT ABBOTT had
the pleasure last week of having all their
children at home, at the same time-a pleas
ure as great to the children as to the par
ents. " The apple of discord " seems never
to have been thrown into this family
WE heard one of our farmers, whom we
take to be n close calculator. say recently he
could buy goods in this town cheaper than
ia Barre, aside from some of the heavier ar
ticles. This being true, it means, of course,
that this is the place to patronize for all the
country round.
In the warning for our town meeting on
the fourth of November is an article on the
matter of providing our renovated town hall
with suitable lighting and seating facilities
We trust no citizen will begrudge an appro-
priation sufficient to furnish the hall prop
erly, and to the credit of the place.
FARMER JOSHUA f. BAILEY is one who
has come to be expected to succeed in any
undertaking he enters upon. His farm not
yielding the water needed for man and
beast, he meets the difficulty by laying over
three-fourths of mile of lead pipe to a
spring, reckoned to be never-failing one
CoNUNDRUM for the committee having in
charge the Orange County Sunday-school
convention held at Chelsea on Monday and
Tuesday of this week: How happens it that
you did not properly notify all the schools
| of the county? The first intimation of the
convention reached here Monday evening
| last.
| The name of S. V. McDufiie is familiar
to many of the older students of Barre Acad-
envy, where he was once teacher of elocu.
| ton. We had a pleasant letter from him
recently. He is a Congregational minister
| ,.,..l
family of wife and four children; reports
himself in good health, and hopeful for Con.
gregationalism in Florida.
WE know young Williamstowniar
who is balancing the question of learning a
trade. There may be others doing the SAME
| thing. We have just come across the state
ment of one, who, it is said, for number OF
years filed with marked ability position
on the supreme bench of one of our states
that may encourage such. In speaking o.
the matter of knowing trade, he says he
would give thousand dollars if he knew 6
| trade"
FRIENDS of Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua F. Bailey
stole in upon them, wholly unawares, OF
| Saturday evening last for the celebration OF
the twentieth anniversary of their marriage
They bore with them good gifts, consisting
of "a hanging-lamp and copy Of Webster's
Unabridged Dictionary, and holder for it.
from friends here at home; five dollars from
| MS DrOuner, CONDUCTOR lnOlndS bailey o.
| Montpelier, and q linen tablecloth from his
0he conductor's) daughter, also a gift o
several dollars from Mr.. Bailey's father anC
sister. About eighty persons were present
A merry evening was passed. music being
a pleasing feature of the occasion.
AN " object-lesson " that we saw laugh
our friend Gubbins the other day seems wei
| worth reporting. Our more agreeable friend
Broadcharity, having business with Cub
bins, had invited us to ride out with him t
his home. Now Gubbins seems always t,
have grievance " to ruminate, as a Gov
does her cud, and if he were to " lose hi
cud," his death would be looked for a
surely as would be a cows under the sam,
circumstances. His " first stomach " ap
parently never lacks a bountiful supply o
the failures of professedly" good people
and they are easily brought to the " mouth.
1t was so the other day. Before Broad
charity could get his business attended to
he was compelled to listen to Gubbins
latest discovery of shortcomings in a neigh
Dor who is church-member, but said moth
ing in reply. Business attended to, Cub
bins said, . Now, sir, before you 90 back,
want you to take this basket, and 90 out T.
my orchard and get some of the finest az
plies you have seen this fall and take HON
to your family. And when you go by tina
field of corn, take a look at it. | think it i
a leetle the best corn I've seen this year.
Broadcharity then started, and we accom-
panied him. Well away from the house, h
said to us, " See here, now; can't teac
Gubbins a lesson this morning? III try il
anyhow" Passing the corn-tield (and
fine field it was, too) he picked dozen o
two of the smallest, poorest nubbins tina
could be found, and, putting them into hi
basket, went to the orchard, and there file
it with windfalls," and the poorest frui
he could pick from trees weighted dow
with very choice apples. Returning to tn
house, Gubbins promptly met him, expect