The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-13
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typhoid fever.
j. K LYNDE has just sold his best horse for
eight hundred and fifty dollars.
MR. AND Mrs. JAMES s. ABBOTT sing in
church In Lebanon, ~ II. They are fine sing
ers, as many know.
j. G. BRocKwAY's family will accompany
Rev. Harvey Webster's family to Highgate
this week where they are to tent out.
JUDGE YOUNG of Minneapolis, Mimi. and
Lawyer Darling of Chelsea were present at the
social meeting at the Congregational vestry,
Sunday evening
WE are told that one of our townsmen who
received a thousand dollars In lawsuit, has a
lawyers bill Of four hudred dollars to pay.
Isn't this an argument for arbitrators?
CHARLES TEMPLEToN and wife (nee Miss
Edna Carleton have started for their home,
Fargo Dakota. after a stay OF some weeks In
their old homes. They were much refreshed
by their visit here.
IT certainly Is an occasion for rejoicing when
our hard working farmers and their families
take q holiday. Last week Folensby Good
rich, with sons and daughter, and their fami-
lies, took a holiday together at Berlin Pond,
and they will not reckon 1t lost day either,
we venture.
WE want to call the attention of all the
young folks of THE WAToHMAN family to the
fact that Messrs. D. Lothrop & Co., Of Boston,
Young Folks Journal, free il they will ask for
it, by postal before September 1st. The first
number, which we have Is very enjoyable.
Don't fail to write and get it. 1t Is free to old
folks as well.
MISS ADA E MARTIN has closed a very salts
factory term Of school in the John Farnham
district. Not a tardy mark disfgured her
register, and four of her pupils had no marks
against them. II we remember Alright these
were two daughters Of Rob Templeton, son
of Charles Staples and daughter Of Sumner
Wbeatey One or two others came near this
high standard and but for illness, or the like,
would have reached it. All honor to the
good pupils.
OUR worthy townswoman, Miss viollette E.
Hibbard now residing In New York city, re-
Gently came to St. JohDsbury with a party Of
Fresh air children from that city, for q
fortnight's stay. She writes that the children
were very happy, and adds, " | wish you could
have seen and heard them relate their wonder
full exploits and experiences during their stay
there" Some Of them went by special invita-
tions, having been there last summer, and we're
invited to return next year, If such expeditions
are in vogue. II the persons who entertained
them could have been unseen listeners to their
rehearsals of kindness and love they would
have felt compensated for their tenderness and
benevolence to the little city waits. collected
from the homes of poverty and want in this
great metropolis. "God bless the originators
and coadjutors in this work" And 80 say
we all.
THERE may be those who have more and
also worse, physical ailments than our towns
woman, Mrs Martha Benedict Farnham, but
we do not recall one such. For twelve
years she has been a helpless invalid, and
now her case is called almost hopeless, though
| she may live for years But, upborne by the
Christians faith and hope, she knows it is all
for the best, and bears all with great patience.
How such terrible nvalidism (for 1t is moth.
| ing less than terrible) ought to start never
failing stream of practical sympathy-first Of
all, towards the sufferer herself and then
towards her family! We hardly know family
whose case calls for more sympathy. Such
instances of pain and affiiction are rare, at leas
about here Thank God that somewhere
sometime, they may bear frutage that will
make them, in the retrospect, seem ligh
and but for moment. Mrs. Farnham |,
staying for a season with her sister and
| brother here In town.
The children and few friends OF Mr.. ant
Mrs Oliver Davenport observed his eightietl
birth day, on Saturday last at their home
Their eight children are all living, and nearl,
all were at home on Saturday. The occasion
was pleasant one, as we can testify to, hav
ing been present. The house in which Mr.
Davenport lives, is part of the first franco
| house in the town. 1t was twice the presen
size originally and was erected In the Judg
| Paine neighborhood We heard some interest
ing "reminiscences OF the old house. 1t was a
first used for q hotel, and at one time schoo
was taught in portion of it. AUNT Dam
Coleman" how familiar the name to many 0
our older citizens! y once told of going to schoc
in this building when there was but one boo
in the school For writing lessons their teache
used white birch bark. Judge Lynde, VIII
was present on Saturday. concluded that as
teacher in his young days, he must have bee
boarded in the house There was also brough
forth tradition :" that Edward, duke of KEN
and father Of Queen Victoria, once lodged j
the original building, while on an American
tour" Mr.. and Mrs Davenport were substar
italy remembered We know Of no man VIII
does not wish them we'll
AS freeman's meeting draws higher, tn
question naturally arises, "Who is to be til
candidate for our representative in the neg
legislature ?" Is 1t not q fact greatly to
deplored that almost the first thought in tn
connection must be- not Who OF our town
men are the best and ablest men, well quail
fled to represent us ?" but ''Who can comman
the most votes? And do not all know wins
that means too often Should the man whoI
nobody dislikes, the man who has no enemie
be the one on whom the choice must fal
simply and wholly for this reason -? tt
worlds best work seems never to have bee
) done by that class Of men, and is not like
soon to be. We hope our people will, this fal
look deeper than that, and be not influence
, by any mere personal dislike, or predjudic
! that they will not stop at any single lack, th
is no worse than external, rather than of hea
or head. Our town is largely republican.
is not behind other average towns in abili
and worth. We owe it to ourselves. not onl
but to our state land it stops not with OF
! state, even), to sink all small differences al
I elect man, as we can, who shall do good wol
for the commonwealth. There is certain
: something far nobler for you, republican town