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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19

Tunbridge. - One of Charles Mann's
daughters is thought to have typhoid fever.
- The stone bridge on the Randolph
road has been completed. - Mr.. j. b.
Corliss had severe shock of apoplexy last
Tuesday. He is now better. - Herbert
p. Rolfe of Fort Benton, Montana, is visit
ing here after an absence of nine years.
- The school exhibition at North Tun-
bridge was postponed on account Of bad
weather in the hearts of a few.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19

Recommendations village school
Friday evening, November 21st, consisting
of light gymnastics, speaking, music, etc.,
and an award of prizes will be given. -
Eddie Green soon starts for Miles City,
Montana, where he has situation in G. B.
Towers shoe store. - The skating rink
has changed hands, Perkins & Haskins not
finding it paying investment.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19

East MOntpelier.-School at the Center
is to commence Monday, December LIST,
with Miss |. G.. Ormsbee as teacher. -
The " On-the-Stairs " circle will meet with
the Misses Peck on Tuesday, the 18th inst.
go l.. ID. Hill, who has been partially
disabled by rheumatism for nearly two
years, has gone to trapping. He has caught
sixty-four skunks since the LIST of Septem-
Der. == Mr.. and Mrs. George Goodwin
returned from a visit to Chelsea last Mon
day. - III. A. Gould has been having a
mild attack of diphtheria since his return
from Martha's Vineyard.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19

South Royalton. - George Hayward
yesterday attempted suicide by hanging,
but was discovered in season to save his
life. He had been respondent for some
time, and had had family quarrel just
before making the rash attempt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19

Observation-Disclosures Smith has bought
the ARENAS Brown place in the village, and
expects to move there in about month.
- Nathan Robinson has sold his house
and lot of land in the village to Rev. Lyman
Prindle, who formerly preached on the
common. The auction sale of the
personal property of the late Lewis Thayer
brought out several articles which were a
curiosity to the present generation also an
iron bar used by General Waite, who
founded the town.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19

Do you wish to regain your health if you
are all broken down and suffering from
nervous prostration? | will tell You what
cured me after suffering for months. | used
two bottles of Sulphur Bitters, and now l
am well man.-C. Stiles, Bookkeeper,
Canton.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19

Warren.-Lewis ID. Whitney, long
time resident Of this town, died Tuesday,
November 18th, aged fifty-eight years. Mrs.
Lizzie Manchester of West Randolph con-
Quoted the exercises at the funeral. -
Mrs. Stephen Goodspeed has been quite
sick during the past week with muscular
rheumatism. - Ed Elliot who has been
visiting in Gardiner, Mass. has returned
home. - Mr.. James Harmon has gone to
Connecticut to spend short time. -
Mrs. Hoyt Parker, and Mrs. Elisha Hewitt
and daughter, are spending few weeks in
Massachusetts. - Mrs. Ann Nichols OF
Bristol made brief visit to friends in town
last week - Mrs. f. Smith of Barre is
visiting friends in town. - A very sue
cessful term. of school in District No. l closed
November It'll taught by Miss Lizzie A. But
terrified of Roxbury. Those having nc
marks were Alice Lamb and Flora Lovett
those absent not more than two days were
Eta Goodspeed, May Harmon, Mabel
Lovett, Kate Tillotson, Jennie Tillotson
Henry Averill, Clinton and Georgia Green
wood, and Archie Lovett, Whole number
of scholars, twenty-six.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19
NOTICE.

There will be public examination of teachers for
county certificates in the Court House at Montpelier,
BEGINNING Friday, November %, 1854, at ten O'clock
A. NJ. and continuing two days To learn what are
the qualifications for admission, Revised Laws
of Vermont, 1850, relating to Public Instruction.
L. TENNEY,) Examining Board
j. NJ. HIT. : ,Or
G. G. DAvIs) Washington County.
Montpelier November IA, 1884. 1851
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19

Funeral services were held
at the Methodist church on Stony Brook
over the remains of Miss Helen Gilmore,
eldest daughter of Mr.. Gilmore of the south
hill = The village schools closed on
Friday for "A short vacation. - Lindal
Lamb is building new house on the site of
the one burnt last winter. ==== Mrs. Ellen
Dalton has returned from Mortified, where
she has been to visit her daughter, Mrs
Charles Emerson.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19

FaystOn.-Robert Fulton has rented his
farm, stock and farming utensils to Michael
Foley for three years Mr. and Mrs. Full
ton will live with James Ill. Baird.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19
advertisements.
Desirable Property for Sale +!

On account Of i'll health will sell my place, sit
uated in Chelsea, VT, one-half mile north of the
hotel, consisting of and onehalf acres of land a
well furnished two-story house, a good barn. a saw
MILL carpenter and blacksmith shop The property
will be sold cheap. T.. y. DENSMOfsE.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19


North Montpeiier.-Mr. and Mrs. A. j
Sibley of the Pavilion Hotel, Montpelier,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Charles Sibley, re-
turning on Monday. - NJ. V. b. Hollis
ter and daughter, Miss Dora, are on visit
to friends in Hartford, Conn Miss Hollis
ter is to stay through the winter. - Our
enterprising manufacturer, George F. Sib-
ley, was in Boston several days of last week
and week before and reports business dull.
- Our much respected townsman, j.
w. Butterfield, has taught the school in this
district, if we remember correctly, six terms
and always to the complete satisfaction of
every one interested. Mr.. Butterfield has
consented to keep the school through the win
ter term. - Miss Carrie Chase, precep-
tress of Mortified graded school, accom-
panied by her sister, Miss Mary Chase Of
MOrrisville, were guests of Miss Elsie War
rem over Sunday. - The announcement
of the death of Mrs. +. A. Dwinell at her home
in Plainfield last Saturday morning spread
a feeling of gloom over the entire commu-
nifty, and the large circle of acquaintance
and friends in this vicinity (Which was for
over twenty-five years her home) extend to
the bereaved husband and motherless chill
dren their heartfelt sympathy in in this their
sad affiction. - The singing school,
under the management of Charles f. Dudley
as teacher, is proving decided success.
The next one is this week Thursday even
ing. - There was a public examination
of teachers for this town at our school
house last Saturday by c. p. Hollister, our
superintendent. - The grand opening Of
the skating rink of A. ID. Coburn in this viii
1age is to take place next week Wednesday
evening, and with as good hall and floor
as there is in the country of its size. With
appropriate music and generous patron
age from the well wishers of the enterprise,
it promises to be the opening of very pleas
ant and harmless amusement for the young
people in this vicinity and the surrounding
towns. Give him grand turnout.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19

Observation-Disclosures S. Merriam has moved
to Bradford to live with her daughter. f.
Il. Spaulding and family have moved to the
rooms vacated by Mrs. Merriam. =- The
people of the Methodist church will observe
centenary Sunday Sunday. ==-=
School ut Morrisville Academy opens on
Wednesday, November 20. - The meet
ings to he held by the Good Templars'
lodge are now held ON Monday evenings in
stead of Wednesday, because of the singing
class lately formed by Professor Fuller of
Burlington.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19

Plainfield.-The sympathies of this en-
tire community have been deeply moved by
the death of Mrs. II. A. Dwinell After an
illness OF less than one week, she passed
peacefully away last Saturday morning
On the previous Sunday, she, with her hus-
band, was in their accustomed place in our
choir (of which she was never absent on the
Sabbath) rendering her ministry of song
and seemed TO be among the strongest, the
happiest and the most hopeful of all Now
that she has gone, it seems hard to realize
that her kindly presence will be no more
welcomed among us. Mrs. Dwinell pos
sessed a very large circle of acquaintance
as well as Of relatives, from which her de-
cease takes helpful associate and warm
friend. Here is a happy home suddenly
rifed of its dearest treasure-two little boys
being deprived of the best of earthly bless
ings, wise and loving mothers care and
counsel. To our respected friend and
townsman, Mr.. Dwnell the most heartfelt,
though inadequate, condolences are sorrow
fully extended in this hour of his sorrow.
The funeral services were conducted on
Monday, which were attended by a large
number of Mrs. Dwinell's former associates
in her early home. The remains are inferred
in the beautiful little cemetery at Calais.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19

Marshfield.-Friday, October 3lst, an ex-
plosion of the boiler at a tile factory created
intense excitement throughout the village
of Ancona, Illinois. Rev o. L. Dwinell
formerly of this place, at one side of a
load of hay was thrown across the road
and received several scalp wounds and one
directly over the left eye. He was not,
however, seriously injured, and was able to
I'LL all his appointments on the following
Sunday. - The winter schools in the
village open on December LIST. The lower
department will be taught by Miss May
Palmer, who has taught there the past two
terms. The upper department will be
taught by a Mr.. Hutchinson, who at pres
ent is studying law in a Montpelier law
office. He is graduate Of Dartmouth has
had experience in teaching in graded and dis
trict schools and comes well recommended.
He will teach some of the higher branches,
giving our older scholars an opportunity
they will improve gladly. A limited num-
Der of scholars from other districts will be
admitted for fair compensation by apply
ing to the committee. - A. II. Putnam
and wife started for their new home in Ma
Lone N. Y, last Monday. Their many
friends here will wish them much happiness
in their new home. Eddie Spencer goes in
the car containing their household goods to
look after and take care of the horse and
COW and will be gone a couple of weeks.
80 Elder Bailey has improved his place
very much by building a new fence and
tearing down the old one in front of his house
and cutting out the apple trees. He con-
templates paintingihis house, which will put
it in good shape. - g. ID. Smith has ex-
changed his place for the one lately vacated
by e. L. Smith and owned by True Rand,
and Oliver Carpenter has bought George
Blakeley's place. - w. IL. III. Mears has
moved into his new home in the house
lately vacated by A. F. Putnam. The town
clerks Office isvery pleasantly situated now
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19

Elmore.-Mr. Fem now occupies the
hotel. - Helen Richardson is spending
the winter in St. Johnsbury. - Mr.. n.
Earle of New Hampshire is paying a short
visit to his aunt, Mrs. ID. X. Stone. =-
Orange Scott was in town last week on a
has returned from Montpelier and is much
improved in health. - Messrs. G. w.
and G. l.. Ward have taken large job of
numbering of Captain Woodbury., and have
moved their families into the woods and
commenced chopping. -= Mr. and Mrs
Webster who have been on visit To S, b.
Doty's, have returned to their home in
Maine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-19

The following is telegraphic report of the live
stock market at WATERFOWL and Brighton for the
week ending Tuesday, November Is, 1884;
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-08-01

Glenn were among the vccalists. A
not much better fate attended Miss
Cowen's bright series of Shakspearean
tableaux in the same theater, which
had been arranged in concert with the
various ladies and gentlemen by Mr..
Phil Morris, Mr.. John O'Connor, and
Mr.. j. l.. Cowen. But it was half past
5 before this item, in rather crowded
programme, was reached; and the
afternoon audience was now beginning
to melt away.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-08-01
THE COUNTRY EDITOR.

/ saw him at his font
AS he sat upon his stool
And he smiled on the boys
AS we passed along to school,
Grinning,
Winning,
Happy with his type and rule.
He could clip, he could paste,
He could write leader fine
And set 1t up In style
While he cut monkeyshine
For the boys,
Full of noise,
Happy tying type with twine.
He could run Sunday schools,
Standing high upon a chair
He wasn't tall enough
Till he got up in the air
Off Ike gun,
Bubbling with fun,
Happy with the children there.
saw him as he grasped
With his honest grip and kind,
The hands of all the boys
AS they left new fields to find.
And his smile
Is the while
Ever in their lives entwined.
: Wal,dm Hosea Bdllo,t, IN Home Jour
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-08-01
A Crazy Quilt.

A lady in New York city has just
finished silk quilt composed of $4,000
pieces, each about the size of a lOcent
piece. The pieces are hexagonal, and
there are on an average ten stitches on
each of the six sides, which makes the
total number of stitches 100000. 1t
has taken Mrs. Collins seven years to
make this quilt, working at it during
her spare hours. 1t has been valued
by large dry goods house on Broad
way at $500 or 5000.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-08-01
PASSING EVENTS.


Gambling among women is becom-
ing common in Japan.
The debt of Boston has increased ST.
4S5, 677 during the year.
Red snow covers the summit of
mountain near Sacramento, Cal.
OF the 251 applicants for admission
to Havard, forty-nine are ladies.
A six-legged calf was found by the
judith, Mon, roundup recently,
London has a population of 1928
outside of asylums and almshouses.
The production of raisins in Califor-
MIA now reaches 100000 boxes annual
ly.
In Sweden a man who has been
drunk three times loses the right of
suffrage.
Boston is said to ship tracts to one
part of India and neatly painted idols
to another.
Mary Ruby, of Rome, N. Y, died in
convulsions, brought on by n too free
dose of ice-w water.
Since the dog-drowning season
opened in New York, 1885 CANNES
have breathed their last.
Rain in western North Carolina has
damaged crops and railroads several
hundred thousand dollars worth.
Rochester, N. Y, has been decided
upon as the divisional headquarters of
the Salvation army in western New
York.
At the New Orleans worlds fair next
winter Mexico will exhibit a garden of
tropical plants, covering 220, 900 square
| feet.
The English courts have decided that
school teachers have no right to impose
lessons upon pupils to be learned out
of school hours.
A sea-ion weighing 800 pounds
was lately killed at the mouth of the
Coquille river, Oregon. 1t yielded
thirty gallons of OIL
Great mortality is reported in the
Blackfoot Indian agency, in Montana,
caused by neglect and ill-treatment of
the Indians by the agent.
The depression of the coke trade of
the Connelsville region is such that
Hungarians employed there are re-
turning home by the score daily.
Drinkers of tea are warned by re-
ports from the far west that system
attic trade in spurious and dangerous
article has just been discovered in
Japan.
The striped convict suits have been
discarded in the Ohio penitentiary,a and
prisoners have been furnished with
clothing the same as worn by honest
, people.
, Bibles are no longer to be found in
, watering-place hotel parlors and bed
2 chambers. Formerly the bible was as
much part of the furniture rs the
match safe.
I Grasshoppers are doing great dam
I age to the hay crop in New Hamp-
shire Farmers are catching them at
the rate of ten bushels a day and
burning them.
Two hundred thousand mulberry
trees. direct from France, were re-
ceived few days ago by the French
colony recently settled at Keyser,
Moore county, N. Z.
. The men employed in clearing and
sorting vanilla suffer from singular
> skin disease, which has lately been
! found to be caused by minute white
- insect which lives in the bean
! A champagne house at Epernay re-
s Gently offered prizes for the best five
@ poems on champagne. The topic was
e so inspiriting that no fewer than eleven
n hundred poems were sent in.
q Twenty San Francisco men recently
: breakfasted on one egg, They were
e moderately hungry,yet all had enough.
II was an ostrich egg, and weighed as
much as twenty-eight hens eggs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-22
The Pispah cold pxcitement.

DENVER, Col, April 21.-Excitement over the
new gold discoveries at Mount Pisgah is becom-
ing intense. A thousand men are already in
camp, and others are coming in all directions by
hundreds. The Miners Union has formed dis
trict named Golden Valley" Hundreds of claims
were staked yesterday. Several large compa-
mics are forming here. Leading mining are
becoming convinced that the discoveries are
genuine.
The Tribune's representative telegraphs
tonight that it is not strict
ly placer ground. but is
goldbearing gravel in the gulches. In some
places it is cemented into hard mass, almost
rock; in others it is quite free. Color is often
obtained by washing that bears a strong re-
semblance to the dry placer of New Mexico.
Most of the gold is in combination but the
district is very large and the rock is volcanic
Several assays have been made that average
about 40 ounces of gold, with trace of silver.
Some have run much higher
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-22

lieve that have discovered something new in
lecturing. If the nearer does not know what the
lecturer is talking about, and the speaker him
self is in the same boat, the nearer will be far
more interested He will keep awake, fancying
that the speaker may make mistake and say
something new-something that the listener
believes he has never heard before, but is not
exactly clear in his mind, if he has any mind
left, whether he has heard it or not He tries
to reflect, but becomes more mystifed, and
finally agrees with the speaker. After that the
way is clear. The hearer becomes intensely
Interested, and takes great pleasure in listen
ing"
With this prelude the Sheriff plunged into the
subject. Political Platforms he said, were
usually very interesting. Before election they
election, however, the people found that they
were susceptible of various constructions.
These platforms were the work of politicians,
who never saw the same after election as they
did before. All this was wrong. Any man who
started in the political world with the intention
to doing business ought to be honest-at least,
as honest circumstances would permit.
Outside of Verona, there were not many hon
est politicians in the world. If man seeks an
important office, and believes that he can be
elected by lying just once he is mighty apt to
lie. Some politicians are even worse than this.
When suffering from the genuine political seven
year itch, and modification sets in, and they
really believe that the country is going to the
dogs unless they are elected, they will swear that
black is white and white is black every hour in
the day. Such men are dangerous, although
they are usually in favor of the dear old flag and
large appropriations What makes them more
dangerous is the fact that outside of politics they
are sometimes strictly honest. They would not
steal nor commit murder, but they do not hest
tate, in the heat of partisan strife, to rob their
political opponents of their good names. All
this is sadly deplorable, and all the more deplor
able because it is sad.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-22
Brief Mention.

Thomas Cooper of Kenney, who took arsenic
with suicidal intent on Friday, died on Saturday
night.
Albert Hardway, at one time a respectable
citizen, was arrested al Bloomington, on Satur-
day, charged with highway robbery.
The wife of W, H. Durham, of Rockford, is
charged by her husband with an attempt to
poison him with sugar of lead. Durham is the
chief witness in the Smith murder case at Pom
tiac, Mich
The newly-elected board of trustees of Re
vance have decided the liquor license question
by increasing the license from $500 per year to
81 900, and restricting the locations Of all saloons
to certain sections.
On Saturday night, an unknown German,
sixty years old and crazy, cut his throat in the
Fair5ury Jail, where he had been placed for safe
keeping. He Is still alive but will probably die.
About his clothing, sewed up in little sacks, was
1927.
Rev. Joseph Cook lectured at Centralia on
Saturday evening. Previous to the lecture he
had Of words, which was near coming to
blows, with Anna Dckinsons agent. Mr.. Cook
thought the agent did not treat him with suffi-
Gent respect
Eighty-iive saloons at Quincy have thus far
taken out licenses at the 1900 rate. This is sixty
less than heretofore existed. Under the new ar
rangement all SALOONS have abolished the free
lunch system, and with most Of them this will
more than pay the additional license.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the First
National Bank of Monmouth. on Saturday, it
was decided to go into liquidation, and Robert
NJ Stevenson. of Tarkis, Mo, will probably be
appointed receiver Suits amounting to about
$500, 600 have been commenced against the bank
by special depositors. Hubbard is still at large.
The entire stock of the Globe store of Alton
was destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock Sunday morn
ing Loss about $50, 600. Insured for SIG 900,
as follows: New York Underwriters, So, 900;
Queens of Liverpool, e. 900; Ktna of Hartford,
81, OeO; Phoenix of London, 81, 900; Franklin of
Philadelphia s., 900; Milwaukee Mechanics,
50, 600; Phoenix of Hartford, 81, 600.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-22

adopted in favor of taking land without a cent of
compensation to the present owners |
have formed English and Scotch land
redemption leagues in every large city in
the United Kingdom, and the work go on I'M
til the desired end is attained. The clergy, profes-
soual men, and the higher order Of mechanics
seem to take most interest in the matter, and
are more easily reached by logical argument.
l found the mass of working people in a much
worse and more degraded condition than those
here, and they are consequently hard to reach
with any effect / regard Chamberlain as the
coming man in England, and while he
mas taken no stand on this land, ques-
zion. he has said enough to make one
confident that, as soon as the people are ready
to follow in the reform movement he will be
ready to lead. The Irish National League has,
with the exception of Michael Davitt who is in
bad odor with his party for his adherence to
principle, forsaken the principle on which the
Land League was established and has taken up
the idea of peasant proprietorship; conse-
quently not only received no aid from the
league, but was, in some instances, bitterly at
tackled by their organs. made only one speech
in ireland, and that was in Dublin"