The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01
Waterbury,.


b. +. PICKETT started West on Monday in
the service of the st. Adams makers of lum-
ber-drying apparatus. His first stopping
place will be Detroit.
The junior l. ndlady of Waterbury Hotel
had rather surprising surprise party, one
evening of last week. Six were mated, II
not matched, but one little one was odd,
indeed, and did mt know just what to do or
where to go to keep out of sight
Mr.. ELISHA MOODY has made of the Wade
place, by the addition Of the lunches" as
the former proprietor called the bay win
dows, and by other changes and cheerful
furnishings, one of the pleasantest resi-
has recently decorated the ceiling of the
dining-room and Mr.. Moody will have some
other decorative painting done this spring.
The job on the dining-room is a tasteful and
pleasing piece of work, in design and in exc
cution
Mrs. A. r. SMITH has purchased a
Mcdowell garment drafting machine and is
prepared to draft and cut dresses, basques,
sacques, etc. This method is accurate in
every respect and can accomplish work
equal to the best performance of the most
skillful dressmakers 1T is simply inn
ton, and it is highly commended by hum
dreds of others who have tried it. Mrs.
Smith has already taken large number OF
measures, which have given complete salts
faction. She invites the ladies Of Water
bury and vicinity to examine this method
and solicits their custom.
WE hope the necessity for grading around
the school-house, to prevent the settling of
water there during thaws in winter and
rains in spring, summer and fall, was so APP
parent to the voters who attended school
meeting last evening that the much-needed
work will be done at the earliest practicable
moment. Many times during the year schol-
ars cannot 60 to the schOol-house dry
shod. Wet feet, and, in warmer weather,
the presence under the school-house win
dows, of nosome pools of water, are not
favorable conditions of good health. The
cost of the needed filling can be but a very
few .dollars-but, little or much, it should be
done.
The campfire of the Grand Army boys,
Wednesday evening, was well attended and
was interesting to the old soldiers and enter
tanning to spectators. Commander j. W.
| Sleeper presided and took hand in the
talking. Captain j. E. Eldridge of Warren
told the story of his jump for freedom while
being conveyed South as a prisoner of war.
He and his comrade Captain Morrill,, leaped
from railway train through the car win
dows at night; the guard fired upon them
and Captain Morrill, was MORALLY woun led.
After wandering in the woods for several
days Captain Eldridge struck the Potomac
| river and, pushing out into the stream on a
raft, was picked up by Union steamer. E.
f. Palmer, Esq, gave an interesting account
! of the march OF the Thirteenth Vermont to
the field of Gettysburgh and the part that
regiment took in the battle. ID. A. Gray
| greatly amused the assemblage with mar
rative of his foraging experiences. Tom
| Dryer sang song of his composition and
made some remarks. Stories and reminis-
ences of the serious and the humorous sides
of army life, in camp and battle, on the
march and in prison, were told by o. w.
| Davis, by Wallace Noyes and II. &. Lull OF
Montpelier, and by others. Miss Fassett ac-
ceptably played the organ and S. ID. Moul-
ton the violin. The campfire was a success,
and at the end of two hours when the tat
too was beaten, its embers were bright with
| the pleasures of the evening.
Let every person, in Waterbury especially,
| read the statement, in another column of
this paper, made by School Superintendent
Miller, of the condition and requirements,
the expense and the profits-losses, it should
be said-of the schools of this town. Com.
ment is superfiuous. There is nothing new
| in this showing. This kind of school man.
agement with similar results, has been go.
ing on for years. For years the town has
been paying money enough, if properly ex
pended, to have the best of schools, but the
voters have been deliberately squandering
this money. Such management of the Other
departments of town affairs would bank
rupt the town; anything approaching SINH
lar protligacy in conducting the business OF
turer, would speedily bankrupt every mar
in town. The difficulty is that this matter
of school management does not appear IL
tangible results. just as judicious planting
affects crops; well-cOnsidered feeding in
creases the weight of beef and pork; skillfu
dairying enlarges the product and improves
the quality and price of butter; shrewdnes'
in buying, prudent tinanciering and care il
selling makes the fortune of the tradesmar
and manufacturer. More thought is giveI
to fattening hogs, raising cattle and horses
making butter and cheese and merchandise
ing than to making men and women. Edu
cation pays better profit than any othe
industry" and when that is neglected thu
foundation of all material prosperity, taking
the lowest view of this matter, is imperiled
Waterbury is no exception Nine-tenths,
not ninety-nine one hundredths, of the town
of the state are in the same boat. AS ha
been shown in these columns, the state i
terribly wasteful and shiftess in it
, school management Mr.. Miller's faithful
words have general as well as loca
bearing, and il this town and other town
are wise they will take home the admon
) ton and reform the evil. The town syster
of managing the schools presents the read
lest and most reasonable means of reform
The district system, under which such ri
suits have been and will still be both pos
e sible and altogether probable, should be n
longer tolerated Manage the schools o
the same plan az other town affairs are COZ
Quoted, and. if perfection is not attained
the ends of economy will be served, create
efficiency will be gained, more weeks
school and far better schools obtained fo
the same money. There is no theory abot
this; it is the actual experience, undspute
: and indisputable, Of the towns that hay
tried the new system.
I WATERBURY CENTER.
Il ELDER BURGIN and family came to tow
" yesterday, and have moved into their ne
home. The elder will preach in the Bapt
house next Sunday, and each Sunday TO
= lowing for the coming year. - Miss
o A. Newcomb, who went to Iowa last Augu
/ and has been teaching there since then, +
J; turned home last Saturday - Constai
Il Alger has moved into the Lord hous
$ - Frank N. Marshall, who has bee
visiting his people here for few weel
o past, intends to start back for Vancouve
/ w. t., next week Tuesday. g. Guy
8 Clough and son of West Randolph were
Z town over Sunday. - George ID. Smii
u of Burlington spent Sunday in town. -
Union Fast day services will be held at Il
$ Baptist church next Friday. 1t is expectt
3 that Elder Burgn will preach. - Mi
q Cora b. Hunter is home from Jerich
where she has been teaching.
Z, Stowe.-The singing school that has bee
q taught by Albert Cheney closed a very su
II cessful term last week - Many farme
70 are feeling somewhat discouraged over Il
20 reluctance of " sugaring" to put in an a
A. pearance. - The school meetings in Il
lie various districts in town, Tuesday evenin
Ia haUp iraata1 the nsual stir among the pot