The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-05-06
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THERE was no service at the Methodist |
house last Sunday, Rev. Mr. Webster being |
at conference.
The late home of Daniel Townsend has
been purchased for home for Mrs. Mary
Lathrop Crane.
WE hear that DIR. G. =. Ellis of Nashua.
n. H., has decided his j. NJ. Palmer place to
Henry Martyr of East Montpelier.
SOME Of the best farms in the place are for
sale, for reasons not pertaining to the farms
1t is to be hoped they will never need to be
offered at lower figures than what they can
now be be bought for.
EX-TowNsMAN HIRAM DEXTER, now of
Martha's Vineyard, Mass, came into town
last week to look after his farm matters
here. 1t is reported that Fred Whitney will
not take his farm another year.
WE lately heard a well known farmer
and business man in an adjoining town
say he had never known such uphill work in
business matters as at the present time, here,
and he is man of long experience in life, too.
EVIDENCE accumulates that poultry-raisng
pays as well as anything for our farmers.
George w. Downing tells us that last sea-
son he got nearly 500 for the product of
some half a dozen turkeys, with which he
began the season.
Mrs. CHARLOTTE PARSONS ELLIS has ar
ranged for Lewis Ellis of Roxbury, young
man well known here, to have her place,
anu nerSclI 10 I'VE III MS family nenCelOrIn.
Mr.. Ellis and two brothers are at work on
Lamson q Prizes quarry.
PERLEY CHANDLER of Barre and our
young townsman, Will Martin, being nut
tually pleased with each other, after a
months trial, the latter decides to remain
and serve an apprenticeship with the former.
We offer congratulations to both parties.
LAMsoN & PIRIE are just now offering
some granite underpinning, two feet wide.
Of In 1i..ly l,r hon half
the usual price of the cost of taking it out
of the quarry: it being some stock they
cannot use for monumental purposes, and
wish it taken away.
FROM Calvin Flint we learn that there
are in the neighborhood of four hundred
graves in our new cemetery. He has re-
moved one hundred thirty-four bodies from
other burial places to this cemetery. In the
East Hill burying-ground there are over
sixteen hundred graves that can now be
counted. Mr. Flint says he has dug graves
there where there were at the time no signs
of graves and come upon bones.
THE townsman recently mentioned in
these items who has strong reason to be-
lieve he has been defrauded by Cincinnati,
Ohio, firm, for one of whose advertised
wares he has canvassed, wrote the post
master in that city to learn about the firm
He replied that postoffice official would
investigate the matter. There ought to be
against the scoundres who advertise through
the mails to entrap readers
OUR citizens ought to visit that busy open
air workshop, the quarry of Messrs. Lamson
& Pirie, in the northeast corner of the town.
Some twenty-five hands are employed in
taking out granite at the present time. We
claim Mr. Pirie as our tOwnSman now, and
his workmen we must lay claim to while
they are here. Let our old towns-folk know
them better-by making their acquaintance.
| They will nowhere be more courteouSly re-
ceived than by Mr. Prize if they visit his
quarry.
HENRY PooLE's genius for doing fine work
with edged tools is known here, and an ex-
| position of it would be an honor to him.
! His latest achievement in this line is a small
box, of walnut wood, the cover of which
has an inlay representing twig of a tree,
and made of bird's-eye maple. Resting on
this twig is an inlaid bird, made of the trop-
ical cam-wood. There are also inlaid leaves
of cam-wood on the cover that have the
look of some of our most beautiful autumn
leaves. The box is fitted up as receptacle
for small silverware. The work was taken
up as a pastime and much of il done in the
evening. Mr.. Poole's skill deserves wider
recognition than our little town affords.
In time past we have heard considerable
| spleen vented in these parts against the pur
chase of musical instruments, though as 6
ciple. We lived several of the EOS in one
of the wealthiest portions of Indiana, ant
partly among a sect known as Tunkards
many of whom opposed such instruments "a
a matter of religious principle. These PEG
pie are chiefly Pennsylvania Germans, o.
their descendants, and very thrifty elias
of farmers they are, too. Such farms, will
such buildings and fences, would do an,
New England Yankee good to see. In re
ligious observances they are peculiar. Thei
ministers are usually farmers, and preacl
without pay. Their houses of worship ar
very plain-a big barn often being their TEN
pie ON great occasions. Any subject TO
baptism is immersed three times, AM
plunged forward instead OF backward int
the water. AT their sacraments one of tn
ordinances is the literal washing of on
another's feet They dress very plainly
and a stout fight they have maintane
against the tineries of women's wear
though, as with the Methodists since job
Wesleys day, these fineries, so-called, al
on the winning side " with them. In day
past they have cared little for education
and their ministers have been largely a
uneducated class. But change is comm
; in this respect. With barns and larders file
with plenty, more Astounding hospitality W
/ have never elsewhere seen, and to " our d.,
ing day ?" we shall cherish the memory
kindnesses we have received from then
i, There has been marked opposition by tht
sect to musical instruments, not alone
, the matter of worship, but also for famil
. use. A dealer in such wares, going into
rich neighborhood of these people, felt TIL;
: it would be an earthly paradise entered,
once he could make break and get thel
to purchasing. We once entered such
neighborhood on just such an errand. Tw
t. of their ministers resided in this neighbo
' hood, and in order to success we felt "
must first get their approval of such ware
= one of them was not opposed to then
J, though he told us that :" some of his paris
y toner's were grieved because he would allo
a certain young carpenter in that section
make his home with him over Sunda
y since he had an dccOrdeOn." Our hope Ia
e wholly in finding the other minister
e favorably disposed toward musical instr
s. ments and we departed for his house. v
y found him in his garden ut work on h
II sweet potato vines. Would he take
n kindly to our sweets We drove up to i
e fence, and told him we had come to lea
:. how he felt about organs. He rose up wi
is dignity, and, resting on mis- hoe-handle, wit
& out hesitation replied, Well, sir, | W
# tell you. do notthink an organ is an APP,
e tolic institution" Our hopes Were dash
W at once, and we left that " settlement"
e good, Heartily respecting the man for !
L. honesty, and the courage of his conviction
T. if our acquaintance about here feel that tn
y want to give him " call to these par
n our mower.
G. MEssRs. WILLIAM u. PRATT, Harry Fo
g and Edward +. Studdert, are employed
u Lamson x Prize, on their quarry, j.
81 Lynde has returned from Boston. He sa
T. he has bought a lot of goods and, altogeth
II they will be sold more cheaply than eN
e. hafnra Miss Annip Hong. lauphtpr