The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-03-25

Strafford.-We were pleased to hear the
steam whistle from the bedstead manu-
factory last week Monday, indicating that
work was resumed there after shutdown
of several weeks duration. AT present
prices, work is carried on at no profit The
future is a little more hopeful, as there are
indications of generous orders for goods.
At the mines the prospect is not so favor
able. With copper down to ten and eleven
cents, there is absolutely no profit in the
business We are assured that the Elizabeth
Mining Company find ore of as good quality
and in as ample quantity as was the case at
Ely in its palmy days. - Elder Eli
Clark and wife have sold their fine valley
farm to their son, Charles l.. Clark, who
takes possession at once. In part payment
Charles conveys to his parents the farm at
" the furnace" This last will be sold at
the first good opportunity The elder and
wife have made arrangements to spend
their remaining days with their son-in-law
Hiram Sargent We are sorry to lose the
aged couple. Both of them are natives of
STAFFORD and have many warm friends
here. - Royal George, after many years
absence, returns to his native town, and has
leased b. H. Smiths city farm. - Fred
l.. Lasure has hired the B. NJ. Hatch farm
for three years - We have had no
weather like the present since March, 1856,
when the mercury was twenty-siX degrees
below zero the morning of the 10th. Little
or no sugar was made that year until April.
- Owing to the severe weather, coughs
and influenza generally prevail in this town.
Those not afflicted are the exceptions.
Chelsea.-Some of the personal property
belonging to the late Jacob Norris was sold
at auction last Saturday. - w. ID.
Walker of Nashua, n. H., is in town visiting
his mother, Mrs. Dana Walker. - Miss
Mary Wright is to teach this spring at Leb-
anon graded school, Lebanon, n. II. -
r. r, Hyde and wife are visiting Mrs.
| Hydes sister, Mrs. d. j. Foster, at Burling-
ton. - The case of State u.s. Francis
Laird, for obtaining liquor at the town
| agents under false pretenses, was heard
before Justice Hatch, last Friday, and re-
suited in acquittal. c. s. Emery for prose
cution; w. ID. Laird for defendant. -
| The many friends of Augustus s. Perrie will
| be pleased to learn that he has fully recov-
| cred and left the Brattleboro asylum. He
! is now in New York City. - Henry Ly-
ford recently lost his horse by its getting
kicked, breaking its leg. This is severe
loss, as it was his only team. - Dr. Nj
II. Corwin, while coming over Corintf
snow-drfts, last week, tipped over, injurine
himself so severely that he has been unable
TO be out for few days - Mrs. b. +
Dickinson is very sick with pneumonia.
Groton.-W. b. Darling and ID. f. Clark at
tend this spring term at the Vermont Meth
odist Seminary at Montpelier - S. A
Schurman has finished his logging and left
last Monday for his home in Greenland, n
H., driving his teams instead of going by
rail, as he has done before. - b. NJ
Kicker sent one hundred fifty hens tc
market this week, thereby reducing his
number to one hundred - Mr. and Mrs
f. w. Foster of Boston are visiting her pa
rents Mr.. and Mrs. William Morrison, il
Topsham. - III. l.. Gilman is intending
to take trip to Brazil for his health. He
will start about April 10th and be absen
six months. - Logging is nearly dont
and shows larger stock in the mills thar
common. The amount of bark gotten on
is also much larger than for many years
- Albert Hooper is in town again, afte
an absence of fifteen years in Kansas anC
other western states. - Corn and mea
is scarce and hay is also short, which makes
quite hard times for those having man.
teams on hand.
West Randolph.-The primary schools
began last Monday, Miss Nettie Moutoi
taking Mrs. Smiths place and Miss Ma.
Parsons taking Miss Moulton' s place. 49,