The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-08
Current Mention.

THE Central Vermont railroad has opened
the new road from Magog to Sherbrooke.
WE are indebted to Mr. David Boles of
Berlin for basket of very large and lus-
cious strawberries, picked in his own gar
den One of the berries measured over
five inches in circumference.
The difficulty with the Herald and Ne,cS
is that it does not discern that THE WATCH
MAN has not been trying to place obstacles
in the way of the commission" etc. Our
contemporary should be able to "see a
church by daylight" A courteous criti-
cism " is one thing, perverse or blunder-
ing misrepresentation is quite another.
The Brattleboro Retormer is too entirely
fresh. 1t takes in downright sober earnest
a bit of banter addressed to Hiram in
the last WATcHMAN, in relation to his hun
dred-dollar forfeit, and seriously undertakes
to vindicate Mr.. Atkins personal honesty.
Peradventure other newspaper innocents
may be grieved we beg to explain that the
squib must be taken in purely Pickwickian
sense.
A BILL is pending in the New Hampshire
ltBlsIdtuIS W IcOIBdulZo tuc IOIuldnu a
Ogdensbnrgh road. 1t authorizes the con-
struction of road from the western ter
minus at Fabyans to the eastern terminus
of the st. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain
at Scott's Mills. The Boston & Maine fa-
vors this, and the Boston & Lowell opposes
it. If it is granted it will enable the Boston
& Maine to reach Vermont, and perhaps in
time to establish northern and western con-
nections, which were said to have been in
contemplation when the Boston & Lowell
acquired control of the st. Johnsbury &
Lake Champlain.
WEDNESDAY, July l, the Burlington Free
Press published an illustrated edition,
printed on fine paper and showing excellent
press work. Cuts of the main building of
the University of Vermont, the Billings Ii
brary, the medical college, public buildings,
educational and charitable institutions,
stores and manufactures, with portraits of
Frederick Billings, John =. Howard, Sena-
tor Edmunds and K. j. Phelps, adorned the
pages of the edition. The history of the
University, brief accounts of other insti-
tutions, biographical sketches, notices of
business interests, etc, were also given. 1t
is an unusually well devised and executed
piece of work
In Orange county court at Chelsea the
case of State rs. John r.. Scales, mentioned
last week, the trial of which was begun on
Monday of last week, was finished and went
TO the jury about five o'clock Wednesday.
The jury were only out about half an hour,
when they came in with verdict of not
guilty. This was the last case for the jury
and they were therefore discharged. State
Cs. Ford was continued. Thursday morning
the court business was taken up and the fol-
lowing matters disposed of. Rix. l.. New
ton os. Jennie o. Newton divorce. Bill
granted for adultery; Boyden for petitioner
The most important court case was that OF
Corinth rs. Carpenter, heard on motion to
dismiss the report of the referee, Hon. S. NJ
Gleason. There are two cases growing out
of improper management of the town
moneys by defendant, who was collector OF
taxes Both cases were heard together, by
agreement by the referee. 1t was argued
for the town by r.. NJ. Harvey and George