The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-09
Washington County.


IHE StOne-wOrk on the Wood block was
completed last week, and the masons are
laying the brick upon two slls. - There
was town meeting called for last Saturday
afternoon, to see about renting room in
the old town hall to G. f. Stevens for
a billiard-room. The attendance was
thousand dollars of the grand list. The
vote was by acclamation to rent to
Stevens, and the rental was placed at $3.50,
although we understand $500 was offered
by some one present. We are sorry that
the people of Barre should allow it to go out
that they build property to rent for such
uses But our good citizens have them
selves to thank for the matter, as they
almost unanimously remained at home
- The Congregational society are busy
at work on their church, having taken off
the brick and moved the building back
thirty feet, and are to raise it four feet, and
make various alterations. - .. S. Shep-
lee has moved his brick house back from
Main street and on to a lot on his new
street, that he has opened out to the new
houses that have been built on lots sold by
him the past year - The Clan Gordon
picnic and athletics of last Saturday were
quite successful, but the rain dampened the
ardor of the same. 60 The village schools
will commence next Monday. 60 Mrs. p.
f. Flint and daughters are soon to go West.
- Rev. ID. Kilburn of West Topsham
occupied the pulpit at the Methodist church
last Sunday. - George II. Elmore of
Morristown has purchased lot of w. G..
Parker on North Seminary street. Price
paid, $500.
Berlin.
THE funeral of Mrs. Winslow took
place Sunday, September 6, at the residence
of her son, j. III. Winslow. She was eighty
five years old. - We have had two or
three light frosts within a week. The dam
age done was slight. - Sunday night,
August 30, lightning struck an apple tree a
few rods west of the premises of G.. II.
Crandall, tearing out a large hole in the
ground and cutting furrow each way from
the tree. Considering that there were
twelve inmates of the house and four horses
and twenty head of cattle in the barns, they
were quite reconciled to the loss of the
tree. - Several parties are tenting on
the shore of the pond. - Henry Bos-
worth and 1. Newton Perrin, Jr. return to
Burlington College this week. - The
cold weather makes corn very late. -
The grangers report splendid time at their
picnic at Paramount
Cabot.
Mrs. p. f. PARKER of Chicopee, Mass,
came to this place August 3lst to visit her
mother, Mrs. Seth Adams, who was very
sick. On arriving, she found that her
mother had been dead about two hours.
Being much overcome with grief, in the
course of few hours she was taken sick
and died September I'd. Her husband, p.
f. Parker, Esq, of Chicopee, has the sym.
pathy of many friends in Cabot = Ira
f. Haines, proprietor of Washington
county woolen mills at Lower Cabot
is ding quite a job in repairing the
dam and in other ways repairing his
works. These repairs necessitated the de.
molishing of the old saw mill that has stood
on this site for nearly eighty years, mill
being built there by the late Deacon Stone
in 1897. A good anecdote of Deacon
| 10 aI mill
it is said. In the early days of the
mill one Sabbath morning there came 6
severe freshet that threatened to carry
away the mill. The deacon looked arount
and saw that he could do nothing to preven
it, and so leaving it he went to meeting
trusting the result with providence On hi
return, in the afternoon, he found the water!
subsidized and the mill all right. The mex
day, on being congratulated by neighbo
on his good fortune, he replied that provi
dence had been good to him, but ont
thing was certain, he never wanted to go tC
meeting again and carry his saw mill with
him.
Calais.
w. Z. LAIRD, general agent for Wash
ington county for the sale of the Lift
of General Grant, is giving his per
sonal attention to the selling of the worl
in this town. Those wishing to purchas
the book, written by General Grant himself
will do well to consult Mr.. Laird. -
Barrows & Peck put a Lawson hot-air fur
mace in the basement of the school-house a
Maple Corner last week, at a cost of S175
- John Sabn is clapboarding and paint
ing his house, thereby adding much to it
appearance. - Mr.. Alfred Watson AM
wife are visiting his brother, G. A. Watson
and other friends in town. - Gram
Juror French has been investigating tn
charges against man named Cleaveland
for assault and battery on Walter Smith
and finds no cause for them
East Calais.
LAST Saturday afternoon Dave Moulto
and Charley Wing were out riding, an
somehow managed to drive upon a ban
near Charles French's, upsetting the cal
riage and throwing out both occupants
When thrown out, Wing was trying to ligl
his pipe, and the stem was forced down hi
throat, bruising the inside and the right toI
sill badly. The stem of the pipe was broke
off and part of it forced through the roof {
his mouth makinga bad wound. - Kati
Owens, who has been quite sick for over fou
weeks is gaining slowly. - The Calai
/; and Woodbury. bands gave free concert i
Moscow last Saturday night. - Kati
Peck has gone to Concord to stay fe,
weeks with her sister, Mrs. DR.. Jewel
- f. b. Fay is at home again for a fe,
: weeks before resuming his studies. He RI
Gently spent couple of weeks fishing an
exploring the region near the head water
OF the connecticut river, and, Judging fro1
what he says, he must have enjoyed tn
time thus spent very much. = Mis-
Fanny Locke, who has been boarding for
: couple of months at l.. G. Dwinell's expect
to go to-day "wednesday back to her HON
, in Lynn, Mass. - Miss Edith, daughte
of David Marsh of Waltham, Mass, ha
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. G. b. Marsh
- Wallace Lamberton moved into tn
, house with his .father-in-idtc, instead
, brOther-in-idlc, as the item read last week
- Neale White goes back to Tuft'
College Friday.
North Montpelier.
THE arbitrators in the case between j. NJ
Willard and Miss Morse and sister, mel
toned in last weeks items, brought in tina
Miss Morse and sister sustained no injurie
for which Mr.. Willard should be held IT
; sponsible, and that each party pay one-hal
the cost. - That j. w. Davis of Marsl
field is the boss in honey raising no one de
nies who has tasted his honey. Mr.. Davi
has over sixty swarms of bees at present
from which he has taken up during the pas
season over twelve hundred pounds of honey
most of it being in fancy one-pound boxes
- Our dramatic club gave an eXhibito
at vestry hall, last Saturday evening, t
quite "A good house, considering the weather
: the time of the year and several other IN
favorable circumstances. Seldom have tw
plays been more finely rendered upon ou
stage than We're those ON that evening. Il
the drama, Chimney Corner" il seeme
that each of the seven ladies and gentlemen
assigned the seven characters in the pla
We're the right ones in the right place; AM
that the cast in the farce, my Uncle