The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26

OF his own ana went TO live with man who,
with his good wife, furnished him such
home. He failed, though, to appreciate it,
grew FESTIVE and rather uncomfortable, and
went out into this big world to improve his
fortunes. He has already walked up to the
loss he has sustained, but too late to regain
the old home as he would now be glad to
do. Look before you leap" boys, and
it will do you no harm to look through older
eyes than your own sometimes. - We
would ask for no nicer-looking or more de-
licious bread than we recently ate at
farmers table here made from homegrown
wheat, and ground at the mill in this town,
of which Jonathan Dix has charge. Our
host compliments Mr.. Dix highly as a -four
maker. But then, the cook counts for
several "tenths ~ in a loaf of good bread.
- A successful farmer friend, whose
opinions gain for him respectful hearing
and who can look back over considerably
more than three-scOre years, and who thinks
" a man needs to live Lifetime before he
can know much Of anything" lately said to
us that If he could begin farming life anew,
with his present experience, he would turn
his attention chiefly to thoroughbred sheep
raising and to the raising Of horses. He
would have nothing less than the best
registered sheep, and would keep more
horses for breeding purposes than the work
OF the farm would require. He has wit
enough to know, however, that there must
be special adaptability to the work, with
other things favorable, about the farm.
60 These items last year noticed the
run y that newspaper article from the
pen of Daniel Royce had at that time, his
theme being good old Vermont as place to
live in. The latest result of the article OF
which we have heard was the coming to his
house, this season, of young Presbyterian
clergyman of Philadelphia, with his mother
and brother, for little vacation. They are
said to have greatly enjoyed the scenery of
our place, and went away with supply of
tl Tnrtn
points. We hope to have them here again
next season. If our farmers want such
summer guests, and will provide for them,
they can be had. There ought to be many
such visitors here yearly. - One of our
intelligent farmers claims that fruit of a
finer flavor than grows in the Lake region
can be raised here in Central Vermont. We
are glad to see what is being done in our
midst in the way of fruit-tree planting. A
stranger" would need a good moral
character to be around Flemish Beauty
pear-tree in Daniel Royce's yard little
later III One whom we reckon as
among the most intelligent of our friends
| elsewhere, and whose means would seem to
suffice to allow him to crafty some political
ambition, after having had fine slice of
such preferment " finds himself ready to
retire voluntarily from such a life. The
stamp" of the man is such that his re.
| tirement does not reflect flatteringly on
political life. - 1t may be of interest to
some young man who is trying to get an
education to know of an Orange county
boy-the son of a farmer-who is helping
himself to funds with which to get pro
fession. He seems to have a faculty fol-
caring for the sick, and finds his services
in demand in that direction. He has just
been engaged by one of the leading men Of
our state to care for an invalid father on the
pay of S14 a week and expenses, and the
money consideration is not the only adj
vantage he is reaping by this kind of work
- Was ever anything more ridiculou.
known in the way of " thrift " than the fol
lowing? A friend residing in busy New
England city tells us of an Irish woman sh,
knows who has accumulated some thousands
of dollars. From the hens she keeps sh,
"plucks the tail-feathers " to save the ex
pense of maintaining them" Who will tall
about yankee thrift " hereafter? -
Two companies of young people from thi
town have recently chosen Berlin pond TO
picncng purposes. - Professor Will
II. Gale has finally located in Norfolk
Nebraska, where he has opened music
store. He will also give attention to tn
teaching of music. The place now number
four thousand inhabitants. - Herber
Markham of South Pomfret, one of the fiv
sons of our eX-townswoman, nee Miss AIDE
lade Jillson, was in town last week. He i
a recent graduate of Goddard Seminary
Barre, and will enter Tufts College the CON
ing fall. - Chester Flint takes part G
his I" fun y in hunting bees these days He ha
found number of swarms scattered abou
the town. In one tree that he cut down h
found some twenty pounds or more G
honey. - George Adams, for the yea
past clerk in Ludlow drugstore, and hi
brother, Carl, of the Methodist Theologica
School, Boston, are vacationzing at home
- Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Webster were re
Gently home for few days from Danvers
Mass. He was purchasing dried raspberrie
for packing purposes in towns about here
- Miss Elvira Jillson, now of Manche:
ter, n. H., was in town last week. -
Principal Daniel r. Martin started for hi
western home last Thursday, to "play b
, the way in New York for short tim,
! - Miss Emma l.. Answorth spent las
/ week with friends in Claremont, \. Il
- 1t is feared that Donnie Earle will b
compelled to give up railroad life, on az
, count of its effect on his health. - Mrs
Herbert Il. Martin has returned from Ru
land, bringing little more favorable new
of her sister-in-aw, Mrs. Doctor +. c. Levi,
- Rev Il. f. Herrick of Chelsea el
changed with Rev. h. ID. Miller last Sal
bath. He expressed to us special admiratio
of the hymns and tunes of the book used
; the Congregational vestry service here
work prepared by Rev. Charles Robinson
r ID. d., and which was new TO himself. -
Miss Fannie Waldo continues to crafty he
ardent love of study, and returns to til
3 Methodist Seminary, at Montpelier tn
1 |
H., has just been telling us of the wonderfl
| change in one of the leading lawyers in tbs
city, some say, the foremost one. Tw
| members of the Salvation Army now &
= work in that city We're arrested, on til
charge of having INSTRUCTED Sidewalk
4 Their trial brought this lawyer and the NV
t accused ones together somehow Seem
t them, he says he was convinced they ha
= something that he would give all the wealt
/. he had, if need be, to possess, and he 8
I once, without money" embraced the
t doctrines, and is now laboring heartily wit
, them, evidently TO the wonder, but to the a
4 traction, of his fellow-citiZens. - W
n hear that our eX-tOwnsman, the late Davi
r Comstock, left an estate worth seventee
+. thousand dollars. - Mrs. John FAR
ham and Mrs. Ellen Waldo Colby, now
Planheld, are both wholly laid aside by
;. health. - From conversation with OF
:. of our leading farmers, we judge il would
g of real interest and value to farmers
$ towns about if the Randolph correspondent
/ of the WATCHMAN will get the .tdctS abol
o the use of horse corn-planters by farmer
there, and report them TO this paper. 80
: Quite a number of young folks from hel
!, may attend the seminary at Montpelier Il
!. coming fall term.
Caledonia County.
Groton.
- Two hundred hfteen tickets were sold ,