The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-03-04
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ALDEN MARTIN is having serious time
with his eyes.
B. f. SHELLEY had the misfortune to lose
good COW last week.
A SON of the late Allen Cram is doing a
prosperous mercantile business in Provi-
dence, Il. l.
MRS DIR. JAMES BAILEY (nee Miss Persis
AbbotD of Ticonderoga, N. Y, is at the old
home for few days.
Mr.. AND MRS Ed" Pooh are gladdened
by the recent arrival of daughter--the
only one in the family.
WILL SCHoFIELD recently visited this
place. He reports his fathers family as
liking their new home in Irasburgh.
THE Methodists held successful fruit
festival, last week Tuesday evening, for the
benefit of Pastor Webster. Over $50 were
taken.
DIR. CHARLES MCCLEARN is having of late
more work than ever before since coming
here. He seems to be universally liked
here in town.
THERE is to be home-bringing of
Dea. Orcutt Abbott's family, this week, for
an occasion of much interest, which will be
duly noticed next week.
NEWELL FARNHAM has a three-years-old
heifer whose milk for two days, of late,
yielded three pounds of butter. Mr. Farm
ham has faith in the Jerseys.
THE Allen Martin farm has been sold to
a Mr.. Averill, who has been q merchant, we
believe, in Gouldsville, and of whom we
have good report. Mr.. Averill, who is a
young man, has taken possession of his
farm.
WILLIS GALE, whose profession " of
music-teaching takes him about the country,
regards Waitsiied as the banner town for
fine stock. And not alone for " fine stock "
may her sister towns in Vermont have a
| lawful pride in Waitsfeld.
WHERE did he get his money with which
to start in businesSY' was the question we
lately put to one who was telling, to our
surprise, of the success of one of whom we
knew. " He's savin'," was the only reply,
and that was n solution of the mystery.
WE are glad to be able to say that Charles
| Benedict was the successful bidder for the
mail route to Barre for the coming four
years. An honest sober, accommodating
| gentlemanly man, Mr. Benedict satisfies the
demands of the public. We hope he may
be well paid for the benefits he confers.
AN old resident of Brookfield was lately
telling us of what he regarded the far-reach.
ing and very beneficent influence of Rev
Mr. Lyman, one of the earliest ministers OF
Brookfield. A part of his work was to visit
all the schools in town, twice year, and
catechise the scholars. The Westminster
Catechism was used, and the school children
| had only to repeat the answers to the ques.
tons after Rev. Mr.. Lyman. About hal
the book was gone through at one visit
Father Lyman had a way of kindly strok
ing the head of each scholar, in appreciation
of his or her work, on these occasions. A
one time there Were some negro children il
one of the schools, and the scholars watched
Father Lyman to see if he would strok,
their heads, as he did those of the whit,
children Our informant said that " he did
and the Uhite children thought Il little more
lovingly than he did their own
AMoRY ALLEN of Barre recently shove,
us convenience for watering his stock il
winter worth itemizing and adopting. A
one side of his barnyard, under an inexpen
sjve covering, is small brick arch, OF
which sets pan six feet long, three and one
half feet wide and one foot deep. Into thi
pan runs stream of water from lead pipe
of which, after having been duly warmed
his stock drinks once a day in winter TIL
only popularity of the arch is that part
ton runs lengthwise nearly through it, o
one side of which a fire is made, the drai
carrying the heat through and back on tn
other side, to the exit, which is near tn
front end of the arch. The fire, once mad,
requires little or no care, and the cost {
, fuel for sufficiently warming the water fo
from fifteen to twenty animals, by actus
proof, is shown to be less than two cents pc
day. Mr.. Allen says he would rather hav
three quarts of meal per day and warme
water, for COW, than four quarts of me;
and cold water in winter. The cost of til
affair is not great.