The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-10
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on Brookield Branch last Sunday after
noon.
WALTER WILLIAMS little girl fell, the
other day, on her way home from school,
and broke an arm.
THERE is to be sociable at George
Lynde's on Thursday afternoon Of this week,
to which all are invited
A WEATHER observation One of our stall
wart farmers found it comfortable riding in
bufialo coat on June day of this year.
Mrs HARRIET ROBINSON WHEELER Of
Randolph is spending little time in this
her old home with her sister, Mrs. Warren
Poole.
ARTHUR MARTIN, wife and child, are at his
old home here preparing for a trip West
next week. Mrs. Martins parents reside in
Illinois.
LYMAN A. WORK has been employed by
our selectmen to work our new road
machine, which seems to be working itself
into favor.
AARON G. MARTIN, who has serious lung
trouble, has been very poorly of late. But
for the clear grit he possesses, disease might
probably have mastered him ere this.
JOSEPH SAUNDERS, the prince of fishermen
here, went to Greensboro pond, recently,
and caught more than forty trout that aver
aged about three-quarters of pound apiece.
The exercises of Chldren's day, next
Sunday, at both the Methodist and Congre-
gational houses here will doubtless be both
profitable and very interesting. Don't fail
to attend them.
MISS ALICE Brown is a member of the
Chautauqua Reading Circle. Are there not
more to follow in the steps of the three OF
four young ladies known to us here who are
members of this band? 1t will be found to
pay well.
WE asked one of our farmers lately, what
seemed to be the general feeling among the
farmers here about the new road law, and
he thought it was "one of disgust" But it
is best to be patient and see what two
years trial of it will prove.
a FAMILIAR sight here is Captain Milton
Martin, man considerably past three
score-y ears-and-ten, riding a sulky behind a
fine horse. To our question, the other day,
DO you enjoy it as well as you did forty
years ago." he replied, " just as well, ex-
actly."
How, beautifully our ferns may figure in
| floral decorations was shown at the Meth
odist house on the occasion of the memorial
service last Sunday week. We do not re-
member ever having seen them used here
| before and was not aware of their service
| ableness.
If Jack Frost has anything of the humor-
GUS in his makeup he must have laughed in
his sleeve, last week, as he frightened our
good housewives into bringing out the " old
clo'es as breastworks against his invasion
OF their gardens. He was only playing with
them, however.
Epson MARTIN had an od-fashioned barn
raising, last week, on the late A. Smith Mar.
tin place. This is one of the prettiest farms
in our town and good one. With a good
! barn, and the other present good buildings
and the good farming of which Mr.. Martin
has proved himself capable, we wish him the
true success that he ought to achieve in life
On the principle by which Scientist Oar
win accounted for many things in the brute
world, it may be presumed that the !" ha-ha y
cry of the crows came through their amuse
ment at the ridiculous attempts of men tC
" scare " them from their tields-a presump.
ton that is intensified by sights from our
window at the present time.
On Wednesday of last week, as Horace
White was taking down an old barn on his
farm, portion of the frame fell and a mum
Der of men were thrown to the ground from
quite distance. Leon Blanchard, a nephew
of Mr.. White, had a leg broken and hip dis
located, Olney Seaver had rib cracked
and Jason Jeffords and Mr.. White wers
both hurt, but less severely Russell NJ
Jeffords, Will Carpenter and Will SchofielC
were on the frame as it fell but had thu
rare GOODNESS to watch their chances, a
they went down, and Jump at the right tim
to save themselves from harm. 1t was
very narrow escape from worse consequences
all around
WE lately had very pleasant letter from
Professor Willis II. Gale, now of Fremont
Nebraska, a town about fifty miles west o
Omaha and the third city in the state TO
size. He thinks his lines have fallen II
pleasant places, though times are dull AM
hard there at present as well as elsewhere
There was a destructive hog cholera there
last fall, by which many thousands of dol
, lars worth of pork were destroyed Corr
has been selling there for twelve cents pc
bushel, He finds the large scale upon whicl
, farming operations are conducted Their
, quite astonishing, as compared with on
| Vermont way. What an eye-opener west
, ern trip is for Yankeel
! A SUBSTANTIAL and very pretty grant
tablet is about to mark the grave of the lat
| Miss Lovisa Royce This memorial i
largely the gift of our eX-towns-folk Jane
: f. Jillson of Chicago, Mrs. Mary Jillso
I Spear of Neponset, Mass, and John Wake
+ of Washington, ID. c., and is worthy o
| both themselves and our deceased friend
We recall no one here who seems TO hav
| brought more sunshine into the childhoo
of greater number of our earlier citizen
= than did Aunt Visa" Royce, as every
body Familiarity called her. She was tn
champion story-teler-the 81. Nicholas an
!, Wide 1Wdke of that day. She seemed t
have been caught up at some time into som
} fairy land, and came back to help the chi
/, dren revel in its glories ever after. Intirr
= of body, homeless, with very few relatives
g and for many years supported by the town
b, she was at heart true woman, and eve
r commanded the respect of our people.