The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-01

woman, Mrs. Violette Hubbard Dodge, of
Vineland, N. j., so long in ill-health with a
lung or throat trouble, Is so poorly that she
has just sent for her sister, Mrs Phebe Hib-
bard Bacon, to come to her. - Mrs.
Sarah Jackson Watts and daughter of Cass-
opolis, Mich, are visiting the family of the
late Austin jackson. - Mrs. Philo Hib-
bard has sold this season, from o little patch
of ground, some $50 worth of Strawberries
- Our former townsman, Mr.. Amos
Kimball, who went from Worcester to Da-
kota last fall, died, after brief illness, in
Loyalton, Edmunds county, Dakota, Au-
gust ~ aged seventy-eght years. Over
work was, perhaps, the immediate cause of
his death. - Mr. and Mrs. Moses Per-
sons have been visiting friends in Sheffield
three flowers of the night-booming cereus
at Mrs. Aaron G.. Martins home last week
was the occasion of gathering of her neigh
bors there. 1t had the legitimate effect in
leading one farmer present TO say that more
than ever before he adored the power of the
Maker of all things. - The September
Harper's Easy Chair well says, in substance,
what IL does not require long life to learn,
viz: that the possession of Office does not
necessarily imply fitness for it. And is it
not equally true that the Withholding of an
Office from one may be his very highest
honor? When this occurs because of the adj
vocacy and maintenance of the right in any
direction, the Withholding of vote from
one is a sort of persecution for the sake
of the right, which is always an opening of
the storehouse of truest honors to man,
and an occasion to rejoice and be exceed
ing glad" Doubtless some to-be-defeated
ones next week may justly find consola-
| ton in these facts. - Isn't it matter
of experience as well as revelation that
| nothing has better excepting qualities "
than deed of kindness, however small it
may be? We are just now reminded of this
| through hearing of certain such " deeds F"
performed here many years ago. Most of
| the receivers of these kindnesses yet live
and remember them with an increasing Gf
possible) gratitude. More than fifty years
ago the father of a fine family of boys and
| girls living on one of our hill farms died.
They were left with but small property,
and what was far better with a brave,
energetic, wise and good mother. Most or
all of the five children of This family wanted
an education, and the three sons obtained a
collegiate education. There was living here
at the time kind-hearted merchant, who
knew of, and sympathized with, the desire of
these children to get an education, though
it must be done largely by their own efforts.
So he said to them that they were welcome
to come to his store and get what they
| wanted in the way of clothing, etc, and pay
for it when they could. And when one
of the boys expressed the fear that ii
he was to die this merchant would lose
his pay for the goods, the latter said he
would take that risk himself. Two of
these children have reached or passed
the limit of three-score. and-ten, but the
blessed memory of these kindnesses does
not grow old, nor do they tire of telling
of them. - Wesley Martin tells us that
at the age of seventy-fve he cut down
twenty acres of wheat Gn Michigan where
he lives) in a few minutes over twelve hours
He says two persons can cut one hun
bred acres of wheat in season with the
machinery now in use for cutting and bind
ing. - Revs Oscar Beckwith of Fairlee
and Newell Bixby of Iowa preached at the
Free Baptist church last Sunday. -
Last Monday week John Farnham drove
to Montpelier, returning in the evening He
put his horse into the stable, with no sus
picion that it was not all right, but on going
the next morning to the barn it was dead
1t was worth 800 or more. - Miss
Celia Wilbur is a student at Goddard Sem
mary, Barre.