The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09

only last year, taking policy of 5000. The
entire amount paid out was some $3.50. Mr..
Bacon had other insurance of more than
81 600. - Is mt there the best of author
ity in the advice to " look well to thy herds?'
And this is what some of our farmers are
doing in the repairs at present being made
in barns. In fact, it is about the only build
ing going on here in late years. George w.
Lynde, Herbert p. Martin, Return S. Davis,
HAL Hatch and the Whitney Brothers have
this kind of work in hand this season.
- Norman G. Davis tells us that he
finds wheat land he raises his OWN profit
able grain to feed his stock. 1t is ground,
and of course not bolted. AS we recall it,
he has fed some fifty bushels of it in the
last year. - We were lately interested in
hearing about the connection of our old
townsman, the late Clark Farnham, with the
underground railroad in the days of slavery.
Fugitive slaves, en- route for Canada, some
how learned that his home was one of the
stations on the line. One who knew the
particulars has just told us of having seen
him start out from home at the proper hour,
with colored man in the bottom of his
pung-sleigh and well-covered up, to take
him to another station some distance north
Such humanity in that day is no mean leg
acy to leave family and town. -
George W. Lynde is putting in second silo
his last winters experience with the first
one having convinced him of the worth OF
ensiage. We hear he has this season
planted twenty acres of corn, of course
using horse corn-planter, - We hear
complaints of the great scarcity of money
in this section at the present time. And
when has been " harder time in this re-
spect? - The Rutland Herald gives an
account of the marriage of Dr. Charles A
Gale and Miss Alice l.. Aiken of that place
on Tuesday evening of last week. The
ceremony was performed by the new pastor
of the Congregational church at nine O'Clock
lar AZ If th.ap
was filed with people. George A. Mietzke
the well-known organist of Rutland, pre-
sided at the organ. Leslie ID. Gale OF this
| place, a brother of the doctor, was grooms
man. AS usually, and betittingly, flowers
lent the charm Of their beauty and fragrance
| to the occasion. The bridal gifts We're very
numerous and fine. We notice thirty-eighi
pieces of solid silver and an elegant piano
were among them, There was no general
reception after the wedding. But an houi
or two later the doctor and wife left on 9
train for Albany, n. Y, their wedding jour
perhaps as far as Minneapolis MINI. w,
believe Mrs. Gale is the daughter of Con
gregational clergyman. - Rev. Rufus
&. Flagg, the pastor of the Congregations
church in Fairhaven, and wife were tn,
guests of Rev. and Mrs II. ID. Miller las
week Thursday; They We're driving IRON
Fairhaven to Ryegate, where he has {
brother in the Presbyterian ministry. Ill,
will attend the State Convention of Congre
gationalsts in West Randolph this week
- Eight or ten of our citizens drove I,
Montpelier last Friday to attend the con
certs in the afternoon and evening. --
| Do our citizens know that last week sur
vey was made by the Central Vermont rail
! road from Barre to the quarries in Soutl
| Barre? The surveyors started from tn,
trotting park, and went in southeastern,
direction to Eli Holden's place, and theme,