The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-22


gone into business on his own account.
- County court opened Tuesday, Judge
Walker presiding, according to the new as
sgnment of judges. == Elijah b. Barnes
lately had a fall from load of logs and Sc
riously injured his shoulder. 60 Mrs.
Azubah Dearborn Stone, widow of j. +.
Stone, formerly of this town, died at Clare
mont, n. H., on Friday, after long illness.
Her brothers attended the funeral there on
Monday.
REV. Mr.. SPRAGUE preached at the Corner
last Sabbath. GO Severe colds are quite
prevalent. - James Woodcock and wife
celebrated their wedding anniversary last
week. - Clarence Day has bought the
Church farm in Vershire. =- Don. G.
Bliss is attending school at Thetford. -
w. Davis and G.. w. Stevens, ID, are the
petit jurors from this town.
East Corinth.
MACK's troupe gave an entertainment in
school-house hall Saturday evening. They
had rather poor house - j. Mccall
lum of Whitney's Point, y. Y, was In town
last week visiting at Charles Pages. -
Charles Kemp and Alfred Jackson, who
have been at St. Johnsbury attending school,
are at home on vacation. - j. b.
Kemp bought poultry Friday and Saturday.
- w, Il. Parker and Charles Metcalf
were in Barre few days last week.
West Randolph
CHRISTMAS services will be held in the
Baptist, Christian, Congregational, Meth
odist and Catholic churches Christmas eve.
There will be cantatas in the Congrega-
tional and Methodist churches. - 1t Is
expected there will be a big farmers meet
ing here some time this winter =- The
water commissioners have made contract
with the Warren Foundry and Machine
Company of Phillipsburgh, n. j., to furnish
the iron pipe for the water supply. This
company furnished Montpelier with pipe,
and we get it one dollar a ton less than they
did. - Rector Merkel began his abors
with the Episcopal church here Sunday af-
ternoon - At hearing Saturday after
noon Mr.. Worthen was fined $50 and costs
for selling liquor. He appealed. o.
NJ. Tinkham, ESD, was in town Saturday.
- Herbert Flint of Springfield, Mass,
has been visiting his mother, Mrs Lewis
Fish. - George Slack returned from
Michigan Friday. - Alton Hubbard Wis
tied his home in Rochester last week. -
Mrs. Royal Dubois has been visiting in
New Hampshire and Massachusetts. -
Mrs. Rebecca Wells is in New York, where
she will spend the winter. - Mrs. j. W.
Gabrielle buried her mother in Massachu-
sets last week. - A. p. Cleverly's little
girl is sick with scarlet fever. - Forest
Manchester of Boston was in town recently.
- Hon. w. III. Dubois has been in New
York and Boston on business. - Colonel
j. b. Mead and wife are spending the win
ter at Mrs. II. B. KimbalPs. - Reg. Alb
bolt has moved into his new store in Tampa,
Florida. - Otis Standish was buried
yesterday.
Tunbridge.
THEME are several new cases of canker-
rash. - The school in district No. 3 is
taught by Gcrtie Leisure, that in No. by
Ella Wells. - The Baptist society will
have their Christmas exercises at the North
village and the Congregational society at
the town hall. Both are to be held Friday
evening. - The campfire last week
Wednesday evening was well attended and
was "A success. - a list of all ex-prison-
ers of war living in town is wanted by
the adjntant of Whitney Post and also a
list of all soldiers graves that are un-
marked, - The White River Pomona
grange met here last Thursday and elected
officers for the year ensuing. The attend
ance was large and the exercises interest
ing. - Potatoes now sell for thirty-five
cents per bushel delivered at South Royal
ton. - A lot of poultry was shipped
from here last Saturday. - The Grand
Army post and the Relief Corps meet next
Saturday evening. - The personal prop
erty belonging to the estate of the late j. S.
Noyes was sold at auction last Saturday.
- Robert PiXley went to Montpelier
and was examined by the board of sur
geons last Wednesday. George Durkee
went to White River junction the same
day. - There is to he party at Albert
Whitney's this wednesday, evening
- Dana Wright has moved to Lebanon,
n. H., where he has secured job. -
Fred e. Fowler was at home over Sunday
North Tunbridgc.
REV. S. A. PARKER will preach in this
place at the usual hour next Sunday fore
noon. Subject: Christmas"
Williamstown.
a NAMELEss Orange county reader of the
WATCHMAN writes, asking that we give in
| this weeks WATCHMAN the measures to be
taken to get the benefit of the mind cure
whom to address, and what the expense OF
treatment. While we personally are unable
To answer these questions, we will gladly
| ask information of the ladies mentioned last
week. and give it speedily, with the editor S
permission. U4ater-We would advise any
one wanting information on the subject to
address S. j. Sawyer, lG7 Westminster Park
Boston, Mass.) 80 Two weeks ago we re-
ported Lucius S. Simons as claiming that he
raised field of corn this year all the ex-
pense of which was covered by the worth of
the corn-fodder alone. Some of our farmers
here think it impossible But Mr.. Simons
agrees to furnish us, for publication, the
figures sustaining his claim, and the WATCH
MAN readers shall have the benefit of them
when given AS. &c. w. Cleaveand
holds the reins over an untamed horse with
as much confidence as any of the friends of
his eXcellency, G. Cleveland of Washing
ton, ID. c., feel in his ability to hold the
reins of the United States government and
bring it into line. The former has been
showing his skill of late on "A matched span
of colts belonging to Orvile III. Briggs. He
is about to do the same with one or more
colts of Rev. Harvey Webster 1t has been
the writer's misfortune generally to labor to
klndle, rather than queRch, fire in the horse
kind, yet methods looking to the latter eff
feet are not devoid of interest. Mr.. Cleave-
land thinks Kindness omnipotent with a
horse. - a Washington farmer told us
last week of success in raising corn on
ground that had been paStured twenty
| years, using no other fertilizer than phos-
| pilates. 80 Said one of our townSmen to
us the other day, 81 paid for barrel of
| phosphate with the product of sixty hills of
cucumbers," which were sold in a lump to
u merchant in Barre. About the same time
"A lady told us of realizing over $50 for a few
more than sixty two-quart cans of picked
cucumbers sold in Barre. But of course
| if all our farmers and their wives should
take the cue" from these two persons
next season, their "iruit" might only
cumber the ground. - Let no citi-
zen forget the Christmas exercises at
the town hall on Friday evening next
There will be welcome for all. -
The Ladies' Literary Club will meet with
| Miss Emma l.. Ainsworth on Tuesday after
noon of next week. - William Hanson
was in luck this season with turkeys. He
has just sold one hundred that dressed, ON
an average, twelve and three-fourths