The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-21

ago. The colt was very valuable one, but
what the outcome may be IL is impossible
to say. Rev. Webster uses as a wash de-
coction of tobacco. to quart OF which he
adds tablespoonful of powdered alum and
the same Of powdered saltpetre. This pre-
scription of Landlord Peters, an expert in
such cases, is working finely Before using
the above wash tablespoonful OF powdered
alum was sprinkled upon the wounds.
- A collection for foreign missions at
the Congregational church last Sabbath
amounted to nearly S25. 1t was the largest
taken in some time - Our old towns
man, Mr.. r. w. Clarke, an attorney in
Brattleboro, is visiting friends here. -
Can't many a reader Of the WATcHMAN just
now see," and hear" with memory's aid
the late good old Congregational Dea. White,
one of the fathers y in the town and
church. Some one tells us this anecdote
of him. At the age of sixty he gave up
the use of strong drink and Joined the tenn
perance union. At the age of ninety-two
as medicine some rum was prescribed,
but not without consultation of the brethren
would he yield to the prescription. Upon
their advice to do so he did yield.
When asked how it lasted, the old gen.
tleman replied, "pesky ndterdU" -
III our mountain-streams have memories,
and "laugh," as the poets would have us
believe they will rejoice now at the sight
Of their old friend and companion, Henry
A. Ainsworth, who is with them again, and
seeking with hook and line to know II they
have forgotten how to yield up their treas
| ures to him as in days of yore. They seem
| to possess the power of restoring something
| of his youth to him. - The Free Bap-
| lists are rejoicing in congregations that are
| increasing in size and interest-a fact at
| which other congregations here may be glad
| with them. - Mrs. Anna Dickerman
Davis and husband were in town last week.
| They will return to their work of teaching
| in the high school in Chester, VT, the COM
| ing season. Her mother Mrs. Betsey Mar
| tin Perkins, finds her health much improved
| in California. - Mr.. Warren Poole, now
| in his eighty-ffth year, was to be seen
| swinging the scythe in his meadow last
Monday morning. - Lewis Flint, a son
of the late Mr. Alvin Flint, died on Thurs
! day last, after an illness of several weeks,
| thought by his physician, DR.. c.. W.
| McClearn to be malignant disease of the
liver. A soldier lin the Tenth Vermont
Regiment in the late war of the rebellion,
| he has never been well since his discharge,
| it is said. The case, at first thought to be
hopeful, was treated with the counsel of
Drs. Bigelow and Jackson of Barre, and
near the last, DR.. Chandler of Montpelier.
| He leaves a wife, daughter and two sons to
| mourn the loss of a devoted husband and
| father. A member and steward of the
| Methodist church, his funeral was held at the
| Methodist house on Saturday afternoon last,
Revs. Harvey Webster and George l.. Wells,
now of Marshfeld, officiating There was
delegation at the funeral from the Grand
| Army post at Barre, of which he was a
member, which took part in the services
after the manner of the order. Among the
floral tributes were beautiful anchor and
cross placed upon the casket. His family
| will have the warm sympathy of their
friends in this hour of their sorrow. -
Mrs. j. G. Fifed and three daughters of
Adams, Mass, are stopping with friends in
town. - 1t was not exactly "Tally-ho !"
coaching, but may have been just as good, or
even better. The other evening Messrs.
Horace Farnham, Charles Edison and g Hal
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