The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27

than fifty years experience in life on q
farm, and which seem to himself as 20 his
friends, rather tempestuous than otherwise
said to us, recently, az started out at
twenty.three years of age, with some seven
or eight hundred dollars In the thirty and
more years since have paid ont twelve
thousand dollars Of interest money, to say
nothlng OF principal paid, ALL or nearly all
OF wmlch, we may add, has been lost.
Melli we said, I" II you were TO go
through life again, with your present ex-
perience, what would you do?" His answer
was, would take the seven or eight hum
dred dollars and put it out at interest. and
keep 1t trqndling. Then I would 90 to work
family expenses should be kept down within
the limits of what / could earn, and this
should be the rule Of my life ali the way
through" In this way he feels that he
hilnsen Would nkely have been much better
of than now, after having gone into debt
for high-priced farm, etc. as he did.
- one OF our most intelligent and
thoughtful lady friends, who has lived long
enough to get pretty correct views of things.
as it seems to us, recently said to us. al do
not look at the possession of wealth as I
used to. The responsibility that comes with
it, as | now see it, changes the aspect of the
matter very materially" - Orvile H.
Briggs has, for quite long time been
known as believer in pretty high feeding
of meal to his stock. He tells us his ex-
! perience only confirms him in this belief.
| His success as a farmer certainly entities
! his opinions TO respect. - The value of
! having receipts for money paid out was
! shown in a case in our town that has lust
come to our knowledge. A lady had made
a purchase from an agent in another town,
to the value of forty dollars, and had taken
receipt for the money paid Months after
| ward another agent of the manufacturing
company came and demanded payment of
| her for the whole amount. She told him
the property had been paid for once, but he
rather guessed not" Fortunately she
| could produce a receipt. and the matter
ended there. == Rev. III. X Grain was
assisted by Rev. Mr. Sargent last week in
some very successful meetings at the school
house below Broughton's Corner, where he
has been laboring more or less for some
weeks. - We have just been told of the
good health of our old physician. DIR. n. w.
Perry, and wife, now of Burlington, who
have reached the ages, respectively, of
eighty-tive and eghty-four years. Their
daughter, Mrs. Alfred X. Ballard, with
whom they reside, has been in very poor
health for some months. 80 The Con-
gregationalist Ladies' Society is again at
work in the preparation of the "broom
drill y for a public, entertainment. Frank
Walker is the drill-master. - just now
some of our citizens are busily laying in ice
from the Cutter pond. -" Don " Earle
takes to steam engine like a duck to
water. Finding it impracticable to work at
railroading, on account of the effect on his
running stationary engine-a business
with which he is acquainted. Give him
call, you who may want such man. -
Presby Hopkins younger son has bought
the Joseph Gregory farm. Lyman
Drury buried his aged father last week
The old gentleman had been living in town
for some months past. - We have just
heard, through an acquaintance, something
of our old Congregationalst pastor, the Rev.
l p. f. Barnard, who labored here so long
) some years ago, and who was so highly re-
spected as good man. He is still preach
|, ing in Massachusetts. He and his wife are
left alone, the daughters having all married
l and gone from home. - DIR. j. G.. Briggs
Q family is having the measles. He alone es-
capes. - Miss jeanette Wiley had a
very serious attack, last week, which, SEEM
!, ingly, stopped just short of apoplexy. She
I is staying in the family of Herbert Platt.
Il - Miss Fannie Martin will return from
: Washington, d. c., in time to visit the
u schools of our town again, as the law re-
/ quires. - James Walbridge wishes to
: thank his class in music in Washington for
u the help rendered in the concert last Friday
e evening. The proceeds of this concert went
$ to Mr.. Walbridge, by the wish of the class
n We are pleased to hear that Mr.. Walbridge's
II work has been so well liked there this
e winter - Gilbert o. Smith was in at
e tendance at the reunion of Vermont soldiers
II in Burlington, last week. and reports very
?, enjoyable time. - Joshua f. Bailey lost
IS good COW, recently, through its being
hooked. %. S. Walker is improving
and able to attend to business again -
RI Hawley Gale will show some Of the North
: eastern Nebraskans what can be done il
r. the way of maple sugar making here, havin,
lie just sent some tubs of very nice sugar to hi
# son, Professor Willis Gale, at Norfolk, Ne
le braska - 1t is said that the Mr.. Peters
% of Chelsea, who has bought the Hibbar,
House here, will occupy it himself. -
Miss Lucy Earle has finished her school il
Barre and is at home.