The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03

Is distant from Washington d. c., about
Inree hours by rail. He was there a few
weeks, and at a season TO see tbe country
adVantageously. Interesting as IL NAV be
10 learn ones Impressions of the country
ltseii' we were more interested i'm learning
OF the spirit and temper of the people he
saw there. Mr.. Davenport seems TO have
found marked bitterness at tha results of
the war. While there was submission To
the inevitable, it was anything but hearty.
seemingly, in the particular section he Wis
lteu' ne TOOK day or two to look over
one OF tne most famous battle-heds of the
rebellion, and was kindly shown about nv n
confederate colonel whose guest he was a
part OF the time, but who could continually
address him as Yankee" with very
unisaaVory prehxl and this in connection
| with some of the old-time southern hos
pitality, too. QBy the way, it NAV be of in
terest to know this coonel's opinion of Cen
eral Mcclellan as a commander He said
III all the northern generals had been like
Mcclellan he believed the South would
have won the day; but when Generals
Grant and Sheridan were sent after them
| they had to rum Mr.. Davenport returns
with no desire to reside in Virginia. -
Here's to the health of our brother itemizer
ofCorinth for his plea in behalf of an ex-
tension of the Wells River railroad to the
quarries, in the last WATCHMAN. for if any
thing Is to " wake up" the Central Vermont
" lion " to go to the quarries via of our
village 1t is going to be, we suspect, just
such Wells River railroad "noise " about
his cage" He will surely rise and shake
his name before the granite-feast is touched
by the latter road. Pound away, then,
brethrenl - In confirmation cf the
proverb, Sin all labor there is profit" is the
success attending one of our young farmers,
who said to his wife, the other day, that
so far he had worked every day of his
lie. Nevertheless, there are some most
Improbable pitfalls on the road of call
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Not long since we were talking with a town
clerk concerning farmer in a neighboring
town whom we know but slightly. The
clerk said he did not know much about him.
but he Judged him man of some ability by
some " papers p" that he had sent to his
office for record These papers were re-
markable for brevity, containing few or no
needless words, and yet long enough for all
practical purposes. We do not suspect this
farmer is one doing public business to any
extent. But in these days there are such
helps" to the doing of such work that
doubtless many more farmers and others
might easily fit themselves for the safe per-
Torrance of it. Apropos of brief papers, on
our table is short deed form which so ex-
cellent an authority as Chancellor Kent
says is sufficient to convey an absolute fee
in any part of the United States. Aside
from dates, names of places and persons,
and description of the property, we count
some twenty-seven words only in the form.
- DIR. C.. w. McClearn has just sold a.
colt at handsome advance from the cost.
Norman q. Davis has a colt, nearly two
years of age, that one of our villagers tells
us he thinks is the best colt in town of the
age. Prentiss Waldo has last seasons
colt that we hear he could at any time get
800 for Albert Goodrich sold a horse
some months ago for $780, which is now
owned in neighboring town, and for which
$3.50 were refused in the fall. - We hear
the prediction that taxes here may likely
loom up" the coming year. - Miss
Mary Waterman, former pupil in the
Oberlin Ohio Conservatory Of Music, who
is spending the winter here, is giving piano
lessons She might perhaps be induced to
residence of the late Calvin Ainsworth.
- j. Munroe Seaver seems to think it
high time that he should see something of
the great West, and this week he starts on
his first western trip. He will visit his
uncle (our old townsman, Wesley Martin)
in Michigan and other relatives in Chicago
- Conductor Frank W. Flint again
comes to the rescue of the Congregational So
ciety here with subscription of S25 to aid in
securing preaching for the coming year The
gift is warmly appreciated. - For the
matter of cheese-making commend us to our
townswoman, Mrs. j. Albern Briggs rather
than to any or all of the cheese-factories
in the country. Her sage cheese cheats the
, Dutch" and who is to succeed her in
. . the art? - 1t was Mr.. Beecher if we
mistake not, who years ago said, in a plea
for one sermon only on the Sabbath that il
is the last wad that sticks in the (pop)gun.
1t may be on this principle that some about
| here seem to think this is l" the hardest
) season for money" they have known, for
) one while any way. OF course we are not
alone in this. Friends in the West and
Texas write of dull times there as well.
3 - Miss Fannie Martin returned last
1 week, from delightful visit of several
) weeks in Washington, ID. G. - Will
iamstownian in Iowa writes that they are
having snow enough for Vermont winter,
and weather cold enough for any latitude
this side of the North Pole. We here have
5 not yet had this winter a temperature
, of tifty-seven degrees below zero. -
3 George w. Smith of Philadelphia proposes
l to remove the body of his father, the late
9 Ira Smith of this place, from Texas for
1 burial here if it can be done. - Mr.. and
L Mrs. James S. Abbott leave this week for
t st. Augustine, Florida - Some one
Y gives us this "Reminiscences of earlier days
: here, when there was Baptist meeting
1 house on the East Hill, near the a. Smith
5 Martin place. There preached there at one
a time a minister who resided in Sharon
t but who came each week from his home for
a the sum of 81 per Sunday. He had a farm
t in Sharon and was a man of prominence
y enough to represent the town several times
1 in the legislature. - A commendable ex
g ample for others is that of one of our young
= farmers who is not only constant attend
?, ant upon the services of his church Sun
s days and weekdays, but who constantly
e aids Others who have no teams of their own
I to church-going by carrying them. -
y The Universalist society will hold its an
$ nual festival at the town hall on Friday
: next, February 9Th, with entertainment anG
: refreshments appropriate to the occasion
! A cordial invitation is extended to all
d - Our new milling firm of Lynde &
!. Cheney has just bought carload of corn fol
r grinding at their mill here. - James
It Martin has just bargained for the Sanery
}, place - Charles Hayward is going tC
move on to the Mrs. Aaron G.. Martin farm
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