The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17

turkeys this year, reasoning, as he does,
that the break in prices last year will dis |
courage so many that the business NAV nav
Wei this year: - A townsman tells us
how successful one Of his uncles was in al
ways keeping himself poor. There was one
thing he " stuck ,, to, and that was " change"
If cows were high, then he bought cows,
sold them low, and invested in sheep or
something else at high figures to sell again
at low ones. And thus he managed his
farming, with failure as an abiding guest"
80 The present hard times for money
ought to teach us lessons of sympathy for
the pinched ones everywhere. We find we
had many of us failed to sympathize with
the late Mr.. Vanderbilt sufficiently since
the post norton announcement of the
fact that he was always pinched for
ready money" Can't we pool " with
some such men yet living and thus " ease
up" somebody? Personally, we are anx-
ious to. 80 Who can tell us what a " saw
whet " is whether bird or beast or reptile?
We find those who have heard Of it but know
not what 1t is. Webster is dumb on the sub
ject. One of our farmers tells us that it is
pretty sure sign of coming spring when its
woods) is heard Already it is heard here.
Will the sign fail this time? - The
amount that this place will get of the Hunt
ington school fund is $3114. - Our
Dramatic Club is said to have realized lit
| Ile over NlO DN Inb SAFE OF UlckcIS on t1l-
| day and Saturday evenings last -
Miss Minnie f. Smith closed her school in
! the II. ID. Abbott district February 9Th. The
! scholars having no marks were Mary Alb
| bolt, Clara Proctor, Willie Lougee and
| Gardner Poor. Mary Slavery was absent
one halliday and Mabel Slavery was absent
only on account of sickness. Cora and Mel
son Lewis, entering the school about the
middle of the term, had no marks. There
were no tardy marks during the term of ten
weeks, with twelve scholars enrolled. 80
! More hope is entertained for Mrs. William
! u. Pratt, who has been very ill in the past
week. 60 Albert Bruce learns of the i'm
proved condition of his daughter, Mrs.
Marion Kathan, supposed last week to be
in very critical condition. 80 Mrs. DIR.
| McClearn is unable to resume her work of
teaching, and the winter term of our village
school is to be finished by Russell NJ. JEFF
fords, who last week closed his school in the
John Farnham district. - We hear it
talked that there will likely be a survey for
a railroad to the quarries from Barre ere
long. Our people need to understand that
if we are now to have any show for an ex-
tension of the Central Vermont to this place,
and thence to the quarries, we must do
valiant work for it.. There must be an out
| lay of money as well as work The sooner
we wake up to this fact, if we want the road :,
the better it will be for us. We deserve and
shall get nothing If we will do nothing. -
Miss Abbie Carleton is teaching French in
Barre. She has had excellent facilities for
learning the language, we believe. - A
the recent cold weather there upon cattle,
says: "They bled at the nose, and their
noses in some instances were frozen; and
icicles as large as ones fist formed under
their eyes. 80 Edwin Prescott expects he
may rent of Herbert p Martin the place
about to be vacated by James Martin. -
We notice in late Chicago paper little
real estate transaction-the sale by Ira G..
Calef of Washington, Vt, of a lot, three
hundred sixty by one hundred fifty-seven
feet, to the Lake Shore & Southern Michigan
Railroad Company for 100000. - Miss
Harriet A. Smith is visiting friends in
Worcester. - Mrs. Joel III. Shepherd
was brought home from Barre on a bed last
week. Her bruised and broken limbs are
recovering. - George w. Blanchard is
preparing his class in vocal music here for a
concert not far hence. He is to be assisted
by out-of-town talent and will doubtless
have an enjoyable concert - A pleas
ant little incident came to our knowledge
while out of town the other day. Some
years ago very self-reliant friend of ours
(then in way to ask as few favors for him.
self as almost any one, perhaps and with nc
thought, probably, that it was likely ever to
be otherwise with him) sent present to one
of his neighbors of something that CHANGED
at the time to be luxury for this neighbor
The once self-reliant man is now helpless
invalid, but his neighbor had not forgotten
his kindness even if he himself had OF late
this kindness has been returned, principa
and interest, thus illustrating that witt
what measure we mete it shall be measured
to you again" - We have Just learned
} this curious incident that occurred her,
many years ago. A stranger, passing through
here in a needy condition, was assisted in {
neighborly way by one of our selectmer
(then living in the VILLAGE, who gave hin
one of his own shirts. The man went on tt
a neighboring town, and there fell sick ano
required town aid. 1t was then discovered
that his shirt bore the mark of one of oul
town officials, the result of which was thai
this town had to pay the bills incurred by
! this strangers sickness because of his having
been previously helped here by an officer o
the place. 60 Doesn't it speak well fol
our townsman. DIR. j. G. Briggs when 1
comparative stranger who had some worl
: done on teeth by him liked it so well as t.
have him take out some filings put in while
. on visit to Europe and replace them will
his own, all because his work looks so mucl
better? (But this fact we do not learn from
the doctor0 - EX-townsman Elber
) Briggs, until recently of Newark, n. Y, ha.
taken possession of his fine new home
I known as Lake View" in Rochester, n
Y. 1t gets its name from the view it com
mands of Lake Ontario. His aged father
) (our old townsman, j. Wright Briggs anC
wife live with him. - Conductor Franz
w. Flint's recent gift of S25 in aid of tn,
: Congregational society here was by NJ
Z means the first of the kind. Though absen
from this his old home most of the time. W,
gladly claim him as one of us yet. - TIL,
} Universalist society will hold sociable a
1 the town hall on Friday evening next. Mu
sic by III. c. House. - One of our farm
: ers tapped number of maple trees, the othe
day, and the sap ran nicely. - W. III
1 Bacon has a colt, eight and one-half months
old which weighs six hundred thirt,
pounds and stands thirteen and one-hal
hands high. - Miss May Simmons vii
| close her school on Friday, with an eXhibi
4 ton in the evening. - All persons hav
2 ing unsettled accounts with the town ar,
| requested to present them to to the select
| men on Tuesday, the 23d instant. - TIL,
farm of the late Asa f. Simonds was sold a
g auction on Tuesday for 81 200 to his widow
D 1t originally cost $500, and was lately ap
praised at$l 800 Fifty acres of pasture land
once sold for $500, was sold on Tuesday 70
= S120.
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