The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-25

and Bert Bailey; q quartette by Mrs. j. X.
Lynde, Mrs. r. f. Durgin and Messrs.
Joshua F. Bailey and James Walbrdge;
| piano solos by Miss Nettie Gale and Miss
Fiiield of Adams, Mass, and cornet play
ing by Fred Blanchard The programme
ended with "The Heavens are Telling" by
a large chorus under the direction of John
Lynde, Jr AT the suggestion Of Rev. Har-
vey Webster, the large audience then ex-
pressed thanks for the evenings entertain
ment by a rising vote. - Probably but
few persons, comparatively, know at what
an expense of time and labor land some
times money persons furnish i" free enter
tanments" like the aforementioned musi-
GALE. Our own singers, notably John
Iynde, Jr., have given service in this direc-
| ton that merits the heartiest thanks and
appreciation on the part of our citizens.
- 1t was great disappointment to
! people here that James S. Abbott was I'M
able to render assistance at the musicale
last week by reason of the return of his old
time malady, the asthma. Though wholly
free from 1t in Florida, he tells us that some
of his acquaintance there suffer from it
after having lived there few years, though
at first, like himself, having found relief
from it there 60 Mr.. and Mrs. William
| Perry of Barre were among the attendants
at the musicale last week. 80 Until last
week we do not recall having heard our
young cornetist, Fred Blanchard, play here
since his return from Boston, where he went
some time ago to take lessons. His playing
seems to us here very fine indeed, and other
places doubtless share with us in this
opinion. Such skill as he shows will GER
tainly insure a continued demand for his
services elsewhere. - Alfred Carnes,
who manages Samuel Fosters productive
farm, tells us he took this season from a
field of two acres ten loads drawn by oxen
of Lost Nation wheat in the straw. What
it will thresh remains to be seen. - |.
e., Little has a productive blackberry field
that gives him yearly a nice little sum of
money. Barre affords him ready market
for the fruit - Messrs. Fred and George
Flint are enabled now, by the help of their
new engine, to prosecute their work OF
saving and manufacturing more effectu-
ally than heretofore. They are having
quite "run" on stone boats " for
granite quarrying purposes, having already
made more than forty of them. -
Mr.. j. NJ. Seaver, eX-collector of taxes, has
posted a notice to delinquents that they
must look out for " a sharp stick behind
their backs very soon if they don't come
forward y without and pay up. With the
law to drive in such stick" one doesn't
want to defy it. - Harvey Cheney has
made recent visit to the Gore to take
measurements respecting the engine that is
to be transferred to the grst-mill of Messrs
Lynde & Cheney in this place in due time
- Would it not be good thing if all
the towns in the state could voice to the
public what each wants to have done by
some effort to ascertain some of the wishe:
of our own townsmen in this direction. One
of our worthy farmers, with whom we
were talking the other day, is emphatic in
his disgust with our present law for the
care of the highways land we know moi
how many others here share with him il
this feeling. He wants at least change
in the law that will let every man worl
out his own tax who wants to. Anothe
I of our citizens (and we think he has
law that will tax all church property, will
the exception of meeting-houses and par
sonages. We see not how any one shout,
+ think differently of this matter. And i
cannot be attended to any too quickly, fo
our law, we believe, is nursing an evil tina
a some day, if not corrected will prove
/ very grave one. Let it be nipped in TIL
a bud land dtready it ndV prove a hard 'bud'
to kilD. The town is pronounced in its op
, position to the town system of schools. w
know of no townSman, therefore, howeve
ardent in his belief of the worth of the tow
a system, who would vote for it, as repre-
sentative, under all the circumstances. w
shall be surprised if the proposition t
half-shire" our county meets with any ia
, vor in this place. 1t is to be hoped that i
a the caucuses of both parties yet to be bel
$ in the various towns of the county expires
:. sion will be given to the feeling on this sui
+ ject, that both senators and representative
e may hear no uncertain sound. - Georg
W. blanchard Is vet very 1eeDle, tnOug
e able to ride out now. 60 EX-townsma
o j. ID. White, of Gadsden, Alabama, sends
record of the temperature there through til
months of June and July last. The ave-
age temperature at noon for the month
k July was eighty-siX degrees above zert
e the lowest being eighty and the highes
e ninety-eight degrees. - There will b
4 religious services at the w, u. Pratt schoo
\ house next Sunday at four p. NJ. Every
y body is invited to come and aid in the ser'
= ice. - In a recent little interview wit
n our old townsman, Wesley Martin of Mich
: gan, now visiting here, he told us of tn
r deaths, some years ago, of two of his sons
}, one in the " twenties and the other in tn
!. "thirties who went west from Michiga
o to Southern Kansas to live. One was OF
with two-horse team, when thin clou
u passed over, with but little appearance
!. danger to him. But it was charged wit
+ lightning that descended and killed hiI
Il and one of his horses instantly. The othe
y son was riding horse and firing at buff,
IS Ices that approached his place. While fiji
n ing a revolver, his horse stumbled and
y ball entered the horses head and killed i
). In the fall the son was injured so that b
r lived but short time. Mr.. Martin is d,
cidedly of the opinion that the West offel
greater inducements for eastern youn
men than are to be found here. He wi
l. remain here awhile longer, and then wi
o end what he expects will be his last Wis
IS to the old home and friends here. -
Il Frank, a son of Mr.. Emery Jones, died of col
e sumption the first of the week. - Mr.
e Abbe Simons Wales, daughter of the lat
e Mr.. Dana Simons visited old friends hei
!. last week. She now resides near Boston
II Mass. She seems to have recovered frol
IS the very poor health of year ago. -
= Fernando c. Davenport has lately had til
Is pleasure of visit from his brother, Charl,
e Davenport, and daughter of Tilton, n. I
y - Olney Field, youngest son of the lat
IL Rev. Daniel Field and clerk in who'll
p sale dry goods house in Boston, has bee
l. vacationizing here of late. - Mr.. Natha
Z Hall and his brother-n-law, |. G. Littl
Is have been taking an outing in New Ham
I: shire. - Miss Alma f. Adams is abol
d TO begin a fourth term of school in the ClaI
. Shepard district in Barre, which is a goC
+: comment" on her worth as a teache
IL F. DIR. Scion Briggs and wife, now
Jersey City, \. j., arrived at Barre la
l. Saturday for change and rest - I'll
5 son and son-in-law of our former townsmal
3 Mr.. William Bruce, We're called to Worce
z ter last week to attend his funeral. He W;
l. ninety-one years and six months old. 60
e One of our worthy and promising your
u ladies, Miss Flora Erskine, will atten
l. school in Mddlebury the coming fall. 81
Is is to be in the family of Mrs. Horatio Nee
g. ham. - Messrs. Lynde & Cheney hay
e just put new turbine (RusselD wheel mao
l. in Champlain \. Y, into their mill Thong
u six inches in diameter smaller than the oil
II one, il is expected to do nearly double ii
II work. == Our checklist, in its final r
l. vision, will probably show in the neigl