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

| advertising New York firm attempted to
| conceal the " hook il wanted TO get into
the mouth of the public An acquaintance
! bit at the bait, to find himself bitten, OF
course. The case Of the watch proved to be
as brazen as the face Of the vender, and
worth, we are told by an authority, at the
rate of about 80 per dozen. From this same
| authority we hear that years ago parties
| went about the country buying of watch
dealers, for twenty-five cents apiece, old
movements OF watches that accumulate on
their hands, which were " tinkered up "
and put off again on the public. He thinks,
on examination, the "a gold watch of our ac-
! quaintance Is one OF this kind, and that in
its new condition It cost perhaps S1j0. But
1t ought to teach lesson Of pure gold, and
making a commendable improvement in the
external appearance of his farmhouse.
- An ever-welcome guest, our ex-
townswoman, Mrs. Sylvia Clark Newcomb
of Waukegan, ILL.,, arrived here last Friday.
The old green hills of this her birthplace
hardly have a warmer " lover " than her
self, and years OF absence in the West fail to
cool the ardor of this love, seemingly.
Aren't such returning guests always well
coined? - An acquaintance from youth
told us the other day of having at one time
suffered damage at the hands of another
town, for which he wanted redress, but
which he found must be had, If at ALL in
law. He consulted lawyer of note, of
whom he asked an honest, full opinion, and
got the answer that he perhaps had ninety
nine chances in hundred to beat the town
and Just as many 10 beat himself" Our friend
! took the hint and " beat retreat" But
isn't that hint " worth keeping for COM
mon use? - This is how it came about:
A Vermont lady, unknown to us, went to
Dakota to live. Wanting to keep up &C
quantance with the old Green Mountain
State, she is patron of the VERMONT WATCH
MAN. The postmaster of the Dakota town
| where she resides, the son of a Vermonter,
gets look at her WATcHMAN, and writes us,
though strangers to each other. He speaks
this word for Dakota after a residence Of
eight years there: " The country is fine. A
person that has any business in him cannot
help making money here" We have asked
him for further particulars of that section
for the benefit of the WATCHMAN readers.
| -O Our eX-townsman, Horace Smith,
who has for years lived with his son-in-law,
a Mr.. Fleury of st. Adams, has gone to live
with his son Willard in Cortland, n. Y.
This son, who is well remembered here, is
said to be doing well. - Those who
have the opportunity will doubtless enjoy a
chat with our former townsman, w, Wal
lace Camp, who is on from Nebraska for a
little stay here. He has been there for
several years, is a farmer, having some
three hundred twenty acres of land and
gives one information about that state worth
having. 49, Some of our citizens will re-
call David Story, nephew of Mrs Walter
Newcomb, who was in the place some years
ago. Word has just been received of his
death in Michigan from pneumonia after an
illness of but few days. - We were
specially interested in hearing from Towns,
man Silas Stone, living near the entrance Of
the Gulf, an account of his silo, put in last
year, and for this reason: He has only
small place, and has demonstrated that it
pays him to have even small silo 1t is
built of boards (the inside ones matched)
with double walls, and each lined with
building paper. 1t is in the barn, the floor
being about eighteen inches below the barn
floor, and cemented He put up only about
nine tons of enslage, which he cut with
hand-cutter into half-inch lengths. This
year he will cut it into inch pieces) He
found the cutting and packing of the ensl-
age no " bugbear " at all 1t kept nicely,
was eaten with the usual zest and made
June-colored butter. OF course his convic-
tons of the worth and practcability of
silos are as firm as his neighboring Gulf
hills. - Our listers having finished the
appraisal of real estate, townsmen will now
have due opportunity to make objections to
any part of their work, if they have such.
! So far as we hear, perhaps few or none are
likely to be made. - Mr.. and Mrs. Nash
Simons returned to their home in Wilton,
n. H., last week. Hardly out of young man
hood Mr.. Simons, as superintendent of
carpet-yarn mandatory, seems to be
! achieving much more than ordinary bust
ness success. One element of this success
+ is, doubtless his superb health, the founda-
ton, perhaps, of which was laid on one of
Jul w IL ~ COuIluOu SCuOOl
,, education, with course at commercial
, college, we believe, was his main educa-
tional outfit. Grit, perseverance and good
habits, added to other natural gifts and a
favoring Providence, tell the rest of the
!, story. He is a son of our late townsman,
Mr.. Martin Simons. - Can any of our
villagers recall another so quiet an INDIE
pendence Day as last Saturday? Owing
to the sickness of several citizens of the
: village, " mercy" that is even better than
sacrifice " shown in abstinence from
the usual patriotic " demonstrations. The
, place was mainly thoroughfare for reach
ing Barre. - Mrs. j. NJ. Bass and
, Mrs. j. Munro Seaver returned from
: East Somerville, Mass, last week -
George Martin returns to Washington,
ID. c., this week. He has a situation in
!, one of the District charitable institutions.
: - One of the most estimable women of
, our acquaintance mentions the fact of hav-
ing lately found relief from annoyance from
: some article of household furniture that had
bothered her we know not how long. There
; is deal of sound philosophy in the remedy,
y too. She has long been a Woodworking
woman, with few or no breaks in her home
life, and greatly needed change. She has
been taking it, and decided complete
change it was. Body, mind and soul have
: been recreated, and now the " old stove "
e land doubtless many more things like it)
: doesn't bother her half as much as it did.
. And isn't it as economical way as any for a
n man thus to take " the total depravity " out
: of the stoves and some other "inanimate
y things" indoors and out? - A telegram
b from Waupaca. Wis, announces the death
: in that place on July of our old towns
i man, Mr.. Reuben Hatch. He had long
: been out of health. - Mr. and Mrs Wal
e ter Newcomb, now of Detroit, Mich, arrived
t here on Saturday last - Mrs. Della
r House Graham, with her three little daugh-
e ters came from Lynn, Mass, last week.
h - The Central Vermont railroad sur
e veyors, we hear, have completed their work
d in the way of preliminary survey from
n Barre to this village, and thence to the
o quarries. Our dishes are now right side up,
: awaiting the "rain of porrdge." - Mr..
e Enoch Howe is able to ride out. Frank
!: Martin is again on his feet. Lewis Flint is
d convaescent. George w. Farnham is a ter.
o rible sufferer from sleeplessness, with a
e complication of other ills His case is most
!. pitiabe - Frank Nichols, who lives
J. not far from Denison Martin, but across the
line in Barre, lost horse one night last
week He had just purchased it in Chelsea.
The horse was hitched in a stall in the
II barn, the door of which was left open. On
!. going to the barn in the morning the horse
1t was gone. The halter was found in the
e stall, and with the appearance of having
: only slipped off the horses head Search
n was Immediately made in this place, Chelsea
=. and Brooktield, but when last we inquired
/, it had not been found. - Rev. r. ID.
- NIiIlar oava his paopIa last Sabbath Sar-