The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-05

urday with seven OF them. - II surely
seems that Mr.. o. ID. Bacon of Elmore (son
of our old townsman Vine " Bacon) is in
luck this time We refer to his marriage,
recorded in the WATcHMAN last week, our
estimable townswoman, nee Miss Phebe
Hibbard, being the bride. == Andrew
Burnham and wife are to live in DIR. G. w.
McClearn's family the coming season. Mr..
Burnham's eyesight is but partially restored
as yet. 60 Superintendent Prize always
makes our calls at the quarry of Wells,
Lamson 81 Prize, in the northeast corner of
the place, pleasant ones. We found, the
other day, that they are just now employing
eighteen men there in quarrying granite.
This company is getting out a soldiers
monument for town near Wilkesbarre,
Penn. which is to be twenty-five feet high
and eight feet square at the base. They are
also making a sarcophagus for a banker in
| San Antonio, Texas, and doing another
nice job for party in Oakland, California
| This company is about to put up another
derrick at the quarry. They report increas-
| ing excellence in the quality of their gran
ite, as they g, on in their quarrying, and
! defy competition on the score of quail
| ity The quarry on the William u. Pratt
farm is now owned by Messrs. Mackie
q Simpson of Barre, who are employing
| ten or dozen men upon it. Their granite
is said to be of an excellent quality. But
here is Williamstown, like the tabled Tan
talus of old, "parched with thirst, its chin
| level with the water eager to quaff," but,
"when it bows its head to drink, the waters
| all flee away y TO Barre-just Tor want of
railroad. 1t is awfully tantalizing. -
Warren Drury, well known here, is in very
| poor health, being great sufferer from kid
ney difficulty. He thinks the outlook for re-
covery poor one - Last year we noted
the fact that ex-Townsman Rollin Allen of
| Barre had purchased Cooley creamer. A
few days ago he showed us at his home
something of the working of it, He has
used it long enough to conclude that il pays
him we'll He is sure he gets all the cream
in his milk by its use, to say nothing of
other advantages On inquiring for the
"outs " about it, Mr. Allen thinks it takes
quite good deal longer time to churn his
cream than when milk is placed in pans in
the old-fashioned way The day we were
there he was two hours, with barrel churn,
in bringing the butter. Why this should be
so he does not know. He mentioned the
fact that thus far he had never had in his
butter any of the small white specks, so
common and abundant when the butter Is
first obtained where the ordinary pans are
used. These "specks he concludes are
dried cream. We learn that another ac-
quaintance who uses the Cooley cans has
the same experience in the long time re-
CURED for churning, but, unlike Mr.. Allen,
he finds the "specks mentioned above
with his butter. - Our listers finished
their work without having occasion to
"double " anybody, and, so far as we hear,
without any ill-feeling on the part of any
one. If their work shall "stand the test"
they and we all may be congratulated on
the result. - A son was recently born to
DIR. and Mrs. George E. Maloy, now of
Glencoe, Minnesota. - A recent Nor
folk, Nebraska, paper speaks of concert
given there on the 10Th ult. by the Philhar-
monte Society, under the direction of our
Professor Willis II. Gale as " certainly the
best one ever given by our home talent"
- Harry Fogg, after months of con-
finement to the bed, seems in fair way to
recover his usual health. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Joshua f. Bailey We're summoned to Mont
pelier, last week. by the sickness of their
oldest son, " Bert student in the Ver-
mont Conference Seminary. DR.. G. A.
Bailey attends him. He was brought home
on Saturday. - The wife of the Mr..
Ingalls, who works for Wilbur f. Adams
died last week from a hemorrhage of the
lungs - "Don" Earle recently in
vested in two-horse team, with which to
work in Barre. A very short experience,
however, seems to prove that kidney
trouble will not allow him to go on with the
work, :" ~ How to help the poor in a wise
and efficient way we know is a problem that
puzzles philanthropists. Some one here
, abouts expressed the opinion, the other day
that beneticent Request would be one the
income of which should be devoted to help
. ing the worthy poor families to the use of d
! cow 1t would be good to hear that some
rich men in each of our towns had devised
, requests of this kind. 1t seems by nc
! means an impracticable charity. -
"Carl" Adams was at home last week from
. his theological studies in Boston. He at
} tended the Vermont Methodist Conference
1 at Chelsea and will return to Boston this
week. - Miss Annie NJ. Benedict came
l home from Middletown, Conn. last Satur
5 day. - Our old townsman, Mr.. Rice
Davenport, now citizen of St. Johnsbury
was in town last week. - Will Carpen
ter has hired Horace Whites shop for the
coming year, where he will continue at his
, work as wheelwright and painter -
On Wednesday of last week there was 6
: very pleasant gathering of friends at the
home of Denison Brown. on the occasion o
! the marriage of his daughter, Mary, Il
/, Charles S. Adams of St. Johnsbury, Rev
, w. S. HaZen of Mortified officiating
,, Among the numerous and serviceable gift:
We're plush and satin case of silver table
: and teaspoons, beautifully hand-engraved
y from Mr.. and Mrs Sidney Brown of Ogdens
burgh, n. Y, china fruit-dish and plate,
! from Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew S. Allis Of
: Brookfield, a jelly-spoon from Mrs. A. l.
y Hardy, cups and saucers from Rev. anC
Mrs. William S. Hazen of Mortified, beauti
!, full towels from Mr.. and Mrs. e. j. Clogston
silver and china from the immediate family
friends. The old home was frightened, too
, with flowers sent in by friends. After thu
: wedding breakfast, bride and groom left fo
. > their home in st. Johnsbury. - Mis-,
= Nellie Brown, daughter of Denison Brown
: will teach this season in Randolph. -
! Mrs. Wallace button, whose home was jus
:, across the line in East Brookfield, died OF
Sunday morning last of rheumatic fever
She had been in somewhat Frustrated ner
vous condition before her last illness, anC
: was thus less able to cope with the final dis
, ease She was known and very highly es
. teemed by few, at least, of our towns-foll
: as an estimable Christian woman. We ar,
: told that when death seemed inevitable I,
! her, her thought was for the family she wa
: to leave rather than herself This grief
! stricken family may be assured of the deel
i sympathy of friends in this hour of sorrow
= The funeral was appointed for Tuesday
Rev. L. e. Henick of Chelsea to oificiate
=, - About year ago Ophir S. Martil
. bought house in East Brookteld for S17
;, and sold it in the fall for $3.50 to Henri.
l Lazell. We are told that Mr.. Lazell ha
: this week sold il for $3.50