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

town a few days last week
East Randolph.
THE donation party at Rev. b. p. Park
er's was decided success, there being
nearly one hundred persons present in the
evening. Nearly $50 were left, besides many
other valuable presents. Last FRIDAY
StClaine had Mark Spaulding taken be-
fore Justice. j. W. Fargo, at the Center, and
fined 80 and costs, amounting to about AZ.
for breaking into his house last September.
- Calvis Harvey is quite i'll. 60
Misses Mary and Belle Camp have gone to
the Center to attend the Normal School this
term. G.. w. Taft is making prepare
tions for building new barn the coming
season. - Seth King has been laid up
for some time. He is suffering from inter
nal injuries received while at work in the
woods. - Rev. s. A. Parker will preach
in the Universalst church next Sunday at
the usual hour.
West Randolph.
REV. II. o. ALLEN, pastor of the Christian
church, preached his farewell sermon last
Sunday, - Judge John Rowell and
wife and A. b. Thomas and wife are board
ing at the Red Lion Inn. 80 Mrs. A. Sar-
gent was buried last Monday. - Mrs.
III. j. Banister is very low with consumption.
- The Northfeld Dramatic Club will
present Neghbor lakewood " here next
Saturday night. - Rev. s. A. Parker
will preach in Mechanics band hall next
Sunday at three P. NJ. The thermome-
ter registered 1872 below zero yesterday
morning. - Among the present and re-
cent visitors in town we mention Rev. /. p.
Booth and Dr. w. B. Mayo of Mortified,
Hon. w. p. Dillingham; of Waterbury, Pro-
fessor Hardy and Mr.. Brigham of st. Johns
bury, &. f. Harris of New York, Will Miller
of Pomfret, Mrs. S. j. Clough of Granville
and Miss Nettie Clifford of Royalton.
West Topsham.
CHESTER MILLS came near losing a span
of horses last week by their breaking through
the ice on his mill-pond, but help being near
at hand, they We're drawn out upon the ice
with oxen - Measles have made their
appearance, Charles Rogers and Frank
Allen being sick with them. 1t is thought
| that there will be more cases, as Rogers
visited the school in the village about the
| time he was coming down with them. -
There are several potato-buyers here. They
pay fifty cents per bushel, delivered at the
cars. - George f. Farnham, who has
been in the employ of Perry * Camp al
Barre for the past two or three years, is al
home, sorely afflicted with scrofula having
had several assesses opened recently
- George II. Rice has returned to his
home here after an absence of few weeks
visiting friends in New Hampshire. -
A. S. Jewett of Thetford has opened a boot
and shoe shop in the Tabor & Collins
store. A shoemaker was much needed here
Tunbridge.
THERE was large number of people
present at the temperance prayer-meetinG
last Sunday evening. :" The quarterly
ing Friday. - The Grand Army boys
and the ladies of the Relief Corps realized
handsome sum for their relief fund from
their fair and festival last Wednesday even
ing. - William G. Drew, former citi
zen, died in Brunswick, Maine, last weel
Wednesday. His body was inferred here
The funeral services were held at the Nortl
Village Friday. +. +. Hayward re
turned to Northfeld Saturday - Mrs
o. A. Gay is at home. - w. w King o
Lawrence, Mass, is visiting his relatives
in this place. - Libbie Whitmarsh o
Mortified visited at III. h. Hayward's las
week.
Washington.
REV Mr.. NICHOLS preached at the Baptis
| church last Sunday. - Mr.. Marston ha
returned to his home in Connecticut. -
Morton Squares died at the reform-schoo
last Saturday His mother and an aunt ar
| rived at Vergennes the day before. -
Miss Lucy Calef is expected home the pres
ent week. - William Huntington an,
daughter and Almon Downing and wife, al
of Barre, visited friends in town the pas
week.
WlllIdIlStOWHs
REV. SAM JONES, in one of his recent 81
Louis meetings, said the Lord would stan,
by an honest man if he had to put the angel
on half rations," and the sentiment wa
most enthusiastically greeted by his audi
ence, But while the hands" and eject
galloped off with this sentiment ther
doubtless LAY back in the breechin'"
feeling in many hearts that, after all, it i
the honest man himself that is put on "hal
rations," in this world at any rate Blu
Parson Jones is right 1t only depend
upon the kind of "rations "-whethe
"husks " or fatted calf that one choose
to draw " for himself. While out of town
the other day, there came to our knowledge
a very pleasant little incident in connection
with one of our townsmen who has tn
"good name" of being an honest man-al
incident that we doubt not is very oftel
matched in this world in " the spirit if no
in "the letter" This townsman, who b.
no means escapes the hard turks " com
mon to his fellow-men, was having dea
with non-reSident-a man of means a
well as generous impulses-and sent in
payment of what was due him. He may nc
know the kind remarks of his creditor, o.
receipt of the money and may not suspeC
that any one in this place outside his famil
knows the generous act that accompanie
the remarks. There was nothing in tn
bargain itself and nothing in the circun
stances of our townsman that in any way
even incidentally, forced his creditor to thi
kindness, but when the receipt for tn
money was sent back il went somewhat a
ter the manner of certain sacks of corn,
in the beautiful story of old-with lin thi
case) some twenty to thirty-three and on,
third per cent of the money virtually r,
turned in I" the sacks mouth" and this b,
cause the creditor was so kindly move
; toward AN honest man." as he said of hin
Doubtless there are circumstances in on
> friends life that move one to sympathy br
these, without his well-known good nam,
would never have drawn out this gift. -
Our genial old townsman, Life InsuranC
, Agent Ryland Ssaver, now of Montpelie
was in town recently. He has none of til
, cork-screw cast of countenance of son
: agents who, it would almost SEEM woul
"take ones life" before they could insul
, it, He is visiting friends in Virgins
. -" Jake " Johnson has settled wit
Joel Hersey, and will move to the Mill vi
, lage until his own house can be put
order. - From a late New Hampshil
, paper we learn that Rev. j. p. Demerit
: once minister here, is very much liked
Bath, n. III. An effort is being made to s.
? cure his services another year mt an a,
vanced salary. The past year is said to hay
, been one of uncommon success in the churc
to which he ministers. A Vermont pap,
. states that he is going to Derby, on a salai
: | OF S1,1OO per year. - quite like hii
!, Orville II. Briggs recently sold to j. NJ Sc
> yer two cows, with calves by their sides, (,
$50 each. We take it they went to a Mass
;, chusetts market, - Quite unlike hin
! We have been watching since last summ
an experiment by Daniel b, Royce in raj
ing beans with only the use of phosphate {
a certain piece of ground, and this is the r