The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-11

tackled with heart disease and was obliged
to remain there for a number of days under
DR.. e. b. Watson's care. Her only child,
Bert Royce, is at home from North
Adams, Mass, for a short time. 80
Mr.. and Mrs. George Nichols have lately
visited friends in Westheld, Mass. -
VIII Fogg and Alta, daughter of our ex-
townsman, John Bacon, now of South Barre,
were married last week - Return S.
Davis is to stay in Salem Mass, another
year. Charles Briggs (son of Albern Briggs,
wife and sister Hattie are going to Salem to
work at the same place. - 1t is pleas
ure to record the success of Messrs Wells,
Lamson ~ Prize, whose quarry in our town
produces some of the finest granite for pol
ished work hereabouts. They have just
taken the contract for a finer job than they
have hitherto had. 1t is for a soldiers
monument to be set up in Bnghamton,
N. Y. The design was presented to that
place by the architect of the New York state
capitol at Albany. They are also to dupli-
cate monument sent to st. Louis, Mo-,
some time ago. the granite in which was
claimed by ST. Louis party to be the best
ever sent to that city. Another monument
is to be built for party in Erie, Penn. This
company aims for a high quality of work as
well as stock, and expects to find in the end
that it will pay. - Thomas White, a
workman at the quarry of Wells, Lamson &
Pirie, seems almost miraculously to have
escaped the loss of an eye last week. A
entered the corner of the eye, just missing
the ball. 1t caused bleeding that was
stopped only after an effort of some two
hours. - j. d. White sends us Alabama
temperatures for December as follows:
Average at six A. NJ, nearly forty-four de-
grees above zero average at six p. NJ, fifty
four and one-third. Extremes of morning
temperatures, twenty and siXty-twO de-
grees; of evening, twenty and sixty-six
degrees. Mr.. White began feeding his
e al. Al.
Arthur Simons, son of Lucius S. Smons,
came here from Elgin, ILL.,, last week.
- The story of what has come to
some of our Vermont farmers by the de-
cline of real estate in the last years is
familiar one, but it is none the less painful
for all that One of this class in our county
told us last week that he had in the last
fifteen years paid $500 in principal, aud
interest besides, and we suspect his farm
property would hardly sell now for more
than the mortgages upon it. In the prime
of life, with growing family and anticipat-
ing further decline in real estate, is it any
wonder, after the hard work of so many
of the best years of his life, if he feels his
burden almost insupportable? This same
farmer told us that just before he bought
where he did he went to see another farm
in the county, for which the owner asked
$1,000. He offered $1,000 for it, but it was
refused. The former owner has recently
died and the farm has been sold for $1,000.
- Mr. Lewis Odds of Erie, Penn, son
of the late Mr.. Phineas Odds of this place,
is visiting friends hereabouts. He is or has
been, manufacturer of pumps in Erie, and
we believe, a successful one. - One of
the guests at the golden wedding of Mr.. and
Mrs. David Gale was our townsman, Mr.
Denison Martin, who is cousin of Mr.
Gale. On this occasion he rehearsed to the
company some facts in connection with
their wedding January /, 1888, which he
attended. Driving from Mr.. Gales home
in NOrthfield to Montpelier in sleighs (and
without lap-robes, as he is reported to have
said) the marriage ceremony was performed
by Presbyterian minister, not having been
able to secure one of their own first choice.
a dinner was then served at the Union
House. Mr.. Lewis Odds, whose mother was
a sister of the late father of David Gale,
traced the family history back to the time
of the coming of their ancestor Richard
Gale, from England to Massachusetts in
!64o,, dwelling with honest pride on the
family virtues, as shown in this history.
- The body of James f. Jillson is to
be brought here for burial in the East Hill
cemetery. - There is to be union serv-
ice at the Methodist church next Sunday
morning. Rev. l.. II. Elliot, seer etary of
the Vermont Bible Society, is expected to
address the meeting. - There will be
union services at the Methodist church on
| Thursday and Saturday evenings of this
week. - 1t is feared Mrs. Lyman Capron
| has pneumonia. - One of our townsmen
is testing Professor Loisette's method of
| improving the memory. He has good
| deal of faith in it, too. - George Sibley
has re-engaged to work in j. X Lynde' S
store. - Rev. Loren Bixby of Dakota is
visiting his sister Mrs. Dea. Francis Garlic.
ton. - A fourth survey for railroad
from our village to the quarries has been
begun. 1t happened one day last week that
| Mrs. Newell r.. Farnham, in conversation
with her husband, was congratulating her
self that they lived where there was little
danger of the railroads disturbing them
About that time, on looking out of the win
dow, strangers were to be seen on the prem
ises Further investigation showed them
to be the railroad surveyors. They ran 6
line through Mr.. Farnham's barn-yard.
- Mrs. Orcutt Abbott and daughter
| Miss Lucy, are at present with family
friends in South Royalton. - Mrs. Mary
Jillson Spear is lying at the point of death
apparently, at her home in Neponset, Mass
- Don Earle, clerk in the Park House
| Il,