The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13


his property. He expects to remain in
town several weeks. 80 Mr. Elisha
Moody has sold the Baker house on New
street to Jake Foss for $570, the building to
be occupied by T.. j. Ennis, whose place in
the Trotter House will be filled by Mr..
Griffith of Duxbury and his son-in-aw. Ed.
Tracy. - There was but little interest
manifested in the annual town meeting
There were about hundred voters present
The names of officers elected are published
in another column. 1t was voted to raise
tax of fifty-fve cents on the dollar of the
grand list, exclusive of the fifteen cents
highway tax, and twenty-five dollars was
appropriated to each of the Grand Army
posts for Memorial Day. A good deal Of
discussion was provoked by the introduce
ton of a resolution drawn up by G. +.
Clough relating to highway taxes, its object
being to avoid the operation of the state
law and permit each taxpayer to work out
his highway tax as of old. The resolution
was passed, reconsidered on motion of g.
E. Moody and again passed by final vote
of tifty-fve to thirty-seven. The full text
of the resolution follows; Resolved, that
the selectmen of the town of Waterbury he
instructed. as soon as the highway tax bill
is made out, to select man in each of the
old highway districts, as they were divided
off prior to that system being abolished
and draw off from said highway tax bill
list for each district, of each taxpayer in
said district with the amount of his taxes
as assessed, and pass over to the said Sc
lected persons the lists as drawn off and
direct them to notify each taxpayer of the
amount of his highway tax; and, if said
highway needs improving, to give each
highway taxpayer an opportunity to work
in repairing said highway. They shall
also keep memorandum of the work
each taxpayer does and return the same to
the selectmen, who are hereby directed to
draw orders o the treasurer to the amount
of said taxes, to offset against them said
taxes-eXcepting from the foregoing pro-
visions the village of Waterbury as a dis
trict." - Since the last fall of snow
logs have been brought in rapidly to
Roberts mill at Colbyville. Landt and
Davis of the same place have already on
hand one hundred thousand feet of birch
timber for bobbins. - The twentieth
anniversary of the marriage of Mr.. and
Mrs. Norton was informally celebrated at
their home last Wednesday evening by
about thirty friends, who made them an un-
expected call. A number of substantial
gifts were made. - Frank Caldwell
goes to Hartford, Conn, this week. He is
to be in the employ of a dry goods firm
- The first new sugar of the season
was served up in the rooms of the Congre-
gational society ON Tuesday evening. The
orchestra furnished music for the occasion
F. j. X. Fullerton goes to Fort Payne
Alabama, on business. - The last lee
ture in the course will be delivered in the
Congregational church next Friday even
ing by Hon. j. w. Patterson of New
Hampshire. AS an orator Mr.. Patterson is
without superior in New England &C.
George w. Moody has bought of Mrs.
Pride the twenty-five acres of pasture land
known at the pinnacle for seven hun
bred dollars
WILLIAMsTowN.-John Walker left for
Washington, ID. c., last Thursday. -
AT the solicitation of Orville II. Briggs, a
handsome subscription was raised last week
Tuesday to send Mrs. Albert Bruce, now
totally blind, to Burlington for treatment of
her eyes. - Mrs. l.. d. Smith has been
very ill of late, at the house OF her son,
John Perry. - Fred l.. Webster has
been induced by bonus of 81 800 and the
moving OF his effects, to transfer his canning
establishment from Danvers, Mass, to
northern New York His brother, Charles
Webster has just returned from Danvers,
after a stay Of some months. - Fred
farm (the old Captain William Smith place.
recently born to Mr.. and Mis-. Charles
Hayward and Mr.. and Mrs Ed. Field.
- Joseph Gregorys pension has been
raised from SIS to S25 per month. Nor
man Davenpofts pension has been in
creased to some ST. per month. -
home from stay of some months at White
Riv er junction. - The grangers are to
have gala afternoon and evening, this day,
at the home of /. G. Little. - Last
Thursday we had heavy snowstorm. AS
Josie, the little daughter of Dr. and Mrs. ].
Z. Briggs, stood at window watching the
rapidly falling snow she 'essed it must
be huhwawin (hurrying) to git froo !"
- Our old townsman, Asa Harrington
now of Barre, is just supplying his home
with a very fine McPhail upright piano
- Our farmers judge that they lost a
fine run of sap early last week. Alfred
Carnes was on hand, however, to secure
some fifty buckets of the run. -
One of our farmers tells us he found his
sheep profitable last year, they having furn-
ished him $4.35 per head, gross. But for a
lack of sufficient pasturage for his lambs,
the sum would have been larger, he judges.
- Charles Hayward has rented the
farm of Mrs Hayward's mother, Mrs. Aaron
q. Martin. - Some of our able bodied
young men have hired for the season to
work on farms at wages ranging from $40 to
1913 per month. Is there another place in
Vermont where laboring men find such
work as our place offers more remunerative
than here? In fact, are there many that
equal it? - Albert York Martin Frs
kline, Albert Roberts, f. A. Bohonon and
wife of Washington, have hired respect
lively TO farmers-Albern Briggs, II. ID.
Abbott David Gale and George w Lynde-
for the season. George Colby, we hear, is
about 10 send several cars of potatoes to
market from here. - Landlord f. +.
Durham talks of running both the Gulf
Spring house and his village house, the
coming season. - The numerous bal
lettings for town officers on Tuesday of last
week made the customary second days
work necessary, and the meeting was ad-
journed till Saturday. The last years board
of selectmen and that of listers was re-
tanned. The old town clerk town agent
constable, overseer of the poor was re-
elected. Doctor K. b. Watson was elected
member OF the county school board.
Fannie Carleton has just returned from a
long absence in Dakota. - Alice Church.
i'll of Lyme, n. H., is visiting Julia Bass.
- HAL Hatch died suddenly at his
home in Barre last Monday. Though he
had been feeble for some time, he was up
and around till a short time before his
death. 1t is thought he may have had
cancer OF the stomach. - Rev. |. Jones
Sunday afternoon service, in the quarry
district, Barre, will be held hereafter at the
Town boarding house" now occupied by
Malcolm Macaulay, instead OF at the Clark
Shepard school-house as heretofore. -
Clarence Tarbell is to work for Walter
Granger again this year. 60 The town
treasnrer's report for 1889 shows receipts
to the amount Of $S,206,43; and disburse-
ments to the amount of 81 .10003 After all
demands against the town have been met