The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-02-27

lCONTlNUED FROM FIFTH PA0BJ
shock of paralysis. - Herbert Hubbard
has rented his farm to Selden Pierce of
West Randolph. == There is an article
in the town warning to see If the town will
vote to establish central school. 60
The post-oflice war wakes warm. The
aspirants for the position are G. G. Harvey,
j. II. Trask and w. II. Campbell. 80
Farmers and others have been busy getting
their ice. Much that has been cut is of poor
quality. go S. Il. Jewett is very sick and
not expected to live. 80 Transfers and
village people are getting hort of hay.
There is doubtless enough among farmers
to supply all wants. 60 Farmers are
taking adva tage of the low price of meal,
and a large quantity has been drawn from
Bethel and West Randolph at ninety-ive
cents per hundred. 80 Ezekiel Emerson
recen 1y sold IA pair of fat cattle, sound and
all right, weight 32i0 pounds, for S75. Ttis
is the way farmers are benefited by the
" dressed beef monopoly" What are they
going to do about 1t, is an important ques-
ton.
INTERNATIONALLY have just had the
pleasure of looking over Waltons Vermont
Register for 1918 and 1Sl9-two of the earliest
issues We find that the only lawyer here
in 1918 was Dana Miller, a brother of the
recent Congregational minister, Rev. II.
Miller. Robert Seaver, Sr, represented the
town that year, and the total vote for gov
ernor was 122. Aaron Kinsman was first
1919 Enoch Bsrnham, ST., represented the
town. The grand list of the place that year
was $40, 170.60. In making up the list lac
cording to prescribed forum improved land
was put in at 81 10 per acre; oxen, $40; cows
and other cattle, three years old, $3.50;
horses, three years old and upwards, S13 50
households, $40, and common watches, So
money on hand and debts due went in
at six per cent of value. The grand lists
for Mortified, Barre and Montpelier that
year were respectively S6,OO3.0O, S2O,502.25
and 1913, S64. 10. - Perhaps many of the
townsfolk will want to turn again to the
pleasant account of visit to the Yosemite
valley, in last weeks WATCHMAN, when
they are told that it was written by Miss
Annie NJ. Benedict. She is the second of
our young ladies who have made that visit.
- e. III. Durham, son OF James
Burnham, who is an attendant in an asylum
at Taunton, Mass, is daily expected home
on "A visit. Alvin NJ. son of David NJ. Smith,
went last week to work in the same asylum.
60 Charles Il. Peters is making a
thirty-days round-trip to Denver, Col
orado, where he has a son, with whom
Mrs. Peters has spent the winter. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Snow of Montpelier
were at the old home here a few days
last week. 60 Howard Winchester and
Miss Stella Whitcomb formerly of Wash
ington and a sister of Mrs. Barnet Good
rch) were married last Wednesday.
The mercury went down to thirty degrees
below zero Sunday morning. - The
praupers paid the family of George Will
Jams a visit on Thursday evening last and
are to repeat the pleasure on Wednesday of
this week at the home of Granre-naster
Frank Martin. 80 Several members of
the Conversational church attended the
missionary meetings at Barre last week and
enioved them much. Ed. j. Poor's
Young son had narrow escape last week,
He had but lust left shed on the "Oren
Smith farm (recently purchased by Mr..
Poor. where he had been to feed a yearlinp,
when the roof fell i'm and killed the animal
1t is said that it was by a narrow chance
that several other Young cattle were
not under the shed at the time.
Mrs. DR.. Il. b. Watson has been detained
at Mortified of late by the sickness of her
baby boy. Mrs Almira Jackson Pres
colt is under DIR. Watson's care. beinq
threatened with pneumonia. - One Of
our foremost farmers has tested feeding
cows on clover. timothy and a more COM
mon. finer hav. and reports more milk from
the last than either of the other kinds
We hear that Herbert p. Martin has
had orders for thousands of blocks of the
extraordinarily fine ice that he is furnish
ing from the Cutler pond. Ii is to he boped
that he aud Erwin III Martin and father
owners of the pond. NAV reap "a fortune j"
from ice when the railroad (Which is to run
close bv the pond) is extended to Rovalton.
- In evidence that kind deeds can
never die" we cite an incident of a few