The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-06

not only be great convenience, but a real
" ornament to our place.
Fred Blanchard went last week to the
Profile house, White Mountains to play
during the season.
Jerry NJ. Hutchinson, the purchaser of
the old John Lynde farm, will soon erect
new buildings thereon.
Mrs. Rebecca Lynde Simons now of
Princeton, ILL.,, arrived here, with two of
her children, last week.
w. u. Pratt promises to make first-rate
and popular superintendent of the Williams
town Granite Company.
Charles II. Beckett and wife, now of New
York city, sailed for Europe last wednes-
day, to be absent two months.
The families of George w. and j. X
Lynde and DIR. w. b. Mayo of Mortified
go into camp at Mirror Lake this week
Railroad employees are expected here this
week to begin the work of filling trestles
or extending the railroad to the lime kilns-
one or both.
The eightieth birthday of our well-known
townsman, Mr., John Lynde, will be cele-
brated by his children at Mirror Lake.
Berlin, to-day.
George and Catharine Bass of Chicago
are expected about the middle of this week
with the body of their mother, Mrs. Joel
Bass, which is to he buried here.
A male quartette, consisting of Barney ID.
Flint, Horace Farnham, Henry Waldo and
the son-in-law of Jason johnson, will assist
Rev. Hollis Jordan in his services at Gran
iteville next Sunday afternoon.
Miss Julia Blanchard of Barre who some
years ago was teacher here, visited the
place last week. She is at the head of one
of the four departments of Eastman's Com
mercial College, Poughkeepsie, n. Y.
James S. Abbott was summoned from
Chattanooga, Tenn, few days ago, by the
illness of his wife in TarlSio, in the north
western corner of Missouri, where she was
visiting. Later accounts report her better
There is said to have been $4,000 insur-
ance on the Gulf Spring hotel buildings
and 81 100 on DIR. Ryder's personal property
lately burned 1t is also reported that the
company, after investigation, refuse to pay
the insurance,
An important practical lesson may be
learned from this experience of a friend
just related to us. He had five years in.
surance on building which he sold mean
| time and which was to be transferred to the
purchaser. He notified the company of the
sale, and asked for a transfer of the insur-
ance, stating at the same time that he had
mislaid the policy and could not find it.
| One of the directors of the company tolC
him that the transfer should be made, but
asked that it be delayed little for further
|
the building was burned, and before tn,
policy was found-and the company refused
to pay the insurance. on the ground that NJ
| transfer had been made, and it was neve
paid.
Woodbury..
a new granite quarry is to be opened OF
| Robinson mountain by Il. f. Carter anC
other parties. The road to the quarry il
being built
Ernest Ainsworth sprained his arm Sc
verely last week. - II. w. Benjamin il
drawing granite to Hardwick for the Wood
bury Granite Company. - Albert Burn
ham has sold his village residence to w.
Ainsworth of Saratoga, n. Y, for 81 900.
Worcester.
Miss Mabel Keith is at home spending
vacation.
A quarterly meeting service was held a
the Methodist church last Sunday, conducte,
by the pastor, NJ. II. Ryan.