The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-19
Summary OF News.


shipped twelve horses to White River juno
ton for the Breeders meeting.
SIX Cinnamon were arrested in laundry
at Burlington, last Sunday, for gambling
the ceestials being caught in the full enjoy
ment of their little game.
Two additions have been made to the
faculty of Vermont Academy-Edward
Ellery, A. b., teacher of science, and James
A. Dealey, A. B., instructor in Latin, Greek
and German.
VERMONT has 1893 Congregational churches
in 165 towns. The population of these
towns has decreased two per cent in the
decade, but membership of the churches
has increased nearly five per cent.
The Central Vermont railroad has re-
Gently put eight new passenger coaches on
the Rutland division. The outsides are fin
ished similar to the old ones but the insides
are finished in mahogany and maroon plush
THE steam sawmill of Hall & Case, at
East Haven was burned last Friday morn
ing. Half million feet of lumber and 200
cords of wood were burned. A dwelling
was also badly damaged Loss over $4,000
insurance $1,000.
SOME people in st. Johnsbury are stirring
themselves to get a pardon for Thomas
Ward, a wealthy st. Johnsbury man who
was, three years ago, sentenced to seven
years in state prison for setting fire to the
buildings of Mr.. Foster, in Walden.
SENATOR MANDERsoN and General Patrick
of Omaha Neb., have been spending some
time in the vicinity Of Vergennes, arrang-
ing for the transfer of several hundred acres
of land on the shores Of Lake Champlain,
where they will build summer residences.
The electric storm, which extended over
northern Vermont on last week Tuesday
night, was quite severe in places. The
Western Union telegraph office in Buring-
ton had several wires burned out by light
ming. The electric light telephone and
messenger-service wires also suffered con-
siderably.
DURING the big storm OF August TO- much
damage was done at Leicester junction,
houses being unroofed and barns demol-
ished, while fences were scattered all over
the country. A store-house fifty feet long,
owned by Oliver Huntly, was completely
destroyed, and a covered bridge across OF
ter Creek was tipped over.
The portrait of General Stark, ordered
for the New Hampshire state-house, is on
exhibition at Bennington, this week 1t
was painted by U. ID. Tenney of Boston. 1t
is thirty-seven by twenty-four inches, and
was painted from a portrait made by Miss
Anna CrowninsHield of Salem, Mass. in
1910, when the general was eighty-two
years old.
CHARLES CHARTER of New Bedford,
Mass, has been sent to the state prison for
eight months from Rutland for grand lar
ceny, in having stolen ten dollars from E.
Mericher of Middetown Springs. When
his term expires he will be taken by Massa-
chusetts officials to answer to the charge of
stealing team that he had in his possession
VIII an arrested.
THE barn of r. A. Jones Of Richmond
was struck by lightning, last week Tuesday
night, and burned, together with the house
and all the connecting buildings, one pair
of oxen and all the hay and grain-enough
to keep seventy-fve head of cattle Mr.
Smith. who parripl the farm spN~aI
of his household goods. The property was
insured for $1,000
The Fletcher Free Library of Burlington
has received photograph of Mrs Lucinda
Sawtelle Fletcher of Chester, deceased,
which was taken on her Tooth birthday,
August %, 1888. The likeness represents
face of strong and characteristic outline,
and it is difficult to trace in the features in
dications of her century of life. She died on
the Dist of May, 1889, aged 100 years, eight
months and twenty-three days.
SOMETHING new in table Injuries has
made its appearance, it being nothing less
than string peas, which cannot be dstin-
guished from the best of string beans by
the taste. The peas are grown by Oliver
c. White of West Georgia. The seed came
direct from the Prince of Wales garden in
Great Britain. The pea-pods are of NAM
moth size, broad and thin, and have a pc
culiar curvature of shape. The grower says
that the growth and productveness are
enormous For garden "sass y the new
conner takes the cake"
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HE oI' Johhspury correspondent OF the
TmoW cnton tells the following pretty
!alr STORY aoout a freak OF llghtnlng during
,he shower OF frluay, August Z. The
nghthlhg ana good JOB Tor John Guyer.
ne had an order Tor blg stone, ana Went
10 ms ledge, drilled two large holes, and
leit them with the drills IN intending to
procure twenty-five pounds OF powder Tor
loaulhg the next DAY But the FRIDAY night
The LIGHTNING struck the drills folloved