The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-08-31

ers will find him prepared aud ready to do
work for them,
Nathan Harrington and family returned
last week to their home in Grinnell, Iowa,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert p. Martin are visit
ing the family of DIR. e. G. Lewis Of Rutland
William Bissett's family left for Scotland
last Monday week. They will stay in Aber-
deem for the present.
Moseley Green, former townsman, re-
Gently died at the age of sixty-two, at his
home in Tappan, n. Y.
Mrs. Warren Poole is to return from the
West and reside in Royalton with her sis
ter, Mrs. Harriet Wheeler.
Will Lougee began an apprenticeship,
last week, in the stone sheds of the Grear-
son, Moore & Co. granite firm
Mrs George Edwards mother was buried
on Tuesday The apparent change for the
better short time ago, proved delusive.
Rev. Mr.. Elliot of Waterbury will o1icate
at the union services at the Congregational
church, next Sunday morning and evening.
John Roberts, it is said, will soon return
from slate-working near West Pawlet to
his home here, and 1t is hoped he may find
abundance of work.
Andrew Burnham local editor of the
Willamstown Herald, is visiting his son
and only child in Brattleboro. His editorial
| mantle falls on Thomas Spooner for this
week.
George p. Robertson, who went to Scot
land last January, has recently gone to
work at his trade of stone-cutting in Aber-
deem, to remain while granite matters are
unsettled here.
Tracy L. Jeffords arrived here from
Washington, D. c., last Monday, to remain
| a short time. He is doing some republican
campaign work meantime. He spoke last
week in Pittsford, Georgia and Corinth.
Under the auspices of the Christian En-
deavor Society, Miss Edith Guerrier of
Massachusetts, will deliver a lecture at the
Congregational church, next Monday even
ing Subject, " Sketches of Life on the
American Desert" Admission, ten cents
A daughter was recently born to James
! A. Cruickshank, in Aberdeen, Scotland, to
which place he returned in the spring of
1891. Mr.. Cruickshank writes that Aber-
deem is Astounding in work, now-largely
the gain that comes from our /" loss " of
granite work.
In caucus, last Tuesday evening, G. Z.
Lathrop was nominated by the republicans
! for town representative Harvey l.. Cheney
was set up" by the democrats. Whoever
shall be elected here, this fall, he will be
expected to work hard for a transfer of
Williamstown to Washington county.
1t seemed to us incredible, almost, that a
horse would eat tobacco, until we had
demonstration of the fact here one day last
week. While ready to spring the question,
" Did you ever see horse that would eat
tobacco?" the following one was sprung on
us: did you ever see horse that would
| not eat it?" And Immediately the informa-
ton was given that sheep would eat up.
tobacco-keg for the little tobacco they could
get out of it. This would seem to call Tor
a new classification of the animal kingdom
A question of surprising interest to both
the granite manufacturers and workmen
| here and elsewhere, has Just come up. a
prominent granite firm in Barre, having last
week withdrawn from the New England
Manufacturers Association - OF which
nearly all of our old firms are members-it
could hardly be otherwise, after what has
been done in the last three months by this
association, that steps should be taken at
once to know what legal liabilities on the
part of this firm to the remaining members
and workmen who have gone back to work,
are involved. The questions at issue, it
would seem, must be exceedingly impor-
tant and far-reaching, and the action and
decisions of our Vermont courts will hence
forth be watched with great eagerness by
many not only in our own, but many other
states.
West Windsor.
Ira Ayers was found dead in his yard, on
| Wednesday morning of last week. He was
quite aged, and had been in poor health for
some time.
VI ~ w dIb w do uOlIIudiOu lOl lcPlCoChVo-
tive at the republican caucus, Saturday. A
certificate of membership is also filed for
w. l. Kendall. The democratic nominee is
Fred Moulton.
South Woodbury..
Mary Sabin is attending school at Hard
wick.
Lizzie Blake, who has been visiting
friends in this vicinity, returned to Boston
last Saturday.
Samuel Daniels has moved his house
back from the road somewhat, and is
finishing off a tenement underneath it.
Worcester.
Ned Abbott and wife, Mary Abbott, Clara
Templeton and Nellie Hunt, all of Boston,
are visiting friends in town.
AT the democratic caucus the following
nominations were made; For representa-
| tive, Frank Tewksbury; for justices, c. G.
Tewksbury, Horatio Tempeton, f. H. Har-
riman, Harry Hall and Fred Alexander.