The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-06-01
Summary OF News.


Vernon was burned last week, with its con-
tents.
THE national fish hatchery is to be located
at st. Johnsbury. The locality is CHECKER
ing Falls.
THE annual Baptist Sunday.school con-
venton will be held at Chester to-day and
tomorrow
The farm buildings of A. p. Knapp, two
miles from st. Johnsbury, were burned last
Wednesday.
FATHER CLARK, pastor of the Catholic
parish at Brandon, died of heart failure, last
week Tuesday.
The summer meeting of the Champlain
Driving Club will be held at Vergennes, on
June % and %.
OTIS STREErER of North Dorset, seventy
years old, was struck and killed by the af-
ternoon train, last Thursday.
THE clothing store of G.. p. Twigg at st.
Adams was broken into, last Wednesday
forenoon, and some goods stolen.
THE Alanson Aldrich homestead in st.
Johnsbury was burned last week. All the
buildings were destroyed, involving $500
loss.
THE Fall Mountain Company last We'd
nesday started log drive of two million
feet from Woodsville, n. H., to Bellows
Falls.
EDWIN A. START, who has been connected
with various Vermont journals, has been
appointed instructor in history at Tufts
College for three years.
HENRY LAvELLEE of Burlington, married
man, crminally assaulted Rose Limoge,
his fifteen ear-Old sister-in-law and the
police are looking for him.
Mrs. MARY ANN GATES, seventy-eight
years old, wandered away from her home in
Winooski, last Wednesday, and was out in
the pouring rain all night. She will prob
ably be taken to the asylum.
Al II
nephew of James Webb of Danville, during
the absence of his uncles family, robbed
the house of a revolver, a silver watch
chain two rings, new coat and hat, and de-
camped.
Two young women from Scottstown,
p. O. put up at the st. Johnsbury house,
st. Johnsbury, a few nights ago, and blew
out the gas. When discovered, one girl was
entirely unconscious and the other nearly
30. 1t was not without much effort that
their lives were saved.
A RECENT issue of the SelCtoq Machine
Times has the following: "Rev. John
Dodge Baptist minister living at Monk
ton, VT, was undoubtedly the first to make
sewing machine in this country. In the
year 1885, in country blacksmith shop, as.
sisted by wheelwrght, he built and used
in his family sewing machine, complete
and practical, and, considering the state of
mechanical arts and manufacturing facili-
Ties, on par with the machines that were
PubChlCu tulIby years ldJeT. n description
of this machine, by the inventor and others
who saw it, will be given to the readers of
the Sewing Machine Times in future num-
Der. Mr., Dodge died at the age CT eighty
three years, in Keeseville, N. Y, in 1871.
He was an ingenious mechanic, following
various pursuits in addition to his minis
terial duties, and inventing various useful
devices, but never applying for PATENTS
VERMoNTERs to whom pensions have re-
rently been granted are: Orginal-John
Zottman, Hugh Short, Alfred Childs, Frank
Glazier, Wallace E. Goodnow, Sarah Nc
Clure, Thomas Tahan, Lucy Lamos, Hiland
e. Green, Warren E. Clark, Samuel j.
Northrup. Luke j. Morse, Loren T. Durkee
George n. Wright, Prudence E. Pettee
increase-David X. Stone Peter Gaherty,
Roberts, Sylvanus Keys, Peter Decker
Edwin G. Barnard, Davis Barton Zeuill
Thomas L. Farrell, Brooks Bennett, W. r.
Shepard, w. H. Mitchell, Wyman w.
Holden, Cyrus Williams, Charles Lucier,
M: L. Dow. George E. Coy, Otis Parker,
Alpheus Wells, William w. Stevens,
Merritt S. Parker, Charles B. McCarroll;
re-issue-W. P. Patch, Danne E. Hopkins,
Sylvestus o. Alden, Harvey S. Brookins,
Guy w. Latham, Antoine Bashaw, Solomon
W. Heath, Charles w. Boynton, j. Russell;
additional-Nathan Bemis Robert l. Smith,
Henry III. Stevens, Thomas Miner, William
Shadwick, Lemon j. Holden, T. B. Kendall.
THE prohibition state convention was
held at Rutland, last Wednesday, The fol-
lowing ticket was nominated: Governor.
Edward L. Allen of Fair Haven; lieutenant,
governor, W. p. Stafford Of st. Johnsbury;
treasurer, Mylon Dawson of Newfane; sec
rotary of state, e. I. Grswold of Benning-
ton; auditor, Henry F. Comings of East
berkshire; presidential electors E. p.
Hanson of Bradford, H. NJ. Seeley of Mid
dlebury, William Mcneil of Shelburne and
S. l.. Wiswell of Cabot; members of con-
gress, first district, Rodney Whittemore Of
st. Albans; second district, w. p. Holton
OF Lyndon; delegates to national conven-
ton, W. p. Stafford of St. Johnsbury, c. II.
Field of Charlotte, L. w. Hanson of Brad
ford, Rodney Whittemore of st. Adams, G.
E. Crowell of Brattleboro, A. o. Ferguson
Of Burlington, Don Atwood of Castleton,
=. w. Wyman of Bratteboro, and H. r.
Mack of Hardwick. A state young mems
prohibition league was organized, to be
known as the State Young Mems Prohibit
ton League of Vermont. Its officers are:
President j. d. Whtesde of Vergennes;
secretary, e. T. Griswold of Bennington:
assistant secretary, j. L.. Frost of Wey-
bridge; treasurer, M. w. Barney of Swan
ton. The platform, with rare consisten cy,
condemns the republican parry of Vermont,
and upholds the principles of prohibition.
Domestic.
THE Briggs heresy case is again before
the Presbyterian General Assembly at New
York.
Thompson's safe at West Swanzey, n. H.,
last week Monday night, but failed inglo-
riously.
ANNA DICKINSON has lost her case against
the republican national committee of 1888,
Judge Truax having decided that the con-
tract made for her lectures in aid of Harri-
son was null.
MRS. RALPH MOVES of Woodsvlle tried
to poison herself and children, last week,
and also tried to cut their Threats with
razor The children will probably recover;
the woman is dead. She was insane.
In the general conference at Omaha, the
committee on the state of the church, in
view of the many protests and memorials
received, decided to take no action in the
matter of change in discipline regarding
dancing, card playing and other amuse-
ments, asked for by members of the Troy
conference.
RARUs, Robert Bonner's old horse that
died a peaceful and honored death last
week, was fast horse in his time, and