The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28

textbook bill did not pass the senate and is
not law. Send fifteen cents for the Watch
man Pocket Edition OF the laws, OF S1.15 for
ten copies by mail, and find out all about
the laws that we're passed.
Fifty years ago there was q much better
chance for men to obtain office than there
is at the present time. 1t is fact that men
like to be promoted. AT that time there
we're the Vermont militia companies, and
they had their different officers. Each com
pany had captain, three leutenants, a
sergeant and four corporals. Then there
were great many town offices to be filed.
There were the highway surveyors, some
fifteen or twenty in each town, besides
other officers now dispensed with. And
now, as the legislature has abolished the
district system OF schools, about one hum
dred persons in Barnard will lose the
chance OF holding office. Each district has
It's moderator, clerk, three auditors, treas
urer committee and collector Our law
makers, especially those Of the last legsla-
ture made sad havoc with office-holders
None of these officers received any COM
pensation for their services but they had
the honor, which is more highly esteemed
by some than money. The school-district
meetings that we once enjoyed so much,
after the first OF April will be something
belonging TO the past Fond recollections
Of these school. meetings will remain with
some as long as life shall last. Here some
great orator made his first little speech.
l. es6 luluOT OInCeS, where men served well
without compensation, may have been step
piDg-stoneS to others of greatest import-
ance. The corporal Of a militia company
may have become a major-general; the
highway surveyor an engineer; the moder-
ator OF a school-district meeting a town rep
resentative or member OF congress. Men
seldom obtain the more important offices
without having first served in the less im.
portant ones. 1t appears that now all nom
salarled Offices have been abolished, and
every person holding an office is to receive
compensation. This depriving so many
from holding Office will not reduce the
amount to be paid town officers but
rather will increase it. The road commits
sioners and school directors each receive
81 per day.
Turner Bros. have gone to Shelter Island.
n. Y, to work - The Christian En-,
deavor society has elected officers for the
next six months as follows: President,
q. N. Stewart; vice-president, Jerry +.
Downey; secretary, Sadie Andrews; treas
urer, Walker Bancroft. - j. f. Wins
low lost valuable mare last week. She
got loose in the night and ate half box Of
rough on rats mixed up in meal.
West Berlin.
Leslie Jewell was in Boston last week.
- K. S. Berry set up one of his i'm
proved waterwheels in ROyalton last week
- Mrs. Philip Smith of Randolph is
spending the holidays with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Gardner Rowel. - Mrs. Ly-
man Chandler left on Tuesday evening for
Dickinson, n. D., where she is to reside
with her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Cook. 60
There were about thirty couples present at
the dance in POrter's new hail. last Thurs
day night. - James Cook is to move to
Mortified in the spring, having bought a
farm near the Harlow bridge. - There
was family reunion at the residence of c..
A. Stickney, on Saturday evening. There
were several guests from Waterbury,
among whom were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Barrett and Luther Atherton. A Christ
mas tree, well loaded with presents, was
one of the features. bountiful repast
was served by Mrs. Stckney,
Brookfield.
Owing to the inclemency of the weather
on Saturday evening, the Christmas exer-
cises of the Sunday-school of the Second
church were postponed until Monday even
ing. - Arthur Lyman and family of
Rutland are spending the holidays in town.
- Miss Marcia Peck returned from her
visit in Massachusetts and Connecticut last
week - Among the students who have
come home for the holiday vacation are
Misses Leila Peck, Anna Clark and Minnie
Parmenter from Burlington Miss Minnie
Clark from Brooklyn, n. Y; Mamie Good
rich from Barre; Winthrop Abbot from
Dartmouth and Merton Griswold from Am
herst. - Hiram Coburn and Mrs. Carrie
NDlbucii) htyoS WtIc Itttully anu
have commenced housekeeping. - Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Fulam were made happy
by the birth OF a daughter on Friday last.
- Fri d. Batchelder and Hayden Gay
lord are the petit jurors from this town at
this term of court. - The Sunday-school
of the Second church was reorganized, last
Sunday, by the election of the following
officers: G. H. Bigelow, superintendent;
Frank p. Lamson, assistant superintend-
ent; Earl Gaylord, secretary; Mrs. Sophia
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ment, librarian; Susie Goodrich, assistant
librarian.
Cabot.
In the item in this correspondence, last
week. referring to the Masonic installation,
instead OF recitation by Mrs George
Gould, it should have read Miss Jennie
Could and we would add that it was finely
given.
The reunion of the Congregational church
will occur next Monday at TO- so A. M. So
cial hour from IL to y; II to l. dinner;
o'clock sharp, gathering in the audience
room. The letters received one year ago,
for the reunion which was deferred on ac-
count of so much sickness, will be read. 1t
is hoped that all members of the cougrega-
ton and all interested will be present at
the social hour and dinner.
Milton Fisher, former townsman, died
at the residence of his daughter, Mrs Ed
win Joslin, at Barton Landing, December
%, aged eighty-four years. He suffered
paralytic shock five days before, from
which he did not rally. Mr.. Fisher had
always lived in this town until the death of
his SON Charles necesstated the sale of the
old homestead, and about six years ago he
went to reside with his daughter. During
all the years of his active life he was among
the leading men of the town and an active
member of the Congregational church. He
was one of the three organizers of the anti
slavery party in this town, and Lis ed, as he