The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06

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a vicious colt, and has since been Obliged to
navigate on crutches.
John w. Southwick has sold his farm TO
s.. j. Norris of L%yndonville. Mr.. Norris is
an engineer on the P%assumpsic division of
the Boston q Maine railroad.
A party Of twelve from Cabot spent the
week on the camp-ground at Mortified
curing the ,camp-meeting, report a
profitable and enjoyable season.
The old scales opposite the Winooski
House, which have been such only in name
Tor a long time, were replaced last week by
a set OF Fairbanks standard platform scales.
f. V. Fitch, the butter maker at the
creamery, has finished work there and gone
to his home in Huntington. r. w. South.
wick and Walter Lance nave also closed
their labors there.
Mrs. Eben G. Smith started for the
Worlds Fair last Monday. She exnects TO
meet her brother in Chicago. He is a prom
inent lawyer in Wisconsin, and together
they will make an extended trip of the
Western states, which will include a visit
to their aged father in Michigan.
The hall owned by Mrs. Azariah Stone
has been remodeled, painted and papered,
and supplied with new furniture for the
use of the Good Templars. They now have
a cosy, well.lighted and commodions place
in which to hold their meetings. The lodge
is in a tiourishing condition, and its mem
bership is steadily increasing.
The schools in town opened last Monday.
At the village the three teachers and the
school are in charge of Warren Burbank.
an instructor of large experience, and a
graduate from Dartmouth College. At the
lower village Miss Nettie Clark of Peacham,
who has given such excellent satisfaction in
the past, has returned, much to the gratifi.
cation of those most interested.
The Winooski was bank full last week.
but no serious damage TO crops is reported
from the overflow which occurred on some
OF the low lands w Cabot and Marsh
field. The wet weather has interfered with
harvesting. the oat crop, and some fields
have been badly damaged. From all parts
OF the town comes the report that the potato
crop is yielding finely, and is remarkably
free from Scab or rot.
Judge Lance has 6,OO0 pounds of wool on
hand that he has purchased this summer at
democratic prices, and which he proposes
10 hold for the present. There is no de-
mand for this staple at present, and the
Judge prefers to pay insurance on what he
has on hand and store it, in the hope that
the market will brighten before many
moons, He is free to acknowledge, how
ever, that he sees no prospect of improve
ment in prices in the immediate future
In a chat with Judge Fisher which a rep.
resentative of the WATCHMAN enjoyed last
Saturday, that gentleman expressed the
pleasure it had given him to read the special
articles that have appeared in the WATCH
A of late descriptive of the industries in
various localities of the county and state.
The judge expressed the hope that this
special feature would be continued, as it
enlightened the people very much in regard
to sections of the state of which they know
comparatively little. The WATcHMAN man
was pleased to inform the Judge that this
special work, which is receiving such cor
nl1l nnnOrGnnant on N-n hand mould H.
Arrangements have been made with F..
W. Southwick to act as correspondent for
the WATCHMAN from Cabot. Mr.. South.
wick needs no introduction to Cabot people.
He knows the town and its citizens, and it
is safe to promise a service more s~atisfac-
tory than has been given Cabot in the past.
Judge Fisher, the longtime correspondent
from Lower Cabot, will still continue in
that capacity there. Hand your local items
to Mr.. S~outhwick and give him all the as
sistance in your power, thus helping to
make a newsy screed each week from
Cabot. Subscriptions or orders for lob
printing may be left with Mr.. ~Southwick,
and they will be duly acknowledged and
given prompt attention.
About seventy-five delegates from nearly
every town in the county attended the
Endeavor convention, held last
Friday in the Congregational church. The
visitors were entertained at the homes of
the good people of Cabot, who We'd with
each other in making the strangers within
their gates feel at home. The delegates
were carried to and from Marshfeld station
without expense to them. The meetings
through the day were most interesting and
We're largely attended by the people of Cabot,
and many from Marshtield, Walden and
Woodbury.. The address in the evening by
Rev. G. w. Morrow, pastor of the Christian
church at West Randolph, was what might
have been expected from that talented
young preacher, The force and enthusiasm
which characterizes everything he under
takes was given full swing in his address,
and it was a delight and inspiration to ali
who heard him.
In conversation with Hiram Wells, town
clerk, the reporter learned that business at
the creamery is still satisfactory: Dean
Fisher took the place of f. V. Fitch as
butter-maker last week; but Mr.. Whitehill,
an experienced man from Barnet, is ex-
pected this week. A considerable number
of the farmers in Cabot who are customers
the creamery keep winter diaries, so that
the prospect for a steady business through
the cold weather is good. 1t has been
that the butter put up in small pack
ages commands at least one cent higher
price than when packed in tubs, and it is
the intention of the management to use the
packages more in future. The extra
cent VIII pay the adultlOnal cost oil the
packages. The management OF the cream
cry has reason to boast of the fact that
since they commenced business they nave
never had a word of fault found with the
or the quality of their butter, and it
commands a gilt-edged price in
The dispute over the estate of the late
j lanes Patterson continues to be a fruitful
theme of conversation. Mr.. Patterson died
about three weeks ago, leaving property es-
timated in value at between $4,000 and
$4,000. Since his death, heirs from New
York and Connecticut nave put in an ap-
pearance, and nave laid claim to the prop
erty on the ground that he was never mar
ried to the woman with whom he had lived
happily for the past twelve years, and that
the two children, the fruit of that union,
are illegitimate. The heirs demanded thai
&. M. Webster should be appointed adj
of the estate, and Mrs. Patter-
son asked for Hiram Wells, The Judge of
court for Washington county has
appointed the latter, and he has qualified.
1t is reported that he was obliged TO give
bonds for $4,000. Judge 7. Ii. Lance n
l.. j.. Walbridge are the commissioners.
Mrs. Patterson claims that when the right
time arrives it will be easy for her to prove
that she was Mr.. Patterson's lawful wife.
One thing is sure, he always acknowledged
as such, and those conversant with the