The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25

intendent, who had charge of the exercises,
for the success of the festival.
Last Friday evening the house and barn
of Warner w Wrisley we're discovered to
be on fire. Although the alarm was
promptly given, both were destroyed as
we'll as a barn of o. II. Minott, which stood
only a few rods from them. Nearly every
thing from the lower floor of the house and
barn, as well as in Minotts barn, was saved.
! Professor G. II. Stone has been spending
few days at White River Junction and
| South Royalton. 60 Jennie Gorton was
the only student who remained at the Lodge
over Sunday. - Rufus Barnes Of Chicago
Barnes, who is sick. - Charles Naylor
is about to move from his place here and
make his home in Fayston. - Arthur
A. Newcomb of Lisbon, n. H., visited his
people here last week, returning to Lisbon
on Monday. 60 Frank N. Smith returned
from his western trip last Thursday. He
reports a very pleasant time. - III. f.
Hill has moved from his farm on LOOMS
hill to his residence in the village. -
Mrs. Isaac Godfrey has moved into the
house of Dan Smith.
WiIIiamstown.
Haden Jeffords will move to the Rolin
Lyon farm in the west part of the town and
Mr.. Lyon will go to Mortified.
Joe Ossola and his fellow Italian, Antony
Pinardi, returned from Boston last week,
and it is said they will engage in the granite
business here.
Mrs. Il. b. Townsend Whitney died last
Thursday at the home of her son, Charles
Townsend in Barre. Mr.. Townsend was in
Chicago at the time.
Nothing would seem to be clearer than
the agreement made by the Central Rail-
road Company with our town, when the lat
ter consented to pay $4,000 for the road,
that it should have two trains daily each
| way.
L. G. Darling of Keene, n. H., who was
so severely injured a few weeks ago by his
horses going over the bank into X. l.. Wat
sons dam, was taken to his home last
Wednesday. Whether anybody or nobody
| is at fault for this accident on the road is a
subject of discussion with citizens, who, as
generally in such cases. take opposite sides,
but which may yet come before a higher
! tribunal for decision. One thing we think
is pretty sure, viz, that a person travelling
in our own and adjacent towns will ac-
knowledge that he finds, as rule, no better
roads than our own road commissioner
! gives us.
Thomas Spooner, in the employ of j. X.
| Lynde, had a narrow escape last week
Tuesday. While working near Mr.. Lynde's
livery barn, he was called inside it by the
commotion within. A horse belonging to
Insurance Agent .McCrillis of West Ran
dolph had placed its fore feet in the manger
/ anu was lnJluR lJS Hbdl dS III III ndu Unt
-" Ferris Wheel" on the brain. Mr.. Spooner
entered the stall, anticipating an easy
come down for the horse; but not only
did the latter entertain different opinion
on this subject but he began vigorous eff
fort with the hind feet to down" Mr..
Spooner, and succeeded. He was knocked
senseless, and would, likely, have been
| killed had he been alone there. With diff
! fculty he was taken out the stall in time to
save his life. window in the stall was
then opened from the outside, the horses
head was reached, and rope or something
of the kind fastened to the halter and passed
out into the barn, by which the animal was
| brought down and out. 1t is said the ami
NAL was afterward snapped in Barre that
same day. We hope its present and future
OWNERSHIP any one else, may never have an
experience similar to Mr.. Spooner's.
John Mari and John Moore are working
at stone-cutting in Calais, Maine. -
John Walker returned to Washington ID.
c., last Saturday after two weeks at the
Chicago Exposition. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles II. Nixon have lately buried
young babe. - Mr.. and Mrs. j. Munroe
Seaver are visiting the Chicago Exposition.
- Mr.. and Mrs. b. o. Griffin of Bur-
lington visited their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles r. Benedict, last week. - John
Duffus was in Waterbury last week putting
up granite monument on the Cecil Graves
lot. - Ella Martin is teaching for time
in the graded school in Barre.
Worcester.
The funeral of Mrs. G. Rowell was held on
Monday at her residence.
Quarterly meeting was held here last
Sunday, at which Rev. Mr.. Sherburn pre-
sided.
William Burrill accepts the WATcHMAN's
challenge. He has potato on exhibition
at H. d. Wallis store which weighs two
pounds and thirteen ounces-seven ounces
heavier than the one left at the WATCHMAN
office.
C. M. Ladd and family have returned
from their trip to Chicago. - Horatio
Templeton is very feeble. - Mrs. Burn
ham Harris is sick. - Mrs. John Will
son has retured from Barre, where she been
caring for her daughter Mrs G. e. Nourse,
who was lately badly burned by gasoline.