The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-20

its own vision before undertaking the work
of removing distractions from the optics of
its contemporaries. Meantime, If you want
the news and the facts and the best gem
eral newspaper in the state, take the WATCH
MAN.
The grand jury organized last week, and
elected Judge II. w. Lyford of Warren as
foreman. This body seems to be peculiarly
well fitted this year to perform the duties
that come to 1t, as there are four ex-assistant
judges on the panel. The time thus far has
largely been consumed in taking evidence
in the case of the murder of Thomas En-
right of Barre some months since, although
investigation in several other cases is in
progress. The prospects are that their de-
liberations will not be concluded before the
convening of the court next Tuesday.
Work on the new creamery is progressing
rapidly. The building is about one-third
slated and Clapboarded, and will be COM
pleted by October 1. 1t will then take
about ten days to get the machinery moved
in, most of which is already on the way.
Superintendent Foster put the Berlin water
into the building last Monday. The manage
ment intends to purchase or lease the old
cheese factory building at Plainfeld and
put in a separator there, as many of the
farmers in that region, with large dairies,
are anxious to become customers of the
Montpelier creamery.
THE suit brought by Charles A. Spauld-
ing to recover a gold watch, ring and divers
other articles from Annie Donahue, was
tried yesterday afternoon in the Office of
NJ. E. Smile before that justice and a jury
composed,of A. A. Stebbins, Stillman Chase,
Judge T. II. Lance, f. p. Carleton, NJ. NJ.
Cutler and G. S. Whittier. j, G. Wing ap-
peared for Spaulding, and w. A. Lord
for the defendant. After patiently hearing
the case, in which some sadly conflicting
stories were told, the jury rendered YER
dict for the defendant, after being out only
five minutes. Spaulding appealed the case
to county court.
THE Brattleboro Retormer pretended to
quote from the local columns of the last
WATCHMAN the item regarding Rev. A. H.
Webbs emphatic endorsement of the Kelley
treatment III recent sermon, but in every
place where the word /" Keeley " was used
the Retormer substituted liquor" 1t was
the Keeley treatment, the effective results
of which are constantly before his eyes, that
Mr.. Webb so eloquently endorsed in his
sermon on the Northtield camp-ground,
and not any of the counterfeit d" liquor !"
treatments that have sprung up of late, in
one of which, judging from its advertising
columns, our esteemed democratic contem-
porary at Brattleboro is specially inter-
ested. The WATCHMAN is always pleased
to see excerpts from its columns in the
leading democratic organ in the state, but
it is hardly fair to give us credit for some
thing we never said An editorial in the
same issue of the Reformer closed with a
reference to the old saw on which it has
rung the changes so long, "a house-cleaning
in state politics." Judging from the man.
ner in which it wilfully msquoted us, in
the item to which reference has been made
"house-cleaning' in the Office of the Re-
former would discover some dirt in the
corners,