The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-19

This spring the following quarries will be
worked to their fullest capacity: Brush's,
near the old fish pond; Rice & Barry's, for
merly known as the Chase quarry; the
Standard, on the top OF Robinson mountain;
the Woodbury. Company's, formerly known
as the Voodry; and the new one to be
opened by Kemp x Dillon, on the Andrew
Lyford place.
Elmer Leach has moved into the house on
the Voodry farm 60 Alonzo Batchelder,
native of thistown, but for few years past
a resident of North Dakota, is visiting here.
r. Mrs. Calvin Hathaway is very i'll.
- Ella Watson has begun her gram
mar-school course at Hardwick Academy.
- Harrison Remiley of East Granville
is helping G.. w. Foster & Son during the
burial service in Hardwick, Mrs. Gilman
Bill was thrown from her sleigh and seri-
ously injured. 80 AL. Nichols, former
owner of the saw-mill, is to return to his
old home this spring.
South Woodbury..
The contract for carrying the mail from
Plainfield to HardwiCk has been awarded to
Warren Powers.
The persons that robbed the German ped
der near this place last week may think
themselves lucky in that they get out of
trouble by paying back the money. They
ought to have been arrested and punished
to the full extent of the law.
Mrs. s. W. Benjamin is sick with the
grip and is threatened with pneumonia
- Mrs. James Christy is sick. -
Rev. M, b. Davenport has bought of Joseph
belonging to Fred Clapp broke leg last
Saturday. - Miss Nervie Foster is re-
ported sick. - Sidney Foster has been
very sick, but is reported as better.
Washington.
p. o. Huntington is offered $500 for a
piece of land valued at $175 year ago.
G. w. Huntington & Co. contemplate re-
building on the grounds burned over at
Graniteville.
1t is reported that an offer of 200 has
been refused for one-half interest in the
new marble find.
Willard Clough has been appointed fish
and game warden by the selectmen of this
town and the fish and game commissioner.
Huntington & Clough have secured a
mast for their hosting apparatus fifty.seven
feet long and straight as an arrow. This is
the " entering wedge" for the Washington
marble quarry.
A town meeting has been called for the
evening of the Goth instant to see if the
town will appropriate money to build side
walks in the village, and also on the ques-
ton OF exempting from taxation any new
industries that may locate in town.
The stockholders of the Washington
Creamery Company met on Monday even
ing of last week and organized by the cleo
ton of j. b. Seaver as ce-president; Fred
g. Huntington, clerk and treasurer; George
w. Downing and NJ. w. Chamberlin of
Washington, W. w. Wilson and G.. E. Car
penter of Orange, and George w. Holden
of Williamstown as directors. The direc-
tors subsequently elected w. w. Wilson as
president. A meeting of the stockholders
is called for tomorrow afternoon at three
o'clock to vote on the question Of increasing
the capital stock from $500 to $1,000, and
to locate the creamery.
Great activity is noticeable at the saw
mill of G. W. Huntington & Co. Their
new water-wheel put in last season, proves
all that was claimed for it, and they have
plenty of water power. Their machinery
for the manufacture of hoops is now all in
place. They have some five machines that
were purchased in Chicago, consisting of a
bolt saw, a double splitting saw, a double
planer and shaper and a clipper and coiling
machine capable of coiling for shipment
from eight to ten thousand pieces per day.
The lumber used in this industry is elm and
ash a class of lumber that has never before
| had any market value and is very abundant
here. Birch and several other kinds of
wood are also used, which are likewise
| plenty here. Messrs. Huntington & Co
| have banked at their mill some seventy
thousand feet of logs for this purpose and
have contracted for nearly one hundred
| fifty thousand feet more.
p. G. j. Cheney arrived from Dover, n.
| H., on Friday last to test the spring sweets
of his native town. Henry Emery is
| quite seriously i'll, and a consultation of
doctors was held upon his case last week.
60 Fannie Prescott has returned to
work for S. e. Carpenter. - Sadie
George is employed in the family of Davis
| Houghton during the illness of Mrs. Hough-
| ton. - Ernest Smith is helping George
| w. Downing during the sugar season. -
Ernest Seaver has gone to Lebanon, n. II, =,
to work at the joiner's trade.
Middlesex.
j. f. Hastings has sold his farm to George
! A. Lewis, and is going to Moretown to live
with his father
The Pembroke brothers have got off
$1,000 worth of logs and wood from the
forty acres of land they bought of William
| Chaplin sixteen months ago, and have as
much more left.
Hiram A. Sawyer. who died suddenly on
| Sunday morning, aged siXty-one, was one
| Of our foremost citizens. He had filled
creditably many of our town offices, was a
| good farmer, a kind neighbor and true
friend of the common people.
Your correspondent wishes to acknowl.
edge the receipt of two well-edited and
| finely-executed bulletins of the Board oil
the other on A List of Desirable Farms al
Low Prices" In the latter the board says
"Tle upward course has fairly begun, an
era of prosperity is before u.s. and then
proceeds to advertise two hundred farms
with comfortable buildings " at about an
average of So per acre-one in Strafford
Of one hundred twelve acres at 5000. Il
this indicates an era of prosperity, what
will be the price of land when adversely
comes?
Waitsfleld.
Miss Edgertons class in painting Is to oc-
cupy front room in the Fullerton house
opposite the hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. N. Billings are rejoicing
over the birth of a son last Friday.
The new engine for the creamery has ar
rived, and the building is nearly finished
1t will be all ready for business by May l
according TO contract.
There will be no services at the Methods
church next Sunday, except Sunday-school
as the pastor, Rev. w, Il. Douglass is at
tending the annual conference.
Nan Joslin and Will Eaton were at HON,
from school over Sunday and Monday
60 Josie Wilder, Walter Jones anC
Fred Fassett returned to their studies at st
Johnsbury Academy, Monday. - Eu