The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-29

| during his recent western trip. The snb-
ject last Sunday was Philadelphia"
The Bethel junior whist club has been or
ganized and met last Friday evening at
| Lynn Chadwick's.
NJ G. Stafford was at Quebec, p. O. last
week and purchased eighty thousand
pounds OF hair of one firm.
The measles has been running through
the schools and now has grip on j. Wesley
Miller, superintendent of schools.
Ira Quimby has been making extensive
repairs and improvements upon his prem
Uses at " old church neighborhood.
There is to be an oyster supper for the
benefit of the Methodist church on Friday
evening of this week at Elbridge Twitch-
| ellis.
Aaron Bowen aud J. p. Marsh have been
summoned as petit jurors at the December
| term Of Windsor county court that sits next
| Tuesday.
Mrs. Perigo, mother OF Mrs. j. d. Cush-
! ing, died Monday morning at the home of
Mrs. Gushing, with whom she has made her
home for many years past.
Mrs. Hattie A. French, widow OF the late
Robert French of this town, was married
November q, at Rochester, by Rev. G S.
| Guernsey, to Orlando II. Eaton OF that
| town.
Joseph Battel has just completed a large
addition TO his Bread Loaf Inn in Ripton,
you i Cn9 Preseht capaoIUy, no na5 aisQ
seating two hundred guests.
A large company of friends and relatives
! from this and surrounding towns met at
Deb ma Spaudings last Friday afternoon
and evening, the occasion being the sixth
anniversary VI .noii 'nai
Merritt Robbins, the Hancock bear
hunter has caught four bears this fall
! This brings up his tot catch to eighty
| hears i'm all The last one le cauuht WAS a
blg one That, although IL must nave beeh in
| the trap over week, tipped the scales at
one hundred h1tytwo anu one-han pounds
Inc SKIN was worm SZJ. Ihat anu the
bounty OF Slo makes IL quite prohtaole ousl-
ness
At an adjourned meeting OF the stockhold
| ers of the White River Agricultural Society,
| held last week, the following directors were
elected: Robert Noble, ID. w. Bliss, James
ID. Wheeler, f. ii. Chamberliu, NJ NJ. Ken
dali, l.. 5. Bird and &. D. Wallace. A. A
| Brooks was elected president; A. o. San
ders, vice. presidents T. A, Markham, secre-
tary; j. G.. Sargent, treasurer 1t was voted
| to have fair next fall.
Retbel contributed at least one exhibit 10
the Chicago fair. About fifty years ago
| Elder J,nther Ruliard houpht a new ,neio-
deon, which was supposed at that time to
he about the hest musical instrument that
would ever be in the market, and it was
used in the Methodist church. After seeing
a good deal of hard service. the instrument
| passed into the hands of John Morse, who
| worked for the EStey Organ Company, and
| this company purchased it of hun and in.
cluded it in their exhibit at Chicago. Not
! withStanding its hard treatment, the inStru-
ment will still do good service
Bethel people have been much interested
the past week in the experiences of Rev. !"
| g. il Scott alias II C. Stoddard alias
| Henry CLAW Scott. About the first of o.
toAer he preached at the CONGREGATIONAL
church uud.r tn, first above name While
there he stoned with G. f.. Graham. and
told many " 6sh stories" among which were
his experiences as chaplain to an Arctic
exnedition He rave a lecture illustrated
nv stereopticon views the Monday after.
and on leaving told the Deonle that thew
mipht consider him candidate for the
vacant pulpit. He made a decidedly good
imDression here. as he was apparentiy well
| aducataI and verv nleasant snnken but on
looking mn his alleged references it was
found that he was an impostor, Last week
he was arrested at Willilnatic CHARGED with
horse stealing and with robbing the United
States mails. The scenes of his latest esca-
nades beipg laid at Middletown Springs,
Vt, where he has been lately passing him
self off as a Baptist minister At first it
was suspected that Scott might be Nc.
Arthur, the Dover, n. H., murderer, but he
has been visited by parties knowing
Macarthur, who say he is not Macarthur.
On the nipht of Mover her d about twelve
o,cIoclx Merritt Robhins of Hancock dis
covered his barn was on fire. The fire.
when discovered, had got under such head,
wav that he was nniy able to save his
ho1se which was across fine road. r. had
showed that evening. and Robbins discov.
AIRED hat a team had driven mn 10 his harm.
turned aronnJ and gone hack over the
mountain He nrocnred the services of
ConstahIe Rhode. and followed nm the
track ahout t,velre miles tracinu IL 70 the
house Of Henry Bushev Of Salisbury,
Rnsbev;s horse vas found in a very heated
oonditjon in tho harm II see,ns thar last
0ntNher Rnsbev married Mrs' Harley MAY.
nm bnpseiraeHer Tor Robhins The newly.
married cnunle lived tooether lust one
n Nc ord then tho vita 7eft her hnshsnd
and want hack IN Rnbhina, Octoher or
,nel1 Mas au "U'C'npS luI W S ~ y,
81 an attemp1 was made to burn the house
az well az the harm. as a big nile of ipflam.
mable material soaked with kerosene was
found on the house piazza. Bushey was
bound over to next term of Addison county
court, and in default of bail, was lodged last
Friday III Middleoury JAN
Professor @. L., \ Barnard Of the Massa
n i. I. t.,