The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-28

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the product of his herd for 1893, Mr. Hast
lngs makes an average product per cow of
| 3953 pounds of butter. A prominent farmer
OF Washington county, however, calls our
attention to the fact that in this table Mr..
| Hastings counts in his dry cows and makes
no account of ten heifers. Some of these
helfers ought to produce two hundred pounds
OF Dutter during the year, and IL they had
been counted, as they should have been, his
average per COW would have been very much
| less.
Box "a, corner OF Main and Loomis streets
was rung in, last Thursday morning, for a
| slight blaze at the residence OF Lewis Bar
! ney, on Barney street, caused by a quantity
OF clothing getting in too close proximity to
heated chimney The fire department.
rallied promptly, but their services were
! not required, and the damage was nominal
Before the first number of the alarm was
! through sounding, f. l.. Putney had the
! horse attached to the hose sleigh OF Voun-
| teer Hose Company No. 1, and it was on
! its way to the fire before the alarm was
! struck the second time. 1t is strange co.
| Incidence that since the fire alarm system
was put in. last june box 81 is the only one
| that has been rung in for fire, and last
| Thursday was the third time this box has
| been sounded.
The question has been asked whether
| State street has been dedicated, on Sunday
afternoons particularly, to horse racing.
| Things certainly have that look. Last Sun
day afternoon eight or ten men, with lively
horses, spent the better part of the after
noon in racing up and down the street at
| full speed, apparently engaged in attempt
ing to find out who had the fastest horse.
The streets are not primarily intended
for any such use, and Sunday is not the
day for determining the question. The
practice is dangerous in the extreme as
carried on, and there are still few people
left who feel some regard for the Sabbath.
we would suggest to the trustees that the
bylaw in relation to fast driving be en-
forced If the practice is not promptly dis
continued.
THE ninth annual reunion OF the Boston
Association of the Vermont Methodist Sem
mary was held last Thursday evening in the
Copley Square.Hotel in that city. At busi-
ness meeting which preceded the banquet
the following officers were elected for the
year ensuing: G. r. Miller, presidents Miss
Addie Carleton, first vice.president, f. e.
ii. Gary, second vice-president Mrs. T. w.
Ainsworth, third vice-president; DIR. A. H.
Powers, secretary and treasurer. Among
the guests at the banquet were DR.. and Mrs
Daniel Dorchester, Jr., Rev. L. White, a
former principal, Rev. Dr. K. M. Smith, the
present head of the institution Rev. II. A.
Spencer, the financial agent, and Rev. d.
e. Miller, former pastor of Trinity church
Letters OF regret were received from largo
number of the alumni and former members
OF the faculty
Box 10, corner Main and State streets,
was rung in shortly before two o'clock
Tuesday afternoon for a brisk fire in the
office OF Doctors Lance & Fisk in Walton's
block. The flames were bursting through
the window when discovered. The fire was
caused by an oil stove left in too close prox-
unity to lounge, and, when the iremen
appeared on the scene two minutes later,
IT looked as though stubborn fight con-
fronted them. A well-directed stream from
the hose of the Volunteers, No. /, however,
confined the blaze to the room in which it
originated. The loss to the physicians on
books and medicines is about 800, with no
insurance. Some of the goods in the store
of L.. G. Tewksbury, underneath, were
damaged by water. Insured with Senter &
Kemp. The loss on the building will be
several hundred dollars; also insured in
the Union Mutual.
SHERIFF HOWE was in Montpelier, last
Saturday, aud drew the petit jury for the
March term OF Washington county court,
which commences March 13, with Judge
Tyler presiding, The names of those
drawn are as follows: C. NJ. Winch, c. A.
Smith, Barre; A Fl. Stewart, II. II. Hawes,
Berlin; f. M. Marsh, George o. Kimball,
Cabot; l.. G. Parker, NJ A. Smith, Calais
Edwin G. Atkins, Duxbury; George w.
Sanders, Clarence E. Jackson, East Mont.
peleriS Johnson, Fayston; j. w. Davis,
L, L; Shepard, Marshfield; Frank A. Ward,
Mtddlesex; E. n. Wright, George e. Alex
olibOi, NlOnupclltl, W. MCCdFUY,
Moretown; |, N. jerks, Daniel Derby, North.
field; W j. Batchelder, d. j. Norcross.
Plainfeld; G. p. Dudley, Roxburv; Martin
Tromley, George w. Folsom, Waits6eld; !;
AFRO A. Parsons, j. II. Lovitt, Warren; o.
w. May, Martin c. Barber, Waterbury;
George Lawson, Woodbury.; G. +. Wheeler,
Worcester.
AT recent convention of business men,
Governor Francis of Missouri spoke the fol-
lowing truthful and appreciative words for
the local newspaper: Each year the local
paper gives from $500 to 5000 in free ad-
verfising to the community in which il is
Located. No other agency can or will do
this. The editor, in proportion to his means,
does more for his town than any other ten
men, and in all fairness with men he ought
to be supported-not because you like him
or admire his writings, but because the 10.
cal paper is the best investment commu-
nifty can make. 1t may not be brilliantly
edited or crowded with thought, but fnan-
clally 1t is OF more benefit to the community
than the teacher or preacher. Understand
me- DO not mean mentally or morally,
but financially. and yet on the moral ques-
ton you will find most of the local papers
on the right side. To-day the editors of the
home papers do the most for the least
money OF any people on the face of the
earth"
THIRTY-FIvE little girls and their dolls
met by invitation at Miss Alice Sherburne's
last Saturday afternoon to congratulate her
dolls, Mr.. and Mrs, Reginald Adonis Mon
tague, upon their marriage " hich occurred
at high noon of that day. The bridal party,
consisting of the newly married couple and
four daintly-dressed bridesmaids, stood un.
der an arch of evergreen and flowers, and
were introduced to the guests by Miss Cora
Johonnott and Miss Kate Fuller The
bridegroom was resplendent in dress suit
of black broadcloth with tucked shirt front
and white satin tie, while the bride wore
white Grape cut EN- train and trimmed with
white lace and ribbon She also wore a
veil Misses Eva Fuller and Mary Osgood
had charge of the dining room where light
refreshments were served, each doll re-
ceiving piece of wedding cake to carry
away with her. Mr.. and Mrs. Montague re-
ceived several presents from their doll
guests, which will doubtless prove very use.
ful as they are to go to housekeeping i'm
mediately in a new house built expressly
for them on Nursery Square.
COLONEL FRED K. SMITH made no mis-
take last Saturday evening when, from the
stage of the Blanchard opera house, he in
troduced John Temple Graves, who deliv-
cred the last lecture in the Ladies' Library
Guild course, as " the best of the wine"
Expectation had been wrought TO high
pitch by the press encomiums that preceded
Mr.. Graves, yet in the realization of his
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