The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05

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The suit was brought to recover &11 so, an
amount claimed due on a book account, as
per an agreement said to have been made
last winter. The jury sustained the Hard
ware Company in the agreement made last
winter as to the price of certain articles of
farm machinery, and brought in verdict
| that the company recover the balance due.
No one thought that the jurors fee of fifty
cents, or the S150 received by the court,
! was exorbitant for a continuous session of
seven hours, with no intermisson for
supper.
A PERFECT September day on Tuesday
brought out full vote in Montpelier, and
| the result is most gratifying to every repub-
lican. The voting for town representative
! closed at three O'Clock in the afternoon, and
in less than an hour the vote was declared
by Constable Z. NJ Irish, as follows:
Whole number of votes. lO3s
Necessary for choice. $40
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L. p. Gleason nhad...............,........ 3S4
scattering, ............,.............. I
making Mr.. Lords majority, over all, 256.
AS soon as the ballot was declared, Capital
| Hall shook with the applause of several
hundred voters who were present, and loud
calls for Lord were heard. Mr.. Lord
was sent for, and, on entering the hall, was
greeted with long-continued applause.
When quiet was restored, he said: "Fellow
| citizens, we must not forget that ballot is
still in progress, and regard this as a time
for simply acknowledging my deep personal
| obligation to you. l understand and ac-
cept it, knowing that it is undeserved, but
as an evidence of the humanity and charity
| of the human heart, and your belief that
man may rise on the ruins of his dead self
to higher things. Loud applause. So, for
myself and for others, | thank you.
am republican, but L understand that
| am elected to represent all of Mont
peller upon my oath and according to the
best of my ability, and with my election
comes duty to the poorest man in Mont
pelier as well as the richest; to the humblest
as well as to the highest. [Applausel. And
so, my friends, while I may fall below my
ideal and fall short of your expectations
ask you to be to my virtues very kind and
to my faults little blind Without
further words, direct your attention to the
business of this meeting" Long continued
applause.
The work of macadamzng South Main
street, from the corner of Barre street to
the head of State street. was completed last
Monday, and Street Commissioner Roberts
and the village trustees have reason to be
both proud and pleased with the result of
their experiment in thorough roadbuild-
ing. Mr. Roberts has given the work his
personal attention, both day and night,
when the steam roller was in use, and, in
the face of considerable adverse criticism,
has carried the thing through to a success
full termination. 1t took four weeks, lack
ing one day, to complete the job. The
. | SITttI Is Ott lttJ lOlR, anu ully ltbU Wlut,
making little over 1853 surface yards.
The depth of the fill will average sixteen
inches, of which one-half is crushed stone.
The cost OF building has been as follows
For teams, $3.50; payroll of men, S460,50;
paving blocks, S3S7.50; granite, $500: eight
CRATES, S64,-makng a total of 81, 500. OF
this amount, the expense of laying the paw
ing blocks for the gutter and building the
chimneys was 5000 In doing this work
the trustees and street commissioner have
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a thorough test, and so well pleased were
= they with it that they have accepted it from
the Springfield Roller Company of Spring
field, o., and it is now the property of the
town. The roller did everything it was
guaranteed to do, and the trustees were in
honor bound to accept it if it did In fact
they had no desire to do otherwise. With
the powerful aid of this roller in roadbuild-
: : ing, 1t will take only few years to get the
+ main streets of Montpelier in a condition
that shall be as permanent and satisfactory
as in South Main street to-day. The eX'
7 pense of the engineer of the roller is in.
cluded in the above figures. The quantity
of coal consumed in the roller during the
t past four weeks has been two and one-hali
{ tons at $3.50 per ton. The engineer is a
1 thoroughly competent man, and was hired
r by the street commissioner with the under
4 standing that when the roller is idle ht
' shall do other work to which he may be as
/ signed by Mr.. Roberts.
THE new firm of Peck Brothers com
: menced business September l, under most
: favorable auspices. Messrs. Roswell X
and John w. Peck on that date succeeded
, to the plumbing, steam and hot water heat
l ing business of John W. Peck and the
stove, tin and metal working business of ID
Dewey & Son. AS soon as necessary
changes can be made, the new firm will oc
cupy the entire building at No. 60 Mair
Q street, comprising three floors and a base.
: ment, the first floor and basement of which
A for the past twenty years, has been occu
pied by Peck & Cummins as leather store
Peck Brothers will continue the business
, of Peck x Cummins in the purchase OF
3 hides, skins and pelts, and will also keeI
3 complete stock of sole leather, cut soles
l and shoe cobblers' supplies. The work done
3 by j. w. Peck in Montpelier and vicinity
! for the past ten years and more in plumb
: ing, steamtitting, etc, needs no COmmenda
! tion,-it shows for itself By giving his per
4. sonal attention to every detail of his bust
| ness, and by his ready adaptation Of modern
I ideas and improvements, his work has
I steadily increased and people have learned
3 that If they want a thorough job of work
= done in this line of business they want
John Peck to do it, Mr.. h, X Peck, fol
the past twenty years member of the firm
; of Peck Il Cummns, is one of the best
known business men at the capital He has
long since established a reputation for SOUND
Judgment, strict business integrity, anC
courteous treatment OF all with whom ht
transacts business, that is known and rec
ognized all over Washington county, anC
!; outside its limits. Mr. f. ID. Dewey, OF the
! old firm of ID. Dewey 4 Son, will continue
with Peck Brothers in charge of the stove
, and furnace work. Messrs. Peck & Cum
Minis will also continue their business unit
closed at the old stand, and later Mr.. A. o
a Cummins will have desk room with the
new firm for the transaction of his western
loan and other business, If thorough
knowledge of every department of theil
business, popularity, a wide aCquaintanc,
I, with the farmers and business men of the
U county, combined with the energy and pusl
Of young blood, counts for anything, W,
I predict for the new firm of Peck Brothers
: success in large measure.