The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13

during all her Affections in the burial OF
husbands and children, her strong, cheerful
faith that all was for the best has been as
benediction to those nearest to her Her
funeral was held last Monday afternoon
from the home of Mr.. Shurtleff, Rev. DIR.
Norman Seaver officiating. George Atkins
had charge, and the bearers we're r. A.
Dwinell, Hiram Carleton, A. o. Cummins
and Charles E. Perrin. The body was
placed in the tomb at Green Mount Ceme-
terry.
BECAUSE they could find no other cause Of
complaint and must grumbe about some
thing, some of the chronic kickers of the
city opposed Clark B. Roberts as street
commissioner because he owns the teams
that do most of the work on the streets, and
thereby derives good income. When Mr..
Roberts was first appointed to the position
to which he bids fair to hold life lease, he
had these teams on bis hands, and had to
keep them at work or sell them 1t will be
remembered that the article in the town
meeting warning one year ago, to see IL the
town would vote to purchase its own teams,
was summarily dismissed AT that time
Mr.. Roberts offered to sell his teams to the
town. not at his own price, but at what they
might be appraised by three fair. minded
and dsinterested men. That offer still
holds good, and, unless the city sees fit to
purchase them, no man with ordinary
common sense ought to complain II the
street com missioner keeps his horses at
work, instead of letting them stand idle,
because some taxpayer is afraid he is get
ting rich too fast.
THE city council met last Wednesday
night, His Honor Mayor Wing presiding.
An organization was effected by the cleo
| tion Of G. o. Stratton as president of the
board OF aldermen, and City Clerk t. X.
Merrill as secretary eI o6tcio. The follow
! ing appointments were made: Street Com
missioner, 9. b. Roberts; superintendent OF
water works, Joel Foster; health officer, ID.
| = chief q a
| o. ID. Clark; first assistant, j. w Peck;
second assistant, I. j. Reegan; pound
keeper. e. L. Putney; fence viewers, j. o.
Livingston, w. G. Walker, N G. Tabor:
inspector Of leather, Albert Johonnott; in
spector of wood, lumber and shingles, Deni-
son Taft The election OF city attorney
was passed over till the first regular meet
ing of the city council, which occurs this
evening. The mayor appointed Aldermen
Brooks aud Weston as committee on streets,
sewers and sidewalks, Alderman Cotton on
electric lights, Alderman Stratton on po-
lice, and Alderman Buswell on city hall.
The county clerks office was designated as
the city court room The city clerk aud
treasurer moved his Office this week to
Walton block. In his office the listers,
board of civil authority and city council
will meet.
GEORGE ROBINSON. former we'll known
citizen of Washington county, died last
week at Faribault, Mimi. aged seventy four
field in 1921. During his boyhood he resided
in Randolph, and later was engaged in
mercantile business in Northfeld. He was
proprietor of the Northied House for
several years, during Governor Pane's adj
ministration. From No-thfeld he went TO
Brook field, where he was the principal
owner and manager of the fork-factory at
tn At place. He was for several years deputy
sheriff of Washington county, and the fear
less stand he took at liquor raid in the
early days of MOntpelier is not fOrgott en- by
the older inhabitants of this ci y. His wife
died while he was in Brookfeld, and he
moved to Faribault, where he was engaged
in the milling business and also as a hotel
keeper. He was grandfather of George
Ahle formerly clerk with the National Life
Insurance Company. Mr.. Able and Mr..
Robinson's two daughters accompanied his
renal rs to Nor hfield, where the burial SER
vice was conducted last Monday by Rev.
w. S. Hazen. The interment was in Elm
wood cemetery. Colonel Fred E. Smith
met the party at Essex Junction and ac-
companied them to Northfeld.