The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-20
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

AT the horse show at Madison Square
Garden, last week, the two-year-old Hack.
ney stallion " Wildhre," owned by DR.. w.
Seward Webb, was awarded the first prize
Of 1925.
PATENTS have recently been granted to
the following Vermonters: George W. Lep-
per, assiRner of one-half to II. e. Wheeler,
st. Albans, paper bag holder; Albert @.
Plumley, Sher burne, snow pillow; Charles
Westall, Mddlebury, Formulation lock;
Nathan G. Williams, Bellows Falls CEN
trifugal liquid separator; Orrin b. Read,
Charlotte. design for line supporter.
In response to the request Of the man
ayers Of the Mexican Exposition of In
dustries and Fine Arts, Governor Wood
bury has appointed Hon. A. b. Valentine
of Bennington, Hon. II. d. Holton of Brat
tleboro, Hon. Charles Dewey of Montpelier,
Hon. John A. Mead of Rutland and Colonel
E. G. Smith of St. Adams, commissioners to
represent Vermont This exposition is to
be held in the City of Mexico during the
coming winter.
The annual meeting OF the Vermont AS
ISOLATION of Road and Trotting Horse Breed
ers was held last Wednesday at the Bard
well House, Rutland The members OF the
executive committee elected for three years
are: DR.. w. Seward Webb of Shelburne,
II. s. Bailey of East Hardwick, w. w:
Grout of St. Johnsbury, E. X. Hayes OF
Brandon, g. t. Chaffee of Rutland and e.
s. Adsit of Burlington. This committee
will meet at Brandon on Thursday, Deem
Der 10, to elect officers for the coming year
FOLLOWING are the names of those sent to
foreign mission fields from Vermont by the
Board of Missions: Mrs. Flora p. Bowen
of Lunenburgh, stationed in Turkey; Miss
Sarah A. Closson, Thetford, Turkey; Mrs.
Ardella NJ. Griswold Dwight. Eden, Turkey;
Miss Sarah K. Graves, Waterbury, Turkey
Miss Martha j. Gleason, Barnet, Turkey;
Miss Abbe W. Kent, Pittsford, Japan;
Misses Margaret and Mary Leitch, Rye
gate, Ceylon Miss Ellen NJ. Pierce, Wealth
ersfield, Turkey Mrs. Alice b. Harris
Smyth, Windham, China.
THE National Grange met in Worcester,
Mass, this year. The session opened on
November 10, to continue about ten days.
Vermont was represented by State Master
@. j. Bell and wife and Alpha Messer, lee
turer of the National Grange. A large
number OF m 5mbers of the grange from this
state attended and took the higher degrees
of the order. 1t was expected that the
number OF visiting members at this meeting
would be the largest in the history OF the
grange. Ample preparations were made TO
give the delegates royal welcome to New
England.
PROFESSOR G. G. BoNErTE of st. Johns
bury, the aeronaut, has, since the first of last
July, made twenty. eight ascensons and
has had only one failure. At Pittsfield,
Maine, his balloon collapsed when he was
800 feet from the ground. The parachute
opened just enough to save his life, but be
was laid up for a week with the bruises he
received. He had close call at South Rye
gate at the fair, and his last unpleasant ex-
perience was at Topsham, Name whore the
parachute landed in the middle of the An
droscoggn river, and he had to swim about
quarter of mile in ice water.
THE Ascutney green granite quarry at
Windsor, with the gray quarries at Sodom
and Calais, are now worked by the Co
operative Granite Company of Montpelier.
The Ascutney property is developing en-.
couragingly. The theory is now advanced
that Ascutney mountain was once a vol
cano. The stone is declared to be not really
granite but more valuable formation.
The rock is said to be absolutely imperish'
able, containing not one of the natural ele-
ments that cause decay When polished
the chemicals declare that it will hold its
face forever. The mineral, whatever it be-
is pronounced the most valuable yet dug
from the earth.
THE healing properties OF DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve are we'll. known. 1t cures &c
zema, skin affections and is simply per
feet remedy for piles. w K. Terrill & Co.
agents, Montpelier.