The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-26


mission for cossting on East and George
streets.
Leon Luther, compositor In the office Of
the Granite City Leader, who has been quite
seriously i'll for the past few weeks, Is again
able to attend to his duties.
f. E. Perry was badly injured at his home
on Elm street, last week, by the explosion
OF kerosene lamp which he was carrying.
His burns are painful but not dangerous.
John Stevenson, who was in jail at Mont
peler a week because Of q Unsatisfactory
disclosure in q case for intoxication, was
tried last Wednesday evening in the office
Of John w. Gordon. He was found guilty
and fined $40 81.
At the citizens caucus, held in the Opera
House last Wednesday night, John W.
Gordon received an enthusiastic nomina-
ton for mayor the coming year. b. Fl.
Wells was renominated for city clerk and
treasurer, W. II. Buchanan for first and
George Smith for second constable. About
400 voters were present
Hiawatha Lodge OF Odd Fellows has
elected W. f. Scott aud w. G. Nye a COM
mittee to visit the Odd Fellows Home at
Ludlow to ascertain what is needed to fur
nish the room for which this lodge has as
sumed the expense, and to report the result
Of their investigation to the lodge. they
will go to Ludlow next week.
A large and fashionable audience gathered
at the Opera House last Thursday evening
| to listen to the last lecture of the course on
Paternalism in Government by ex-
| Senator j. J. Ingalls, Of Kansas. The lee
turer handled his theme in mastery man.
ner peculiar TO himself, and was followed
throughout with the closest attention.
At the regular meeting of the Board Of
Aldermen, last week, the result OF the
| analysis of samples of the Barre water sent
| to the Harvard Medical School was read by
| President Currier. The water was pro-
To. t.,t, rsr.,a
tamination and is recommended for house
hold use. Some of the council were of the
| opinion that the chemist who analy zed this
water would change his mind II he was
obliged to drink it for WHILE
A CARD.-We, the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund the money on a fifty. cent
bottle Of Greeee's Syrup Of Tar If it fails to
cure your cough or cold. We also warrant
a twenty-five cent bottle to prove satisfac-
| tory or no pay. We also refund the money
twenty-five cents) on box OF Neu Rol Pills
" they fail to cure your headache. M. A.
Co., Graniteville.
South Barre.
Howard Arbuckle has been quite i'll.
There was a dance at Harrington's Hall
| Friday evening.
The Good Templars held an oyster sup
| per and sociable last Wednesday evening.
| mrb. marB blduCnaru mas T6nU6u nor
house and will move to the city the last OF
| the week.
The play to be given by the Universalist
society has been postponed until Saturday
evening. February 49,
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Burning, scaly skin eruptions quickly cured
by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Applied
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& Co., Montpelier, Vt.
Williamstown.
The severely cold weather OF last week in
terrupted work at the granite sheds.
Mrs. circuit Abbott is at present with her
daughter. Mrs. Martin S. Adams Of South
Royalton.
Mrs. Fl. d. Abbott, who is wintering in
Springfield, Mass, has been sufferer OF
late from erysipelas.
Rev. j. o. Sherburne gave the Converse
tional Club of Northfield an invitation to
visit his home on Monday evening last.
About April /, John Duffus proposes to
move his family to the General 4. Bass
house, where he has before lived two and a
half years.
The Methodist ladies have postponed for
a time their antiquarian bazaar, which they
had planned to hold Tuesday and Wednes-
day Of this week.
Maynard Kiser of Painfield, a nephew OF
Will Cults, will move his family here this
week and soon begin an apprenticeship at
granite-cutting with Grearson & Beckett.
We hear the painful news that Fremont
G. Little, who, some years ago, lost the use
| OF one eye, received an injury to the other
one last week which endangers the sight
of it.
Hardly anything could be more common
place than the warning for our March
meeting. II there is dynamite in the docu-
ment, it is concealed in the usual article,
| " for the transaction OF any other necessary
business Of the town"
Our worthy aged townsman, Oliver 8.
Walker, has been very poorly of late, his
mental powers having largely collapsed.
1t is feared that it may be permanent con-
dition while he shall live. He has shown
signs for some time Of such possible
breaking down.
A townsman who has for some years past
resided near farm belonging to the "a
nous banker, ]. Pierpont Morgan of New
York city, writes that there is house for
dogs on the place that cost more than any
farm in our town would sell for. Each dog
has a room by itself, and q certain one OF
this canine family cost $1,000.
Merrill Martin has returned from Cuba
the owner of the sugar plantation where he
was employed as a chemist having been
compelled to suspend work. Mr.. Martin
had planned to take certain train for Ha-
tunately disappointed, for the train was
held up by the rebels, who robbed the pas.
sengers and afterwards burned the cars.
On Tuesday morning of last week the
mercury dropped to thirty eight degrees be-
low zero in this village, while one or more
farmers on the hills say they had never be.
fore known so low a temperature at their
homes. Will Kibbee, whose fancy fowls
have the honor to occupy the well-knOwn
old Office Of the late Dr. Waldo in this vii.
lage, suffered the loss'of valuable blooded