The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-17
sum MARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

THE next annual meeting Of the Vermont
DairymeD's Association will be held at st.
Adams. January 4, 8 and 6, in connection
with the annual convention Of the maple
sugar makers.
NORMAN L. JETS died at the Soldiers
Home at Bennington last Friday of con-
sumption, aged sixty.three years. He was
a member of Company X, Eighth Vermont
regiment, and entered the home last month.
The burial was in the Home cemetery.
This was death number eighty at the Home.
The present membership Is 101.
AN attempt to wreck the mail train north
over the Central Vermont railroad was
made last Saturday by placing a tie on the
track near Royalton station. The train
struck the tie t~hree-quarters Of a mile west
of Royalton station, throwing it between
/ the rails and passing over without serious
\ injury. A young man, whose name is with
held, is suspected OF committing the crime.
There is strong proof of his guilt. The au-
thorities ave the matter in hand.
PENSIONS have recently been granted to
the following V~ermonters: Additional,
Elijah Stebbins, Jr., Vernon; restoration
and reissue, James r. Wilson, North
Shrewsbury; original, widows, etc, Ann L.
George H. Mowry, Newport Center. Origi-
nal, Willard Bellows of Marlboro; restora-
ton and reissue, Asaph P. Cameron, de-
ceased, Montpelier; reissue, Charles H
Woodbury. Of st. Johnsbury, Stillman 8.
Perkins OF Hubbardton; original, widows,
Emily Cameron of Montpelier.
THE people of Milton are much excited
over what is reported to be gold that has
been found on the farms of Rodney Mears
and Thomas Rood in that town. The metal
is in the form of small nuggets and has
been pronounced by Burlington experts to
he undoubtedly the precious metal. On
Sugar Loaf hill, in the northeastern portion
of the town, several Jumps OF collaborating
quartz have been recently found with
something resembling gold imbedded in
them. They are to be sent to Boston for
analysis. There is an old tradition in Mil
ton that somewhere in the town the St.
Francis Indians procured gold in consider
able quantities. The secret of its where
abouts did not survive the Indians, how
ever.
MISS IDA WAUGH, one of the teachers in
the Middlebury graded school, who lives
with her aged mother about a mile north Of
Middlebury village. defended herself from
robbers in a very courageous way last
Thursday evening. She and her mother
were alone in the sitting room, when they
heard a noise at the front Of the house,
which seemed to indicate that some one was
trying to raise the window. Miss Waugh
went into the parlor from whence seemed to
come the noise and saw the forms of two
men at the window. She Immediately got
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steps. Coming from a lighted room she
could see no one in the darkness, but heard
them running. She fred two cartridges
from her revolver but failed to bring anyone
to the ground. The would-be robbers nave
not been a~pprehended.
REV. G. W. SANBoRN, the Methodist pas
tor at West Bolton, is on trial. in Chittenden
county court, charged with alternating the
affections Of Mrs. W. K. Davis of Jericho
Center. Damages are placed at $4,000. The
respondent is but little overl twenty-five
ye ,rs old and was educated at Moody's
school. About eighteen months ago he
went to Underhill to preach in the Free Will
Baptist church. Later he went to West
Bolton to preach in the Baptist church
there. Mrs. Davis was the organist Of his
church and lived at Jericho Center. Mr..
Davis claims that he and his wife had al
ways lived happily together until Sanborn
came. They had no children. Mrs. Davis
wanted to have Sanborn come to board at
the house, but her husband refused to allow
1t and soon Mrs. Davis left her home and
went to live at the mouse where Sanborn
boarded.