The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-04-28
Topshan.

Everett Forsyth went to Manchester on
Monday.
West Topsham.
G. II Smith, II. NJ. Dufur and DIR. H. L.
Watson are in Manchester, N H., this week
attending an entertainment given by. an
athletic club of that city. - W. II. Chal-
mers went to New York on Monday with
Company G, Vermont National Guards, to
attend the dedication OF the Grant Monu-
ment. - G.. s. Blaisdell of Waterbury,
on business regarding the Pero family.
60 Mrs @. f. Smith and son Bradley |
went to Salem, Mass, on Monday last, |
called there by the death of her father.
- j. M. Taulbee of Washington, d. c., |
mail-contractor was in town last week.
- School begins on Monday with Miss
Maggie Whitehill of Groton as teacher
waitsfield.
L. d. Savage was in st. Adams few day
last week.
Samuel Long OF Middlesex is visiting
friends in town.
u. III. McAllister was at Barre last Friday
to attend conference.
Mrs. Will Campbell OF Barre is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Harris.
George o. Boyce of Barre was at his
brother Nathan Boyce's the first of the week.
Moses A. Palmer passed away on Monday
after long sickness with consumption.
More particulars will be given next week.
Remember that 1 have plows, harrows
and cultivators at very low price. Also
carload of Listers phosphate. o. G.. Eaton.
Word was received last week that Os-
good Joslin, former resident of this town,
| but now living in the West, was very low
| from two shocks.
G. j. Green and his mother began repairs
on their house this week. They are to raise
it and put on mansard roof. W. M. Strong
has charge Of the job.
The members OF Valley Lodge Of Odd Fell
| lows, with their families, met at their lodge
rooms on Monday evening to celebrate the
seventy-eighth anniversary OF the organiza-
ton Of the order in America.
Two men in the in the interest OF the pro-
posed railroad from Rutland to Montpelier
were in town for day or two last week.
We understand that they found much
easier route from Rutland than they ex.
pected
III. K. Brewster has leased the hotel to
Mr. Denton from East Brookfeld for one
year. Mr. Brewster has conducted the
house in first-class STYLE and the people OF
the town will dislike to have Mr.. and Mrs.
Brewster leave the place.
The Centennial Souvenirs " of the Con-
gregational church have been received
They give clear and comprehensive his
tory of the church from its organization one
hundred years ago, together with full ac-
count OF Ju6 anniversary winch was Uelu
last season, including stenographic reports
of all sermons, remarks, etc, as made at all
of the anniversary meetings. The books
can be procured of Fl. n. Bushnell or George
Olmstead.
1t should be made matter of public
knowledge that DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve will speedily cure piles of the longest
standing. 1t is the household favorite for
burns, scalds, cuts, bruises and sores of all
kinds. w. K. Terrill Co., Montpelier,
Vt.
East Warren.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. f. j.
Tillotson on April o. - w. A. Averill
broke both bones in his right leg on Friday,
while getting logs from the mill-yard. -
! G. b. Williams from Danvers, Mass, is WIS.,
, ting here. - The following teachers
have been engaged for the summer term Of
, school, Mabel Lamb, district No. 1; May j.
: Harmap, district No. 2; Mrs. Carrie Joslyn
and Anna j. Averill, district No g. Schools
are expected to commence on Monday.
Washington.
! Milo G. Kezer of Topsham was in town
: last Friday.
! The district schools in town open for the
summer term next Monday
! Coffin Brothers begin work at their
! quarry about the first Of May.
! Mrs. Dr. Warner will be at Mrs. William
! B. Bagley's at West Topsham next Monday
with her millinery goods.
Henry Richardson has been lying at the
point Of death since last Saturday, when he
: was first taken with a bleeding at the nose
from which he lost large amount of blood,
that he could i'll afford to spare, as he had
been in an enfeebled condition all winter
from heart and kidney troubles. DR.. Hayes
! of Graniteville is in attendance upon him,
and on Monday could give but little hope
of recovery.
The analysis of the Washington marble
, made by Professor Hitchcock of Dart
mouth College, is as follows, viz: Water,
1855 per cent; terric iron, 1075; carbon
, deoxide, 1920; calcium monoxide, 90 927
magnesium monoxide, 3077; aluminium OK
ide, 2.473; phosphorus pentoxide, 3.459;
BILE residue he identifies the following prop
! critics: Silicon, titonium (very rarej po-
,, tassium, sodium, lithium, tiuorine and only
! trace OF strantium as revealed by spec
! trum analysis. The professor adds: 1t is
not granite at all, but marble that bids
| fair to be of great value If it can only be de-
! veloped."
The pioneer marble quarry in town
J is now liable to be worked to its full ca
pacity. 1t was operated by Messrs. Hunt
ington & Clough four years ago, and dia-
mond drill has found solid stone to the
depth of thirty.five feet On Saturday last
George e. Huntington disposed OF his h alf
interest to his partner, Willard Clough, and
on the same day Mr.. Clough sold quarter
interest to Clinton l.. Slack. Both these
gentlemen are to work separate quarries on
the property, and number of desirable
quarres can be secured adjoining. The
deal thus consummated is an important
one in the development Of the industry, and
we congratulate the community, as well as
the parties directly interested, upon the
outlook thus presented.
r. f. Richardson has recently sold to
Prof f. e. Austin Of Amesbury, Mass,
quarry No. Of his steel gray marble. Mr..
Austin is a noted science lecturer who has
travelled extensively, visiting the foremost
slate, gra lite and marble quarries of the
East. He has carried samples OF the WASH
ington marble through Vermont, New
Hampshire and Massachusetts, and finds
by its analysis that its building qualities
are superior to any granite or marble on
the market. Its analysis has been most
carefully effected in the chemical laboratory
of Dartmouth College and the constituents
proven to be carbonate of calcium, magne-
SUM and iron, silicon, dioxide and phos-
phoric acid, silicates Of iron, aluminium. n.y.
drogen, potassium, sodium, lthium, fiuo-