The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-20


from chapped hands to eczema and indolent
ulcers can be readily cured by DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the great pile cure. w.
Il. Terrill Il Co., Montpelier, VT
PIainfieId.
Mrs. Arch Batchelder is sick.
Mrs. Frank Batchelder is recovering from
an attack Of the measles.
Rev. j. Newton Perrin was in town over
Sunday, the guest of A. N. Greeley.
Judge Orman l., Hoyt died Sunday after
noon after long illness. The funeral will
be held today.
II. K. Lane took horse that he had sold
to Boston last week and returned with a
heavy pair for his lumber team.
Henry A. Kennit ton has purchased of A.
j. ..Batchelder site for q mill and butter
box factory, which he will erect as early in
the spring az possible.
A. N Greeley has returned from Worces-
ter, Mass, where he has been one OF the
contestants in the Jaquith will case. The
verdict was against his interest. The will
WAS sustained.
County Examiner Mathewson is to hold
teachers institute in Plainfield next Mon
day. M. s. Stone, State Superintendent of
Education, and Superintendent l.. p. Nash
of Gardner, Mass, will be in attendance.
Let every body come and show an inter-
est in school matters.
The house owned by Fred Perrin and oc-
cupied by Fred Townshend came near be-
ing consumed by fire last week by a defec-
tive chimney. Mrs. Townshend was
awakened in the night by the smell of
smoke and on investigation fire was found
breaking out in the basement Of the house.
BY prompt work it was soon extinguished
with slight loss.
The farmers OF this and the adjoining
towns by their presence with their wives
and children at each and all the sessions of
the farmers institute, held in Hotel Hall
last Wednesday and Thursday, and by the
evident interest taken in all that was said,
testified to their desire to learn how best
to make their occupation return the largest
profit. They are becoming alive to the fact
that in their line of work they must be pre-
pared to meet with as keen competition
as business or professional men and like
them, in order to attain to success in farming
or anything worthy of the name, they must
carry with them into the business not only
a sufficiency of knowledge but more than a
sUfficiency. Along this line was directed
the addresses of the different members of
the state board j o. Sanford, in speaking
of some OF the obstacles to successful farm
ing, showed that farmers should make
farming their chief business and, as they
study and put into it their best energies, so
would their profits increase. Get rid Of the
waste land by planting to trees.
Townsend Bros. say: lone equals two;
Sc. back if if don'J."
Randolph Center.
Charles Bates has secured position in
the asylum at Waterbury.
Mrs. Ellen Holden and daughter have
gone to Waterbury, Conn, for the rest of
the winter.
A well-attended meeting of the Congre-
gational circular conference was held here
on Wednesday.
A meeting of Victory Union of the order
of Good Templars was held here on Satur-
day. Large delegations were.present from
all parts OF this and adjoining towns. Prof.
Edward Conant and Rev. G. W. Morrow
were the principal speakers.
On Wednesday evening of last week,
about eighty of the friends and neghbors of
MIR. and Mrs. j. B. Adams gave them sur.
prise visit in celebration of their tenth we'd
ding anniversary. The gifts included a
valuable oak dining table and chairs, p r
celain clock, an easy chair and several
pieces of silver-ware.
Kicker Mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Harvey have been viz
iting, the past week. at West Barnet. -
Mrs. E. l.. Rowe who has been visiting her
parents and other friends, returned to Man
chester, n. H., last Saturday. - Dea s.
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ing here - Miss Kate and Darwin
Teller were visiting here last week. -
Hard Ids are the general complaint.
- Logging has again had setback.
What little snow we had is gone. - DIR.
Henry Tillotson, who has pat out his
good satisfaction - Teams from Rye
gate and Barnet come here for dry shay
ings for bedding for horses and cows.
South Ryegate.
W. w. Terry, the popular clerk for Terry
& George, has taken leave Of absence I'M
til business brightens up little.
Terry g. George, the Ryegate Granite
Works store and Hubbard & Co., have
agreed to close their stores every Wednes-
day evening at six o'clock, beginning Jan
uary 20 and continuing until April l.
G. A. Kelley, the butter maker for the
South Ryegafe creamery for the past three
years, has resigned to take charge of a
creamery at Marshtield The directors have
Mr. Lackey is an honesr, upright young
| man, and good bu' ter-maker. The
| change, it is hoped, will be satisfactory in
the end to all interested.
Times are unusually dull here this win
ter. There being no snow, the farmers can
not move their wood, lumber, bark, etc.
The Ryegate Granite Works Company is
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their cutting machine, which gives employ
| ment to only one or two men. The Blue
Mountain Granite Company keeps its fore
man, one apprentice and one journeyman
cutter. The w d. Darling Company, to all
appearances, has plenty of work and is
working nearly its whole force OF men.
The merchants are complaining bitterly
that there Is neither money nor trade.
Mrs. Mary Forsyth Mills, late of Tops
ham, VT, was born at Medford, Mass, Dec.
o, 1890 She died at the home of her daugh,
ter, Mrs. j. ID. Thornton, Arlington, Mass.
Jan. B. 1897, of pneumonia. after short
but severe illness OF five days. Her re-
mains were taken to Topsham, where
the funeral services were held in the Re-
formed Presbyterian church, of which she
was member for many years. Rev. Mr.,
Killough preached an appreciative dis
course, from Philippians |, q. to large
circle of relatives and friends. Her re-
mains were laid in the family lot in the vii
lage cemetery, by the side Of her late hus-
band, Calvin Mills. She leaves five daugh-
ters = Mrs. Horace Randall, Topsham,
Mrs. o. " Chace, Fall River. Mass, Mrs.
Q. W. Hanson, Manchester, N. H., Mrs. w.
r. George, South Ryegate, Mrs. j. d.
Thornton, Arlington, Mass, also four grand
children, four brothers and two sisters, and
a large circle of friends in this and adjoin-
ing towns TO mourn her loss The de-