The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06
st. Johnsbury.

st. Johnsbury.
Retail merchants report fairly good sales
in seasonable goods, while general trade is
not very brisk.
Business at the Fairbanks scale factory is
reported as being unusually good and all
departments are working full force.
Great anxiety was felt to hear the latest
news from our army at Santiago. We all
hoped to hear on the Fourth that Santiago
had surrendered.
Sunday was the hottest day OF the season,
the mercury going up to ninety eight de-
grees in the shade. The extreme heat had
a tendency to thin the congregations in the
churches.
Prof. A. L. Hardy, assistant principal of
the academy here, has resigned that posi-
ton to accept the superintendency of the
public schools in the town OF Amherst,
Mass Mr.. Hardy will be much missed
here by large circle of friends
The glorious Fourth was ushered in here
as usual by noisy demonstrations by the
small boys whose enthusiasm was some-
what dampened by brisk shower early in
the morning. The day was very quiet here,
many of the people having gone to Lyndon
vile to attend the celebration there.
The warm weather of the last few days
has done wonders for the growing crops.
The grass crop is very heavy and with good
weather to secure it the farmers must have
their barns crammed with hay. Consider
able has been already cut; the yield is large
and the quality fine. Corn and potatoes
never looked better at this time of the year.
Everything betokens bountiful harvest.
The apple trees are full of green fruit and
the crop must be large.
81 think DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is
the finest preparation on the market for
piles" So writes John G. Dunn of Wheel
ing, w. Va, Try it and you will think the
same. 1t also cures eczema and all skin
diseases w, e. Terrill & Co,
Topsham.
A dance was held in the town hall last
Friday evening.
Mrs. Buffers and daughter from Hills
| borough, Mass, are at home for a visit
with relatives.
The listers completed their work of APP
praising town property on Tuesday. Thras
days will be allowed for s appeal.
! sSchool in the village closed last satur-
day. Miss Kate r. Wiley finished the
school for Mr.. Keyer as he could not at
| tend to it.
Four mammoth lamps take the place Of
the old chandelier for lighting the Reform
ed Presbyterian church. This is a great
Improvement as the light will be more
evenly distributed and the old chandelier
was unsafe and nearly worthless.
| School in district No. 4, Galusha hill,
closed last Thursday with a flag raising and
picnic. Aurelius Shields was teacher.
Four schools were represented and about
| one hundred were present. The children
| had patriotic exercises and Hon. j. r. Nc
Lam gave short address,
DREADFULLY NERvoUs.-Gents:- was
dreadfully nervous, and for relief took your
Karl's Glover Root Tea. 1t quieted my
nerves and strengthened my whole nervous
SYSTEM l was troubled with constipation,
kidney and bowel trouble. Your Tea soon
cleansed my system so thoroughly that
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s. A. Sweet, Hartford, Conn. Sold by w.
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West Topsham.
Several from this place attended the cele--
bration in Bradford on Monday. -= Mrs.
Albert Parks and little daughter Of Hyde
Park, Mass, are visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Horace White. - Ed Curtis
has rented Of DR.. FL. L. Watson the office
where the Observer was once printed and
has opened barber shop - Mrs Sa-
vile and young lady from Fairlee made
her sister, Mrs. S. G. Paine and other rela-
tives a short visit last week. - Miss
Bessie Smith of Salem, Mass, with some
friends of that city are visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. q. f. Smith. - G. NJ.
Tubbs has broken up housekeeping for
awhile and has taken his two children TO
Barre to stay with their grandmother, Mrs.
s. G. Meaker. - Rev. Mr.. Vance has
closed his labors here for the Freewill Bap-
lists and will go soon to Ousteld. Me-, to
take charge of a parish. r. Miss Lala
Harvey, accompanied by her cousin, Miss
Veta Priddy of Mayfeld, CAL visited in
Barre and Montpelier last week,
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