The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-06
sum MARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

PENSIONS nave recently been granted to
the following Vermonters: Additional, Har-
low Potter, Lowell, So to $40; increase,
Granville W. Barnes, Randolph, S17 to 1874;
original, widows, ETC., Julia Cadreux, New
Haven, So.
JOHN LEAvKY, a lifelong resident OF Fair
Haven, committed suicide last Wednesday
by hanging in his barn. He had been men
tally deranged for some time: He was
about sixty-fve years old and is survived
by a wife and two sons.
BYRON SMITH of Addison, one OF the
prominent farmers Of Addison county died
last week. Hs represented Addison in the
legislature in 1886, and for several years
was selectman. He was a member Of the
firm Of Reed & Smith, extensive dealers in
wool. He is survived by a wife and child.
CALIsTA HARRINGTON, an inmate Of the
Pomfret poor house, committed suicide last
Thursday afternoon by hanging. She made
a rope of clothing, fastening one end to a
bed post and the other around her neck and
was found dead about three o'clock. She
was Of unsound mind and had been at the
Brattleboro asylum.
O.. A. FIELD of West Cornwall reports
some results of sheep shearing which he has
had at his stock farm during the past month.
March II he had sheared six ram la and
six eve lambs, all less than one year old,
The weights of the fleeces were: Ram lambs,
81, IS, IA, IS, IA and IA pounds; eve lambs,
ISL, 16, 16, IA, 10 and pounds. These lambs
were all sired by the Stickney ram that Mr..
Morrison of Addison sold to parties in Aus
tralia for 81, 800. On M arch 16 Mr.. Field
sheared seventeen breeding ewes, the com
bined weight of whose feeces was 228l
pounds. The weights of the six ram lambs
feeces aggregate SO pounds and those of the
eve lambs 49, pounds. Mr.. Field thus OBJ
sheep sheared, which is a pretty good re-
cord, considering that the breeding ewes
had only IL months growth.
Hon. GEORGE w. HARTMAN of Bennington
died last week from an attack OF pneu-
monia Mr.. Hartman was one Of the origi.
nal members of the State Bar Association
and the second oldest member OF it. He
attended every annual meeting and ban
quet since its organization and had several
times been asked to take the presidency
but always declined. His senior, Hon.
Daniel Roberts of Burlington, is yet engag-
ed in practice. During his years Of active
life Mr.. Hartman has found much time to
devote to literary pursuits and among his
productions were q sketch of the life Of
Jonathan Burnham, the first lawyer in
Vermont; the historical papers on Batten-
kill and Ondawa rivers and one on "Allen
at T~iconderoga," proving that Arnold was
present at the surrender of the fort, He
had also prepared several papers relating to
the Bennington battle which are consider
ed standard authority. For the past few
years he had been engaged on a history Of
Pawlet and its leading citizens. The book
is nearly ready for print.
Mas. RowENA SHELLY of Keene, N. H.,
who last week celebrated her one hundred
and second birthday, is a native of SPRING
field, Vt. Her maiden name was Ran
stead, and at the age of fifteen she went to
Westmoreland, N. H., to live with her
grandparents. AT the age of twenty-four
she was married to Oren Shelley of West
land. Mr.. Shelley died nine years ago,
aged ninety two. He was a farmer and the
first years of their married life were spent
on a farm in Westmoreland, They moved
from there to Surrey, N. H., and later to
Vermont, occupying a farm in Stratton.
They went to Keene in 1886 and Mrs. Shell
ley's home has been in that city since then.
She is not only the Oldest person in the city,
but the oldest member OF the First Congrega-
tional society, with which she united fifty
two years ago. o of Mrs. Shelley's chill
dren grew to maturity, but the only survivor
Is Mrs. Starkey, aged seventy-seven. Mr..
and Mrs. Starkey celebrated their fttieth
wedding anniversary in 1893. Her husband
was a conductor on the Rutland railroad
twenty-five years.
TIKI annual meeting OF the Vermont State
Agricultural Society was held last week at
White River Junction. Resolutions in
memory of II. Horace Hubbard Of Spring
field, Hon. Crosby Miller OF Pomfret, and
Hon. John N. Baxter of Rutland were
abOPgCN w q AoAhb 'ONC' 49, 49, "tHE
officers were elected: President, George
Aitken of Woodstock; vice-presidents,
Joseph @. Parker Of Quechee, Henry G.
Cleveland of Coventry, Charles M. Wins
low Of Brandon, Charles l Bell OF Walden
secretary, Henry Clark of Rutland; treas
urer, Joseph G. Parker of Quechee; finance
committee, IL. G. Root of Bennington
Charles NJ. Winslow OF Brandon, John l.
Bacon of White River Junction. Directors
W. II. Sanford OF Orwell, Henry Chase OF
Lyndon, j. W. Cramton Of Rutland, II. b
Kent of Dorset, L S. Drew of Burlington
George Davis Of East Montpelier, w, Sew
ard Webb of Shelburne, II, r. G. Watson o.
Brandon, II. II. Mcintyre of Randolph, e
n. Bissell Of Shoreham, George W. Hooker
OF Brattleboro, 7. M. Chapman Of Middle
bury, George w. Smith, John l.. Bacon ant
George W. Hoffman Of White River juno
ton, Ethelbert Selden Of Burlington. Il
was voted to hold a fair at White Rive
Junction from August 81 to September 2
next, inclusive.
"ITCHISG hemorrhoids were the plague o
my life. Was almost wild. Doan's Oint
ment cured me quickly and permanently
after doctors had failed" q, #, Cornwell
Valley Street, Saugerties, N. Y.