The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-23

hsen teachiug in The schools At whitins-
vile, Mass, where she will continue to
teach.
Rev. Mr.. Chdley, late of West Randolph,
and formerly OF Canada preached at the
Congregation al church, last Sunday MORN
ing, and in the evening spoke at n union
service in the same place on The work OF
Anti-saloon League OF II State. He g. ms
O nave been well liked.
We would call special attention to the
meeting TO be held here next week Tues
day, August 80, by the State board of agri-
culture. on the forenoon and afternoon Of
that day. Eminent speakers are expected
to be present, and the meeting can hardly
fail to be of great interest and profit.
William, son of the late Rice Davenport,
and now OF Providence, r. l., is visi ing
the family of his sister, Mrs. K. f. Walker,
here. Mr.. Davenport is man of fine me-
chanical genius, and is achieving success in
Providence, in large manufacturing
concern, as a.foreman.
ent have thirty seven cutters at their gran
lite sheds. The present boom in the granite
business may possibly be owing TO the fact
that next year the National Granite Cut
ters' Union will demand eight hours for
day IS work, with the pay Of SO per day.
Through George Harrington, now OF
Princeton, H., we learn Of our ex-towns-
man John Conner, who is a resident of that
place. Mr.. Conner had been farmer for
years in that section of Illinois previous to
moving to Princeton, where he has a mu-
nicipal flee. Nj. Conner has wife and
several children.
George Denuey OF South Northheld WAS in
town last Friday accompanied by his son
Harry, who had for some years been resi-
dent of Jacksonville, Fla. He is now in
trade in Orlando, having as partner man
7 IIsa.R tafa hon
ever, change when practicable, believing
that the far west offe:s him better induce
ments than Florida.
Mrs. Orville H. Briggs has sold her farm
to A. E. and G. ID. Stearns in Chelsea, West
Hill, for s. 450, these brothers TO have this
seasons crop OF hay by paying the cost of
making it. She had previously sold a
small piece of the farm for $3.50. Her late
| husband paid $500 for the place, built
barn on it afterwards, and while living on
it, brought it up to high state OF cultiva-
ton, making il, we believe, one of the most
productive farm in town.
The Boston Herald has just paid this fine
| compliment to John Foster Bass son OF our
old townsman, Perkins Bass, Esq. The
son is the special correspondent OF Hdrper'S
| Weekly at Manila, and his letter to the latest
issue of the weekly, the Herald says, ode.
serves to receive general attention, as it
seems to us TO be the ablest and clearest
presentation of the situation in the Philip.
pines that has yet been made"
Mrs. Lydia NJ daughter of the late Still.
man M. Seaver and wife Of Henry j. Martin,
| died on Sunday forenoon at the age of sixty
| two years. She had been an invalid for
months with supposed internal cancerous
| trouble, but the immediate cause OF her
death was an apopletic stroke on Saturday
| afternoon. Her illness has been character
| lied by great suffering at times, but borne
! uncomplainingly. A cheerful, kind-hearted
woman, her married life has been lived
largely in the quiet Of her home, and in
great faithfulness to its duties. She was
buried from her home on Monday after
noon, Rev. Alvin M. Smith officiating
We have just come into possession OF an
old account book the first entry in which
bears date OF May 10, 1923 There is no clue
to the first ownership OF the book, which
was in use up TO 1910. Some familiar old
names OF earlier citizens are found The
first entries are made in spelling peculiar
to the owner, and in defiance OF Webster
such as, begun to parstor one hors and one
yoak OF oxen; begun to parster ~ sheep;
pastorin cows keedin the black mare one
weak" etc. The owner seems TO be stove
dealer withal, and a popular stove was
what he entered as the "Stnart COOK stove"
and sold for $50 toS35. A favorite parlor
stove evidently was "the Green Mountain
stove" tent sold for $l8. In one stove sale
no enters, "a teakittle throad in in" No
home seemed complete, without what was
called "a Martin kittle," in it-perhaps be-
cause no home was complete here in those
days without Martin blood in II, on one
side or the other OF the house. This an
cient dealer took horses in his trades and
credits them variously at AS, 80, 67 and 70
dollars each.
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