The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-08-29

Now that we are associatng colors with
men and things, yellow with China, Grim
son with Harvard blue with Yale colleges,
etc. we would serve notice that the Repub-
lican party here has pre-empted the right
to be distinguished by "madder."
Good st. Augustine has left ON record in
his confessions, that when in young and
later manhood he was contending all too
feebly with his corruption ne would pray,
'give me purity, but not yet" 1t seems to
be somewhat after that manner here with
our fellow Republicans. When the cry
goes out from one wing Of it, "give US har-
mony, unity" the response is, Eyes, but
not yeti'
Mrs. Chester Martin is being visited by
her brother, Hsnnibal Wood and his wife,
from Watager, ILL.,
Mrs. Elisha b. Gale was called home
from Waterbury, last week, on account of
the ill health of her mother, whose nurse
was summoned away by the death Of a
brother. The nurse was to be absent only
temporarily.
The decision in the case OF w. III. Bacon,
in the Judge Paine district, that went from
Washington County court to the Supreme
court on many exceptions taken, was to be
rendered on Tuesday Of this week. There
is good deal OF sympathy here with Mr..
Bacon in the matter.
Mrs. DR.. W. B. Mayo of Northfeld was
in town last week, visiting family friends.
Asa G. WILDER wants to return again this
year to his large tract Of land in Louisiana.
he WILL If possible, hire a good man and
wife to go with him and work for him there.
A canal for irrigating land, for rice Gull
ture, is being built, 80 that he will be- able
to have water in plenty for that purpose.
j. Edward Ainsworth of Moline, Ill =,
went from here last week to his old home
in Claremont, N III. He expects he will
not return to Illinois for few weeks.
Charles II. Davenport last week visited
his mother, Mrs. Hiram Davenport, and
his sister, Mrs. William M. Carnes, at
Chazy, N. Y.
Mrs. Rhoda Howe Noyes, a granddaugh-
ter OF the late Ebenezer Bixby, now of one
OF the Dakotas, is visiting in town after an
absence OF years. She is not in good health.
DIR. E. B. Watson has lately taken sore
from the face OF an old townsman, Craw-
ford Jackson, now of Barre. The face is
thought to be doing well.
Mrs James Beckett of Boston is here Wis.
iting her nephew, James M. Beckett.
More than seventy tickets were sold at
the station last Thursday for the excursion
to Burlington.
One OF our Vermont veterans was telling
US last week OF a favor done him in the late
war OF the Rebellion by Senator j. s. Nor
rill, which he remembers with great graft
tude. Sickness in his wife's family led him
to ask for a brief furlough His papers were
duly made out and sent to Washington, ID.
O., to General H, who was the officer to
give or refuse it. 1t was refused. This SOL
der then went to Washington, asked Sena-
tor Morrill, to intercede for him. He was
glad to do it, the Senator gave him an I'M
sealed letter to the General and added "if
he refuses to grant the furlough, come back
to me" II was refused and the soldier re-
turned to Mr.. Morrill,. who at once gave him
another sealed letter to the General. This
letter was effectual and the furlough was
granted for week.
William Wells, son-in-law OF the late
Mrs. James Martin now a resident OF Cabot,
is here with his wife and two children Wis
iting. Mr.. Wells has had very poor health
for some. His father, we'll known Meth.
odist minister here many years ago, now
living in Hardwick, is also in poor health
A runaway that occurred last week here
through the frightening OF team on tn o
depot grounds, as the locomotive was blow
ing off steam, il a warning to the public to
beware while trains are waiting here.
Bert Hawley OF our creamery, has lately
fallen heir to farm in New York state, az
the last surviving member of This fathers
family. His wife went last week to look
after matters pertaining to it. She will be
absent some weeks,
j.. Martin Seaver had an i'll turn last
week after running after cattle on the East
hill, that had for a time an alarming fea-
ture.
Gurdon Martin on Saturday forenoon had
been to the Wells & Lawson quarry and
taken ON load OF granite for Barre. He
had not gone very far before something oc-
Cured to throw him from the load, and rem.
der him unconscious for little time. A