The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-05-08
WILLIAM N. THERIAULT, Trustee.

We are told by one of our committee that
the matter is practically settled that the Of
fer of this bureau will be accepted, and 1t Is
hoped that better course than ever before
has been promised us. Catalogues Of the
entertainments will soon be furnished.
Sanford f. buttons son has registered
Berkshire swine from the farm of Hood
of Sarssparillas fame, Lowell, Mass.
There has been fresh epide mic OF colds
here in the last week or two.
MIR. and Mrs. Leslie d. Gale, for months
past at the Pavilion in Montpelier. came
up here last Saturday. We hear that Mr..
Gale may later come back to look after his
farming interests here
The roof OF the Congregational parsonage
barn is about to pass out of skinner
style, II the pile OF shingles near by is a true
indication.
Mrs. Dennis Carlin was called to New
port last week by the illness OF her mother.
Gurdon Martin lost one OF his granite
team horses last week.
Henry f. Erskine has a horse that has
failed up temporarilyin road machine work
The secretary of our school board reports
seventeen teachers employed here, eight of
whom are non-residents. Wages in graded
schools are $3.50 and So per week, while 81
| to Sc are paid in the other schools.
The iron gray whiskered and active
| stranger, seen in our midst of late is a rep
resentatives of the UniUerdalist Leader Of
Boston, for which paper he has been sue
cessfully canvassipg.
John A. Perry has just added bay wiz
dow to George w. Nichols residence.
George A. Ainsworth wants to sell the
General E Bass farm of over 100 acres, in
our village. Not only can it be made q
| productive farm, but a man of wealth could
make it very beautiful country residence.
Any one desiring to open 1t up for residence
1otn x.AlrA Hal
village. Perhaps no other property of its
size, for sale here just now, offers so many
natural inducements to buy. Mr.. Ainsworth
invites correspondence with would be pur-
chasers who mean business.
Mrs. Julia Work Blanchard has been
staying in Barre for several week. Her
daughter Nellie will graduate from Goddard
| Seminary this fall.
Fred, son of Melvin e. Burnham, will
graduate from Goddard Seminary this fall.
Rev. Walter r. Davenport and wife were
in town last week. Mr.. Davenport is on
the skirmish line just now in anticipation
OF the new work he Is to engage in as COM
ing principal Of the Montpelier Seminary.
He is tall man, and 1t is said that one OF
the boys at the Seminary was recently over
heard to say, as he saw him, we shall have
to walk straight when he gets here, for he
can look into third-story window. But
we can assure young and old, Methodists
generally, that this gentlemsn's work will
not be mainly skyscraping. He has lively
was Of getting down to business. and as
that is to be Undue part, the raising Of funds
to carry on the work of the Seminary, we
suspect that fat pocket books in his baili.
| wick will not be likely to gather much rust
on their hinges
George W. Slavery has recently had word
from the superintendent OF the asylum al
Waterbury concerning an aged townsman
Mr.. Church, who has been there for few
years. The man is in very feeble condi
ton, and suffering more or less from pain
full decisions.
The mother OF Maynard Kiser is visiting
him at present
One of our townsfolk has brother who
had the following experience in the minis
try in Vermont town. He had married
couple and the groom asked him what hi
fee would be. The clergyman replied tina
the law allowed him half dollar. Taking
half dollar from his pocket book, the new
ly married man handed 1t to him saying
"The law allows you half dollar, and here
10 another half dollar, and that will m kt
you dollar" Such figuring could hardly
fail to amuse the minister, but we suspec
that too many minister would, II pressed
have to say that that was the kind OF arith
metic that had been used more than once il
deal with some members OF their parishes.
John w. Bacon will sell his farm, the old
section of the town, at auction on Thursday
afternoon of this week.
Gilbert o. Smith has just bought al
Eclipse corn planter and will plant his owl
and his neighbors corn, II wanted.
, The Free Baptists here are to have tn,
services another year, the minister they
, have had for several years, who lives IL
Washington and supplies the church there
Herbert P. Martin and Albert III. Norris
| doing the gtOna work If the fOupH al nj
for j. Is. Brockway's new store.
, Lawyer John W. Gordon of Barre ha
just notified our selecmen that our towl
must defend the suit lately brought agains
Constable AFRO A. Reed who, in obedienc
to the Instructions OF our board of civil au
thority, proceeded to collect taxes assessed
by our town last year against one Timoth,
Blanchard, formerly OF Brookfeld. Mr.
Blanchard, it seems, was assessed in Brook
field last year and paid taxes there and re
fused to pay here. He also failed to appea
before our board OF civil authority, at tn
proper time for an abatement OF these take
assessed here. The result was that Con
> stable Reed took Mr.. Blanchard to on
= county jail in Chelsea. Following this, MI
Reed was taken for false imprisonment O
Mr.. Blanchard and hence the looming suit
, Frank Plumley OF Mortified is Mr.. BlaI
chard's lawyer. The case may not likel.
come up till the December term.
! Ladies wishing stylish suits can find theI
at very reasonable prices at Homer Fits
Barre.