The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17


drew Royce was charged twenty-five cents
for horse to go to Washington Flat.
pint OF rum was bought for ten cents
burial Bhrouds we're made for twenty-five
cents each; $40 was paid for certain
months work in winter, etc.
Marshheld.
@. O. Bent has resigned as secretary OF
the Marshfeld Cooperative Creamery Az
ISOLATION and o. H. Smith has been elected
to succeed him.
Mrs. A. N. Bliss and two children return
ed Friday morning after an absence OF some
weeks at her home in the West.
Mrs. G. A. Kelley and children are on
few days visit at Mrs. Kelley's former home
in Boltouville Meanwhile George is board
ing at Ii. A. Munson's.
Everett Carpenter and G. A. Kelley have
traded carriages and now "Brim" rides in
a bike.
Mrs. Fl. B. Carleton returned on Thurs
day to her home in Chicago. Her daughter
Estelle will remain here with her grand
parents for month or more,
r. r. Ide Is further adding to the at
tractiveness OF the exterior OF his home
with handsome coat Of paint which Is be-
ing put on by E. Q. Merrill and G. d. Orm5-
bee.
Miss Julia Fishers many friends in this
place will rejoice with her in her success a.
teacher in public schools which had re-
Gently gained for her position in the grrd-
ed school at Montpelier at salary OF $3.50
per annum. Miss Fisher taught number
of very successful terms OF school in this
town. Her sister Hattie has also very
tlattering position as teacher In the graded
school at Bethel.
ho Q IN al nut
in which several witnesses we're summoned
from this place to Montpelier, was not tried
in county court on Thursday as was ex.
pected, but was continued until the Sep
TENDER term.
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are you sppreciative OF their effort to serve
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price of "A Weekly" two or three evenings
in succession after Tuesday? Are you also
appre cistvs that they W TO copied ad lin
itum from Tuesday evenings JOURNAL and
thus peddled out to you throughout the
remainder of the week? II you wish a
paper which has the best local news ser
vice, buy Tuesday evenings JOURNAL,
get your news all at once, while it is news,
save time spent each day in hunting for
little patches OF it scattered through eight
pages OF advertising matter and save ne
dollar per year in price OF paper.
LIFE INSURANCE.
Not 80 very long ago man was a savage
brute with long, shaggy hair and tremen-
dous appetite, dwelling with his family in
hole in the ground dug by his own long
tsloned fingers, and living Clo'e TO Azure
yet very far from God. Only two troubles
had this several times great-grandiather of
ours-he was afraid his neighbOr would
some day catch him off his guard and kill
him, and he was everlastingIy hungry.
This british ancestor, TO have descended
from whom we may well blush, concerned
himself with nsught except Jhet which
might affect his own creature comfort; in
his rudimentary consciousness, sOlicitude
for others found no place; he was the incar-
nation OF seifishness.
The progress OF msnkin may be meas
ured by the decrease Of selishness, and the
degree to which man lives for others III
dicates TO what extent he Is an improve
ment upon His barbarous ancestor The
institution of life IL surance is the highest
product of modern Christian civilization,
because it is founded upon the most nota-
BILE attribute OF the humal heart-unsel
fishness, coupled with wisdom and fore
sight. or what grander sight can we con-
ceive tn IN that, now so common, OF poor
man struggling to meet the payments under
life insurance policy from which he does
not expect to derive any personal benefit?
The importance Of life insurance AZ factor
in social economies IL coming to be recog-
nized, in testimony Of which witness the
recent efforts Of both France and Germany
to establish a system OF compulsory insur-
ance under the supervision OF the State.
The amount OF life insurance carried by the
residents OF community Is matter OF i'm
portance to that community, In that 1t pro-
vides for the maintenance OF persons who
would otherwise become public charges,
thereby reducing taxation, to say nothing
OF its effect in lessening crime, 30 much
more frequently the result OF necessity than
OF choice.
The man with the appetite who lived in
the cave has passed away, but something Of
the selfish spirit which characterized his
british nature still lives and may be- met
occasionally among his descendants. Not
frequently do we hear OF the sudden death
IL some man whom we know to have been
amply able to carry liberal amount Of life
insurance. Investigation, however, reveals
the fact that he bad none. What follows?
The home and most OF the furniture are dis
posed OF at forced sale, which realizes
about one-half their value to meet the de-
mands OF hungry creditors from whom the
proceeds Of an insurance policy would be
exempt, and the helpless wife and children
are thrown upon the world to subsist spar
ingly upon the grudgingly extended charity
Vi lIlcuub IoldIlNobi W IOll anu buuoT
and live anywhere and anyhow, only to
live; and all because this descendent OF
cave dweller would not forego his personal
comfort and convenience to the extent OF q
few dollars each month for his insurance.
To carrytoo little life insurance is almost
as objectionable as to carry none at all, and
1t 10 great deal more common,
Tomorrow, Well, who knows? Today is!
ALvI T. DAVIS Special Agent,
New York Life Insurance Go.
"How dear to my heart are the scenes Of
my. childhood" Msrshfield celebrates Old
Home Week on Thursday, August 10. In
vite your absent friends to return to these
scenes during old home week, August IL to
16, and especially to be present on the day
set apart for our celebration. Hand a list
Of these friends names and addresses to the
local secretary, W. II. II. Mesrs, and he
will see that they receive an official invi-
tstion. The local committee is making ev-
cry effort to make the day fitting one for
the occasion, but to make 1t the success
which they desire 1t to be, need the CO.
operation OF every citizen in town. Unite
with them then, and give what aid you
may, that the welcome to these friends
may be right royal, and their entertain
ment such as shall, II 1t be possible make
dearer to their hearts their childhood's
happy home.
Mrs. Mira Wood is at Fall River, Mass,
assisting in caring for friend who is very
ill.