The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-10-29

| SHOWS ullaU during tne past TWO years
5,573 examinations of water were made
at the State laboratory.
The fall apple crop begins to arrive
| in this city, three carloads coming in
on Saturday. Generally speaking the
crop is poor in quality compared with
former years. First grade Baldwins
sell at 81. 10 per barrel and Northern
Spies go at 81. 30. Dealers do not look
for any fluctuation in prices as the
supply, though equal to the demand,
is not much in excess.
The Ebherman Union, composing
the young peoples religious societies
of Barre, Williamstown and this city,
will hold a rally at the Baptist church
of this city on Wednesday evening,
when Rev. John Reed, pastor of the
| Congregational church of Bellows
Falls, will be the speaker of the even
ing. His subject will be, "The Alien
alton of Men from the Church. "
The board of railroad commissioners
gave hearing at the State house
Monday evening on the matter of
building n new depot at Bellows Falls.
George Babbitt of the board of trade
of that town, f. II. Button, attorney
for the Rutland railroad, Attorney
Ryder of Bellows Falls and Represen-
tative G. b. Wheeler of Rockingham
appeared before the commissioners.
Special Agent Everette b. Norton of
the post office department, who went
over the proposed rural free delivery
route from Worcester to Elmore, was
favorably impressed with the proposed
route. If change can be made in
hn sfo 70 tn rln,, -.
the mail may arrive at the latter place
in time to be distributed on the same
day by rural carriers, the route will
be established.
Mrs. Charles Reed, being about to
leave for Boston where she is to reside,
will sell practically the complete fur
nishings of her house at 1919 State
street at auction on Wednesday, Oct.
sets, bedding. dining room and parlor
furniture and in fact nearly every
necessary article for housekeeping
The sale will occur at one o'clock in
the afternoon.
Citizens and attorneys of this city
and Berlin who have been watching
the progress of the case in court be-
tween the towns of Derby and Newport
in which, the town of Newport was
attempting to collect taxes upon res
ervoir and water mains located in
Newport and owned by Derby believe
that the decision given in the Supreme
Court Tuesday precludes the possibility
of any future litigation between Ber-
lin and this city upon similar lines.
The court held that a public water sup
ply for town or village, though To-
IN, l,
taxed upon its mains and reservoirs
unless the same were used to supply
| the town in which such claim for
taxes was made AS the water system
of this city does not in any way fur
nish water to residents of Berlin the
| legal fraternity of this city see no
reason why the litigation i'll question
should ensue.
Thomas G. Barrows, the senior
member of the firm of Barrows &
Peck, tells an interesting story of the
efforts of party of Montpelierites to
discover salt upon the spot now occu-
pied by the feed mill of E. w. Bailey
q Co. About 1929 party of men in
this city, under the leadership of Dan
iel Baldwin, attempted to find salt by
drilling into the rock at that point
several hundred feet. The breaking
of the drill at that depth stopped oper-
ations, with the result that the pros
pectors had only their labor for their
pains. For many years after stream
of water flowed from the hole, making
n miniature fountain, and many Of the
nearby residents procured their drink
ing water from this source. Later the
flow of water ceased and the building
| now standing was erected over the
spot. OF the men who were interested
in the project all are dead or scat
tered.