The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-22
ABOUT VERMONT.


is good enough maxim for +. b.
Gillette, a Jonesville, Vt. merchant.
since one day last week when he went
into his store, placed bag containing
5000 in money and $500 in cheques
upon the counter while he went and
answered telephone CALL When he
looked for the bag sometime after
ward. it had disappeared as had
stranger, whom he remembered had
followed him into the store. The
man took the morning train for Mon
treal and got into Canada before he
could be reached by wire.
A big black bear and cub we're seen
recently near the B. Bliss company's
mill pond in Searsburgh, under an ap-
| pie tree, and caused considerable ex-
element Alexander Whitcomb fired
at them from the Highland farm bar
way, bringing the old bear down
twice. Old Bruin was made of tough
stock and before the men could cross
the pond she and the cub had gotten
we'll into the woods and the chase was
given up as fruitless. Four bears
have been seen inside of a week and
many sportsmen are keeping sharp
watch.
A strange and fatal accident re-
Gently occurred at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Clayton S Mattison in South
SALISBURY, resulting in the death of
their fifteen months-old son Everard.
At this usual bed time the baby was
prepared for his cradle, and the
nursing bottle given him as many
times before While the mothers at
tention was necessarily given to other
details of preparing him for the night
and when she was almost in reaching
distanceein some unaccountable man
ner the child fell from the cradle
upon his nursing bottle which in
breaking cut him in the throat, sever
ing the jugular vein. The mother
caught the child from the floor in
stantly, and with the father, who sat
reading but few feet distant, battled
for the life of their baby who peace
fully passed away in its mothers arms
a few minutes afterward.
How many are aware that, way up
in northern Vermont, out in West
Charleston on the Island Pond road, a
little off from the highway, is an
industrial Bible school for colored
people conducted upon similar lines
as the schools in the South. Yet such
is the case. @. f. Worthen is tie
owner of the the farm where the
school is established, and Elder and
Mrs. l. E. Kin ball are the instruct
ors. Through the summer several
negroes were in attendance, though
at the present time few have re-
turned South to spend the winter
months. Next season it is expected
the school will be doubled, The Off
GERS consist of Elder and Mrs. 1, E.
Kimball, instructor; Mr.. and Mrs.
James Brown, industrial assistants
@. f. Worthen, treasurer Mrs. O. F.
Worthen, corresponding secretary
Mr.. and Mrs John Kirby, financial
solicitors: Prior Brown, school agent.
Bellows Falls, Oct, 15.-At the
nineteenth annual meeting of the
Vermont Medical Society here today
memorial papers on the late Drs.
James Conland, j. c. Rutherford and
W. u. Vincent were read. An his
torical address by DR.. l.. B. Newton
of North Bennington and technical
paper by DR.. Henry Jones of Water
bury followed. After several other
brief papers had been read the dele.
gates enjoyed trolley ride to Sax
toms River. On the return this
evening the annual banquet will be
held.
st. Adams, Oct. IA meeting of
the directors of the Vermont State
Poultry Association was held here
Wednesday Nearly all the directors
were present and plans for the show
to be given in this city during the
coming winter were discussed at
length. From the present outlook it
is almost an assured fact that the
show will be much larger one than
that OF last year. Many Canadians
poultry fanciers have already written
that they will send large exhibits,
ami entries are being received from
New York State and nearly all of the
New England States
st. Adams Oct. 17,-The names OF
Sheriff Barney f. Kelley and I. M.
Deal of this city are being mentioned
in connection with the possible candi-
dates for the Office OF United States
marshal vacated by the removal OF
Fred A. Field of Rutland.
St. Adams, October 17.-Silas II.
Danforth, deputy collector OF Gus.
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