The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18

awaited themselves of the opportunity
| to eat il. He next soaked some wheat
| in poisonous liquid and put in the
same box, and they availed them
selves of their privilege of leaving it
entirely alone. He then tried wheat
like the first used, and again they de-
voured it. Thereupon he soaked some
wheat in pure water and put in the
box and they ate it. His query is,
"Were the sparrows guided by instinct
in all this?"
Last week, large limb of road
side elm, opposite o. A. Blanchard's
house, fell over the road, and stopped
travel on the road for time. Only a
little before, two teams had passed by
the tree, averting what mast have
proved fatal accident. The signifi-
cant facts in the case were that the
greatly decayed condition of the limb,
that started not very far from the
ground had not been suspected, nor
was there high wind at the time of
the fall. Mrs. Blanchard had noted
that the golden robins did not build
nests on that limb last year. Was
that too, case of instinct in the
birds?
Herbert p. Martin is about to make
a small addition to his house, on the
north side, for bath room.
Last week Just before the rain one
of our farmers told us that corn he
had planted remained in the ground
in the dry condition in which it was
put in.
John Walker, the oldest son of the
late Otis Walker, who once lived on
the old Septa Simons farm, was
buried in Barre last Friday. He had
been in ill health for some months
after an attack of grip. He died at
the home of his sister, Mrs Fred Mar
tin, Of South Barre.
The weather last week was favor
able for the convention of the Central
Vermont Association of Universalists
From inquiry of one of the prominent
members of that church here, we judge
that if there was any disappointment
it was only that the attendance was
not larger. ALI the speakers arranged
for, we believe, were present to fulfill
their parts.
Masons Henry Poole, George L. Ed
son and Bert Robinson were at the
State Masonic meeting in Burlington
last week.
Will any other friends of Miss Lula,
daughter of the late James and Mrs.
Aurora Howe Burnham, who took
her musical diploma at the Montpe-
lier Seminary, last week, (see page
of Watchman) rejoice more over her
success than the old home friends
here? eff wishes were horses, the
good ones for her here would take her
onward large way in her musical
pursuits.
We hear that James M. Beckett,
now of Boston, will be here e.e long
to attend to business matters here.
Not the wife of Rev. Charles Adams
of Michigan, as the Waterman mfs-
printed last week, but of Rev. Carlos
Adams, was the recent guest of Mrs.
John Adams here.
Wash dresses for children SOC to
So. co.
One of the great sufferers by the
late Maine fires was a brother in-law
of the Misses Kimball of our village,
w. T. Barton. He was large lum-
Der man at Perham, Maine. The ex-
tent of his loss is not known here yet,
but mill for manufacturing lumber,
starch factory, store, and sundry
houses in Perham are reckoned among
his losses. Mr.. Barton was called
here few years ago by the death of
his only and small son.
Mrs. Norman G. Davis, whose home
of late has been in Waterloo, Iowa, is
expected here next week to spend the
summer and part of the fall.
Mrs Marion Bruce Kathan came
here from Burlington last Monday, in
very feeble condition. She has been
seriously i'll for a year or more and
considers that she has now come here
to die. She is with her sister, Mrs.
Thomas Poland.