The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-12
ABOUT VERMONT.

The big brewing plants of Troy and
Albany are laying plans to secure the
! beer trade of Vermont when the new
| law goes into effect. 1t is said that
! one of the companies has engaged
| Rutland man to apply for license
and will erect large storehouse near
| that city Talk of establishing
brewery has been current in Rutland
and this move was made to forestall
any other of this nature. 1t is said
that the New York company may
erect branch brewery at Rutland if
| the business warrants it.
The annual Baptist State convention
will be held at White River Junction
September 81, % and %. Among the
prominent speakers from outside the
| State who are expected to be pres
ent are Rev. DR.. A. G. Dixon and
Rev. Dr. G. H. Spaulding of Boston
and Rev. Walter Galley of Chicago,
secretary of the Baptist Young Peo-
| pies union of America.
A party consisting of Percival ".
Clement, his daughters, Miss Gather
| inc and Miss Ethel, Miss May Porter,
and H. @. Smith, secretary of the
Vermont Local Option league, sailed
from New York Saturday Oh the
steamer Butcher for Cherbourg,
France. They will travel through
France and perhaps extend the journey
to Egypt.
DR.. 7. G.. Simpson of West Fairlee
owns the musket from which it is
| claimed was fired the first shot at the
battle of Bunker Hill. DR.. Simpson
was born in Deerfield, N. H and re-
members the gun as the property of
his grandfather, Maj John Simpson,
who was private at that battle
The order given to the Continental
soldiers in that engagement was to
refrain from firing until they could
see the whites of the enemy's eyes.
Major Simpson. being a good shot,
could not resist the temptation to
shoot after they came within range,
so he fired, and, it is said, b ought
down his man. This was the ;ignal
for opening the fire all along the line,
and the engagement became general.
He was young man when rhe en-
gagement took place, and lived more
than fifty years after the battle, dying
October 2S. 1925. His house at Deer
field still stands. He was buried on
the farm, but a short time ago his
body was removed to the village
church yard.
W. Seward Webb. president of the
Rutland road, has replied in the affirm
alive to Mayor Hawley's communica-
ton, asking if Burlington still had an
opportunity to secure the offices of the
Rutland railroad. When DR.. Webb s
refusal. to accept the resolution was
received Mayor Hawley Immediately
communicated with him, and other
citizens have also interested them
selves in the matter. AS result DR..
Webb renews the proposition he made
Dec, 7, and gives this city until Feb
ruary % to accept it. Mayor Hawley
has called city meeting on the
10Th of this month to vote on the
matter.
The clerks of Colchester. Charlotte
and Westford in Chittenden county
failed to file returns of the referend-
um vote of last week Tuesday with the
county clerk within the time required
by the provisions of the law and con
sequently the vote of those towns was
not included in the canvass made by
the clerk and submitted to the secre-
tary of State. The license law pro-
vided that the returns must be filed
by the clerk of each town with the
county clerk within "a hours after
the election and the clerk must make
canvass and send his returns to the
secretary of State within 4S hours.
The three towns had a total of /, 01s
votes. OF that number 64S were yes
and 1856 were no. Colchester had the
largest number of votes, giving 500
yes and 106 no.
Owing to failing health Andrew
Ross has resigned from hi; position al
cashier of the Vergennes National
Bank, an office which he has held fol
over 23 years Charles II. Strong
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