The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-26
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SPOKE of the temptations to steal,
offered by merchants in the display of
their goods, that affords such oppor-
tunities for theft, and then told the
practice of certain father and mother
who gave spending money enough to
children, so that they should not be
tempted to steal goods from stores.
This led to the statement of one, more
than three score and ten years old,
concerning one of the early settlers of
the place. One day son came to the
house with his pocket full of apples
that had dropped from neighbor' IS
Tree, over wall, onto his father
land. AS soon rs tne father made the
discovery, he sent his son with the APP
plies to his neighbor, the owner requir-
ing the son to make confession, which
he did, on his knees, and warning the
son "never again to take anything that
did not belong to him. Now-a-
days, we know OF no boys who are soil
ing the knees of their pants, on any
such confessional errands.
Moses Parsons has naturally quite a
good deal of mechanical genius that
he has always exercised more or less
Beginning life on the farm that he
sold his son-iD-law, William u. Pratt,
he used to make, among other things,
tire-less cart wheels. The rims were
of red birch, four by four and one-half
inches the spokes were of beech. and
the hubs were of red birch. Having
at that time no foot power turning
lathe for turning the hubs, the blocks
were put upon an axis, like that of "a
grindstOne, which was made to re-
volve in the same way as grindstone
by hand This required two persons
in the making of hub. He sold a
pair of such wheels for So. Later he
had foot power, and then horse power,
in his mechanical work. In addition
to building barns and smaller out
buildings, he built the house below
Graniteville on which Warren Drury
once lived.
An Englishman, J. p. Lydiard, has
come here from Barre to the old Asa
Simonds farm in the northwest section
of the town. He has hired the farm
for year, with the privilege of pur-
chase at the end of that time.
Veteran John Bacon, who has tried
life in the National soldiers home in
agree with him physically there, and
present.
Fred Jackson's second son. some
seventeen years of age, is suffering in
hip, from an injury received last
summer from a horse. He is being
treated by Montpelier physician,
who hopes to help him.
Mrs Norman G. Davis has been all
ing from light attack of erysipelas.
in the home of Mrs. j. Edward Aims
worth, Moline, Ill, where she is visit
ing.
The three evening services at the
Congregational church last week, in
which Rev. Mr.. kellogg of Water
bury preached, proved, we believe, of
great value.
We learn from one of our select
men, Frank Martin, that the Austria
liam ballot will not likely be used here
at our March meeting next week,
in the vote upon the question of high
license or not but that the check list
may be used, in giving out the votes
Cornelius Perrin, who is, at present,
with his r-in-luw, Mrs Clark Per-
rim of Barre, had an attack last week
that seemed like a light shock. Mr..
Perrin has been very feeble in health
for some time. and at his advanced
age, prospects are poor for his recovery.
The ladies' reading club met with
the Kimball sisters last Saturday after
noon.
Harry Fogg has lately had paraly-
tic stroke, affecting one side and rend.
ering him quite helpless. He has been
confined to the bed
Walter Granger is getting out lum-
Der for small barn, to be put up this
year.
We had some disagreeably cold
weather last week, 1.-THE mercury GO
ing into the twentys below zero, and
the matter was not helped by the south
winds either.
Horace n. Farnham, who was in
town last week, tells us that only
two are left of carload of horses that
he brought here in January from
Missouri. He will go for another
load in March.
D. a very praiseworthy, patriotic,
and successful effort was put forth
last Friday afternoon, in commemora.
ton of Washington birthday, by oul
resourceful, Kindergarten teacher, Mis-