The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-07-30

Mrs. w. H. H. Mears left on the
noon train, Thursday, for few weeks
visit with her children in Montague,
Mich. Mrs. L. p. Slack of st. Johns
bury is keeping house for her father
during her mothers absence. Mrs.
Slack was accompanied by her house
maid, Miss McLoud.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Pierce of Barre
were recently the guests of A. Z.
Lamberton for few days. Mrs.
Pierce is better known here as Ellen
Parker She and her husband are
deaf and dumb yet they converse be-
tween themselves as rapidly, if not
more so, than do people who are blest
with speech and hearing.
A new b. q W. milk heater manu-
featured by d. H. Bunell q Co., of
Little Falls, N. Y, and an improved
Babcock' testing machine made by
the Stoddard Manufacturing Co., of
Rutland, were recently installed in
the creamery on trial. Both pieces of
machinery are proving very satisfac-
tory and will doubtless be permanent
fixtures of the plant.
Miss Lou D.. Miller has finished her
duties in the New England Telephone
Exchange at Montpelier.
The band held a meeting in the
gents waiting room of the Marshall
hall block, Saturday.evening. Several
members were unavoidably prevented
from attending but there seems to be
considerable enthusiasm and meetings
are to be held regularly every week, for
the present at least, the next one be-
ing appointed for next Saturday even
ing at the same place. If any have an
inpsiration in this direction let your
feelings be known at the next meeting
, and help swell the membership every
one counts
George st. Cyr has an electric mo-
tor on trial for running his cream
separator The experiment will be
watched with considerable interest for
if found successful, as there is little
question but that it will be, this pow
er will undoubtedly be adopted by the
creameries operating in this vicinity ;
| and there are many farmers up and
down the line who will eventually
adopt this method of caring for their
milk.
A hearing was held at the CONNIE r
cial House parlors on Thursday in the
case of Dan Hopkins of Cabot against
Mrs. Mary McDaniels, before M. E.
Smile of Montpelier as master. j. p.
! Lamson was counsel for plaintiff and
Hon. Jonathan Ross and Harry Blod-
gett OF st. Johnsbury for the defend
ant. This case grows out of claim
that the defendant had not endorsed
payments made by the plaintiff on
! certain mortgage notes, and neglect to
enter proper credits on book account
AS result OF the disturbance at
| Merrill's hall in South Cabot on Tues
| day evening of last week Ben Spencer,
who works for Fred LambertOn, and
Charles Adams of Peacham were
| placed under arrest, Monday afternoon,
| by Constable Pike and hearing >on
their cases was held at Merrill's hall
in the afternoon.
Mrs. c. l. Preston continues in very
poor health. She received a short
visit the first of the week fom her sis
ter, Mrs. Harry Goodrich of Barre.
Lee Lane who resides on "Maple
Hill was arrested on Monday of last
week by Constable j. Berton Pike on
a warrant for disturbing the peace on
| April %, last. A hearing was had be-
fore Justice O. H. Smith at the Com
mercial House and the case was con-
tinued to August II, by request of the
defendant who furnished bail in the
sum of 500, Nelson Sanborn of Plain
field appearing as his bondsman. This
case grew out of fight between Lane
and Bert Dix, who also lives on ma
pie Hill, " over the transgression of a
child belonging to the latter Neither
party to the affray came out without
more or less injury and one of Mr..
| Lanes ears was nearly severed from
his head by blow from potato dig
ger in the hands of Dix, and from
which injury Mr.. Lane has since been
an invalid and confined to the house
until within about a week.