The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-21
ABOUT THE STATE.

George A. Hammer, prominent
farmer of Lincoln, committed suicide |
on Friday night by taking strychnine.
He and his wife had been to Bristol.
On his return he took care of his
horse, went to the house and took the
dose, kept for killing crows. d..
Brandon was called but Hammer was
dead before the arrival of the doctor.
His age was about Al years. He rep
resented Lincoln in the Legislature of
1902 He leaves a wife, one son, a
mother and sister. He had been de- /
spondent at times
Uncle Joe Cannon, speaker of
the national House of Representatives,
has accepted Senator Proctor invita-
tion to come to Vermont about the ,
middle of August. Mr.. Cannon is one
| of the most picturesque men in public
life. In Congress he is just as popu-
lar with the Democrats as with the
Repu blicans and he is always a strik-
ing and interesting speaker.
! John W. Redmond of Newport has
been appointed official reporter by the
judges of the Supreme Court of Yer
mont. Mr.. Redmond succeeds Judge
G. M. Powers of Morrisville, who
was recently appointed to succeed
Judge W. P. Stafford
The Rev. NJ @. Henderson, prob
ably the Oldest Free Baptist clergy
man, both in age and service, in the
State, died on July 16 after ten weeks
| illness of nervous prostration. Mr.
Henderson was born in Sanbornton,
N. H, August 3, 1919, moved to
Hardwick when youth, and had
lived in this State practically all the
time since. He was licensed to
preach by the Wheelock Association in
1910 and was ordained two years later.
He had offioiated at more than l, $50
funerals during his long ministry,
which had been chiefly in Vermont.
Three bears were killed on Bald
Mountain Saturday evening, about
dusk, by four youths ranging from IA
| W JOoAo VI akO, oAtOi OASipih6 "a
perienoes, including a chase and con-
finement In a tree for some little
time. The youths were Leon Stan
dish, an employee of the Peoples Gas
Company who brought the news of the
! affair to Rutland. W. E. Standish,
L. p. Standsh and Louis Martin of
North Clarendon, and they were pick
| ing blueberries when the animals
were first discovered Two OF the
boys ran home and got rifles while
the others stayed in the woods until
their return, being freed in the mean
time.
Albert Gordon, of Alburg, aged
eleven years, who underwent an op-
Grafton at the hospital in st. Adams
on Monday evening for the amputa-
tion of his left leg, half way between
the knee and the thigh, as the result
of being run over by the cars at AL
burg Monday morning, died Tuesday
morning at O'Clock. The body was
taken to Alburg for burial.
The Islander case of Samuel d.
"Spotter'' Wilson vs.. Percival W.
Clement for $50. 900 damages Will be
heard on the questions of law raised
in New York in October. If the case
comes back for trial it will be heard
finally at the February term of court.
in Burlington.
The Boston and Maine railroad
bridge, which has been used by foot
passengers between Bellows Falls and
North Walpole for many years. was
closed to the public FRIDAY night
The only route now open to the num-
erous workmen who live in North
| Walpole and work on the Bellows
Falls side is by the toll bridge, which
increases the distance between the
two towns by nearly mile. The
order will effect about / 200 workmen.
The twin sons of John Cowan, of
Worcester, Mass, George and Gerald,
aged IL years, were buried in the
Catholic cemetery in Newport Mon
day. The boys were drowned near
Worcester. The family moved from
Newport last spring. Mr.. Oowan was
q clerk in the Boston g. Maine Office
in Newport for several years,
#. W. Newoomb, representing the
Vermont Bible Society. has just com.