The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-11
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Return S. Davis came here last Fri
day from his home in North Danville,
accompanied by Judge Elisha May of
st. Johnsbury. 1t was business err
rand he was on, in connection with
the sale of his farm, last year.
Dentist Will Flint, son of the late
Barney ID. Flint, at recent accounts,
was visiting Arizona in search of
good opening for his business
i. o. Barker. of the Barker Granite
Works, has just taken contract to
build two large sarcophagus monu
ments of elaborate design, and to ne
extensively carved. With only short
rest in the holidays, we believe, this
shop has been run thus far since start
ing last fall, with little, if any, diml-
mutton OF workmen, and with no pros
pect of any lull in its business. We
Judge Mr.. Barker is much liked by his
employees and we hope the Barker
Granite Works have come to stay with
us.
One of our teachers tells us of pu-
pill Of foreign blood whom she asked
to give definition of the word lib
erak He answered, ''It is not to be
too scarce, ma'am, wild anything dat
you had"
We hear with sorrow of the very
poor health of our esteemed old towns
man, @. Prentiss Waldo, now of Plain
fild. He suffers flom heart disease.
If the good will and wishes of his
townsmen could avail, he would
speedily be cured
The farm that Henry b. Waldo son
OF q. Pentiss Waldo, has bargained
for, III East Montpelier, is said to be
In sight of the old Uoffey House, that
ancient landmark on our road to Mont.
pelier. We wish him great success in
the venture.
Miss Catherine Bass, the youngest
child of the late Joel Bass, Jr., and
the only living daughter, is again in
Florida this season, at the Eavey Cot
tage, in Ozona, in that State.
Eugene Carr, who came here from
Montpelier or Worcester last spring.
and hired DR.. Lewis d. Martins farm
near the Cutter Pond, is said to have
filed petition in bankruptcy last
week, with Liabilities of a little over
5000 and assets of 500 that it is claimed
| are exempt
Lucius S. Simons, now in his eighty
| first year, finds himself somewhat
feeble at present. A few weeks ago
| he had severe aud continued bleeding
at the nose, that he finally checked by
| shutting tannin up the nose. He has
| just given up the Boston Weekly Juul-
nal, after having had it continuously
for forty-four years.
Asa G.. WILDER can hardly give up
his plans to visit Louisiana, and has
wanted to go this week. He has, in
! one tract, not far from Jennings, in
that State, 800 acres of land; and an
other tract of 100 acres. In addition to
, the ''oil prospects" we spoke of last
week. he has on the larger tract two
mineral springs, that are valued and
used by people there for their medi-
cinal properties.
| One of our active business acquaint-
ances in the State says he never found
it harder to make "a dollar than at
the present time.
S Martin Seay er and nephew,
Charles M. Seaver, at this writing are
buying potatoes to ship to Rhode
Island and Massachusetts. They pay
fifty cents per bushel. at the car.
Oar town is to have a rich treat, as
we believe, in the State agricultural
meeting, to be held at the town hall
on Thursday of this week.
George U. Annas was here sons
days last week in the Interests OF the
Vermont Waterman, and the Mont
pelier Daily Journal, both nnder one
management Our people find Mr..
Annas pleasant man TO deal with
and the reception they give his papers
as we'll as himself, cannot but bt
gratifying all around.
4. One of our farmers has this way O.
keeping some track of winter tempera
lures. He takes the number OF de
grees below zero, every day In
month, in which the mercury goes be
low that mark, in the morning, ane
at the end of the month finds the sun
of these numbers. Living on the hill
he hasn't the lower temperatures o
the valley in which is our village. Il
January of last year, the sum of tn
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