The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03

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Mr. Colby had killed some sheep be-
longing to Nelson M. Carleton, last
year. and failing to make settlement
with Mr. Colby for damages, brought
suit against him. The trial last week,
was before Chester Diokey, Esq, of
| Washington, as justice. Six jurors
we're summoned from East Brookfield
Lawyer X. M. Harvey of Montpelier
was counsel for the town; and Law
yers White of our place, and M, M.
! Gordon Of Barre were counsel for the
| defence. Quite number of witness
es were examined, but the plaintiff
| failed to convince the jury beyond
reasonable doubt that it was Mr.. Col.
by's dog that did the damage, and the
verdict was for the defendant. AS
this itemizer had hardly attended =
court, before for he knows not how
many scores of years, he might not
know just what to expect on such an
occasion. But he was toroibly remind
ed at the time of what he had, not
long before, read of presiding judge
at court, who suggested to lawyer
in attendance that he ought to be famil-
lar with Chesterfield, as we'll as Black
| stone.
We saw load of good hay, though
not the very best timothy, sold here
last week for SIT ton.
A recent effort to ascertain the mum.
| Der of members in some of our "socie.
ties" brought the following result,
namely: Masons, some 6S; Odd Fell
lows, some Al; Modern Wucdmen,
some h5 and of Changers, there are
more than 100.
Mayo and Roscoe Lynde are at home
on two weeks vacation from school
IN Bakersfield. In a senior class of
thirty students, Mayo Lynde is Fan
homer man." to take part in the COM
ing commencement exercises next sea-
son. We believe he purposes to enter
Dartmouth college in the fall OF this
year.
Undertaken Charles NJ Edison, took
a load of caskets to his branch store in
East Randolph last Friday.
Miss Helen Kimball is improving,
and able to sit mp. She will soon be
walking about it is hoped.
Mrs j. NJ Seaver, and her sister
Miss Lizzie Work, last week Friday
gave their little niece Miss Dorothy
Call, party in honor of her fifth
birthday.
In the last year our town report
shows $8l9.42 paid out by the overseer
of the poor; So, 0l6.39 paid out for
school purposes 81, 307. 10 paid out for
road purposes, with an addition of
1913. 70 of of State money Our school
board pays high tribute to the work
done in our high school department,
by Miss Marion Horsford. depart
ment yet in its second year.
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Richardson, w. H Sprague, Elson
Wheatley, W. F. Medcalf and vii
liam Curtis of East Brookfield, were
here last week Wednesday as jurors, in
the suit of the town VS.. George T.
Colby.
Our late townsman, Lyman A.
Work was a distant cousin of the late
Senator Marcns A. Hanna. Mr.. Han
mas mother was nee Hannah Con-
verse, of Notrh Randolph. We think
we once itemized a call of this woman
and daughter upon members of Mr..
Works family here.
There has been much sickness of
late III the family of Mrs. Charles
Guild, who lives on the old DR.. Glys--
son place in the northwestern section
of the village. Mrs. Guild is very
sick with pneumonia as we write. Her
youngest son, Frank, died the last of
last week with the same disease, at
the age of some seventeen or eighteen
years Her son Bert, and her aged
mother have both been sick, making
altogether very sad state of things
there.
The following typical, lesson just
learned here, ought to save the time
and postage and disappointment of
some others. A company doing bust.
ness in one of our largest cities. ad-
vertises distribution of money in
prizes, to those who solve problem,
Intentionally easy, and send the right
answer to them. Two persons here
sent answers, and although the an
swers differed somewhat they received
in due time the congratulations of the
company for their correct solutions,
and all that remained for the senders
to do, in order to have chance in
! the drawing was to send the company
a certain number of dollars each or
an equivalent that is mentioned, the
money to be applied to the surveying,
etc, of a building lot that this money
wonld pay for. Otherwise there would
| be no chance for them in the distribu-
tion of money prizes. The money was
| not sent.
The mercury last Saturday morning
was Is degrees below zero at the house
of Edwin O. Smith.
Last Saturday afternoon Mrs. George
Patterson gave tea party to some Of
the young misses here, in honor of her
sister, Fluta Lewis of Barre, who is
visiting here.
Our town report this year was print
cd by one whose name is wholly new
to us. Pages 3, A and contain the
principal part of the selectmen's re-
port of "orders drawn by them" The
sum total of these orders, found on
these three pages. is given as So, 722, 76.
1t would be interesting now to know
"the sum total" of the minutes spent
by citizens of the place in adding the
figures on the three pages mentioned,
and trying to make them tally with
the printed total, for they actually
fall short little over 5000. 1t would
also be interesting to know the tenn
perature of the ears of the auditors
or others, supposing they were burn,
ing. as folks talked about them. An6
it will again be interesting to know
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