The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-09
AN OLD RECORD.
Hon. James TarbOx of Randolph Com.
piled an Interesting Account Book.

piled an Interesting Account Book.
Hon. William T. Dewey of this city
recently came across the record or
account book of the Hon. James Tar
box of Randolph Centre, compiled
from 1903, an interesting document
not only in respect to age, but also
because of the uncommon qualities of
the author, presidential elector of
his day and who held, at one time
or another, those offices which were
indicative of the highest esteem of his
townsmen.
In contrast to present day prices,
the following scale in 1903 is inter-
esting: Id. sugar sc cents, 1 yard
linen % cents, 20 bushels of wheat
$2222, Is quarts w. I. rum $500,
bushel peas and oats SO cents, 81
yards calico $3.50, 1 pound ginger "A
cents, pounds fish AZ cents.
In 1913, the prices were: bushel
wheat $1.76, l gallon whiskey $1OO,
166 pounds beef $7.47, pounds of
butter 81 cents, team and man one
day $1.34, quarters of lamb SO cents.
The following are only few of sew
eral thousand births, marriages and
deaths in Randolph:
James Tarbox, Jr., married October
1, 1909.
Julia Tarbox, born February 2, 1911.
Isaac Tarbox, married December
10, 1872.
Thomas Tarbox, born February Is,
1914.
James Tarbox, Sd, born April 20
1915.
James Tarbox, 4th, born July 10
1917.
Lund Tarbox, married October 9,
1922.
Lucy Tarbox, married October is,
1921, Adna Tinney.
1921, Nov. 8, Enos Hibbards wife
died.
Nov 5. Mrs. Leonard Farwell died.
Nov. 4th, Old Lieut.. Goss wife died.
1S22-Jan. 25th, Mrs. Chauncey
Haydens died; Jan. 25th, Mrs. VOL
colts Allings died; Feb. 4th, John
Smith died; Feb. 2Sth, Timothy Girls
void died; Dec 9th, Major Marshall
Carpenter died; Dec 18th Col. David
Woodland died.
Jacob Davis child died Dec. 10, 1922
Deaths in 1928: January 18th. Ga
maliel Arnold 21st, Persis Bissett;
Goth, Ephriam Eddy; March 10th, Jo-
nathan Smith; 23d, Capt. Shubel Con-
vers; 29th, Solomon Wood; 30th, Mrs.
Phillip Edison and child; April 14th,
Mrs. Asahel Woodland; 4th,two of John
Kings children; 14th, Mrs. Pratt and
child; 18th, Mrs. Jacob Davis; 23d,
Old Widow Steel, aged rs; May Sth,
Roswell Ainsworth, child; 18th, Es-
quire White; June 22d, Andrew
Washburn; July 10Th, Mrs. Daniel
Edison, aged rs; 21st, old Mrs. Lin
field; 23d, Russell Morris; = 26th, Mr..
Mansfields child, aged 5 years; 9th.
Mrs Grow; 31st, A child of Mr. Bar
rets; child of Pember Russells; child
of Benjamin Caddock; August 3rd,
Lieut.. Cornelius Russell, aged 70; 9Th
child of Mr.. Walbridge; a child of
Mr.. Barret's; 10th, Mrs. Lucinda Rus
sell, aged II; children of Ahijah
Smith, Pember Russell, Aaron Steel
B. Salisbury and Mrs. Collings; 18th,
children of Elias Carpenter anl In
Croker; 18th Mrs. Francis Dow;
Aug. 10Th, child of Noah Perrin;
Goth, child of VIM. Softer; 22nd, Mrs.
Sylvanus Blodgett's; Gath, child of
Eli Blodgetts; 25th, a child of Mrs.
Softer; Goth, Charles Curtis; 9th En-
lily Smith, 2Sth, Hannah French; Goth
child of Orsemus Blodgett's; Goth,
Capt. John Tiffen's wife; 31st, child
rem of Joseph Pinney and Capt. Mr..
Parsons; Sept. LIST, child of Joseph
BlOdgett's; I'd, child of Mr.. Banis-
ter; Sd, child of P. U. Rogers; 4th,
q ShiiN vi SdPhs NAoh6Ni1 obhJ wi o.
Ben Bunday; 9th, Mrs. Benjamin
Blodgett; 7th. child of Joseph Blod-
gett's child of Mrs. Banister, 2 chill
dren of Junius Banlster, 2 children of
of Junius Banister, children of
Levi Morton and children of d.
Croker; Sth. Joseph Riford; 9th,
child of Mr.. Wright; Goth, child of
Benjamin Chaddock; both, a child of
DR.. Edison; Oct. Sd, child of Moses
Belknap; 4th, daughter of Samuel
Perrin; Sth, Levi Smith, goth, Por-
ter Perrin; Dec. 26th, Mrs. Jonathan
Smith; Dec. goth, Mrs. Ambrose Klb-
bee.
1S24-Japuary goth. Mrs Elonander