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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23
A POLL OF VERMONT.
Strong Opposition to Aldrlch and
Cannon Shown in Result Of Vote.

Success Magazine has polled the
various States in a series of seven
questions, and the Vermont answers
will be of interest to our readers. On
the question do you believe that
your vote for Presidential candidate
last November was wisely cast?" 67
Republicans and Z Democrats voted
yes 1 Democrat voted mo-" 90
Republicans and 2 Democrats did not
vote. On the question Are you sat
isfied with the first nine months ex-
perience in the administration vi
President Taft? AZ Republicans and
1 Democrat voted yes" 33 Republi
cans and 8 Democrats did not vote.
On the question do you approve
the position of Senator Aldrich in
the recent tariff legislation" Re-
publicans answered yes" Sc Repub-
licans and 10 Democrats answered
mo-" 81 Republicans did not vote.
On the question do you approve the
position of Speaker Cannon in the re-
cent tariff legislation" Republic
cans voted yes" 81 Republicans
and 10 Democrats voted mo-" 16 Re.
publicans did not vote. On the ques-
ton do you approve the position of
President Taft in the recent tariff
legislation" 26 Republicans and l
Democrat voted yes" II Republi-
cans Democrats voted mo-" AZ Re-
publicans and Democrats did rot
vote.
On the question as it your desire
that President Taft should support
end cooperate with Senator Aldrich
and Speaker Cannon in the general
public policies which they repre-
sent?" II Republicans and l Demo-
crat voted "yes;" So Republicans and
9 Democrats voted mo-" II Republi-
cans did not vote. On the question
"Do you desire that he should oppose
them?" Sc Republicans and Demo
Gratis voted yes" Republicans vot-
ed mo-" IS Republicans and l Dem.
ocrat did not vote.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23
EAST MONTPELIER.

H. NJ. Farnham and George Nc
Knight were delegates to the State
Grange meeting at Burlington last
week.
Mrs. J. R. Young is spending a few
days with friends in Montpelier.
Mrs. H. H. Templeton is slowly re-
covering from pneumonia.
Miss Alice Templeton is at home
:. from Goddard Seminary, and is I'M
der the doctors care.
A. B. Peck recently killed a pig
weighing 343 pounds.
H. C. Dodge, of Worcester, visited
his sister, Mrs. Templeton, last
week
Francis Stoddard, formerly of this
place, is very i'll at R. w. Ducker's
house in Montpelier.
c. S. Beach, formerly of this town,
at present identified with Wyomins
Seminary in Wilkesbarre Penn, will
visit friends in town this week.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE
News Of the Day As Presented by the
Journals Corps Of Special Cor
respondents, Being Mostly
Items of Interest
ROXBURY.

Mr.. Spooner has moved into the
Clark Flint house and looks after
the lumber business of d. A. Perry
& Co.
Mr.. Gonyou has bought the old
Butterfeld buildings and is moving
them to his farm, where the build
ings were burned.
DR.. w. j. Howard is visiting at his
home in New York State for few
days.
The village school assisted by a
few outsiders, is to give an enter
tainment at the Town Hall Friday
evening, the proceeds to go for re-
pairing and caring for the town
clock.
At the last meeting of Summit
Grange, the following officers were
elected: Master, F. f. Waning; ov-
erseer, A. d. Kinson; steward, Jonh
Merrill; lecturer, Mrs. f. p. Circuit;
chaplain, w. A. Averill; as
sistant steward, E. p. circuit;
lady assistant steward, Nellie Bond;
guard, f. O. Culver; Ceres, Mrs. F,
E. Waning; Pomona, Mrs. Ada
Richardson; Flora, Mrs. A. d. Kin
son; delegate to State Grange, H. A
E. Richardson.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23
vERMONT'S FUR BUSINESS.
1t Requires Six Figures to Express
Value OF Annual Work OF States
Trainers.

How many residents of Vermont
have any conception OF the magni-
tude of the fur trade within it's
borders? Most of us doubtless con-
slider it merely an adjunct to the
farm boys life, by means of which he
accumulates sufficient money to buy
his first skates or gun, but by no
means a business that requires six
figures to express its annual value.
Whether any adequate estimate of the
total, has ever been made the writer
does not know, but one transaction
has come to his knowledge, which
covers only small section of the
State, and yet is rather startling
Justin E. Burgess, of Manchester,
N. H., buyer for G. r. Hunniwell of
Auburn, Maine, bought this week at
Hartland, practically in one transac-
ton, $4,000 worth of furs. OF these
about $4,000 worth were the second
hand garments of the pole cat, while
the balance was made up of fox,
mink, fisher, muskrat and coon
skins, and were the results of a per-
sonal canvass made by A. E. Gibson,
Ben ellison, F. +. ellison and II. +.
Miller among the trappers of Hart
land and surrounding towns. One
trapper alone secured over $500 in
pelts as the result of about two
months work.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23
NO MORE JURY CASES.
Caledonia County COur VIII Not
Take Up the Court Hearings.

st. Johnsbury, Dec. 19.--The jury
was discharged at o'clock Saturday,
December IS, for the remainder of
the term. The exception to this is
a certain number who may be called
for jury work in case some that are
not known of now arises. This OBJ
tains among those who reside in ST.
Johnsbury.
In the case of State VS.. Leo Cilley
for killing a deer, the case was en-
tered nolle pros. The case of State
VS.. Andria Gidule for selling liquor
contrary to law was also entered
nolle pressed A very similar case of
State VS.. Mary Constantine was like
wise mol pressed.
Court took a recess until Monday
at II O'Clock, at which time it will
take up the Court cases in their order
Judge Stanton ordered the attorneys
to be notified that they might be on
hand.
A probable forecast is that the De-
cember term of Caledonia Court will
be ready for adjournment by Christ
mas.
In the State VS.. Mrs. Julia Lavar'
ina for selling, Intoxicating liquor al
Hardwick contrary to law, the res
pondent pleaded guilty and was sen
fenced to hard labor for not more
than seven nor less than six months
and to pay the costs of prosecution
Upon the recommendation of TIL
States Attorney the respondent wa
allowed the leniency of having tn
sentence stayed and she is to be PLACED
in the hands of the probation Officer
Another Hardwick liquor case, tina
of Mrs. T. Rossi, was taken up. TIL
respondent pleaded guilty to sellin
and was sentenced to the county jai
for hard labor for not less than 81
nor more than seven months and t
pay the costs of prosecution. EXecu
ton of the sentence was stayed an
the respondent was placed in tn
hands of the probation officer. An
other similar case, that of Mary Ross
of Hardwick, for the crime of sellin
liquor contrary to law, the responder
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23
COMING HOME CHRISTMAS.
Where the Vermont Delegation il
Congress viii Spend the Holidays

The Vermont delegation in Con-
gress will spend Christmas at home,
for the most part says the Washing
ton correspondent of the Boston
Globe, but one member, Representa-
tive Foster, will not return to Ver-
mont until the first week in January.
Senator w. p. Dillingham; left Sun
day morning for home, while Senator
C. S. Page leaves Tuesday for the
Green Mountain State Congressman
Frank Plumley will start on Wednes-
day
When Congressman Foster arrives
in Vermont during the first week in
January, he will be accompanied by
Frederick II. Newell, director of the
Reclamation Service of the United
States Government, who comes for
the purpose of addressing the Dairy
mems Association, which meets in
Burlington January 6. He will give
an illustrated address on the irriga-
ton work of the government nthe
first day of the meeting of the organ
ization, and on the second day he will
talk to the agricultural and engineer
ing students of the University of Yer
mont.
Congressman Foster has recon-
mended the appointment of the fol
lowing postmasters: Coils M
Graves, of Bennington; John A. Shell
don, of Rutland; Raymond c. Ran
som, of Castleton. He has also made
arrangements to secure new pedes
tai for the statue of Jacob Collamel
in the Statuary Hall and expects tina
the next Legislature will appropriate
5000 for the purchase of marble
pedestal, to replace the one which ii
now in use, it being thought that thu
present one is too low
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23
Plays and PLAYERS.

ben Hur" has started on its ell
eventh season.
Langoon Mitchell has written a
play called step by Step
Edmund Breese may appear in a
new play called "A Mans Man"
Marie Dressler is shortly to APP
pear in the leading part of TITLES
Nightmare"
Conan & Harris are about to pro-
duce new musical comedy called
THAT Man Smith
Emmett Corrigan and Arthur Lewis
will be members of Grace Elliston's
company in "Jacqueline."
1t is announced that William Fa'
versham is seriously considering an
early production of Hamlet.
The Rays, Johnny and Emma, ar
again starring in King Casey re
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23

of Vogl, claiming to have been born
In this town. No such a name APP
pears on the town records but in
quiry revealed that the mother died
at Raymond Diemes and parties want
ed were in Barre.
Hadley's moving pictures were
shown in the opera hall Tuesday ev-
ening under the auspices of the band
Mrs. Helen Russell has returned to
Greenfield, Mass
Mr. and Mrs. f. ]. Bartlett were in
Burlington Wednesday.
The Rebekahs holds a sale of fancy
articles next Friday.
Junior League will give social at
Mrs. Inez Perkins Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Perkins, OF
Barre, are visiting at c. ]. Bartlett's
Schools in town close Friday for
three weeks vacation.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Earl Bartlett, Dec. 8.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23
N0RTHFIELD.

Mrs. John Cross is spending a few
weeks>in New York.
The Kidder house on Main street,
which was recently purchased by J
M Clough is being papered and paint
ed by Guy Coburn.
Leroy Flint, of Montpelier visited
his son, Prof. X. r. b. Flint, Sunday
F.. b. Hutchins was recently kicked
by horse and hurt quite badly, but
is in hopes to be out in a few days.
Per order of the commander, the Of
ficers, non-commissioned Officers,
musicians and privates of Company
F will meet in the Armory hall
Thursday evening" Dec. 29, to elect
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23
WEST BERLIN.

Walter Middlebrook started last
Friday for Albany, N. Y, for a short
vacation.
David Bean, Jr., started for Boston
last week and will attend the poultry
exhibits in different States before h.;
returns home.
A son was born December 10, ,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Moore, of
Swamscott, n. H. Mrs. Moore will be
remembered as Miss Sadie Davis, of
this place.
Alice W. Colby will work in the
Boston Bargain Store Christm Is
week.
H. L. Eaton being on the sick list,
the store was run the past week BY
Harry Crockett.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23
BERLIN.

Clark Stewart and sister, Mrs
Nelson, are expected from Boston
very soon.
A meeting of the Mirror Lake
Grange will be held this evening
Dec. II, when officers for the COM
ing year will be elected.
Richard Crandall, of Philadel-
phia, Pa, is expected Sunday morn
ing for two weeks vacation.
Mrs. Rofalie Wilfore, SO years old
went to Montpelier Tuesday and did
her Christmas shopping, stood the
trip we'll, that is better than most
of the younger ladies can do. She
makes makes her home with nel
daughter, Mrs. Almon st. John.
Leonard Lawless is sick with
pneumonia.
Raymond and Edward Boswortl
are sick with hard colds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23
EAST CABOT.

Walter LadouX returned from the
fosV'tl at st. Johnsbury last week.
He is gaining rapidly
Sidney Miles is going to stay on
the n. L. Wilson farm.
The four schools met at South
Cabot school house, where the schol-
ars took part in a spelling match
The prize for spelling was awarded
to the Read school, Florence Smith
being the last to go down.
School closed Friday for two
weeks vacation.
Miss Alice Boyd is spending her
vacation in Barre and Montpelier.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23

second lieutenant, also for the
purpose of organizing a social club
and establishing club rooms, with
pool tables, shower baths, etc, at tho
Armory.
Mr.. Kent loft this morning for
Montpelier, where he has charge OF
job for d. W. Cooley.
John Lackey has finished his labors
in the barber shop of Robert Mont
gomery and is now employed in the
restaurant of w. ]. Frazier.
Mrs. Edward Holton is assisting In
the store of Boyles & Smith during
the holidays.
Miss Mary Brown has finished her
duties as trimmer for Miss Smith
and returned to her home in Marsh
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. L. Cheney spent
Sunday with relatives in Williams
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Preston are
the parents of daughter, born Sun
day night
A. ]. Guthrie spent Sunday with
friends in Barre.
Miss Ruth Kittredge, of Waltham
Mass, is spending few days with
her parents.
DR.. and Mrs. Howard, of Roxbury,
were visitors in town Monday.
Miss Alice Gilpin spent Sunday with
friends in Montpelier.
Mrs. Belle Raymond, who has been
quite sick with pneumonia. is re-
ported as much better and able to be
about the house.
President Charles H. Spooner left
Sunday noon for Charleston, N. H.,
being called there by the critical ILL
ness of his father. Word was re-
ceived last night that Mr.. Spooner is
comfortable
Hiram Morrill,. who is employed By
the Osgood Granite Company in South
Ryegate, spent Sunday in town.
Ralph Hedges, who is attending
Middlebury College, is home for the
holidays.
Stacey Irish, who is teaching il
Barre, is spending his vacation at
home.
Neal Sylvester, Richard Stone and
other High School boys have asso-
lated themselves into social clup
and have opened headquarters in the
Sylvester house on Maple Avenue
which they have rented for the pur-
pose
George Gallop, of Escanaba, Mich.
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. James
NJ. Holland
The graded and High Schools
closed last evening for the customary
holiday recess.
A meeting of interested citizens
was held Thursday evening at F.
j. Moriarty's store for the purpose
of starting the machinery for the an.
nual band fair. 1t was decided to
hold fair this year as usual and
an executive committee was elected
the members of which are AleN
Eddy, F. L. Howe and F. ]. Moriarty
The date was set from the first to the
second Tuesday in February. Ac-
tive work on the enterprise will not
begin until after the holidays.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23
WANTED IN VERMONT.
Man Surrenders Himself In Illinois
For POstOffice Robbery In This
Stata

Bloomington. ILL.,, Dec. 20,-John
Sullivan surrendered himself to the
authorities here yesterday and told a
remarkable story of his career as a
crook. His principal exploit was in
robbing a postoffice at Morgan, VT.
on August 2S, 1908, in which he Sc
cured $27 He gave the names of his
accomplices as George Stewards, alais
Portland Fatty, and John Williams
well-known eastern crooks. The for
mer is now serving time. He SAID
that his home was in Lowell, Mass,
and that he had served two terms II
the Massachusetts penitentiary, hat
robbed a safe in Rochester, n. Y, fol
which he had served time and had also
been arrested in New York. He de
clared that he had decided to give III
the life of a crook as he had found thu
game losing one.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23
WATERBURY.


f. A. Hoadley spent Thursday after
noon in Montpelier.
W. L. Boynton. of Mortified. was
in town recently.
Mrs. A. G. Atherton has been hay
ing improvements made in her store
recently. The basement has been
china are in this department The
| five and ten cent stock is all on the
main floor which has been fitted up
with all new fixtures.
On Tuesday afternoon the WASH
ington County Medical Society held
it's monthly meeting here. The me-
instructive. In the evening a ba A.
quet was served in the private dining
room at the Waterbury Inn. Fifteen
members were present.
The following students of the
High School who maintained an av-
erage of 80 per cent in all of the r
lows: Marjorie Duffus, Ethel Graves,
| Marguerite Menard, Blanche Mont
gomery, Lila Montgomery, Mabel
Watts, Florence Morse and Alton
Wheeler
The annual meeting of Dillingham;
Grange will be held next Saturday
evening Officers will be elected.
Mrs. ]. c. Griggs, of Barre was a
visitor in town Tuesday.
Mrs. L. R. Bryan is visiting for
few days in Montpelier.
Fred Cooley has returned to Bos-
ton.
Charles Wallace is at his home
this week
George Huse, of Niagara Falls, ~
Y, was in town part of last week.
Harry Corse, of Mortified, was re-
Gently the guest of his grandfather
William Woodward
Mrs. Ada Elliott Stone, formerly of
this place, now of Montpelier, has
been taken to the hospital for treat
ment
William Gilbert, who was i'll, is
able to be out again.
Frank Griffin has finished work for
McNally Bros. He has been assist
ing them since the purchase of his
store
Mrs. Charles Perry, of Barre, is
visiting at Mrs. B. r. Demeritt's.
Ben Perry. of Morrisville, spent
Sunday in town.
Mrs. Jennie E. Gaffild has returned
from Bradford, where she has been
visiting.
George Grout is spending a few
days in Montpelier.
The Hypatia Club meets this after
noon with Mrs. " l.. Perkins.
The dances for the patients at the
Vermont State Hospital begin next
week Wednesday, the 22nd. E. T..
Houston has been engaged as violin
list and Mrs. f. +. Atkins as pianist
H. R. Henry and his sister, Mrs
Annette Spencer. arrived in New
York from Paris the third of this
month, where they have been spend
ing the past few weeks at Mrs
Spencers Paris home Mr.. Henry
has returned to town and Mrs. Spenc
er is expected to arrive here soon.
ID. w. Cooley, DR.. E. j. Foster
Richard Demeritt and f. L. Camp
bell were in Montpelier last week t,
attend the Shriners meeting.
George Foss, of Randolph, ha
! moved his family to town and i
working for the Demeritt G. Paine
Packing Company.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23
PLAINFiELD.

A. E. Smith had the i'll luck to lose
his pocket book containing quite a
little money Monday, supposed to be
somewhere in the village.
Prof, Harley Heath was accompan-
led home from Goddard Seminary by
Prof Burnham, who is spending a
few days in town.
A few weeks ago DR.. Gale had a
letter from the German vice-consul
inquiring for person by the name
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23
Politics and Politicians.

Former Governor Guild, of Massa.
chusetts, has accepted an invitation
to speak at the Gridley Club banquet
at Ionia, Mich, next month.
James B. Connolly, writer of sea
stories and friend of ex-President
Roosevelt, will be a candidate for
Congress in the Tenth Massachusetts
district.
Announcement is made that ex.
Governor Myron T. Merrick, of Ohio,
will be a candidate against Senator
Dick for the Republican nomination
for United States Senator
Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor THINKS
Judge Robert w. Taylor, of Cleve-
land, is the strongest possible cand;-
date for the Republican gubernatorial
nomination in Ohio next year.
Elmer Dover. who held the position
of secretary of the Republican ma
tional committee for a number o.
years, has decided to abandon poll
tics and enter the business field.
The first annual convention of the
Lincoln Voters League will be held
at Kalamazoo, Mich, May 16, 1915.
This date is the semi-centennial of
the nomination of Lincoln for the
presidency at Chicago, May Is, 1860.
The Secretary of State of Iowa an
hot
Republicans and Democrats, have
the right to hold a primary election
in that State next June. The Pro
hibitionists and Socialists fell below
the per cent mark in the last cleo.
ton.
Frank B. Kellogg, trust buster" of
the Roosevelt administration and
chief counsel for the government in
the Standard Oil suit, is expected to
become a candidate for the United
States Senate against Senator Moses
E. Clapp, of Minnesota, whose term
will expire in 1911.
Andrew Miller, attorney general OF
North Dakota, is expected to become
candidate for United States Sena-
tor on the "insurgent" Republican
ticket. Mr.. Miller has been resi-
dent of North Dakota only five years.
but in that time has become one Of
the recognized leaders of the RepuL
lican party in that State.
John H. Hinemon who was a can
didate for the Democratic nominal
ton for Governor of Arkansas in the
last campaign, is expected again TO
become a candidate in opposition to
Governor Donaghey. Mr.. Hinemon is
an ardent advocate of statutory State
wide prohibition and will make that
the principal plank of his platform.
Politics in New Jersey is livening
up in anticipation of the primary tol
the choice of successor to Unitea
States Senator John Kean. Among
those whose names are already men.
toned in connection with the senat
Governor Murphy. State Assessor Da
vid Baird, former United States Al
torney General John w. Griggs anC
possibly Governor Fort, in additiol
to Senator Kean himself.
Col. Ike r Pryor, who is expecte,
to become a candidate for the gov
ernorship of Texas at the next cleo
ton, has long been one of the prom
inent men of the Lone Star State.
He started life as a newsboy in tn
, Federal Army and was less than |
years of age when horse was kille,
under him at the battle of Murfrees
boro. He is native of Tampa, Fla
> but after the war removed to Texas
where he has accumulated a larg
fortune in the cattle business. Las
> summer Colonel Pryor was electe
president of the Mississippi
Commercial Congress.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23

Impure blood runs you down
makes you an easy victim for organic
diseases. Burdock Blood Bitters puri-
fies the blood-cures the cause
builds you up.-adv.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-15
A CROWDED sTEAMER

A friend was complaining the
other day to Captain Barber, port
captain of the state pilots, about
the crowded condition of the steam.
boat on which he recently made a
trip.
-Four in a room?" replied Bar
Der That's nothing. You should
have travelled in the days of the
gold rush to California. / renem-
Der one trip out of New York we
carried more than 1000 passengers.
and ii YOU put so on that shio to-
day there'd be a boiler that would
reach Washington and make trouble
for somebody. To show you how
crowded it was, and what crowded
really means. three days out of
New York a chap walked up TO the
old man and said:
Captain, YOU really must End
me q place to sleep.
Where in thunder have YOU
been sleeping until now ask"l the
old man.
Well says the fellow. vcu
soc, it's this way, I've been sleap-
Ing on a sick man. but he's getting
hetter now and won't stand for u
much longer Call,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-15

The ladies of the Sanctuary soci
ETY. will give a grand ball the 2Sth.
The ladies are sparing no effort to
make the ball the greatest social
event of the season. 14-1t