The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-08

minor EVcItS FROM Town and Etiu
Condensed for Busy People.
Chester Changers have purchased
a lot near the depot and will build a
hall the coming summer.
1t is expected that the freezing of
ice by the new company at st. Johns
bury will be begun this week.
1t is time to read of golf in Man
chester. The greens keeper of the
Ekwanok Country club is ready for
business. ST
Prices in the Bristol market Sat
urday ruled as follows: Eggs, 1Sc;
butter, 25c to goo; potatoes in light
supply, 75c per bushel.
The boy choir has been revived at
the North Congregational church in
st. Johnsbury with Mr.. and Mrs. B.
G. Peters as leaders.
The Pollard Manufacturing COM
pany which was burned out at Ches-
ter March "a, has secured temporary
quarters and will put in 2 machines
to furnish work for few of its
hands until a new factory can be
built.
Six new stalls are being built in
the Norwich University stables and
five horses have been added to the
number on hand for cavalry pur-
poses These will be available at
the opening of the spring term, Apr.
10.
Some sugar orchards IN the noun
tains will not be tapped until this
week. The season is 10 days later
than last spring in Windham county
The syrup there is very light color
ed and is bringing $1,25 the gallon,
being of excellent flavor. Snow four
feet deep among the trees is re-
ported in many places throughout
the state.
The death of Dr. Erskine w. Shat
tuck occurred at the Sparhawk sani-
tarium Saturday. DR.. Shattuck had
practiced dentistry in Bristol since
1881, and had filled nearly all the
town offices. He was a member of
Libanus Lodge, f. & A. NJ, Clifford
Chapter, R. A. NJ, and Mount Calvary
Commandery, X T. He leaves wife,
two sons and two daughters.
Before filling a vacancy on the
Brattleboro board of listers last
week, the selectment offered the place
to former Acknowledgement C. C.
Fits and urged him to accept it.
In recent address before a society
of Vermonters in Springfield, Mass,
Mr. Fits stated that 100000 worth
of property in Brattleboro escaped
taxation every year. In view of this
statement, the selectment considered
Mr.. Fits the logical person for list
er, but he declined for lack of time
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Rattell, the
young Brandon couple who eloped
last week and were married in I'll
conderoga, N. Y, have returned and
are living with the groom's parents.
The brides age is stated to be Is
and the groom's 81. After donning
their wedding garments, they left
their clothes under covered bridge
on the way to Leicester Junction.
The sugar house on Mrs. John Ca
hills farm at st. Adams bay was
burned to the ground Friday night.
John Button left the sugar house
after banking the fire about seven
o'clock and how the fire originated
is not known. A considerable guam
tity of syrup, some new sleds and all
the sugar utensils were destroyed.
The loss was considerable.
The freight steamer New York
built for the Central Vermont rail-
road was launched Saturday at the
yards of the Harlan &c IIollingsworth
corporation at Wilmington, Del. Ow-
ing to the sudden illness of Miss E.
Fitzhugh, daughter of the vice
president of the Central Vermont,
her place as sponsor was taken by
Mrs. Frank E. Kirby of New York,
wife of the consulting engineer of
the Central Vermont The steamer
is 296 feet long.