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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
NORTH FIELD.

Mrs. II. E. Reed is spending a few
days with her daughter, Mrs. George
James, in Hardwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Johnson OF
Randolph were in town last week
to attend the commencement eXer-
cises at Norwich University.
Dan Derby from the West, is visit
ing friends in town.
DR.. G. N. WEIGH was in Moretown
Saturday on pr ,fessional business.
Ray Cutting of New York is spend
ing a short vacation in town with
his mother, Mrs. H. /. Cutting
Joseph Lance spent a few days d
last week with his family.
Miss Prudence Stickney, who "a.
been teaching in Massachusetts. i:
spending the summer vacation at hel
home in town.
Miss Muriel Fiske is visiting hei
sister, Mrs. Grant Haight, in Law
renee, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy Welch o
Groton are spending a few weeks
with their sons. Dr. G. N, and Scot
WEIGH.
Crosby Adams of Brattleboro wh'
has been spending the past tive
weeks in town, left yesterday for hi
home.
Misses Inez and Rrby Derby o
Enosburg Falls are visitiar friends il
Town.
Ernest Fisher of Montpelier spen
Sunday in town with friends.
Robert Montgomery is spending
few days with his parents in Sheldon
Mrs. John Hurley and daughter
of st. Adams a e visiting Mrs. Hur
ley's sister, Mrs James WEIGH.
Professor Johnson of California i
visiting friends in town.
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AN OLD FAILURE RECALLED.
The Failure of the Central Vermont
to Grasp Its Best Opportunities.

"A very interesting document says
printed 65 years ago, setting forth
the claims of Montpelier, Barre and
the Williamstown Gulf for the main
line of the Central Vermont railroad
when the railroad officials We're being
importuned TO continue southwark to
White River by the above route and
also by the Northfield and RoXbury
route. The pamphlet is the property
of Miss Blanche ]. Tilden, and she
intends to place it in the Aldrlch
Library to add to the collection of
documey IS and data relating to the
history OF Barre.
The arguments in which the COM
mittee, c. w. Collamer, Leonard
Keith and Walter Burnham, advanced
in 1916 in favor of a route through
Williamstown Gulf have been largely
substantiated. The committee starts
by comparing the grades of the two
proposed routes, saying that on the
Williamstown Gulf route there is no
such grade as that of so feet per
mile as on the Mortified route from
corner of Granville to the summit
in Roxbury.' The committee also
concludes that the Northfeld route
is unquestionably more crooked than
ours, and has shorter and more abrupt
curves
THAT the Gulf route is shorter by
many miles, 91a TO be exact, they as
sert, the Gulf route from the State
House in Montpelier 20 White River
being 1879 miles and by the other
way 43.34 miles.
Again, the term of subscription to
the stock of the Vermont Central rail-
road, says the committee, requires
the road to pass via Montpelier. II
continues: This requisition cannot
be complied with unless the Gulf
route be adopted How the railroad
really got around this requirement is
now appreciated by the spur track
which runs into Montpelier.
"The Gulf route country is richc'
than the other, has more inhabit-
ants, and would yield much more bus
mess argues the committee. The
population of the Mortified route in
1916 was given as 4,674, while on the
Gulf route it was $685.; without
counting Montpelier. The grand list
of the Mortified route was $910S5S
and of the Gulf route s15,O1539, with
out counting Montpelier.
In concluding their arguments the
committee refers TO the business Of
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EAST MONTPELIER.

Children's Day was observed at
the Evangelical church Sunday.
Mrs. Lena Burnham is working for
Mrs. Edith Willard, who is in poor
health.
DR.. and Mrs. c. G. Wheeler and
family OF Brattleboro spent Sunday
at L. S. Wheeler's
Harry Coburn recently sold his
driving horse and purchased one OF
R. G. Collins.
Eight couples from the local
Grange met at the hall Saturday
night to form a drill team. Mr.. CRANE
was present to instruct them in the
work
There will be a strawberry festival
at Village hall Thursday evening.
A musical and literary program is be-
ing prepared.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Young have re-
turned from New York.
Mrs. Gratten and son of New York
City are stopping at j. R. Young's.
G. F. Dudley is building a veranda
across the front of his house.
Mr.. Tillotson is erecting piazza
around the ell of his house.
Instead of holding reception at
the next Grange meeting new mem
bers will be initiated.
Meetings every Sunday forenoon
at the brick meeting house.
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LOWER CABOT.

Leon Haines is building a new
shed to take the place of the old one
at his horse barn.
Walter Ford has done a big business
at his sawmill and all of his lumber
is sawed and stacked.
William Hartshorn has leased the
Herbert Wheeler place and Mr..
Wheeler has gone to work for How
ard Carpenter.
B. G. Rogers has purchased a new
automobile.
Plinney Smith has opened feed
store.
On account of poor health Rev. Mr.
Sparhawk has been obliged to resign
the pastorate of the Congregational
church.
Chester Votey has finished cutting
his timber at his mill in this town
and has gone to Hardwick to look
over large lot he has there.
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the Gulf route, particularly with ref
erence to Barre, as follows:
"'Twings splendid Touring mill, III
Barre, was built with a view Of its
being supplied with wheat from Bur-
lington. 1t will require 450 tons of
wheat per year. His furnace, at the
same place, supplies castings to the
amount of $50 tons year, to various
parts of the country. There are two
other furnaces in this route, and four
factories, supplying 240 tons of starch
annually. In Barre is a superior and
inexhaustible quarry of granite, of
which the State House is constructed.
Granite is rare article in Vermont.
More than 600 tons OF this stone are
now carried away from the quarry by
teams. 100 tons of which are trans
ported to Burlington, a distance of
A. miles.
There are numerous beds Of lime
of immense extent in WilliamstowE
and Brookfield, one of which, in Will
Jamestown, is extensively worked.
In the above statement We have
not mentioned the country east and
northeast of the Gulf route. Should
the road be built through the Gulf.
much of the business of this section
would be transported in the cars,
otherwise it's natural outlet is Con-
necticut river. The report of civil
engineer detailing the probable cost
of the Gulf route accompanies the
committees report.
The failure of the report to influ-
ence the Central Vermont, or the
Vermont Central, as it was in those
days, is too painful history for Barre
people and others on the Gulf route
to need recalling at this time How
ever, it is interesting to see how pro-
phetic G. W. Collamer, Leonard
Keith and Walter Burnham were
back 65 years ago"
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BRADFORD.

Miss Alice Manning of ST. Johns
bury is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. ].
Edward Peters.
Mrs, Henry c. Staples and daugh-
ter are spending two weeks with Mr..
and Mrs. ]. H. Woodcock of Nashua,
n H.
Miss Martha Morrill,, who has just
graduated from Bellows Falls High
School came nome Thursday to stay
a few weeks with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. C. F. Morrill,.
Mrs. Mary Farnham, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. G. Os-
good in Bellows Falls several weeks,
returned Thursday.
Mrs. Emily Smith and son Carl of
Woodstock, and Misses Mildred
Heath, Lucie NJ Taylor and Fanny
Whitcher of Whitefeld, N. H., and
Gladys Clark of ancaster, have been
spending a week with Mrs. H. H. De-
Goosh.
Mrs. George Grant and daughter
Isabelle of Union, n H., are visiting
Capt. and Mrs. P. S. Chamberlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. T, Bronson of East
| Hardwick accompanied the remains
of her mother, Mrs " b. d. Avery
here Wednesday, the bA, ial being at
Corinth Thursday.
Mrs. j. NJ. Taylor, who has been
very sick for several days is gaining,
Misses Emma Sanborn left Tues
day for st. Johnsbury from which she
goes to Montreal to sail on the Lake
Manitoba June 23, for Liverpool. The
trip lasts nearly two months which
will be spent in visiting the most i'm
portant places Of interest.
Miss Ethel M. Richardson and By
ron g. Norwood were married We'd
nesday, June %. They will make
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MORETOWN.

Mrs. G. G. Sleeper was taken to
Mary Fletcher Hospital at Burlington
Thursday for treatment She came out
of the operation but blood poisoning
set in and she passed away Sunday
morning, her family all being with
her. She is survived by her husband,
a son George of Moretown, three
daughters, Mrs. Bernie Griffith, Mrs.
l.. r. Russell, both of Moretown and
Mrs. Henderson of Montpelier. The
funeral was held on Tuesday at 2
o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Newton of Mont
pelier were in town Sunday.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE
News of the Day as Presented by the
Journals Corps of Special Ger
respondents, Being Mostly
Items Of Interest.
SOUTH WOODBURY..

The schools for the most part close
this week.
Prof. and Mrs. Black of New York
are expected to arrive at E. j INKS
this week
Miss Evelyn Benjamin is here for
a few days, and is 10 spend the re-
mainder of her vacation in Weirs, N.
H.
The court and jury in the case OF
Fletcher, against the Woodbury. Gran
lite Company, who were taken to the
quarries, to view the contested land,
stopped for dinner at Frank Batchel-
der's. There were 33 in the party.
The moving picture show. for the
benefit of the Ladies Aid, was well
attended.
Misses Effie and Ethel Waldron,
were at Frank Batchelder's over Sun
day and Monday.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

sen and Clytus Johnson. Bpual was
10 Il c private CEN nciv
EDWARD O'Clair wes in MoGt1clier
or Saturday.
Miss Rose O'Bn)n has rcurred
home from St Mary's Academy where
shP has been attending school the
past year. She was one of the graz
w tes
Mrs. Charles Reynolds, who has
been caring for her mother, Mrs. Lor-
EMO Bryant, returned on Saturday to
her home in Jacksonville, called
there by the illness of her husband.
Henry Kicker was at home from
PARE over Sunday.
Mrs. Kingsley of Mortified was in
town last Friday evening as the guest
of her daughter, Miss Annie Kingsley.
The new porch has much improved
the appearance of F. E. Atkins
house on Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Moran and
Clifton MacCormack have returned
from Worcester where they went to
attend the graduation of John Moran
from Holy Cross College. John Moran
accompanied them home.
Dan j. Ricker,who for the past year
has been teaching in Amherst High
school, Amherst, Mass, has resigned
his nocitio,, +born ond ,rooa - rIo-s
lulu this fall as instructor in math-
ematics in Oahu College He will
spend the summer here in town at
the home of his parents.
NJ. o. Evans, Jr., who has been en-
gagged in the real estate business at
Grants Pass, Ore. arrived in town
last week and will spend the next
two months with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. o. Evans
Miss Edna Phillips, who has been
stopping in Montpelier, was a guest
at the home of c. L. O'Clair last Sun
day.
George Sanderson of Burlington
was IN town on business yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Palmer who are
here from Dorchester and Robert Pal
mer were on Camels Hump Friday
and Saturday.
Among those who attended the grad
uating exercises of Norwich Univer-
sity this week were DR.. and Mrs. D.
d. Grout, Mrs. William Gilbert, Miss
Josie Grout, Miss Angie Harris, Don
and Frank Circuit, Beatrice Anterior
Glenna Haskins, Miss Edith Boyce.
Miss Harriet Boyce.
Frank Place of Barre has purchas-
ed Darwin Cooley's cottage at High
gate Springs, VT.
News has been received of the death
of Mrs. Samuel Somerville in Okla
homa. The body will be brought here
for burial.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. r. Demeritt and
Roy Demeritt We're in Mortified Sat-
urday to attend the wedding of Mr.
Demeritt's neice, Miss Lille May Or
cult to Ernest Charles White
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
ESSEN JUNCTION.

Miss Carrie Rogers of Waterbury is
visiting Miss Josephine Fay.
Miss Jessie Bates, who is attending
school in Keeseville, N. Y, is at home
for the summer.
Mrs. G. L. Lafnpher of Middlebury
is visiting Miss Eva Stowe.
E. w. Post and son, Arthur, are in
Boston for a few days.
Rev. and Mrs. j. S. Goodall have
as guests, Mrs. j. F. Goodall and
daughter of Burlington.
Mrs. Frank Bowman of Boston is
with her sister, Mrs. Drury. She at
tended the commencement exercises
at the University of Vermont where
her son, Robert Bowman, graduates
this week
Tuesday evening occurred the grad
uating exercises of the grammar
school. The church was very pref
tily decorated with ported plants and
cut flowers. The program consisted
of music and recitations by the grad
yates. The exercises were very good
and reflected much credit upon the
class and their teacher, Miss Beford.
| The certificates were awarded by
Supt. c. d. Howe, who spoke highly
of Miss Beford's work in the ninth
grade. She will teach the coming
year in Worcester, Mass.
The graduating exercises of the
High School were held Thursday ev-
ening in the Congregational church.
The decorations of evergreen with the
class colors, purple and gold were
very pretty. There was very large
attendance An interesting address
on The Making of History" was de-
| livered by Professor James F. Mes
senger of the University of Vermont.
Music was furnished by Barton's or
chestra of Burlington. Principal j..
NJ. Tebbetts presented the diplomas to
the graduates. Supt. C. d. Howe an
nounced that it was the unanimous
wish Of the school officials to publicly
express their appreciation of the re-
firing principal, Prof. Tebbetts. In
well chosen words he spoke of
his excellent work in the school
room md high moral influence
upon the pupils and wished
him success in the. larger field of
work to which he goes in Mortified.
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Bradstreet's Vermont Trade Report.

Reports to Bradstreet's for the
week state there has been more act
ivity in retail trade. Weather condi-
tons have favored buyers and the
weeks sales were of good volume.
Manufacturers report labor well en-
ployed and new business coming in
reasonably we'll. Machine business is
particularly good. Maple sugar deal
ers report a good market and liberal
buying. Among furniture trade there
is but little change. Granite manu-
business in the monumental lime is
coming reaf Jnably well. Among mar
BILE dealers the demand for monument
tai work shows some increase. There
is some new building work on hand
and with what is under way it keeps
the dealers in that material fairly
well supplied with orders. Railroad
travel has shown a good increase for
the week and reports from summer
resorts in the State reflect there will
be a good season as early bookings
are large in number. Reports from the
farming sections show work of har-
vesting hay crop has commenced and
outlook is for a large yield Other
crops are late. In some sections corn
lis up in good shape but in general it
is very backward Wholesale firms re-
port some difficulty in making col
lections with tendency toward slow
ness.
Burlington manufacturing interests
are fairly we'll employed Retail
merchants report business for the
week was exceptionally good in sea-
sonable goods. Rutland reports a fair
amount of new building work under
way. Dealers in building material
note good demand. Retail trade has
improved although collections are
reported slow. Reports from st. AL
bans show but little change in general
conditions. The crop of hay in that
section is large and of good quality.
Manufacturing plants at Swanton are
| all employed full time, and report
new business coming in we'll. ST.
Johnsbury manufacturing industries
are employed full time and additional
men are being employed at some of
the shops. Retail merchants report a
general increase in business. But lit
tie new building work is underway
but there is some in prospect. Mont
pelier reports but little change in
/ general conditions among manufac-
turing plants although there is an in
crease in general retail trade. At
Barre granite manufacturers report
labor well employed and normal con-
ditions are noted among general re-
tail trade. Collections which have
been slow, owing to causes previous
ly noted, are said to show a small
Improvement. Retail merchants at
Bellows Falls note a material gain in
retail trade. There is some prospect
of one or two new manufacturing in
Idustries locating in town and general
outlook is aid to be improving
Brattleboro reports labor wei
employed and weather condition.
have improved retail bust
ness. Bennington reports som,
improvement among manufacturing
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
LAW Is CONSTITUTIONAL.
Interstate Commerce Commission So
Decides Regarding Regulation Of
Hours of Railroad Service.

Washington, d. c., June ~. The
Interstate Commerce Commission an
nounced today that United States Dis
trict Judge Page Morris. holding
court in Iowa had decided that the
federal law regulating the hours of
service of train crews on interstate
railroads was constitutional. The at
torneys for the defendant--the Him
OILS Central Railroad-attacked the
constitutionality of the law on thi--
teen different grounds.
The case was test case. 1t was
the first decision by any court upon
the consttutionality of the law and
the judicial Interpretation of its pro-
visions,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
WATERBURY.

The funeral of Mrs. Lois d. Johnson
was held last Saturday afternoon at
! o'clock from the home OF her son,
EiV ard Johnson. Rev. Nj Iolnson
offioiated. The bslrers were Fred
Jewttt, Ernest Backus, Emerson l0bn-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
DOCTORS PRESCRIPTIONS.

1t has been proved over and over
again that the doctors of this coun-
try freely prescribe proprietary med
icines in Latin for their patients until
they are advertised to the public, af-
ter which time they consider it a duty
to Immediately condemn the very
same medicine, not because the pre-
marathon is any less valuable, but be-
cause it is not ethical" to prescribe
an advertised medicine There are
however many physicians of recognize
cd standing broad-minded and sue
cessful enough to continue to pre-
scribe such standing remedies as ny,
die f. Pinkhams Vegetable COMPOUND
which they know to be good.--AuV
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interests, additional men employed.
With the exception of the hay crop,
all crops are late in that section
Barton reports labor well employed
and a good retail business
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

Minnesota ProhIbtionists will hold
their State Convention in Minneapolis
July /.
The Prohibition party in Oregon
has nominated complete State tic
Aet, headed by A. E. Eaton as the
candidate for Governor
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

Edwin A. Meserve, prominent at
torney of Los Angeles, has announce
ed himself as REPUBLICAN, candidate to
succeed United States Senator Flint.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.
Oregon Will vote on the question OF
Statewide prohibition next Novem-
Der.
Minnesota ProhIbitionsts will hold
their State Convention in Minneapolis
July l.
The Prohibition party in Oregon
has nominated a complete State tic
Aet, headed by A. E. Eaton as the
candidate for Governor
Edwin a. Meserve, a prominent at
torney of Los Angeles, has announce
ed himself as REPUBLICAN, candidate to
succeed United States Senator Flint.
Democrats and Republicans of Texas
will hold their State Conventions on
August 8, the former meeting in Gal
weston and the latter in Dallas.
Michigan is in the thick of a hot
fight for the United States Senator
ship, the opposing candidates being
Senator Burrows and Congressman
Townsend
stephen Carleton Clarke, the nil
lionaire stepson of the late Bishop
Potter, is candidate for the Republic
can nomination for Lieutenant-Goyer-
nor of New York.
Col Samuel p. Colt, millionaire of
Providence, is candidate to succeed
United States Senator Aldrich of
Rhode Island, who will retire at the
end of his present term.
Amos Goodhugh of Gadsden Will
probably be named for Governor
of Alabama by the Republican State
Convention which has been called to
meet in Birmingham early next
month.
Charles A. Goodwin. VINO is engage
ed in spirited fight for the Republic
can nomination for Governor of Con-
necticut, is second cousin of J. Pier
pont Morgan, the financier
Frederick w. Plaisted the Demo-
cratic nominee for Governor of Maine.
is son of Gen Harris NJ. plaisted.
who was Governor of the Pine Tree
state some 80 years ago.
An interesting four-cornered con-
test for the Republican nomination for
Governor of Vermont will be settled
when the State Convention is held
this week in Montpelier
Asher Kinds, who appears likely tn
be named as the Republican candi-
date for Congress from the First
Maine district, was for MANY vears
the office clerk of Speaker Reed.
In, H.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

Democrats and Republicans of Texas
will hold their State Conventions on
August 8, the former meeting in Gal
weston and the latter in Dallas.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

Morning Journal on your break
fast table for 35c a month.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

Oregon viii vote on the question OF
Statewide prohibition next Novem-
Der.
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Michigan is in the thick of a hot
fight for the United States Senator
ship, the opposing candidates being
Senator Burrows and Congressman
Townsend.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

Advertise in the Morning sourpal.
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Asher Kinds, who appears likely to
be named as the Republican candi-
date for Congress from the First
Maine district, was for many years
the office clerk of Speaker Reed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

stephen Carleton Clarke, the nil
lionaire stepson of the late Bishop
Potter, is a candidate for the Republic
can nomination for Lieutenant-Gover-
nor of New York.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

An interesting four-eornered con-
test for the Republican nomination for
Governor of Vermont will be settled
when the State Convention is held
this week in Montpelier.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

Col. Samuel p Colt, a millionaire of
Providence, is candidate to succeed
United states Senator Aldrich of
Rhode Island, who will retire at the
end of his present term.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-30

Frederick W. Plaisted, the Demo-
cratic nominee for Governor of Maine.
is son of Gen. Harris NJ. plaisted.
who was Governor of the Pine Tree
state some 80 years ago.