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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
New Music Instructor.

To take the position of head of the
department of music, made vacant by
the resignation of Miss Cora l.. Root,
who has gone to Livingston Montana,
to engage in musical work there,
Vermont Academy has secured Miss
Helen l.. Jewell, of New Jersey. Miss
Jewell is a teacher of wide eXper-
lence, and comes to the academy
very highly recommended. She is able
to conduct work in voice, piano, or
pipe organ. In addition to being an
accomplished musician, Miss Jewell
is an excellent linguist, and will
greatly add to the scholastic as well
as the musical strength of the facul-
ty.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20

Knight was a well-known local chat-
acter 30 or more years ago, at the
time he left Brattleboro, and nothing
had been heard from him him in the
past seven years. Mr.. Knight has re
Gently written to A. F. Schwenk, judge
of probate, and to w. A. Shumway
who bought Mrs. Plummers real es
tate at the corner of North Main and
Terrace streets. James Smiley, a
nephew of Mrs. b. Ranger and for
mer employe in the Ranger & Thomp-
son store, recently met Mr.. knight
on the streets of Chicago. Mr.. Knight
had seen in a copy of the Springfield
Republican an announcement of the
sale of Mrs. Plummer's house by the
administrator to Mr.. Shumway. At The
request of Mr.. Knight Mr.. Smiley
wrote to Mrs. Ranger to get informn-
ton about the death of Mrs. Plummer
and the estate, and shortly afterwarG
letters from Mr.. Knight himself were
received.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Property Distributed.

A partial distribution of the prop
erty belonging to the estate of Joel
B. Harris of Rutland has been made
under a decree of the Vermont SUI
preme Court given in May, last, up
holding the decision of the Rutland
Probate Court and Charles p. Harris
of this city has come into possession
of several pieces of property as re-
suit The property which Mr. Har-
ris gets is as follows: Four tenement
houses on Woodstock avenue, cot
tage house on Water street, two cot
tage houses on Morse place, the Ban
quet block, two apartment houses
in Chicago, an acre and half of land
on the south side of Woodstock
avenue. The last named piece of
property has been used as a pasture
but will be cut up into building lots.
The Chicago apartment houses are
located in the Hyde Park section.
They were taken by the trustees of
the estate soon after their completion,
about the time of the worlds fair, in
exchange for 80 tenement houses on
the west side of Chicago.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
A Strange Incident.

Last fall James Howe of South
Newfane, who is in his 18th year, Slip
ped from a load of corn fodder, in
juring his right shoulder. No bones
were broken, but the shoulder has
been constantly lame and often very
painful. Recently, while leading his
horse to water, the horse started,
throwing up its head and suddenly
jerking Mr.. Howe's right arm out
ward and upward. For a moment the
pain was almost unbearable, and he
thought it out of Joint, but it now
seems that the first injury left it in
that condition and the second put il
back in place, as he is now able to
use his arm more freely and the sore
ness is rapidly disappearing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Poultry ,inieves Detected.

Poultry thieves have been busy for
the past weeks on roosts of w. II.
Finn, Riley Fadden, and Walter Sey-
mour of st. Adams, whose large flocks
of fine blooded stock have been sadly
reduced. Suspicion fell yesterday on
Edward Doyle and Jack McKeever
and a bunch of officers descended on
Ed. Doyle's place on the Newton road
where they found 125 pounds of dress
ed poultry and 10 live fowls. McKeev-
er and Doyle were placed under arrest
and a further search revealed Joe
Longway who was hiding under the
bed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Erected Bronze Tablet.

A bronze tablet in memory of Mrs.
Helen French CULVER was placed in
Mary Lyon chapel, Mount Holyoke
college, in the Christmas vacation. 1t
was erected by the class of 1857, OF
which she was a member, and 1t APP
pears with the following inscription:
In loving memory of Helen French
CULVER, 1S32-1909 apt student. skill
full teacher, wise principal in this col
lege 1S54-1S72. Consecrated and be-
loved. Erected in 1909 by her class
of 1857" Mrs. CULVER was born in
Brattleboro, was sister of the late
Foster F. French and was a visitor
in Brattleboro summers. She died in
South Hadley, Mass, Aug. 4, and her
body was brought to Brattleboro for
burial.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
No Trip Next Year.

Principal f. B. Smith of Brattle-
boro told the teachers and scholars
of the High School Wednesday that
it was probable that the annual Wash
ington trip of the senior class would
be abandoned after this year. Next
year Congress is not expected to be
in session after March 4. A large part
of the educational value of the trip
would be lost if the city was visited
after Congress had adjourned and tc
go while Congress is in session in 1911
will mean to take week out os tile
regular school work
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Stricken With Paralysis.

Clarence C. Tyler an express mes
senger on the Boston and St. Adams
route, was stricken with paralysis of
the right side last week Wednesday
afternoon while on the South bound
trip. He attended to the express bust
ness at Randolph but received the
shock before the arrival at Bethel On
reaching White River Junction Mr..
Tyler was taken to the Junction
House. where he remained until Sun
day, when he was taken to his home
in West Medford Mass, accompanied
by nurse from the Mary Hitchcock
hospital The recovery of Mr.. Tyler
is regarded as doubtful. He has a wife
and one son and is about So years
old.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Some Old Papers.

George ], HAYES OF Rutland has a
number of interesting old books and
papers. Among them are the follow
ing: "A History of the Work of Re ,
demption,' 1882; IAN Abridgment of
Henry on Prayer" 1905; an almanac
of 1905; an English grammar of 1921 ;
Christian almanac, 1927 and one of
1892; collection of questions on
the Scriptures, 1929; "A Youths Re
ligious Instructor" 1919; a "Logar-
ithmick Arithmetick," 1919; a copy of
the Vermont Herald of January II,
1S4S, published at Woodstock and
one of the Peoples Press, published at
Middlebury on July 3, 1888.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
REPRESENTED Ludlow in 1908.

A. L. Stillwell of Ludlow died jan
uary 10 of pneumonia. Mr.. Stillwell
was born in Bridgewater in 1853. For
number of years he kept livery
stable in Chelsea, and went to Lud-
low 20 years ago to engage in the
same business. Some time ago he
sold his business He was a member
of the Legislature in 1908, and sell
ectman and trustee at different
times, and was a lister. He was a
member Of the Masonic lodge OF
Chelsea.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
A North Bridgewater Centenarian.

Mrs. Eliza Thompson Shurtleff Gel.
ebrated her Tooth birthday anniver
sary January in quiet way at the
home of her son, Irving T. Shurtleif
in North Bridgewater. Friends re-
membered her by sending presents
and birthday cards Although her
memory is somewhat impaired, she
enjoys good health. She is a daugh-
ter of one of the first settlers OF
Bridgewater, Barnabas and Sarah
(Fuller) Thompson. She is the
youngest of their five children.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
A Checkered Career.

Clever work. by police officers of
Brattleboro resulted in the arrest of
Rowe w. Hastings, 81, in the home
of an aunt in Brookline Sunday on a
warrant charging him with breaking
into the Boston and Maine passenger
station at Ashburnham, Mass, Dec. IS,
and the larceny of 500 worth of mil
cages, two pairs of $6 shoes, and some
money. Hastings has a rather bad rec
ord, having been arrested twice before
in that locality, and he has served
time in the Concord reformatory. When
arraigned in the police court in Fitch
burg Tuesday Hastings pleaded gull
ty. and the court held him for the
grand jury, fixing bail at $1,000. He
was unable to furnish sureties and so
was taken to the House of Correction.
Hastings has a sister in Guilford, and
several years ago he was caught In
an act of petty larceny which result
ed in his arrest by Deputy Sheriff F.
l.. Wellman of that town. On account
of the standing of the family in the
community the boy was given a chance
to turn over a new leaf, and he was
placed on probation. While he was UNI
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Church Improvement.

At a meeting of the wardens and
vestry of Emmanuel church at Bel
lows Falls it was voted to go ahead
with the interior decoration of the
church early in February. The con-
tract will be let to the O'Neill Bros.
of Claremont. The color scheme and
stencils are provided by Mayhem G.
Stephens Company of New York City.
Different color schemes for the chan
Gel and the body of the church have
been adopted. All the woodwork in
Guiding the doors and pews will be
finished in the natural wood and new
pew cushions for the entire church
will be furnished by George e. WEIGH
& Son. The entire cost will be about
81 200. The work will require four
or five weeks and during that time
all services will be held in the chap
ell
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20

of Rutland to refute what they claim
to be false assertions about their re-
ligion They are distributing cards
bearing the names of the elders of the
church and the articles of faith, and
pamphlets entitled "The Prophet JOS
eph Smith Tells His Own Story" and
"The Plan of Salvation" They are
very anxious to have the people un-
derstand the truth about polygamy in
Utah. They are planning to hold a pub
lie meeting in the city an early date.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Youthful Chicken Thieves.

At a hearing before Justice c. NJ,
Watts of Stowe Thursday morning
five young lads were found guilty OF
a series of chicken thefts and were
sentenced to the State Reform School
for remainder OF their minority and
also in default of good behavior TO
serve three months each in the couE
ty Jail. Upon paying the taxable costs
the sentences were suspended and
the offenders were placed for the re-
mainder OF their minority under the
care of the county probation officer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Dragged Several Rods.

James Cross who is working on
County Clerk Stockholders lumber
lob at North SALISBURY, sustained
serious injuries last week by being
thrown from a big load of logs on the
icy mountain road. Mr.. Cross was
caught by a chain and dragged sew
eral rods. His face was badly bruised,
blood flowing profusely. His body was
also hurt in several places. He is be-
ing cared for at the boarding house
and physician from Arlington at
tends him.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Trip Around the World.

Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Root of
Bennington will leave January 24th
for San Francisco, going from there
to Southern California where they
will spend the. winter. Miss Mary
Root will accompany them to San
Francisco from where she will sail
February 5th on the Hamburg-Amer
around the world Among the places
visited will be Honolulu, Japan,
China, Manila, Borneo, Java, Ceylon,
India Egypt across the Continent to
Oberammergau and England.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Contract For Woodbury. Granite.

The Woodbury. Granite Company
has secured, as it's opening contract
ing and cutting the stone for the new
city hall of Des Moines, la. The
contract, which calls for stone to the
value of $4,000 was secured by their
Chicago office. The large contract
on which the company has been bid
ding for some time has not yet been
awarded, and the company stands a
good chance of getting this extensive
piece of work
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Two Interesting Medals.

In the window of the T. S, Peck
insurance agency, Burlington, may be
seen two most interesting English
medals of the Crimean War of 1S54-o
in which England, France, Turkey
and Sardinia fought against Russia.
The medals are of silver and were is
sued to Sergeant Daniel Cameron,
sterling Scot3hman and a brave SOL
der of the Scotch Fusilier Guards,
he English medal being a medallion
of Queen Victoria, with four bars
attached denoting the battles in which
he was engaged viz: Sebastopol, Ink
ermann, Balaklava and Alma. The
Turkish medal was given Sergeant
Cameron by the Sultan of Turkey and
has his signet thereon. The Scotch
Fusileer Guards, the Grenadier
Guards and the Cold Stream Guards
from the Household Brigade, which is
composed of the very best troops in
the army of Great Britain and in time
of peace is stationed in London When
war is declared this brigade is the
first to start to the front, and usually
sustains the heaviest losses. Cameron
went with his regiment to South
Africa where he died just before
he was to receive a commission. His
son, Daniel H. Cameron of the Rob-
inson- Edwards Lumber Company, is
the possessor of these medals given in
recognition of his fathers gallantry
in the service of his country.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Post Receives Picture.

Through the kindness of Mrs. e. II.
Trick and her daughters picture OF
the late Lieut.. Edwin II. Trick, who
served throughout the Civil War in the
9TH Vermont regiment and "Old Yer
mont Brigade" has been presented to
Stannard Post, No. 2, Grand Army OF
the Republic of Burlington 1t will
be highly priced as Lieut. Trick was
one of the oldest and most honored
members of the organization
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Stationed at Austria.

]. F. BARLEY of Vergennes received
a telegram last week Monday from his
brother, William ]. BARLEY, an
nouncing his arrival at New York
City on the steamer LaSavoie Sun
day. after a six months trip abroad
in the interests of the Lake Torpedo
Boat Company of Bridgeport, Conn.
During Mr.. Bartely's stay in Europe
he was stationed the greater part of
the time at Pola, Austria, the Austri-
an government naval station.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20

Lowell Bemis, a farmer of Chester,
aged rs years, was struck by mail
train at Gassetts shortly after noon
Wednesday while crossing the track
with his wagon. One leg was cut off,
his back broken and he was severely
cut about the head. He lived two
hours. Mr.. Bemis was deaf and did
not hear the signals. There being a
sharp curve there, the engineer could
not stop the train when he saw him.
1t struck the horse, throwing Mr.
Bemis under the car wheels. Two
sons survive, George, who lived with
his father, and William of Keene, ~
H.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
FORMER REPRESENTATIVE DEAD
Elbridge Z. GOOdell of ElmOre Expir,
ed Yesterday Morning From Pneu-
mania

The death of Elbridge Elihu Good
ell of Gilmore occurred on, Friday
morning, the cause of death being
pneumonia, from which he had suf-
fered for short time. Mr4 Goodell
was born in Gilmore on December
l6, 1868, and was educated in the
common schools of that town. He
took up the occupation of "a farmer
and was later elected to the office of
selectman. which he held for five
years. He was chairman of the
board of listers for five years and
held the offices of school director
and health officer. In 1903 he was
elected to represent his town in the
State Legislature and made good
record for himself at that time.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20

Pitcher RUDE Vickers of the Phila-
delphia American League team, VINO
kicked up many shin-digs when in
Burlington as a member of the North
ern League, has been purchased by the
according to an announcement made
by President John Dunn of that club.
The RUDE was not at his best last
season and worked but little for Con-
ME Mack. Leroy, the Indian pitcher,
who appeared with the Rutland team
one season, has been purchased by
the Boston American team from Min
neapolis of the American Association
League.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20

der probation he stole some money
from the clothes of boarder at the
home of his mother in Fitchburg and
Mr.. Wellman was asked to look him
up in Brattleboro. He found him az
the home of relatives in Brookline and
placed him under arrest. AS the re
suit of this arrest he spent some time
in the State reformatory for boys in
Concord, Mass. Since his release from
that institution he has been living In
Fitchburg and Ashburnham.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20

Among the new corporations form
ed in 1909, as shown by the records
of the Secretary of State at Montpel-
Ter. was the Luther G.. Howard Sons
Company of Bellows Falls, for deal
ing in real estate This is the corpo-
the property of the Hotel Windham
The company contemplates spending
large sum of money in the spring
in improving the property, and in
erecting a new mercantile building
near the Gray building.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20

by large number of oldfashioned
pung sleighs and were given ride
about the town and vicinity, a heavy
snow storm cutting short this feat
ure. The principal points of interest
about town were visited under the
guidance of the Brattleboro board OF
trade after which turkey dinner
was served at the Brooks house. Post
prandial exercises and a social hour
filled the intervening time before the
departure of the special on the return
to Springfield.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Married go Years.

The sixtieth wedding anniversary of
Rev. and Mrs. Jasper Harding OF
STAFFORD occurred on Thurs
day. the sixth. 1t was mark
ed by the assembalge of the fam
lily of the aged couple in their home
and that of their son, Frank Hard
ing. Over fifty letters and cards OF
greeting and congratulations were re-
ceived from neighbors and friends.
Mr.. Harding has reached his eighty
second birthday, and his wife her sew
enty-seventh.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Leonard w. Foye of Rutland, a rail-

Leonard w. Foye of Rutland, a rail-
road employee, has filed petition in
bankruptcy with liabilities of $34S9O
and no assets. Most of his creditors
are doctors and druggists.
Miss Helen l.. Hopkins of the class
of 1910 of the Bellows Falls High
School had the fingers on her left
hand badly burned Thursday with
monium of nitrate. Miss Hopkins was
experimenting in the chemical labor
atory at the High School building
when a tube burst, causing the acct
dent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20

Complaint comes from Bellows
Falls that pet cats are being caught
in traps set on Oak Hill for skunks
and foxes. One lady lost cat thai
she would not have taken 81 900 for.
Some of these cats die in the traps
and others come home with manned
legs and feet.s One cat missed Thurs,
day did not show up until Sunday and
the presumption is that it was in a
trap all that time. There is a State
law which requires that traps be
visited as often as once every Az
hours and the penalty for not doing
so is a fine of So.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
The Amethyst.

A gooC example of one of the ways
in which magical properties became
attributed TO natural objects is the
stone known as amethyst. The an
Gent Indian name of this stone had
the sound represented by its present
name. In Greek this sound happens to
mean "anti-wine;" hence, without more
ado, the ancients declared that the
amethyst was preventive OF and a
cure for d-unkenness.-Lond Mail
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Goes Ain Dad for Health.

The Rev. DR.. G. o. Day of Barnet,
chaplain of the Vermont volunteer
regiment in the War with Spain, will
sail January 20 on the steamship
Arabic for a ten weeks trip to foreign
lands where he goes in hopes of OBJ
tanning much benefit to his health.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
A Long LOST BrOtheer

A long-lost brother of Mrs Julia X.
Plummer, of Brattleboro, who died
last April in Brattleboro, has been
found. Charles Caleb knight, now
nearly so years old, who is employed
in the Hanover street police station in
Chicago. Mrs. Plummer left an cs-
tate valued at about $4,000 and Mr..
knight is heir to one-fourth of it. Mr.,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Tagging Rabbits.

Rabbit hunting is reported by the
sportsmen to be unusually good in the
fields and mountains near Rutland
On one day the first of last week
three Rutland hunters went over the
Notch on the Killington road and
came back with a bag of IS rabbits.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20

With all that Mr.. Halves says Ia
praise of Mr.. Pinchot's work in the
Forestry Department the Journal
agrees heartily 1t cannot, however,
interpret Mr.. Halves remarks in any
other light than the plain meaning of
English words. If, as Mr.. Halves is
reported as saying Mr.. Pinchot was
expelled from office because "he stood
up for the peoples interests as
against the trusts" then President
Taft, who expelled" him, must be in
favor of the trusts and using his great
power in their behalf-Ed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20

David ]. Foster is the Vermont
member of the Republican Congress
sional committee recently appointed
in a Joint caucus of the party in the
Senate and House.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
A Washington Delegate.

Roger w. Hulburd of Hyde Park,
will go to Washington as one of the
six hundred delegates called by the
National Federation to participate in
the Conference on Uniform Legisla-
ton"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20

Mai H. Edward Dyer of Rutland,
the we'll known National Guardsman.
and Elizabeth M. Hughes of Boston,
were married in Boston January .
by the Rev. James A. Francis.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Mormon Missionaries in Rutland.

Elders Francis A. Miller and Will
liam H. Dram of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints of Span
ish Fork, Utah, are making a house
to house canvass throughout the city
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20

At the beginning of last year a de-
felt of $7472O stood against the Ben
nington Y. NJ. c. A. but the associa
ton begins 1910 with a clean slate.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
Royalty Received .

Two hundred and five members of
the Springfield, Mass, board of trade
arrived in Brattleboro Friday by spec
ial train. At the depot they We're met
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of Interest Cleaned From All
Parts OF Green Mountain
State.

The Grand Isle County Court has
taken recess until January q at
8 O'Clock when it will conclude court
cases.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20

There nave been 81 births, 80 mar
riages and SO deaths in the town OF
Hardwick during the past year
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-01-20
RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS WANTED

The 6ONerhmtnt rays Railway NAH
Clerks $500 to $1,000, and Other
Employees Up to $500, Annually.
Uncle Sam will hold spring exami-,
nations throughout the country for
Railway Mail Clerks, Custom House
Clerks, Stenographers, Bookkeepers,
Departmental Clerks and 'other Gov
eminent Positions. Thousands of APP
pointments will be made. Any man or
woman over IS. in City or County can
get Instruction and free information
by writing at once to the Bureau of
Instruction, 1852 T, Hamlin Building,
Rochester, n. Y.