The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, April 16, 1886 Ludlow 4/16/1886 My wife, Nellie M. JOHNSON, having left my bed and board without just cause, all persons are hereby forbidden harboring or trusting her on my account, as I shall pay no debts of her contracting. Charles M. JOHNSON, Ludlow, vt., April 5th, 1886 J. A. DENNETT has been in Boston, this week. H. L PETTY is visiting his sister in Athol, Mass. Frank CREASER is again "down" with rheumatism. The blackbird and the peep-frog have arrived. Mrs. M. W. LEE is visiting in Rutland, for a few weeks. William B. HORWILL and wife have gone to Springfield, Mass. Straw hats are in bud; several blossomed out, Wednesday. The May Festival chorus met with Mrs. M. H. GODDARD, Monday. His father's illness calls Harlan EARLE home from Rutland, again. Hiram KNIGHT of Meriden, Conn., is spending a day or two in town. Judge HINES is repainting and also somewhat remodeling his residence. W. F. SMITH occupies the upper tenement in William RUSSELL's house. Gentle Spring seems to have brought her trunk with her, this time. B. F. WHELDEN is preparing for an extension to his house--back kitchen, etc. Mrs. Fred THOMPSON and son are visiting her parents, in West Windsor. The family of J. A. POLLARD of Brandon were guests of friends here, last week. H. A. PLOOF and John GOVE have moved into Louis LAMERE's house, on Pond street. Messrs. SARGENT and RAYMOND were home from Tufts College over Fast Day and Sunday. D. G. WILEY of Indianapolis, Ind., got off the train here, yesterday, en route to his Western home. Austin WAKEFIELD is back from Gaysville, temporarily, to look after his property interests in town. Miss Grace NEWCOMB of Boston has been the guest of L. G. HAMMOND and family, the past week. Mrs. Hannah WHITCOMB will move from Jonas DUNN's house into the upper rooms of Mrs. S. S. CLARK's house. Mrs. V. E. MOORE of Springfield, Mass., has spent a few days here with her father, Issac POLLARD, the past week. Miss Ella G. WHITE of Mechanicsville has been engaged to teach in the intermediate department in the village schools. Stanford MITCHELL of Boston will deliver the Memorial-Day address here, and the Weston band will probably furnish music. A. A. CHASE has a job at the BATES farm, on Twenty-mile Stream, more improvements being projected at that charming place, this season. John KEATING is packing up, preparatory to moving to Stamford, Conn., where he will open a combined billiard room and barber-shop. Rev. A. J. AUBREY of Meriden, Conn., will again conduct the services in the Universalist church. L. G. HAMMOND is converting a portion of his "riverside park" into an egg-factory that will combine all the modern improvements and probably give him the inside track on this commodity. Fred ROBBINS, for several years in the employ of L. G. HAMMOND, has gone to New Britain, Conn.k to fill a clerkship in a dry-goods house in that city. Fred is a good straight boy, and will "get on" in the "Land of Steady Habits" if he don't get cloyed on nutmegs at the outset. An "unloaded" musket of the G. A. R. armament went off with a bang, Wednesday night, while some of the S. of V.'s were fooling with it at their headquarters, tearing a hole in the ceiling and spreading consternation and plaster among the boys. Of coursed the boys didn't know its condition. There was a row on Depot street, Sunday night, in which W. B. HORWILL got a very black eye at the hands of Tim HORAN. Rum was the primary cause of the trouble, which, while HORAN gets the lion's share of the blame, was evidently not all upon one side. All the complaint HORWILL makes is that Tim didn't come out very much ahead, if he did have only an old man over seventy years of age, and minus one arm, to deal with. The domestic horizon in that vicinity seems to have cleared, however, and peace to have returned to the joint abode of the combatants. The announcement of the Rutland HERALD, Wednesday morning, that S. W. STIMSON of this place had been appointed a special liquor prosecutor, was a surprise to fully 90-100ths of our people. The HERALD, however, is a little "off" the exact truth--Mr. STIMSON is appointed special CRIMINAL prosecutor. Herrick WOODWARD was taken with bleeding at the nose, Wednesday morning, so copiously and persistently that his life was for a time despaired of , the hemorrhage resisting all efforts of suppression for several hours. He was "comfortable," at last reports, and hopes of his recovery are entertained. At a meeting of Black River lodge, No. 85, F. & A. M., on motion of Bro. H. M. JOHNSON, P. M. resolutions were adopted on the deaths of E. H. BRIGGS and D. H. PARKER, deceased. Quite a breeze was raised, Wednesday evening, by the raiding of the Ludlow House by officers L. C. HOWE and A. L. GOOLD, and G. S. BRIDGE, in search of intoxicants, on a warrant issued at the instance of prosecuting officer STIMSON. It is perhaps needless to say that none of the ardent was found, though traces of the "might have been" were plentiful in the shape of casks, etc., bearing the stamp and smell of departed spirits. There are theories and theories to account for the failure of the search, the most tenable one being that the publication of the appointment of STIMSON was taken as a danger-signal, and promptly acted upon. Howbeit, the reputation of indiscriminate dealing in the stuff could not be so easily disposed of. That liquor has been sold there in a disgracefully prodigal and conscienceless manner, for months, has been an open secret that even the blindest could not ignore; and the promptness with which the new official takes hold indicates that it will not be ignored any longer. Officer HOWE was busy a good part of the day, yesterday, serving subpoenas upon divers parties supposed to be filled with information they are bursting not to tell, who will be given a chance before Justice E. A. HOWE, this morning, at Village hall, to tell how little they know on this important matter. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton [email protected] Dummerston, VT