Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-08-11
Personal.


| VIZ are under obligation 10 Senator Morrill, 70
valuable public documents received from him yes
terday.
GIN WV ,. tBALDY) SNrn promises To be q
Brattleboro during the reunion. No one will re
coive hoarter greeting from the veterans
SEVERAL Of the leading citizens Of Bennington
have signed petition for tho Communication Of Mr.
A. J. Crane, now under sentence Tot a defalcatlor
in his internal revenue accounts
BEEcHKn preached the first Of his vacation ser
mons at the Twin Mountain House, last Sunday
to large congregation, many Of whom came, b,
special trains and private vehicles, from the sur
rounding country
cHAHtrs r cAhrEsrrR has been appointed postmaster
At st. dohnshnry vice Fleetwood decreased This ia re-.
sArisd rs triumph Of the Dcni.on wing Of the Republican
party In that village 81. AitlH, 1es,eng,r.
And why uot2 Dcnison made the appointment
TuE promotion Of Mr. Norman W. bingham. of
Boston, TO the charge Of the New England Dis.
trict, under the recent reorganization Of the spe-
cial agent force Of the United States Treasury. is
due 10 bis long and faithful services Of which tits
a fitting recognition
rnr Springfield Rpab'ioaa avows lis belief
that the election II Charles Francis Adams As Gov.
crnor Of Massachusetts,, in 1873. would mean hi.
election As President Of the United States in 1876
aud furthermore that il is Massachusetts, last
chance Tor President To- a hundred Year, b. come
GEoRaE NJ. CLARK, Of whiuemore q Clark's
Minstrels who, Il will be remembered. accident.
ally shot on one OF his fingers, while giving an ex.
hibition last spring, has recently submitted to an
amputation Of the arm, which became necessary
from Inflammation which proceeded from the
pistol wound. lie Is at his home In felchvnle
suffering from ply steal prostraton.
Rev. G. GRAvIs has resigned the rectorship Of
St James parish, Arlington, including st James
and Bethesda churches In order to accent ioni
mission In the northern part Of the state IN,
resignation dates from September ist and hi,
iamiy will remove about the middle Of Septem.
Der His new field will embrace the missions in
the counties Of Chittenden and Ianoillc, with
headquarters near Burlington
Or y. W. GnnEBr read a poem at a silver
wedding in Abingdon, Mass, the other night,
which the Plymouth Comfy Journal says was
full Of humorous hits and happy illustrations. 20
and was " most appropriate to the occasion. 80
The couple whose nuptial anniversary was thu,
celebrated were Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Faunce, Of
Abingdon, "the bride being a daughter Of the
late onmel Partridge Of Randolph According
to the Journal, it was a successful and happy
affair.
Hos. CnAuNcEY l.. kNArr, editor OF the Lowell
Mass Cmsea, is reminded, by perusing an old
deed from Joshua to Francis swan Of Methuen,
"oi another Of this name-Benjamin Swan-who
WAS first elected state treasurer by the people OF
Vermont in 1900, and every year thereafter up to
lsi2-a long period for one man to hold such a
trust Honesty, capablity and good humor com
bined to make him one Of the most popular Off
GERS Of his time. lie gave vent to his overlooking
good nature, very often by humning music, in
seni-tones, even when passing on the street It
became confirmed though by no means disa-
greeable habit"