Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-22
A MIry Pond.

The sensation of the week is social, no
political. In the Massachusetts courts
certain divorce suit is in progress. Majo
j. Is. Pond Of Boston, a manager or agen
for musical organizations, seeks legal ser
aration from his wife, Isabel Stone Pond
Adultery is the alleged cause. A divorce sui
in a neighboriDg state would not general,
excite special interest in Vermont. TIL
fact that one Of the parties with whom tn
crime is alleged to have been committed hal
for few years been exceedingly conspicu
GUS in this state, and especially in this vii
lage, gives this particular case an exceptions
interest here. Major Ponds Spanish Stu
dents gave three entertainments here last
fall, closing Sunday evening, October 3lst
Accompanying the students were the Weber
quartette and Major Ponds wife as vocal
lists. While here, Mrs. Pond claims to have
made the acquaintance Of Mr.. Ely-Goddard
representative from the town of Ely in the
Legislature then in session, and also mem.
Der of Governor Farnham's staff. It ap.
pears from the testimony, that Mrs. Pond
instead Of going with the company to Rut.
land from this place, remained behind, alleg.
ing illness as the reason for accompanying
the students no further. The deposition of
the sleeping car conductor of the Central
Vermont railroad, on the night train from
Montpelier south, states that, on the night
of November LIST, he saw Mrs. Pond and Ely
Goddard sitting together in a sleeping car,
and the night clerk Of the Junction House at
White River Junction deposes to the effect
that Mrs. Pond and Ely-Goddard occupied
adjoining and connecting rooms In that
house one night in November, and that Mr..
Ely-Goddard paid the bills for both. Mrs.
Pond testifies that sickness compelled her
to take leave of the company at Montpelier /;
that Mr.. Ely-Goddard hearing of her diff.
culties with the leader of the troupe, and
learning of her destitute condition as to
money, offered to assist her; that he said to
her that he was going as far as White River
Junction, and would accompany her to
"hee hiotCt ehhb hN thC OuuCtlOu but
was too sick to proceed and that Mr.
Ely. Goddard escorted her to the hotel,
and into her room; that she thanked
him for his kindness and said she would
send him the money he had paid out for
her, and that he left the room and she did
not see him again till February. No testi-
mony appears to the fact that Mrs. Pond
was seen riding about this village with Ely
Goddard on Monday, November LIST, in spite
of the alleged sickness which compelled her
to abandon the concert company at this
place on the morning Of that day. Nor
does it yet appear that this chivalrous friend
of destitute woman has yet appeared on
the witness stand to corroborate the story of
his innocent and entirely dsinterested con-
nection with her, although she claims that
in this case Ely-Goddard might easily
come to her rescue, but refuses 10 come for
ward on account of the responsibility of his
family relations in New York. Her efforts
to obtain his deposition had been bafiled by
his jumping about between New York and
Washington and finally going to Europe"
That Mr.. Ely-Goddard has gone TO Europe
will be matter of surprise to many people
in Vermont, and to those people who have
been measurably wide-awake observers of
this young mans career, these developments
will have little of the sensational character
The young "masher is sort of "carpet-
Dagger" in Vermont-an exotic, and not a
plant of native growth. His cock-fghts,
Roman punches, dog carts, and all the
liveried parapheenalia Of his outfit belong to
a civilization of which the less Green Noun
tain boys and girls know the better for their
present and future welfare. His example,
his influence, his associations are essentially
debauching, and the public exposure of his
undoubted immoralities in the Boston d.
vorce suit may save many heart-ache if
the lesson is needed.