Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-03-23

obtain stay OF the execution, his counsel mann |
tanning that the day OF execution was Fixed at an
earlier date than the statute allows Carr was
sentenced October OATH during the session OF the
last legislature. II is claimed In behalf OF Carr
that session of the legislature should intervene
between the date Of the sentence and the date
fixed for the execution, and that Cars execu'
ton could not legally take place till after the leg
isative session Of 1887
A TELEGRAM was received in town last evening
announcing that the name of General Peck had
been sent up to the senate for confirmation as
postmaster OF Montpelier This result we sup
posed would be reached at last a. 1t was apparent
that the general had the backing Of very large
majority not only OF the leading business men OF
the town, but also OF the whole number of patrons
Of the Office We understand our congressional
delegation was unanimous in favor of the new APP
pointment, with the exception OF Col Joyce, who,
as was TO be expected, adhered to the present
incumbent Twelve years would seem to be
tenure quite sufficient for any one man, even II his
administration was otherwise unexceptionable.
Two more arrests were made last week. one
Saturday afternoon OF one Carrigan OF Moretown
for intoxication, who, on being arragned, swore
that he bought and paid for harness at the shop
Of man whose name he did not know, but whom
he pointed out in the court, Mr. Edward Roleau;
that he asked Roleau to treat and that the latter
did So The story was a little fshy, as some hours
had interviewed between this and his arrest Car
rigan was fined the usual $500, which he paid.
The other victim was John f. Jones, on Saturday,
who swore he drank out of a bottle at the invita-
ton Of strangeI,-the same old dodge which
has served so well on various occasions. John
was fined $500, and the court having given him
a little time in which to pay this sum, he un-
gratefully skipped out, leaving his fine unsettled.
NAIAD TEMPLE of Honor and Silver Spray So
cial Temple held another of those social gather
ings at their hall last Friday evening. Rev. II.
4. Hill and Rev H. A. Rogers were present and
addressed the meeting Their remarks were
listened to with close attention throughout. Both
gentlemen expressed themselves in sympathy
with the object OF the order and all other organ
izatons engaged in the work. The other exer-
cises consisted of a song by Mrs d. s. Wheatley
accompanied by Mr.. A. A. Hadley on the organ.
Remarks were made by Hon. c. H. Heath, and a
stump speech by Edwin Mutt. Several pieces
were sung during the evening, Miss Nettie Daley
presiding at the organ. All united in expressing
a wish for the continued prosperity of the temple
in all its branches in Montpelier. The audience
was dismissed with the benediction and thus the
thirteenth anniversary closed with prospects OF
prosperity never brighter.
HERE is the way the Christian Register talks to
some OF its correspondence " Made mistake in
your article did they? The wonder was they
could read it at all. Perhaps, if you try, you can
make it utterly iegible next time. Get a stub
pen, write in very fine hand, use pale ink and
thin paper, write on both sides OF the page, up,
down, and across fill it full OF carrots, sprinkle it
all over with obscure proper names, write the two
| first letters in each name, and wriggle out the
| rest. We know everything here. Our proof
reader has the whole encyclopedia by heart, from
Burgundy pitch to Settler water. You couldn't
mention anybody we hadn't heard of. We read
in all languages. We have read in every book
that you can quote. 1t isn't worth while to mark
where your quotation ends. We can always tell
you from somebody else Do all this II you wish
to, but remember that every Thursday morning
our drum cylinder press rolls around like day
of judgment, and that with every sheet that falls
| from the fly, the prosecuted compositor may have
his revenge
| SEVERAL families in this vicinity and a great
| many in the whole country have had a mania for
looking up unclaimed money in the bank of Eng
land The chief accountant of the bank has writ
| ten to the United States consul-general at Lon
don, enclosing hand-bill by one Alfred Prudence,
a notary public Of st. Louis, in which he mentions
his employment in the bank, speaks of the i'm
mense amount of treasure awaiting claimants, Of
| which his connection with the bank aft orded him
personal knowledge, and gives the Bank of Eng
| land as reference The accountant declares this
| use Of the banks name is wholly unauthorized,
| and says there has recently been marked in
crease in the previously large number of ground
| less applications for unclaimed moneys received
| by the bank from the United States. Nearly the
whole of these applications are, as far as the
| bank is concerned based on erroneous data, OBJ
tained probably, from the very old lists of un-
| claimed dividends which referred to funds long
| since reclaimed, or from advertisements that ap-
pear when reclaims are made. The accountant
thinks something should be done to counterfeit
the effect of such circulars as Prudence's
A MEETING of the Vermont College of Teachers
was held in Montpelier last Friday evening, at
which Mr.. w. G. Crippen, principal Of the state
| normal school at Johnson, Mr.. J. S. Cilley OF
Brandon, Mr.. Edward Conant of Randolph, Mr.,
B. NJ. Weld OF Brandon, President NJ. H. Buck
ham of the University of Vermont, Mr.. A. w.
Edison, principal OF the state normal school at
Randolph, Mr.. Henry Priest, principal of Goddard
Seminary at Barre, Mr. Justus Dart Of Ascutney-
vile, superintendent of education Mr.. Bracket,
| principal of the Union school at Montpelier and
| other well-known teachers were present. There
were several additions made to the roll Of men,
| bers, and the college now consists Of about forty
of the most prominent teachers and professors in