Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-03-02

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PROFESSOR W. II. TOWNSEND, psychologist and
phrenologist has been lecturng at Waterbury
during the past week, accompanying his lectures
with mesmeric entertainments thathave been pro-
ductive Of great deal OF amusement. Some OF the
most wonderful phenomena in mind reading and
clarvoyance were fairly given and the tests OF the
professors powers over the body were well and
satisfactorily set forth Subjects are treated by
Professor Townsend which bear a close relation
to health and ife and no person of intelligence
can help being profted by them. Professor
Townsend will lecture in the town hall on Berlin
street the 10TH 18th, 18TH 1ith and 10th instants
The people Of Montpelier and Berlin interested in
the subjects of which the professor makes a
speciality will find him an interesting and intell-
gent lecturer.
AT fifteen minutes past two this morning Police
man Ordway and Watchman Roberts, while pass
ing the American, discovered a horrid stencil
emanating from the house. one OF the two, hav-
ing read much In the literature Of the healing
art, at once bethought himself OF the cases of
spontaneous combustion Of which he had read,
and proceeded to investigate. He found that
fat knight Of the road, a veritable fat Jack Of
the Bone House." had put his socks on the stove
and they had burned to ashes. The natural odor
OF sleeps wool, combined with that Of the per-
spiration absorbed from the body, proved too
much for the sensitive olfactories of the vgant
guardians Of the public veal and bursting in they
found this Falstaff, almost smothered, trying to
quench the flames in the spitoon, in which effort
he was finally successful and "quet once more
reigned in Warsaw"
The sixth Masonic district convention under
the direction worshipfu J. Henry jackson, dis
trct deputy grand master, will be held at Masonic
Hall In this village on Friday, March 18th, be-
ginning at ten o'clock In the forenoon and con-
tinuiug through the afternoon and evening The
following grand officers will be present: Most
Worshipful Iavant M. Reed, grand master Right
Worshipful Lucius c. Butler grand senior warden;
Right Worshipful William H. Root, grand secre-
tary; Worshiptul Justus w +. Washburn, grand
senior deacon; Worshipful Marsh o. Perkins,
grand lecturer; Worshipful F. H. Bascom, grand
pursuivant; Worshipful Ethan Dimond, dis
trct deputy grand master, ninth Masonic district;
Worshipfu W. J. Sperry, district deputy grand
MASTER first Masonic district, and others. All
master masons in good standing are cordially in
vited to be present. Free return checks will be
furnished over the Central Vermont and Mont
pelier & Wells River railroads
JAMES A. BEERS of Bolton met with fatal ac-
cident on Friday. About the middle of the fore
noon he entered his lumber mill, and his atten-
ton being attracted by click in connection with
the eccentric Of his engine, he put his head down
to ascertain II possible, by listening, the nature
or locality Of the difficulty. While in this atti-
tude the sleeve OF his ulster was caught in some
revolving gears near by. He shouted to the en-
gneer to stop the engine, which was speedily
done, but the gears had wrenched his arm from
its socket and frightfully mangled his head be-
| fore the machinery had ceased to move. He was
taken out in terribly mangled condition. but
life fingered in his frame till Saturday noon. Mr.
Beers was thirty-five years of age. He was a
man of extraordinary energy and enterprise and
in 1876 represented his town in the legislature.
AT the time of the fatal accident he was employ
ing fifty-two men in general wood and lumber
business. His loss will be deeply felt in Bolton.
| THE fourth annual meeting OF the Montpelier
& Wells River railroad was held in this village
last week Wednesday. The directors report
shows that the gross revenue from the operations
Of the road to December 3lst, $780, was SS6 479 80
gross expenses OF working the road. S65, $40 81;
net income to December 31st $40, 629 SS; increase
of receipts over last wear. 81. $50 60 The road
has been greatly improved one hundred and
eiphty.pine tons Of steel rails having been laid
and several side tracks buiIt The total rolling
stock debt, January LIST, 1881, was $40 S7257, a
decrease from last year Of SIG, 496.N. ballot
for directors resulted in the election of d. R. Sort
well of Cambridge, Massachusetts,; S. S. Thomp-
son of Lyndon; W. II. II. Bingham of Stowe; Joel
Foster and 8 g shurt,eff of Mont,elier Tbere
were 51s shares renreser,ed all heira cost %,
the above named The bv.laws Of the cornora.
ton were 80 amended that the annual meeting
shall hereafter he mon the last Thursday in Nav
Tho ai.oe..-v s-s--i-.I ~ .,.~.,.e, n D sor..
well, president S. s. Thompson vice-president
Joel Foster Jr., attorney The officers elected
are W. A. stowell of Montpelier, general superin-
tendent, and Fred Morse Of Montpelier, general