The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-06-13

THE annual June drill and inspection Of the
several organizations of the National Guard of
the state will be held as follows. Co. A, Rut-
land June 20; Co. b, st. Adams, 1S; Co. G,
Brandon, 20; Co, E. Burlington, 10; Co. F,
Mortified, %, Co. G, Bradford, 26 Co. II,
Montpelier, %; Co. |, Brattleboro, 81; Co. X,
Bennington, I'll LIST Separate Co., Newport, 90;
Light Battery, Brattleboro, June 81.
WE have been so much gratified by some en-
couraging words recently received that we ven
ture to give two or three examples One valued
subscriber says: "I consider your paper the
best in the state and will help it all can"
Another friend writes: 81 cannot find another
paper that comes quite so near my ideal"
We hope the day may be far distant when our
friends will not entertain the same good opinion
of their weekly visitor
BEGINNING with Monday Of this week the
Central Vermont conductors and train men
passenger and freight-wil run from St. AL
bans to Montreal instead of stopping at St.
Johns as heretofore. The current item to the
effect that they would run frem Boston to
Montreal without change is incorrect. The
usual change will be made at st. Adams, and
for the present two Grand Trunk engines will
run to st. Adams in charge of Central Vermont
men.
Two clergymen, one Universalist, the other
of the Congregational faith, recently placed
their similar looking valises near together in
the station at West Randolph. On the arrival
of the train, the Congregationaist seized the
wrong valise and started off with it, but the
mistake was seen by the Universast brother
and an exchange made. The result, if the
error had not been rectifed and they had de-
livered each the others sermon, we leave our
readers to imagine.
THE Tunbridge correspondent of an exchange
reports that headstone furnished by the gov
eminent was recently erected at the grave of
j. W. Marston, by some soldiers of the last
war, permission being given by woman
claiming to be his nearest relative. Within
half an hour after the stone was set, this woman
tore it up and, after defacing it and dragging
it away, piled lot of rubbish on the grave. 1t
would seem that the law might be invoked to
punish such an outrage.
In reply to our item that A. p. Chids was
| not to leave the state that inveterate punster
says in the last Retornler: "Our Montpelier
contemporary may watch-aman first-rate, but
it don't watch a Child worth a cent. 1t is safe
to say that the item is quite liable to be very
inaccurate Our esteemed co-scribblers should
console themselves with the fact that probably
| Mr. Chids will never again be a candidate for
any office big or little in Vermont, though
| this consolation should be saddened with the
fearful tidings that Mr.. Childs may be un-
comfortably near when others are elected to
office or defeated
GENERAL W. w. LYNDE in the Reforrner
| shows that there was an excess in the state
tax collected in Brattleboro for the years 1863
and 1864 over the tax levied, which with inter-
est amounts to So, 1878. 1t is alleged that
discrepancies and errors exist in all the subse-
quent years, except two, down to 1888 but
what the amount will be does not appear. A
small part of the deficiency may be accounted
for by Attachments and unsolicited taxes. Col
lectG Herrick is unable to see how there can
be any deficiency If he owes the town any
money, he says he is anxious to pay it, and
asks that the entire matter be thoroughly in
vestigated by competent men.
THE Dwight club of New York and
Toronto, Ontario, with guests, drove up the val
ley from Greenfield, Mass, last week, in an
old-time Concord coach, zigzaging their way
through Vermont and New Hampshire towns
along the river. At West Randolph they were
recipients of the bountiful hospitality of W. II.
Dubois. Monday evening as they drove up to
the Pavilion, in this village the unusual spec
tacle attracted much attention. The club con-
sists of gentlemen connected with the telegraph
and other branches of business One year they
60 to Europe, another to the interior Of Canada
and again to some other point They show
good judgment in coming to Vermont in June,
and they expressed great delight with the
scenery of the state. From Montpelier they
went to Burlington.
NJ. j. FRANCISCO secretary OF the Vermont
Accident Association, makes the following ex-
PLANTATION in regard to the case of William
Smith of Victory-the statement of which in a
recent issue of THE WATERMAN was taken
from Caledonia county paper: "William
Smith of Victory was insured June 80, 1882,
paid the advance payment, put in claim for
injury July II, and laid off until it amounted
to 500 SO. We deducted So dues which he was
oWius US buu ODe usstsslneuL lneD que OF o. 81,
and paid him sci So on the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1882. He never paid cent after that
up to the time he was killed in January, 1888
The assessment had run the thirty days, the
policy had lapsed and had been marked off
the books before he was killed. He refused to
pay the assessment we made to pay Others
and now Mr.. May wants us TO assess those
whom he refused to help, to pay his claim
when his policy had lapsed by his own act and
no one to blame but himself"
. AN accident in the copper mine at Ely last
week Thursday resulted in the death of one
man, an Englishman named Pope. Apiece Of
rock weighing some five hundred pounds fell
from the roof upon the track or tramway and
slid down one hundred and fifty feet, gathering
force and speed as it went Three men were
coming up at the time, and, hearing the noise
supposed it to be runaway car and jumped
aside, two on one side and one on the other
The rock left the track at that point and struck
, Mr., Pope on the legs just above the knees, cut
, ting one leg off entirely except piece of fesl
on one side and breaking the other leg. H'
was brought out as soon as possible and takeI
home, but died shortly after. The shock wa
so great that although fully conscious, he die