The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-10
the present month is az follows:

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THE Central Vermont railway made, on Mon
! day morning, a new departure In the standard
OF time by which its trains will be run hereaf-
ter. The new standard is based upon the 10Th
meridian and is about fifteen and one half min
utes slower than Boston time. change in
the schedule time of some of the trains was
also made Monday morning on both the Cen
tral and the Montpelier & Wells River roads.
On the former road the time by the new stand
ard for trains going south and east is Mail
passenger, 9:20 A. M; express passenger and
mixed for Mortified. 2:05 p. NJ. /; mixed for
Mortified, 80 p. NJ. night express, II 90 A.
M. For trains going north and west: Night ex-
press, 315 A. M; accommodation, S:25 A. M. ;
local passenger, 920 A. NJ; express mail, 90
p. M; express, 645 P. NJ. Trains leave for
Barre. 100 A. NJ, O:45 A. NJ, 4:4O p. NJ By
the Montpelier e. Wells River road, trains
leave: Mail, $50 A. M; express, l 40 p. M. 4:
mixed, 3;2O p. M. 1t must be borne in mind
that town time is now abont sixteen minutes
faster than railway time.
SQuIRRELHUNTs are occasionally noted in
local items at this season of the year as furnish
ing sport for parties Of men and boys who
roam through the woods shooting every wild
creature that comes in their way. We have
considerable personal liking for such sports
and IN years past have INDUCED in this to some
extent, but it seems to us cowardly as well as
cruel for organized bands of men to make such
wholesale slaughter as is often reported of
these hunts 1t is doubtless usually from
thoughtlessness that these crueties are per-
petrated, but they are not the less inhuman for
that. The sport is not a test of skill in marks
manship woodcraft or courage, but is simply
useless destruction of life. Even ON the
principle OF economy, the small damage done
10 farmers crops by these animals must be far
overbalanced by the value OF the time and
ammunition necessary to kill them. We hone
the day may not be far distant when such in
humanities will be prohibited by law, il that il
needed in professedly civilized country. We
are pleased to note that the students of Middle
bury college have abandoned the annual souir-
rel-hunt and take an excursion across the lake
instead
ST. ALBANs was visited by a destructive fire
on wednesday OF last week. 1t started about
seven O'Clock in the morning in George W.
Leppers grocery store on Lake street by the
dropping of match on the floor where kero-
sene had leaked out. The fire communicated
with the kerosene tank and spread rapidly.
The fire department was promptly on hand,
put Mr. Lepper's entire stock was ruined by
nre and water. About half-past nine o'clock
smoke was seen issuing from the roof and
second alarm was sounded 1t was evident
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be saved and the efforts were directed to pro-
tecting other buildings and saving the prop
erty in the block The stores were occupied
by Il. N. Williston, cigars; |. J. Goodhue, GRO
ceries; c. H. Wiley, barber; G. W. Lepper,
groceries. p. Callan, tailor, had repair shop
In this building and the tenements above were
occupied by the families of Messrs. johnson.
himball, Pierce and Perron. The Arlington
and Gilmore blocks were also somewhat dam
aged by fire and the goods injured by moving
Inc railroad and foundry hands were called
and 1t was only by most vigorous efforts that
much larger fire was prevented The total loss
Is probably not far from $4,000. Two bows
were injured and narrowly escaped death by a
falling wall
OCTOBER will be fine month for star gaz.
ing but those who wish to behold the chief
glories OF the sky will have to be up after mid
night. Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Uranus are
all morning stars, and the first three named
are very brilliant Saturn's rings are SO widely
opened now that small telescope will show
them and in good telescope the great planet
looks like an exquisitely carved ball of ivory
shaded with delicate tints and surrounded by
double ring OF gold even more beautifully or.
namented. Jupiter presents a wonderful ap-
pearance. his disk being covered with colored
spots and belts which change continually in |
form and tint, and furnish no end of material |
ior speculation as to what can be going ON upon
THIS giant globe to produce such surprising
phenomena, visible at the distance of four hum |
dred millions of miles. Except in the sun,
there is not within range of human eyesight |
any exhibition of material power equal to that |
presented by the unstable surface of the great |
est OF the planets. Mars is not in a position |
specially favorable for observation, but power
fnl telescopes will easily show the outlines of
his continents and oceans. Uranus is too far
away to be interesting for the possessor of a
small telescope, but Professor Young with the