The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-08
Current Mention.

lAOhbhOhs
REV. H. F. HILL will hold services at Ger
man Flats, Fayston, next Sunday at two p. M.
REV. J. EDWARD WRIGHT is to preach in the
Westinghouse at Wrghtsvlle next Sunday, at
two o'clock P. M.
The annual meeting of the st. Johnsbury g.
Lake Champlain railroad company will be held
at St. Johnsbury on Wednesday, August 18th.
THE attemp. of the Argus to commit the
WATcHMAN to policy on the temperance ques-
ton which it has not adopted, is somewhat
premature.
The directors of the Central Vermont rail-
road company held a meeting at Boston on
Tuesday of last week, and elected the old
board of officers.
EFFORTS are being made to have the semi
annual ehcampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic, department of Vermont, meet at st.
Johnsbury during the muster.
THE circus at the Ely mines cost the state
about So 00G, which is just the amount paid
into the treasury by Forepaugh and Doris, so
that between the three crcuses the state came
out about even.
lihE udu1o VI Iuo cuCdllplucut VI buc
at st. Johnsbury September 40 will be Camp
Preston, in memory of Colonel Addison w.
Preston, First Vermont cavalry, killed near
gold Harbor, Va. June Sd, 1864.
J. THE next term of Washington County Court
WILL open September 18th, the last day of SER
vice being August 30th. There are two hun
dtred and fcrty-six cases on the docket but only
y small portion of these will be brought to trial
1Tg S Sphnsbury papers are charging Chase
OF the iu.OB\ with selling his complimentary
tickets to they Forepaugh show and the Gale
donidn makes this characteristic remark
"There is sense of honor in such things that
editors with the finer journalistic feelings are
bound to respect"
THE talk of removing Lewis college from
Mortified to Brattleboro seems to have been
abandoned Preparations are being made for
the fall term with an addition to the faculty.
At meeting of the trustees last week Colonel
+. " Randall was elected vice-president and
Rev / P. Booth of Mortified, professor of
Latin and Greek
A SUBSCRIBER writes us that Messrs. Cutting
g Damon, formerly of Cabot, are doing a
large and successful lumber business at Beaver
Lake, Mich. They have lost three mills by fire.
the last one last March, but are now cutting
four thousand of shingles and dressing nine
thousand feet of siding per day We are al
ways glad to note the success Of Vermonters.
The Herald and NeacS in speaking of a dis
patch published in the St. Albans Messenger,
purporting to have been sent from West Ran
dolph, descriptive of the crowds that were pres
ent at Forepaugh's circus, the unbounded en-
it as an example of "pure, unadulterated
cheek and colossal lying" Pistols and coff ee
have been called for under less provocation
than this
MOUNT HOLLY correspondent of the Lud
low Tribune says they had four inches of snow
July 30th, though there was not a sufficient
quantity for sleighing. We always thought
Mount Holly was somewhat out Of the beaten
track Of civilization, but did not know before
that it was out of the temperate zone. Per.
haps this explains why the delegate from that
place did not make more temperate speech
at the last state convention.
THE express train from Boston to Montrea
west on the South Eastern road was thrown
from the track about ten miles from Newpor
last week Wednesday night. The engine, bag
gage and smoking cars, one passenger and two
parlor cars were thrown off. The passenge
car was thoroughly demolished, and fifteen O
more passengers were injured, two or thre
perhaps fatally. The accident occurred at
slight curve, the rails spreading by the weigh
of the engine.
THE excursion to the Weirs next Saturday i
one which our readers ought to take in, Tn
ride is through very charming country, com
Portable accommodations will be furnished t.
all, and the price has been placed very low
only 81. 80 for the round trip Arrangement
have been made so that all who desire can in
dulge in a ride upon the lake for the nomina
sum OF twenty-five cents. A description of tn
Weirs and the picturesque surroundings ma,
be found in another column.
THE muster at st. Johnsbury viii deriv
unusual interest this year from the reminis
cences Of the Ely campaign. The heroes VIII
survived that memorable occasion can summo
from the chambers of memory many thrillin
incidents of the midnight ride the early morn
ing march, and the capture Especially shoul
some veteran Of the Bradford company reiat
how by forced march they skirted the hi
and captured those four sleeping men VIII
were guarding the powder Thus do later h,
roic deeds dim the luster of the glory of earle
achievements.
A HEARING was had last week before Judg
Field Of the Massachusetts supreme court on
motion to dissolve the injunction granted
him. restraining the American Loan and Tru
Company from issuing the bonds of the Coz
solidated railroad company OF Vermont to IL