The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-26

press everywhere speak well OF tnls company
Admission twenty-five cents; reserved seats
only thirty-fve cents.
REV. II. F. HILL held service atethe school
house in District, No. 3, In North Fayston last
Sunday afternoon. There was baptism before
the service.
THE following are the sales of liquor for the
quarter ended August 81 as reported by the
several town agents to the county commits
sioner, Il. b. Dwinell OF Marshfeld Mont
pelier, 1915 4S Mortified, 1858 %; Barre, S446-
O4; Waterbury, 1854 10; Plainfield, 1928 So.
OUR reference last week to the ingenuity of
postal clerks in deciphering blind addresses has
brought out the following specimens: MAXIM
duse, Vt. Bearlaintain, Vt. e-lanpun, Vt;
tones finnergin, Ally minis, Vt. rigat, Vt
These we're all guessed out correctly and the
letters forwarded to their proper destination.
Can you read them all?
WE acknowledge the receipt OF the first num-
ber of the american Journalist, published
monthly at St. Louis, Mo. 1t is clean look
ing journal of twenty-eight large pages and is
designed, according to the prospectus, "to
represent the interests Of the working writers
of the press throughout the land" The open
ing article on Missouri journalists is illustrated
by six fine portraits
RUMoR tells good story about Senator Ed
munds and B. F. Fifield, ESQ.,, which is worth
giving here These gentlemen were fishing
for bass last week and luck seemed to be in
favor of the senator until suddenly he found
that he did not have bite, while his compan-
ion was fast gaining on him. Investigation
showed that the great objector had been try
ing to catch bass with dead bait which had very
considerably been put on his hook by Mr.. FL
field. Tableau
THE Vermont Baptist state convention will
hold its annual meeting in the Baptist church
| at West Randolph to-day and tomorrow, Sep
tember Goth and 9th. Public sessions will
begin to-day at ten o'clock, closing tomorrow
evening with a sermon by Rev. Mr.. Baldwin of
Bennington. On Thursday morning at nine
o'clock, in the Christian church, will be held a
woman's missionary meeting to which all
ladies will be heartily welcomed Mrs. Noble
OF St. Albans and others will represent the
home work and Mrs. o. w. Gates of Boston,
the foreign interest. report of this meeting
will appear in our next issue.
| THE twentieth annual reunion of Vermont
officers will be held at Rutland on Thursday
| October IS, 1888 The members of the society
| and all Vermont officers and non. commissioned
officers of the army and navy are cordially in
| vited to attend. The business meeting will bt
held at the opera house at four o'clock, p. NJ
The Grafton by Colonel w. c. Holbrook of New
York will be delivered at the opera house a.
eight o'clock P. NJ. Supper at Baxter music
hall after the address. All railroads in Yer
mont will furnish return tickets There will
be an excursion to marble quarres and othe
points of interest ON Friday morning.
The fish commissioners have perfected ar
rangements whereby they hope to supply al
applicants with carp to stock proper ponds o.
streams. They ask all desiring them to writ'
full particulars about pond or stream and If, il
their opinion, they can subsist, they will suppl,
them with pleasure. Remember they ar
vegetable feeders and do not omit to state th
water vegetation (kind and amount) in tn
pond or stream to be stocked; also kinds o
fish there. Applications can be sent to eithe
OF the commissioners. 1t is desirable that al
applications be in before October 18th. Sucl
as are not may have to go over another year
Address DR.. II. A. Cutting at Lunenburg o
Herbert Brainerd at St. Albans.
LAST Friday forenoon when the steame
Reindeer was about three miles from Por
Kent the forward end of the walking bear
broke. The cylinder head, Slides crosshead
ETC., were broken and other damage done. TIL
engineer shut off the steam and no one was in
jured. The A. Williams coming along fe,
minutes after the accident towed the disable
steamer to Port Kent and in the afternoo
brought her to Burlington The accident wa
due to flaw in the wrought iron band whic
surrounds the frame of the beam and is on
for which no one can be blamed, nor could
have been foreseen or prevented. The los
cannot be definitely stated. Estimates var
from So, 900 to $4,000. The repairs will prol
ably be made at her wharf in Burlington, br
cannot be completed in time for any mol
running this season.
QUITE a remarkable man was Alexandt
Nelson, who died at Ryegate, August 11tl
He was born in the same town July IS, 1870
and always lived ON the home farm. I'll
points for which he was noted were his grei
size and strength. He was elk feet four inch
: in height barefoot, and weighed two hundre
and twenty-five pounds. He was the olde
) son of William and Jane Henderson, Nelsol
his father being of fully average size and h
mother very tall. Alexander, known as "B
Y Alex" was quite spare and lean, but of gre
: strength, so that he could lift large cask fu
o OF cider and drink from the bung-hole.
9 old-time training days, when the tallest ms
n led the column, Big Alex" always had tn
post of honor. He was quiet and for the fir
J. fifty years Of his life a hard worker, but
. health failing, he lived at his leisure al
Il stayed at home very closely the last few year
y THE Rutland Standard says that it is or
o mored as follows: "That George A. Merr
has resigned his position in the Howe sea
& works. That $4,000 were received by Go
r, ernor Page lately with which to pay off Il
J. Howe scale hands and that the Clements we
o apprised of the same and attached the who
x amount. That Z. p. Gibson has been tender
D. the presidency of the Howe scale works, al
), declined. That Governor Proctor is anxio
r to get control OF the Howe scale works. TIL
l. the Howe scale boys say that If they are 4
N paid off by Saturday night, they shall ma
70 things warm. That the merchants of the pla