Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-16
Current Mention.

Burlington at summer prices.
HEywooD's Quadrupantheon at Capital
Hall, Saturday evening, May GOTH
The wooden mills at North Montpelier have
commenced to weave white flannel.
STATE SUPERINTENDENT DART is to hold an
educational meeting at Barnard, May 49,
THERE will be religious services at wright's
Mills on Sunday next, at half-past two p. NJ.
Ex-SHERIrF DREW OF Burlington has been up
at Alburgh looking up violations Of the fish law
The Free Press is publishing valuable series
of articles on Vermont industries. The issue for
last Saturday was double sheet.
THE Washington County Conference OF Congre.
gational Churches will be held at Plainfield June
9th and 9th. The programme will appear later.
THE next meeting OF the Orleans Educational
Society will be held at Newport on Friday, June
LIST. State Superintendent Dartt will be present
RUTLAND HERALD professor Judah Dana
has heller twenty months old and has given
milk for about month" He has our hearty
sympathy.
NEW counterfeit Of the So gold coin has made
its appearance. 1t purports to be a coin OF the
United States, struck at New Orleans in 1S43. 1t
is heavily plated and is 49a grains light.
MONTPELIER should have a village improve
ment society. Such an organization ia in exist
ence in Rutland, yergennes and other places and
good results follow. Who will lead in this matter?
FROM almost every town In the state comes the
following item: Rev. - -, the new
Methodist minister, preached his first sermon last
Sunday We understand that he made good
impression
THE soldiers monument which Colonel Red
field Proctor Is to present to the town OF Caven-
dish on Memorial Day is thirty-two feet in height,
contains nearly 800 feet of marble and weighs
$1,000 pounds
In the last vergepnes Vermonter there were
thirty business notices in its local columns. 1t
would be much better II all our contemporaries
would follow the example OF the Montpelier
papers in this respect
The law enacted by the last legislature requir-
ing license fee for selling phosphate in this state
has had the effect to prevent entirely the usual
sale Of small quantity Of the high cost article
used on plants and flowers.
MESSENGER: "Mr. o. C. Bailey Of Illinois is in
Brattleboro, making preparations to reorganize
the anti Masonic party of Vermont. A state con-
vention is to be held in Montpelier on the 9th
and 9Th OF June for this purpose
A SPURIOUS ten.cent piece, made Of pewter and
some substance that adds to the weight and
makes the coin 80 brittle that it snaps when bent,
Is in circulation. 1t Is such good imitation In
design that it is deceptive to the eye.
THE Monitor says that another meeting is called
OF ha foup oaip 10
ton on the "town system" matter Teachers
and committees are in a quandary what to do in
the present status Of the school matter.
VERMONT does not hold out any great financial
inducements to gubernatoral aspirants, and IL
in this respect far behind some other New Eng
land states, Connecticut has just increased the
salary Of her chief executive to 1000.
THE General Convention of Congregational
Ministers and Churches OF Vermont meets at New
port June 18th. Rev. L. o. Brastow of Buring
ton Is president, and Rev. C. II. Merrill of Wes
Brattleboro is secretary Of this convention.
WHITNEY Posi- OF Tunbridge propose decorat
ing the graves Of their dead comrades with flag
instead Of flowers. 1t is expected that memo
rial sermon will be preached at the Congrfga
tlonal house Sunday. May q, by Rev. f. E
Herrick.
LAST Saturday Policeman Ordway arrested
Rob Spencer, who lives near Washington for be
ing drunk and for reckless driving. lie wa
brought before Justice Clark and Grand Juro
Kemp and said he bought the rum at Randolph
He was fined SIS and costs, amounting in al
to SO So
The special White Mountain express train from
Gar will ha hx q Pnt
land, Burlington, and the Montpelier and Well
River railroad. 1t will probably reach here abou
noon and stop long enough for dinner. This ar
rangement will be more satisfactory than las
summers route
The directors OF the Consolidated Railroad O
Vermont, formerly the Central Vermont and tn
Vermont & Canada, held a meeting in Boston las
Friday and elected the following officers: Presi
dent, j, Gregory Smith Of St Adams; vice-presi
dent. James X, Langdon Of Montpelier; treasurer
d. D. Ranlett Of St. Adams.
The Montpelier correspondent OF the Ere
Press In poking fun at the WAToHMAS for print
ing "a badly arranged sentence used the following
example of elegant composition; 1.-THE hypercriti
cal Watchmdn of the slips of Its contemporaries
made ludlcrous mistake itself In this week
edition" " Those who live In glass houses" etC
THE new postal notes, which are to have a NOR
distinct money character than the postal none
orders, are to be five and seven-eighths inche
long by three and one-eight inches wide, with
stub to each note two inches wide. It IL to be
steel plate engraving in the best Style and to b
printed in one color on linen paper OF the bel
quality.
THE annual meeting Of the Montreal & vel
mont Junction railroad company was held
Stanbridge. P. . the 9th. when the folowin
directors were elected; j. Gregory Smith,
Curtis Smith, st. Albans Jed P. Clark. Milton
J. d. Hatch, Burlington; J, s. Brigham. Philip
burg; George Gregory Smith, Berthier en- Haul
A. II. Gilmour. stanbridge
PHGsIx; "we doubt II any proposed ente
prise OF a local character has ever awakened I
general and 80 favorable an interest amopg tn
people OF this place as has the suggestion Of tn
possible removal OF Lewis College to Brattleborc
The matter forms general topic OF conversation
and inquiries with regard to 1t are heard on ever
side. formal movement for raising the r,