Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-14

sisted by three OF his pupis-Msses Ashley,
Daley and Lane. Everything went of finely and
some portions of the acting, especially In the
chariot scene, were surprisingly excellent. The
| pecunary benefit amounted to 800.
The clear-headed Boston Pos, says: 1.-THE Con-
cord Monitor is bound that 1t readers shall have a
clear idea of the details OF the recent homicide
near that city. 1t publishes diagram with this
minute explanation: The letter @ denotes the
chair In which Mrs. ordway sat; the position
OF the boy when the gun was discharged; and
II the positions Of her feet and head ~ she lay
on the floor when found, between the stove and
the door to the bedroom; G the corner where
Charlie placed the gun after the shooting; and
the door leading to the bedroom the one in which
the charge of shot was lodged. The hall between
the two rooms Is indie ,ted and also the bedroom
and pantry In the rear Perhaps 1t Is good
idea to thus famlliarize the young and old with
the crimes that are daily occurring around u.s.
Nevertheless we have our doubts. 1t Is just as
well to keep such diagrams for the eyes Of only
the Judge, counsel and jury"
THE fourth page Of our paper this week con-
tains communication under the head of Alb
surd Fashions" In which the writer endorses
Nhdb Nho sdlu ~ Wboh VI bWp slutt ny DuI CoI-
respondent A. NJ s." on the subject of nick
names. We also cordially endorse it. The wri-
ter hits the nail on the head when he says Edi-
tors must publish such names as are sent to them
or not publish at ALL" Not long since cores
pendent sent us communication in which the
name " Jotie" occurred. Not knowing whether
" Jotie" meant Joseph or Josephine, or what 1t
did mean, the name was printed sent, but we
were strongly tempted to reject the item. To
our correspondents we wish to say this; II you
wish to speak of John, call him John and not
Jack; II OF Sarah, call her Sarah, not Sadie or
even Sara; II OF Peter say Peter and not Pete,
and so on dd infnitum The enclosing Of the
nickname in quotation points In no wise relieves
it Of its uginess.
AT a recent dinner In Washington OF the Dart
mouth alumni resident in that city, out Of sixty
five members of the association onethird were
vermonters. Among the number are Capt. A. w
Fisher, class OF '5s, formerly OF Danvie. soldier
in the civil war, now chief clerk in the pension
office; Lyndon A. Smith, class of 80, connected
with the bureau of education He was valedic-
torian of his class, superintendent OF schools in
Norwich during his course and at his recent grad
uation from the law department Of the George
town University he had the salutatory Leon
ard X. Graves, formerly OF Waterbury, class Of
10, Is a student in Columbia National Medical
school and clerk in the surgeon generals office.
Quite number OF others have been residents In
Vermont and received their academic education
in her schools, Among the latter is John Eaton,
class Of o. president Of the association and COM
missioner of education. This little meeting In
Washington is a straw which, like the great vanes
the sons of Vermont associations In Chicago, San
Francisco and all over the country-indicate which
way the current OF native born citizens is set
ting. Sample any community in any part of the
country and large percentage OF Yermonters
will be found.
FEW weeks ago the wAroHMAS called atten-
ton to the desirability of extending throughout
Washington and the adjoining portions of other
counties the telephone system with which the en-
terprise OF Mr.. A. c. Brown has furnished Mont
pelier, Barre and WilIiamstown. The effort of
the WArcHMAN has had the desired effect
complete system of telephone communication IL
projected and as the snow is gone will be
put in execution. To certain points the decision
to extend the line is fixed fact while to others
the probability of extending is so strong as to
amount to an assurance of certainty 1t Is GER
tain that a trunk line will be opened early in the
spring by the Boston and Northern telephone
company between Burlington and Mont elier.
There will be no stations between those points.
The object of the line is to connect the exchanges
ON the west side now owned by the above com
pany with Browns exchange in Washington
county. On the poles of this company Mr.. Brown
will string his wires to Waterbury and Middlesex.
Now II Mortified, Painfeld, Marshtie!d, Cabot
and the Mad river valley region desire to enter
the circuit, to be placed on speaking terms with
large portion of the state on either side of the
mountains, it certainly will not weaken the
chances of a contamination of the scheme ifthose
communities manifest an active and encouraging
interest in the project A little encouragement
given to Mr. Brown will work wonders He does
not really like to force his system on any one,
but let any community once possess the benefits
OF the telephone and a regiment Of soldiers could
not take 1t away.