The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-02

the same period. Mr.. Bancroft takes great
pains In collecting these facts, and Is perfect
encyclopedia Of information on many matters
Of interest connected with the village. The
items referred to will be read with interest.
THE clerks in the post-office recently came
across a letter with an odd superscription
Upon the envelope was roughly sketched, with
pencil the head Of a young lady with the
face to the front, and below 1t the name Of the
post-offce to which the letter was to be sent. |
The sketch looked as though it might be a
good likeness Of somebody, and the name Of |
the post~office addressed was perfectly plain. |
These were the only marks upon the envelope. |
JENNIE MAY, daughter of w. F. Wood, died
of consumption at her home on Thursday |
morning, at the age of thirteen years, after a |
confinement to the house OF about six weeks. |
The funeral services were held at the house at
half-past one o'clock and at Bethany church
at two o'clock Sunday afternoon, Rev. Mr.
Hincks officiating. Mr.. and Mrs. Wood desire
to return their thanks for the many tokens OF
aid and sympathy shown them by neighbors
and friends.
SOME OF the young people at home for the
holidays went to Waterbury Monday forenoon,
took dinner at the Village hotel and, re-
turning in the afternoon, were invited to tea at
the Pavilion by Miss Kittie and Mr.. Burnside
Bailey. After tea they repaired to the parlors
and passed a part of the evening in dancing.
The company was composed of Misses Bailey,
Chandler, Eaton, Fifield, Jewett and Reed, and
Messrs. Bailey, Brown, Chandler, Hunting,
King and Thompson.
sPRoFEssoR c. w. STARR will begin Sunday
evening, January g. a series of illustrated lee
lures on the subject Of Spiritualism the true
and the false" The Sunday evening lecture
will be free. The following four evenings will
| be taken up with tricks and lectures, giving an
| entire change of programme each evening.
These lectures have attracted large audiences,
and are highly commended by the press of
| the localities where Professor Starr has lee
tured. Admission twenty-five cents. Tickets
to four lectures, seventy-ive cents.
THE new skating rink is decided success
thus far. The ice has been scraped and planed
| several times, and all who have been upon the
| rink express satisfaction with its condition.
The space cleared is much larger than was ex-
pected, and affords ample room for very large
| number of skaters. Saturday afternoon there
were about three hundred present. and mary
more in the evening 1t Is to be hoped that
there will be no trouble in collecting the
amount necessary to run" the rink until the
first of March, as it affords healthful source
of amusement for all.
THERE was pleasant surprise party at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Janus Crossett on Mon
day evening, the occasion being the tenth ami
versary of their marriage Presents to the
| value OF sixty dollars were contributed by
friends and relatives. The presentation speech
was made by Captain Lull and responded to by
Mr.. Crossett. Mr.. Burpee also made few re-
marks. Refreshments were served, and music
and poem by Rev. w. A. Averill of Warren
for those present, of whom there were about
eighty friends and relatives.
"BIJoU," by the Corinne Merrie- Makers,
Wednesday evening Of last week, was melange
of old songs and some new gags strung to-
gether on very attenuated dramatic thread
Some OF the acting was fair and the incidents
laughable. The real attraction was little
Corinne, whose graceful acting and bewitchine
ways won much applause. To the rejecting
however, the spectacle of young and beauti
full child leading the life Of stroling player
with all its attendant evils, served to neutralizs
much Of the pleasure the wonderful little
lady's undeniable charms and talents impaired
nine o'clock, Mr.. E. r. Skinner was called Il
the back door of his residence by a loud pound
: ing. There he found Julian Estes, who, 1t viii
be remembered, was engaged in a stabbinl
affray several weeks ago. Estes demanded
, that Mr.. Skinner should give him employment
8 and, when he refused, threatened to blow VI
the gas house before morning Mr.. Skinne
bade his wife to go after Sheriff Tuttle. Whil
. she was gone Estes told Mr. Skinner that II h
did not give him twenty-fi five dollars he woult
J kill him. MIR. Skinner went into the yard t
call Mr.. Curtis, who lives over his store, an,
while in the yard Mr.. Tuttle came up and
springing upon Estes, throttled him and Dor
him to the ground He was then taken to Jail
J Tuesday morning he was taken before Justic
| o. d. Clark on the charge of drunkenness, re
fused to disclose, and was again placed behin'
] the bars.
NOTWITHSTANDING the clustering weather
about three hundred people were present a
the soldiers supper given by the Grand Arm.
9 boys last Friday evening. Baked beans an
hsrdtack were provided, and after rations tn
post was called to order by Commander vii
Q lard Holden. After making few appropriat
t remarks the commander called upon Captain
s ii. c. Lull, who responded. Marchin
Through Georgia was sung by the audience
and an this was followed by the singing of :" Th
a from Brandon. Ed. Mutt recited Barbar
Frietchie," and W. W. Noyes followed wit
the Dutch version of the same. The latter wa
! y decidedly g rich Stirring speeches wer
! made by Revs. Miller, Wright, Hincks, Hi
y and Beeman, and General Themas closed wit
one OF his patriotic speeches. All went HON
= resolved to renew the engagement " at n
!. distant day.
!, MARTIN W. WHEELoCK, the proprietor @
% the Freeman bindery, has been appointed b.
the Tuerk Hydraulic Power Company of CHI
k cago as the agent for Montpelier for thei
= hydraulic water motor, or engine, which for a
;, purposes requiring power from running a sew
a ing-machine dental engine lathes, etc, to ma
70 chinery requiring ten or twelve horsepower
from hydrant pressure, Is guaranteed and wal
l. ranted to do better tOOrk igith less Uater tha
Q any other water engine or motor made.
l. G. Tuttle, of Tuttle Co.. Rutland, VT, who's
d large printing presses and cutters are run b
II one OF these motors, says: 1t is the chedpet
aud best power ever put in use." With the in
, PRODUCTION Of our water works we expect to Sc
: quite number of these motors used here, an
n in the meantime Mr.. Wheelock will be happ
- - to furnish circulars, price lists, and any othe
: : information desired to sustain the claims of tn
Tuerk water motor.
, DURING the year just closed four fires oc
:, Cured in town-two in the village limits, an
% % two outside the limits. The first February 2
% was Dayton T. Cark's residence, ON Summe
% % street; damage about $50. May 1. Samut
% Smiths house, on Barre street road, was de
stroyed by fire; loss about $780, Septembe
" IT, the barns ON North Main street owned b
IT J. NJ. d. Celley, Lewis Wood and Benjani
IT Scribner, were burned; loss about 5000 OctC
o Der 6, W. II. Lombard's house and horse. barr
II on Worcester branch road, we're totally dt
stroyed; loss about 81, 800. Clement Provost
l. house was also slightly damaged by fire Ma
v 20. The total loss for the year amounted
q about $4,000, one-half of which was covere
% by insurance. During the past eight years, O
D. since the great fires of 1875, only twenty-five
y fires have occurred in town-the larger part
them small ones-the whole entaiing an az
= gregate loss Of about S37, 900. The losses pal
!. by the insurance companies were about on,
q half that amount, which il nearly the sum tina
n is annually paid by the town FOR Insurance.
a The burning of the courthouse MAY 25 1886
n embraces about two-fiths of the whole los.
= | Three yaara have alanspd durinp tho mn at aiol