The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
Waterbury,.

j. + SHEPLE has brought his hardware store
and his residence into the telephone circuit.
STATE SUPERINTENDENT DARTT will hold an
educational meeting here, beginning Tuesday
evening, February g. and closing the following
Wednesday evening.
GEORGE c. ARMS OF Bristol, Conn, is In
town on his annual tour, buying furs and prod
uce. Mr.. Arms, aside from the business
aspect OF his visits, Ia always warmly welcomed
by his former townsmen.
AT the annual meeting of the Seth Warner
engine company, Saturday evening, Z. d. Rob.
inson was chosen foreman; Edward Farrar and
j. p. Mari, assistants; M. O. Evans, clerk and
treasurer; George w. Kennedy, auditor. 1t Is
proposed to form volunteer hose company.
SAMUEL REYNOLDS was arrested last week,
charged with stealing ties from the railway
and converting them into fuel. The tell-tale
chips around his house forced Samuel to con-
fess, and he was given one hundred and forty
two days In the work-house at Rutland. He Is
an impecunious tanner In bad odor locally.
PROFESSOR STARR began his lectures in Ho-
tel hall Sunday evening. His performances
excited great interest at Montpelier, and we're
attended by large and respectable audiences.
He Is cordially commended to the attention OF
those interested in the wonderful spiritualistic
phenomena, which he fully explains and Illus
trates.
CHARLES KEENE, Edward Wells, John ].
King and Lucius Morse have been assigned to
duty as fire wardens in wards one, two, three
and four, respectively. A. J. Brown has been
appointed chief Of police, with Edward Farrar
and o. E, Scott, policemen. The trustees have
also voted to convert portion of the basement
OF Village hall into lookup, Arrangements
will be made for three cells of suitable security,
andproper provision for warming them in cold
weather.
IT was not our purpose to count out" Mr..
9. N. Arms from his election on the board OF
directors of Waterbury national bank. After
twenty years OF continuous and faithful SER
vice in that capacity, he was again chosen with
as full vote as was received by any of his
associates at the annual meeting last week
By some inadvertence in receiving the names
by telephone, and repeating them to the scribe
at this office, Mr.. Arms name was dropped
from the list OF officers.
AT regular meeting of Edwin Dillingham;
post, G. A. R., held on Friday evening" January
18th, the officers, whose election or appointment
was recently noticed in this column, were in
stalled by Special mastering Officer H. G. Lull
OF Montpelier Delegates to department en-
campment, E. j. Foster, j. A. Durkee; alter
mates, J. w. Sleeper and George Brown. A
resolution OF coincidence with Comrade j. D.
Kellogg, in his recent distressing bereavement,
was unanimously adopted.
WATTS & CoMPANY's new mill has been
placed in position and the first grinding was
done Saturday. The mill was made by Case &
Strong, Bristol, Conn., 1t has a double set OF
ebOues, slAteon lnCueS IN diameter, ana rum
ming vertically instead Of horizontally. This
form OF construction admits of higher rate OF
speed, and the mill, being fitted with two hop
pers, grinds with great rapidly. Its capacity
ls from twenty to thirty-five bushels an hour,
according to the speed and power with which
it Is run. The first samples Of its work are
entirely satisfactory.
CAPITAL LODGE of Good Templars, Montpe-
lier, to the number of thirty, paid social visit
to Temperance Home lodge OF this village last
Monday evening. Both lodges enjoyed the
visit exceedingly After the main business was
finished, short and pertinent speeches on the
liquor traffic and the way the laws are enforced
were made by II. c. Lul, j. G. Wing, T. J.
Keegan and T. r. Gordon Of Montpelier, and
others Refreshments were served by the
ladies OF Temperance Home lodge, and good
social time was had until the departure of the
guests by the half-past twelve A. M. train.
FRANK EVANS has dog that seems to 90
round with chip on his shoulder" and late
Saturday night he assaulted "Old Jack" a
well-behaved brute Of the bull species, belong
ing to Charley Keene. Mr.. Keene says he was
about starting to the railway station with the
mail when the fight began, and requested the
owner OF the attacking canine to call him off,
which, 1t is alleged, he declined to do. So the
cruel war went on till both we're quite ex-
hausted, "Old Jack" holding his own against
his younger and more active opponent. FL
nally merciful by-stander interfered and sep
arated the combatants. The case would seem
to be proper one for the attention of society
for the prevention of cruelty to animals
YOUNG man giving his name as George A.
Baker drove up to Hartwell Moodys, at Mill
village, Saturday night, and solicited lodgings
He said that he lived on the road between
Montpelier and Barre and, benz short of money,
offered the team for sale. Suspicion was
aroused that he was not the rightful owner of
the property, and information WAS sent to Sher-
if Atherton. To gain time for investigation.
Athartnn hQrOQinpd fA ha taov fnrg
but the hour being late, and having only $40
at hand, he invited Baker to spend the night
with him, and Monday he would get the re-
mainder OF the price, The young man was
taken in by this ruse He said that he bought
the team of Charles Pease of Hartford. A
telegram on Sunday showed that this story was
not true. Monday morning, Mr.. Anterior told
the young man that he had his suspicious that
the team was stolen property. Baker stoutly
maintained that he bought the property as he
had stated, but on being confronted by Pease s
telegram he weakened, and tearfully confessed
that his true name was Charlie A. Wright,
and that he stole the horse from Arthur Heath
at Newport Center, Vermont, last Friday, took
1t to Sutton Junction and thence to Waterbury.
He is held in custody, awaiting the arrival OF
the owner of the property.
PRINCIPAL G. G. DAVIS has arranged a course
of four lectures, to be called the high school
course" The list of the lectures Is not yet
complete, but 30 far as ascertained the names
anu SUBJECTS are as IOllOwS: W. Il. ROcheeau
of the Randolph Normal school; subject " As
tronomy." Rev. J. Edward Wright, Montpe-
lier; subject not determined. Rev T. p, Frost.
Bradford; subject, 1.-THE Infant of the Revolu-
tion," relating to the admission of Vermont,
the first-b born child of the formal union of the
states. Definite arrangements have not vet
been made for the fourth lecture The first,
by MIR. Rocheleau, on Astronomy" is set for
Saturday evening, January 10, at Hotel hall
Mr. Rocheeau Is thoroughly conversant with
his subject and will illustrate it with maps
and charts. He is able to make this lecture
both entertaining and instructive. The pro.
ceeds OF this course, after paying expenses, are
to be applied to furnishing the school with
much-needed reference books, and so, aside
from their intrinsic merits these lectures must
appeal very strongly to the support and en-.
couragement OF this community The scholars
OF the high school will begin canvassing for the
sale Of tickets next Saturday, and we bespeal
for them generous patronage. Mr.. Davis /,
sparing no efforts to make the school success
ful, to awaken interest and he should be heart
ny seconded with encouraging words and by
liberal purchase of tickets. Tickets for tn,
course OF four lectures, fifty cents; single tick
cts, fifteen cents. The date OF the occurrence
OF the other lectures will be duly announced.
GrOtOn.-George Bgelow met with sever
loss few days since. As he WAS descendn
steep hill near the coal klns with a load O
wood, the neck-yoke broke letting the load OF
TO the hOrsea. breaking the Loo of nna on