The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-02
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THE telephone business is lively here at
present. The new connections south OF Mont
pelier are appreciated here.
OUGHT not our citizens to be ready this
month to hear Principal Edison of Randolph on
the matter OF the town system Of schools We
wish DR.. Walter Jones OF Waitsfeld could also
be present at the meeting.
Town SUPERINTENDENT Erwin MARTIN
meets our teachers on an evening occasionally
to discuss questions pertaining to school work
meeting of this kind occurs at the village
| school-house this wednesday, evening.
DAVID M. SMITH has been appointed admin
istrator of the estate OF the late Geo. A. Simons
and not Of the estate Of his father, Alvah
Simons, as we we're incorrectly informed and
reported last week. George A. Simons died
some eight or ten years ago.
The Free Baptist society give their annual
donation visit to their pastors on Thursday Of
this week at their meeting house. The occa-
sion will close with an oyster supper at the
| house of Ophir s. Martin on Thursday even
| ing. We will guarantee hearty reception to
| all who shall attend it.
DANIEL MARTIN of Pullman, Ill.,. is visiting
| this his old home, after absence of eight
| years. Mr.. Martin is at the head of a corps of
| thirteen teachers in Pullman, and has the in
terests of some six hundred and fifty or more
pupils to look after He likes his work mnch
and returns to 1t this week. He Is welcome
guest among his friends here
| HERBERT BOWMAN met with a very sad acct
| dent last week. He was splitting wood, and a
| chip that he was using as a wedge few and
struck him in the left eye. 1t was feared at
| first that the sight OF the eye would be wholly
lost. Later indications are that it may not be
quite as bad as that Mr.. Bowman has the
sympathy of many friends in his affection.
The Congregationalists land all others who
would) have just enjoyed the hospitality of the
Methodsts in the nearly four weeks use of
their Westinghouse for daily religious services,
and now the former cordially invite the latter,
and all others who will, to meet at their house
for daily services during the coming week of
prayer, and perhaps longer. They do not want
to come behind in hospitality, or any other
good thing
THE debating club in the Orville Briggs dis
trict discusses, on Wednesday evening OF this
week, the resolution that it would be for the in
| terests OF the democratic party to keep Presi-
dent Arthur in the chair another four years
Our democratic friend, Joshua F. Bailey, is the
chief disputant in the negative. We hear this
club has been having good "papers " thus far
this season. 1t will doubtless pay all who can
to join it; the only one Of the kind in town,
we believe.
THE Christmas festival at the town hall on
Monday evening, the Oath ult, was very
pleasant affair. The cantata, 1.-The Christian
Graces," music by George F. Root, proved a
| rich feast to the audience. Faith Hope and
Charity were personated by Misses Anna Scho-
| field and Carrie Hill and Mrs. J. X Lynde,
respectively. There was semi-chorus of nine
adult ladies, and another of young misses
The warm thanks of our people are due
| these singers, who spent so much time in prepa-
ration of this cantata, "hoping for nothing
again" The Christmas trees bore the usual
variety of fruits" to the delight of many.
| If any Of our teachers have happened not to
see little remark of Professor F. c. Robertson
OF Boston Ia teacher of eocuton, OF whom fine
Ia L. A.
to see it now. 1t is this: 1.-The use of the
pause marks the distinction between the artist
| and the mechanic in speaking or reading"
Verify if a cardinal principle Of artistic read
ing and speaking is as simple as this seems it
is well worth knowing. Why should we not
have prize reading here this season. in which
pupils in our common schools alone may COM
pete? We think the prizes could be made to
come forth if only the competitors can be found
MANY Vermonters now living may perhaps
think they know by personal experience all of
the hardships and sufferngs of war they care
to- But it cannot be amss to occasionally re-
fresh the memory of the cost of our earlier lib
critics. page of the great volume of unwrit-
ten history comes to us in the story of one of
the fathers, a Vermonter from these parts, who
rushed to the rescue of his country about the
time of the battle of Plattsburgh lin lS14)
though too late, perhaps, for the battle. This
story it is said was often on his lips. The eli
max OF it WAS that " he was on the lake six
hours, during which time nothing but new rum
and crackers went into his stomach"
MIR AND MRS. JAMES NJ BECKETT are to
winter in South Boston, whittier they went last
week. -. Rev. Charles Nichols closed his labors
here last Thursday evening. Willis Gale is
to meet all interested in a vocal music class on
Tuesday evening of this week at the Metho-
dist vestry He ought to succeed in getting
one. His friends notice his improvement mu-
sically under his training in the New England
conservatory OF BOSTON The musipalp q I
X. Lynde's, on Saturday evening, was gener-
ously patronized, and evidently gave satsfac-
ton to the patrons. 1--WE hear that Mrs.
Charles Adams and Elisha Gale are both aiing
with lung trouble. Mr.. Gale is called very
sick man. The Mr.. Hubbard who has been
living on Herbert z. Martins Boutwell, farm
has rented place in Royalton, and Lucius
Wright will now take the place. "A good
man who has the tanners trade is what George
c. Earle of this place wants to hire. Mr. Earle
isjust at present " fiat on his back /" from lift
| ing too hard.