The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-16


our street His father was a tailor here, having
his shop in little room below the Cahoon
office, while his family lived in the rickety
basement below him. His two boys were
George and Lawrence. Lawrence was bel
ligerent chap and when he couldn't find any
other boy to fight, he would keep his hand in
by undertaking to fight his older brother,
George The old gentleman would usually
umpire the fights and interfere only when one
boy was using an unfair advantage over the
other Lawrence took to books occasionally,
and managed to find time, between fights, to
take partial course in the Lyndon academy,
where he was always ready when his turn
came for defamation, and usually otherwise
engaged when his turn came to recite. When
other boys were running away from rhetoricals,
Lawrence was on hand and seemed to enjoy it.
A little before 1850 the family disappeared
from the village, and that was the last heard
from them till Lawrence began to appear in
the theatrical world He went to Montreal,
we learn, where he managed to work himself
in behind the scenes, as chore boy, then supe,
then stock, and finally he turned up in the
dians of the present day."
WE give below a list of the town committees
for this county, as appointed at the county tenn
perance convention. By some oversight they
have not been furnished for publication earlier !:
Barre George W. Bassett, Charles L. Currier
and E. H. Gldden; Berlin, Janus Crossett, ].
M. Perrin and Alden Ladd; Cabot, Allen Perry
Hiram Wells and Jesse Morse; Calais, E. Stick
ney, l.. G. Dwnel and F. Fuller; Duxbury, H.
o. Ward, E. w. Huntley and D. Gray; East
Montpelier, George Rowland, Edwin Foster
and West Ormsbee; Fayston, A. d. Bragg,
Nathan Boyce and S. j. Dana; Marshfield, C..
c. Bent, James Boyles and j. E. Eddy; Middle
sex, F. NJ. McElroy, c. c. Graves and ]. W..
Maxham Montpelier, c. H. Heath, Fred E.
Smith, Fl. c. Lull and Joseph Fisher; More
town, Russell Sawyer, G. A. Thornton and j..
B. Fassett Northfield, G. H. Richmond, c. d..
Edgerton, A. F. Andrews, Martin Cobleigh and
c. A. Braley Plainfield, o. L. Hoyt, c. A..
Bartlett and S. B. Gale; Roxbury, H. G. Ellis,
Clark Flint and E. P. Burnham; Waitsfield,
w. A. Jones, E. A. Fisk and A. A. Kneeland
Waterbury, John Seabury, G. II. Lease and G.
D. Robinson Warren, j. H. Senter S. Bannis-
ter and p Ryford; Woodbury., Gilman Bell,
Oscar Thomas and Winslow Voodry; Worces-
ter, NJ. Bailey, A. Harrington and ]. Wilson.
THE fortieth annual session Of the Vermont
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
opened in this village yesterday. Bishop Mat
thew Simpson, who was expected to preside
over the deliberations of the conference, is pre-
vented from being present on account of illness
and Bishop E. G. Andrews occupies tht
chair. During the day yesterday examinations
were held for those who are pursuing
the prescribed four years course, preparatory
to being ordained for the ministry, ant
in the evening occurred the anniversary O
the Temperance Society. The programme TO
the remainder OF the exercises is as follows
This morning, business matters; this Afternoon
the conference sermon will be preached by 81
W. Worthen, and this evening will occur thu
anniversary of the Freedmen's Aid Society
with J. W. Bennett, L. A. Dibble, G. F. Arm
| morrow afternoon comes the anniversary o
| the Sunday-school Union, A. j. Hough d. F
| Brooks and A. H. Webb, speakers, and to-mor
row evening D. R. Lowell, F. II. knight, c. A
Smith and c. w. Wilder will present the caus
of the Education Society. Friday afternoon II
| P. Cushing will preach a centennial sermon
and Joseph H. Mansfield will speak of the Ne,
England Methodist Historical Society. A cen
tennial celebration will be held in the evening
with addresses by M. D. Jump, ]. c. w. Coke
d. D., and Bishop Andrews. Saturday after
noon the anniversary of the Woman's Foreigl
Missionary Society will be held, with Mrs. ]
w. Guernsey and Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Parke
as speakers, and w. ]. Johnson will preach
missionary sermon in the evening. Sunda
morning there will be love feast, led by W
B. Howard, followed by a sermon by BishO
Andrews. There will be ordinations at tw
o'clock in the afternoon, and in the evenin
will occur the anniversary Of the Missionar
Society, at which addresses will be made by NJ
D. Jump, j. o. Sherburne, w. N. Giis an
E. w. Parker. All these exercises will be he'll
at Trinity church. On Sunday morning an
evening sermons will be preached by member
of the conference, or visiting clergymen, a
Bethany church, Church of the Messiah an
the Baptist church. All the services are ope
to the general public. Next week we sha
give full report Of all the proceedings.