The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-28

be submitted to the society at its annual
meeting: DIR. T. II. Godfrey, Inflammation"
Dr. A. D. Aver, "New Remedies" DR.. Fem
J. Hart, Germ Theory" Dr. P. L. Templeton,
Scarlatina;'' DR.. w. r. Woodward "History
of Medicine" DR.. George H. Gray Of East
Calais is the recording secretary of the society.
AN exchange has this comment on the recent
panic. 1t will commend itself to our many
readers: Mr.. Vanderbilt, who has arrived
in London, has been shocked by the late panic,
the news of which has just reached him. His
explanation OF the disaster is that the people
in the United States have for some years been
making money too fast The drivers and
conductors on the Fourth Avenue railroad, the
conductors and brakemen on the Harlem, the
Hudson, the Central, and the Lake Shore
should call halt and not plunge the country
into commissions OF this kind in their insane
desire to become millionaires. They should
initiate the example OF Mr.. Vanderbilt and
travel slowly in the process of accumulatng
government and other bonds"
THE seventh annual report OF the directors of
the Montpelier & Wells River railroad shows
that the gross earnings of the road for the past
year have been 1892, 80 and the gross ex-
penses SS5 S45 40-leaving the net earnings
S6,343 10. Nearly 1922. 900 have been expended
in laying steel rails and the rolling stock has
been kept in first.class condition. The road
met with severe loss by the Groton Pond fire
and has spent considerable money in building
and repairing bridges but has, nevertheless,
closed the year with a balance on the right
asI 10 81 thn I'D nnrt tha
$17, 900 have been paid on the debt. One thou
sand tons of steel rails have been contracted
for and will be laid by July 10th. The annual
meeting will be held tomorrow.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL HENRY M. ROBERT,
corps Of engineers, in reply to the enquiry of
the senate as to the damage done by the recent
gale to the breakwater at Burlington, reports
that it is necessary to repair the entire old
part of the breakwater, about eleven hundred
feet long, as the four hundred and fifty feet
left standing is divided into three detached
portions of badly decayed work. AS the
breakwater is very wide, and the inner part
not much damaged, though badly decayed, the
repair can be carried on without depriving the
harbor Of its present protection by cutting
down the outer portion first and building it up
again TO width of only ten feet, and to a
hight Of about ten feet above extreme low
water, or about two feet higher than it was
originally. Afterward the rear wall can be
cut down and rebuilt to hight Of about six
feet above low water, or four feet lower than
the renewed front portion or parapet. He
estimates that the cost will be about S35, 600,
provided that $25, 900 is appropriated imme-
diately, before the elements do any further
| damage.
THE May term of the Washington county su-
preme court came to a close last Friday morn
ing, after session of only three days A num-
Der OF cases were continued to the general term
and this practice seems to be on the increase.
The following cases were heard: W. F. Baker,
administrator of c. P. Kimball vs. Central Yer
mont Railroad Company; judgment of county
court reversed and judgment given for plain
tiff. Nathaniel Perry Us. Harvey S. Dow; judg
ment reversed and cause remanded for a new
trial. James B. Scovlle ct al u.s. Town oi
Berlin; judgment affirmed. Martha L. Cald
we'll Us. Don c Caldwell; Judgment affirmed
| Newhall and Stebbins Us. L. T. Kinney and
George Miles; judgment reversed. Luke c.
I Fisher Us. N. G. Williams appellant; judgment
affirmed. Mortified Savings Bank U.s. J. G
Sanders, appellant; judgment affirmed. Schoo
District No. 49, in Waterbury, appellant Us
Joseph Harvey; judgment affirmed. Jennettt
L. Kimball Us. Randall Durant; judgment
affirmed. David Mcdonald Us. Jacob Smith
with court. Phineas Wheeler ct ux Us. Tay
lor Harwood; with court Lizzie Eagan Us
Stephen Bergen, Jr; judgment reversed
Daniel Fl. Downing Us. II. w. Lyford ct al
with court John L. Adams and Daniel Kim
chancery affirmed and cause remanded. Evan
McCrilis vs. Frank H. Allen, appellant; judg
ment affirmed.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Newport E1pres
rode high horse to Banbury cross las
week, and here are some of the emotions thu
excursion excited: "What feelings agitate m,
bosom as read the noble letter of Major Page
who adorns the calf skin and general hid
business at Hyde Park. Wherever, exclaim
wherever the warlike calf prances in his natv
pastures, filings his free waving tail to tn
breezes of heaven and wakes the resoundini
echoes with melodious bat, there shall tn
name of Page be heard and honored. How
completely is his military record vindcated
With invincible logic he demonstrates tn
strategic necessity Of that mastery retreat int
Canada, and illustrates the underhanded at
tempt to thrust upon him the disagreeabl
duties Of secretary Of state Such splendi'
effusions entirely overshadow the Declaration
of Independence, Washington's Farewell Ad
dress and other ancient productions that hav
descended to us in the pages of our schoo
readers. Shall we longer prate Of the signer
OF the declaration, when in the minds eye W
can picture the genial druggist of Northfie
penning the immortal epistle in which he sd
dresses the future governor of our state? Tn
hand that lately welded the laborious pestl
now grasps the pen. That mighty intellect
fresh from the solution of the difficult probler
of harmonizing our vigorous liquor laws wit
the practical requirements OF successful dru
business, now turns to weightier themes.
selected phrases Of choicest English he tender
to the surprised and mildly deprecating Pingre
the gubernatorial honors of the state of Vel
mont"
ALBERT SowLEs, Herbert Brainerd, Edwar
A. Smith and ]. Russell Arlington of s.
Albans, and Harrington H. Marshall, Perkir
c. Page and Francis o. Nickerson of Bostor
were indicted by the grand jury of the Unite
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