The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-05

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ington, D. G., for short visit, after which
they leave for Fort Elliott, Texas, where the |
lieutenant has been stationed.
Mr.. r. G. BROWN of this village has been
elected a member Of the Phi Beta Kappa from |
the class Of "a In Harvard college. The elec- |
tons to this society are based on scholarship, |
and, as the constitution now stands, extend |
only to the first twenty-five men in each class. |
The honor and privileges are for life and may |
be said rather to increase as years go by. The
WAToHMAN extends Its congratulations.
D. W. DUDLEY lost a valuable horse last
week. A. NJ Cheney drove him to Cady's
Falls, and while there he escaped from boy
who was leading him to water. He ran short
distance upon the railroad track until he came
to long trestle, over about one-half OF which
he passed In safety, jumping upon the ties,
when he fell through and broke a leg. In
his struggles to extricate himself he fell over
the edge distance of twenty feet and was
30 severely injured as to necessitate killing him.
Mrs w. G. HARRIS died at her home at
Groton Pond on Saturday, after brief illness
resulting from blood poisoning Her husband
was summoned home from Boston Thursday
afternoon, coming to this place upon the
Chicago express, and was taken from here by a
special engine the same evening. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harris, 1t will be remembered, boarded at the
Pavilion for several weeks after the Groton
Pond fire, and during the time made many
pleasant acquaintances Mrs. Harris was a
most estimable lady and had many warm
friends in this place who mourn her untimely
demise, and feel deep sympathy for her be-
reaved husband.
THE event of the season, socially, was the
pink L party at Mrs. d. L. Fullers, Wednes-
day evening of last week, when over one hun
dred persons enjoyed the festivities of the oc-
cason The house was tastefully and elabor-
| atey decorated with pink cambric, and nearly
| every guest wore some article of pink and
each donned badge of pink T. An inter-
tation to Mrs. Fuller, by Mr.. and Mrs. Web
| ster, Of pink T OF large dimensions, orna-
mented with frosted silver wreath of leaves
and flowers. Mrs. Fuller responded in appro-
pirate words. The table was profusely dec
| GRATED with pink Ts, and the cake and coffee
| were appreciated The evening passed very
p'elsantly for all.
THE Palmer-Daly Comedy Company will
| give " Vacation, or Harvard Us Yale" at Capt.
| tai hall, Monday evening, March 10. This Is a
new play, fresh and sparkling, and has been
| honored with large houses wherever 1t has been
| presented The company, consisting of thir-
| teen members, is strictly frst-class. Every
| thing about the play is fresh and bright, enter
| tanning and amusing. The Providence Journal,
one of the standard newspapers of the coun-
try, says: "Ths play evidently has future,
and we will hazard the prophecy that it will
out-iive all of the so-caed comedies now be-
ing produced in this country. One strikingly
distinctive feature is the fact that everything
is new, and one is not bored with antediluvian
jokes, or gray haired songs"
SEVERAL months since this village received
the valuable addition to its transient popula-
ton of Hermann Jauch, who had just come over
from the Fatherland in quest of an American
education. He entered the Vermont Metho.
dist Seminary and rapidly acquired limited
knowledge Of the beauties OF our language
With his characteristic modesty he went abou,
displaying crayon productions, which. in
cases where they represented members Of the
brute creation, were very good, and, when in
tended as likenesses of human beings, were
{ remarkably bad. Some of our best lawyers
| will remember numerous pleasant interviews
with him in cases where parties refused to ac
cept the portraits which he had made for them
A few weeks ago he started a class In drawing
composed of members of the Union school
This class met at the school-house on Wed
nesday and Saturday afternoons. Manifestinl
: an extended knowledge of his native tongue
Jauch easily secured a class, largely composed
. of ladies, for instruction in the language. Hi
' terms were SO for twenty lessons, and, by
. means of the capital derived from the TIVE
classes, he expected (?) to defray the expens
= of an education at the seminary. German
: lessons were given regularly Monday ant
Thursday evenings at Mr.. B. F. Browns, bu
last week notice was given that the Twelfth
lesson would be given Wednesday instead o
| Thursday evening On this occasion tn
"professor displayed the usual amount o
conceit and, in fact, appeared quite natural
| He left, as usual, soon after nine o'clock, il
: order to get to his room in the seminary board
| ing-house before the doors were closed. AS h
q has not been seen since, suspicious of :" fou
play" (?) are entertained especially since h
q had previously removed his trunk to the de
pot, brought his valise down when he came +
the lesson, was owing a large amount in tn
: village, and had collected considerably NOR
than was due him from his pupils. The SEN
= mary now mourns his loss in the followin
stanzt /, to the tune of "Seventy-five Dollars,
4 and many merchants and innocent pupils joi
. | in the refrain
lobe he dead?
am he gomez
0 are him left
K comfort none?
In pursuance of the call, the citizens
j. Montpelier met at Capital hall on Tuesday fo
o the annual town meetiug and made choice {
the following officers, and transacted the 70
h low ng business: The meeting was called
: order by the clerk, and Hiram A. Huse wa
elected moderator and T. r. Merrill clerl
The reports of the town officers were accepte
n and adopted and ordered to be ecorded. Hor
J. A. Page was reelected commissioner {
Green Mount cemetery for the ensuing fy
n years. 1t was voted to have three selectme
N and George w Wing was elected first an
Sumner Kimbal second. There were thre
10 ballots for third selectman, which resulted
n no choice, and upon the completion of the thir
ir ballot the meeting adjourned until half-pa
one p. NJ. The meeting came in, pursuant
;, adjournment, at haf.past one, and ballote
% again for third selectman, aud there was L
" choice, and, on the next and fifth ballo
10 George A. Peck was elected. The remainin
officers were elected as follows: Treasurer,
e. g. Houghton; overseer of poor, f. NJ. lrsl
ic first constable and collector of taxes, ID.
m Clark; second constable, ii. @ Lu.l; listers, {
+. Perrin, c. G, Eaton, Charles De f. Bal
croft voted that the selectmen should be Il
Z. trustees of the public money; fence viewer
~ p. j Cayhue, A. Trulan and Frank ButteIl!
II. w. Kemp j. o Livingston, Geo. Parmente
j. G Wing and o. d Clark were elected tow
" grand jurors; Frank Hoyt was elected survey
y of lumber and wood, and inspector OF lumb
D and shingles; Frank |. Pitkin. pound keep
for first pound and William Miller, pour
is keeper for second pound; S. C, Shurtleff, age
in to prosecute and defend suits; the followir
H. men were drawn as petit jurors; John f, Hal
ne George w. Parmenter, Medad Wright, l.,
Gleason l.. B. Huntington; N. c. Tabor,
v. +. Braman, U c. Putnam. Jr. N. Wrigh
w X. X. Riker, Horace Mills, ii. s. Town, Stor
nd Noyes; grand jurors G, T. Sabin, L, F. Kir
n ball, W. G Ferrin, c. NJ Hale Joel Foste
Jr., David r. Gray; Howard +. Hill, superi
>, tendent OF schools street commissioners, Joi
L. Tutte, f. NJ. Irish and Henry Town; te
sse book committee, w w. Prescott and Hira
Carleton. 1t was voted to abate the poll Il
20 of fire engine companies OF the state miiti
-, ~ and OF the hook and ladder company; vot
;" to raise highway tax Of fifteen cents on Il
dollar payable in money before June 10 1888
no voted to have the collector collect taxes vot
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