The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-20

LOuB VI ihdthhchuboseo, hVb Os W AssOSaO VI
New Hampshire and Hon. John l. Gilbert Of
Malone, N. Y, will speak In the state before
the September election.
THE next reunion OF the veteran soldiers Of
Orange county will be held at Chelsea on the
Sd, 4th and 9th days Of September. and the
camp will be designated as Camp John B.
Mead. The officers OF this reunion, chosen at
Corinth in 1882, are as follows: General
Stephen Thomas, colonel; Colonel F. V. Ran
dali, lieutenant-c colonel Colonel ]. B. Mead,
major; John B. Atwood, quartermaster; Cap
tain W. j. Butterfeld, adjutantgeneral. Ample
preparations are made for the accommodation
OF all who may attend the reunion. 1t is hoped
that all veterans of Orange county will be
present on this occasion. The grounds for the
encampment are very pleasant and easy Of ac-
cess. There will be an abundance of tents,
and fuel, straw, etc, will be furnished. Each
soldier should bring his blanket and rations
For those who desire, rations will be furnished
on the ground and at the hotel at twenty y-fve
cents per meal. Further details will appear in
orders previous to the reunion.
New YORK TRIBUNE: "To the little ones
who daily beseech their influential friends,
their dispensary physicians, their hospital
nurses, their teachers and Mr.. Parsons to be
sent to the country, Vermont Is a land flowing
with milk and honey. Twenty-Five members
of the party went to Highgate, and thirty
eight to Swanton. Twenty-six more children,
gathered from homes where the atmosphere is
one Of almost hopeless degradation, started for
northern homes at four o'clock, bound for
Bakersfield. The Rev. Mr.. Fuller, pastor Of
the Congregational church in Bakersfield, last
week accompanied to New York the third
party which has already returned from that
town, yesterdays party being the fourth that
has been invited there. With his wife he came
to this city to make personal inspection OF
the fresh-air work, and accompanied Tribune
reporter TO q number Of tenement houses,
where he had an opportunity to see part of
the misery which his people are SO nobly striv-
ing to relieve"
A SUICIDE occurred at the Mortified house
in Northfield last Thursday. A stranger came
to town about noon and, after several attempts
to borrow small sums of money, bought fifteen
grains Of morphine at Dr. Nichols drug store.
About four o clock he went into the hotel and
soon called for a room, saying that he did not
feel well. About half-past nine o'clock the
landlord W. II. Morris was informed by one
of the boarders that the man was seemingly in
great distress and medical aid was at once
called in, but he lived only few minutes
Eight grains of morphine was found in the
pocket OF his vest under the pillow. The body
WAS placed in the receiving vault of Elmwood
| Cemetery Friday afternoon. The man was ap-
parently forty to forty-hve years old, about five
and half feet tall and weighed about one hum
dred and thirty-five pounds He was dressed
in a decent suit of dark clothes. He had been
stopping about week at the Montpelier hotel
in Montpelier, where he registered as S. Rog-
ers. Further than this his identity is un-
known. He told parties in Mortified that he
was from West Fsirlee and that Judge Alvah
Bean of that place owed him money, but that
proved to be false and nothing is known OF him
at West Fairlee. The matter seems likely to
remain mystery.
A CONVENTION OF the Universalists of ver-
mont and Province of Quebec will be held at
Mortified August 26, 27 and %. Tuesday
evening the convention will organize at 100
o'clock, after which Rev. |. p Booth will well
come the visitors and sermon will be preach ed
by Rev. L. H. Tabor. Wednesday, at $500 A.
M, conference meeting, led by Rev. j. r.
Robin: 100, communion service by Revs. Will.
lam Hooper and L. Warren; 200, reports OF
officers; IL :00 occasional sermon by Rev. w
M. Kimmell; 1:30 p. NJ, business meeting
2;30, Sunday-school discussions by Revs. G.
W. Jenkins, L. F. Fortney and ]. c. McInerney
100, meeting of Woman's Centenary Associa
tion 80 mass s-meeting, with addresses by
Revs. B. NJ. Tillotson, f. c. Healy and F. S
Rice; Thursday. 500 A. NJ. conference meet.
ing, led by Rev. c. Z. Churchill; 1000, mis-
sionary meeting, addresses by Revs. S. C. Hay
ford Myrs Kingsbury and G. L. Demarest, D
D.; 30 p. NJ, business meeting; eco, demon
national schools addresses by Revs. Walter
Dole and Smiley; $3.50, the denominations
press, addresses by Revs j. B. Tabor, |. ]
Mead and G. H. Emerson, DID, $3.50, Woman
Centenary Association; 500, sermon by Rev
S. A. Parker. Every parish is entitled to TIVE
delegates. All who attend the meeting will
receive free return checks.
THE St. Albans Messenger has plenty to d,
these hot days in looking after Franklin count!
politics. and Egypt and the North Pole ar
having rest citizens mass convention
was held at Sheldon last week which endorsed
the democratic ticket and at present the resul
seems to be in doubt. The Free Press says
"It is charged that the ticket, as a whole, wa
nominated by st. Albans influence; and tn
, feeling against St. Albans in the county, amopI
depositors in the broken trust company, suffer
ers by the bank and other failures, and other
having personal business or grievances, is n
strong that it has been comparatively easy t.
, rally very serious opposition to the regula
ticket. The democrats took advantage Of tn
situation by putting two or three republican
; on their ticket, and are expecting plenty o
help from dissatisfied republicans at the polls
Mr. Noble is personally respected and popular
and the opposition to him is largely opposition
to the Central Vermont railroad, of which h
has been an attorney. That he has done hi
duty by his clients, in square and manl
way, of course affords no good reason for op
posing him; but people are often guided NOR
by prejudice than reason in such cases" w
Judge that the Messenger does not help tn
matter by indiscriminately designating all VIII
are dissatisfied with the republican ticket a
'sore- heads, -" boilers, malcontents, " at
sistant democrats" etc
THE Washington county democratic conven