The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-09

officers of Valley lodge, No. 10, independent
Order of Odd Fellows, at the Congregational
vestry. waitsfeld, on Monday evening, Janu-
ary ID, with an address on Odd Fellowship "
by DR.. p. D. Bradford of Northfeld. cordial
invitation is extended to all to be present.
MEssRs. NOBLE & SMITH Of St. Albans have
been retained as counsel for Mrs. A. T. Stew
art and Hon. Henry Hilton in the suit instituted |
against the estate OF the late A. T. Stewart |
Through Brigham & Waterman Of Hydepark) |
by John Stewart of Johnson, who claims to be
a first cousin and entitled to a share in the
estate.
ERA: "And now it is reported-and in
in print. too--that ex- Governor Proctor is max
ing a canvass for the craftsmanship of the next
national republican convention. Perhapshe is,
and il he succeeds in his endeavors Senator
Edmunds will surely receive the republican
nomination for president to succeed Arthur.
II not, why not?"
PROFESSOR LEWIS SWIFT OF the Rochester
observatory takes no stock in the theory that
the rosy sky-glows are consequence of vol
canic action. He says the phenomenon made
its appearance in so many parts Of the globe at
L0e BAIU6 UlIub tldJ luhb tuoOEy 10 uhsohopiO'
He also says the cause is extra-terrestrial, and
that the sky-glows seem to have come to stay.
OUR offer to send Good Cheer, the new
monthly paper, is as follows: Any subscriber,
old or new, who will pay for THE WATcHMAN
to date which is one year in advance OF the
time when he makes the remittance, will re-
ceive Good Cheer one year free. Thus anyone
,,,i. 60, Tn uu;l1 ,lu
with the terms Of this offer, and 80 will be en-
titled to the extra paper.
RUTLAND has stirred up new sensation.
II. w. Love, editor Of the Reuie,s, was arrested
Monday, on complaint of Grand Juror Spellman,
| and arragned in the municipal court on charge
Of offenses against the Sunday law" in
issuing paper on that day. This is the out
come of a bitter personal warfare and, as far
as we know, the action was not prompted by
any demand of public sentiment.
JOHN WILLIAMS of Newfane, now serving a
ten years sentence in the state prison for man.
slaughter, claims to have attended the same
school with Carey, the Irish informer, in Dub
lin, where they were boys together. Williams
says that Carey was obedent, a good student,
| anu WAS very pOpuldE Win HIS
Since then Williams had heard nothing Of his
former friend until he recently became 80 prom
inent before the world.
FROM our Bradford correspondent we learn
that at a special town meeting, held last Sat.
urday, it was decided by vote OF one hun.
dred and thirty-three to forty-nine to instruct
the selectmen to raise sufficient money on the
| ond 1;utt 10 tha ioou or
against that town in the famous Ira r. Me
lendy suit. The sum is to be raised in ninety
days, and will require about one hundred ant
ten cents on the dollar Of the grand list.
J THE blood-hounds which travel about will
the various "origina" Uncle Toms Cabil
companies usually have fierce and blood
thirsty appearance on paper, but as a matte
of fact are rarely of very stirring nature
But at Windsor, recently, after they had beel
chained up, two of them broke loose and to
gether attacked another. biting, chewing AM
mangling him so severely, before they coul
be taken off, that he died within few hours
What an advertisement for the company
GIFTS and improvements aggregating $500
900 have been made to the educational advant
ages of the state during the past year. TIL
largest improvements are S204, 900 to the stat
school fund from the late Arunah Huntingto
of Brantford, Canada; gifts of about $4,000
to the state university, besides valuable librar
: of 1900 volumes; S25, 900 to the Lyndon IL
= stitute at Lyndon Center; $50, 900 raised by tn
Brattleboro school district for a new building
$40, 900 for parochal school at St. Johnsbury
;, parochial schools at Rutland at q cost of 800
900, etc.
THE editors of those widely circulated an
influential journals, the Barre Enterprise an
the Christian Messenger, have our heartfe
sympathy. When a paper, in order to "g
even" with a contemporary for real or fancie
grievance, for lack of any other resources, wi
3 attack, and endeavor to hold up to ridicul
Z the rival publishers religious belief, it b
" trays such an utter absence in its editor Of q
those characteristics which mark the diffe
l. ence between the cultivated, Christian gentl
10 man and the mere brawler, that 1t excites ol
]. liveliest commiseration.
THE official programme for the Montre
winter carnival, from February 4 to 8, is a ve
10 attractive one, not only in its lithographic ou
10 side, but in the sports which 1t offers to Il
public. The ice palace will be a great attrs
of tion as it is to be illuminated every evening
the week with electric lights. Wednesday W
h be the grand gala day, and a skating and prof.
* enade concert, trotting races, curling Bonspe
o. hokey tournament grand sleghing parade,
g. cross on skates, torchlight procession Of sno
shoe clubs, and attack and defence of the
Ia palace will be features Of the day and evenin
I'd A HISTORY Of company F, first United Stat
r sharp-shooters. by William Y. W. Ripley lie
c. tenant-colonel, is another valuable contrib
tion to the part Vermont bore in the war OF t
or rebellion. Cassius Peck of Brookfield, an OF
e. Ger of this company, has our thanks for a co
ca OF this interesting work. Mr.. Peck serv
an through the war and contributed to the exc
lent material of company a steady hand a
~ a clear eye with resolute and patriotic spir
: Colonel Berdan's regiment of sharp-shoote
Il made brilliant record during the war, al
!. - company F, on several marked occasions, CT
~ ried off the honors Of the regiment.
THE Boston Journal has been congratulate
m itself ON "our Oldest subscriber" who h
- taken that paper for fifty years, but Tt
. WATCHMAN can show much better recol
q, 1t is not a very uncommon thing to find m
an who has taken this paper fifty years, VIII
there are good number who have round