The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-17

of six men to hold the pipe perfectly steady.
This would be a surprise to Boston firemen,
who are accustomed to hold pressure of
only forty pounds. The Montpelier system
can't be beaten.
The third of Mr. Engels' musicales bio
graphiques will be held this week Friday
evening in Hubbards hail. Union block
commencing at eight o'clock. Subject,
" The Famous Singers and Players of this
Century" Mr.. Engels will be assisted by
Alice Lowe and II. d. Hopkins, Jr The
programme is as follows: Song, "My
mother bids me bind my hair" Handel,
Mrs. Briggs; song, "Gedenken," Armin
Schotte, Miss Lowe; song, 1.-TWO Grena-
diers," Reissiger, Mr.. Hopkins piano solo,
gels; song, Miss Adams; song, Yearnings,"
Rubenstein, Mrs. Briggs; piano solo, Bull
hawkow," Liszt Mr.. Engels. The lecture
will consist of brief sketches and interesting
anecdotes, of Mines. Sontag, Jenny Lind
and Adelina Patti, and Mario and Halo
Campanini, Able Liszt and Ole Bull.
THE Massachusetts Fire Insurance Union
will leave Boston Monday next for Z" six
days trip to New York, up the Hudson
River and to Saratoga, Lake George, Lake
Champlain, Ausable Chasm, Burlington,
Montpelier" etc. The prospectus announces
that on arriving in Burlington, Friday after
noon, the party will take a train on the
Central Vermont railroad, arrive at Mont
pelier, Vt, at 1923 P. NJ. stop at the Pavilion
Saturday, June gin Montpelier. The
morning will be spent in viewing Montpe-
| lier and its attractions, and in a fraterna
visit to the officers of the Vermont Mutual
Fire Insurance Company whose home office
is in Montpelier. Leave Montpelier at
2; 30 P. M" etc. The party will probably
number from fifty to seventy-five ladies and
| gentlemen. That they should make Mont
pelier prominent stopping-place is COM
pliment to our beautiful village, and it is
proper that everything possible should be
done by the people for their entertainment.
The Montpelier military band will probably
reach home from Portland Friday afternoon
and give an open-air concert on the arrival
of the excursion train, Friday evening" and
the Volunteer Hose Company will give an
exhibition of the Montpelier system of water
works either Friday evening or Saturday
| forenoon.
THE Children's day exercises at Bethany
church, on Sunday last, were very interest
ing and passed off pleasantly. The morning
service opened with the professional, the
children and members of the Sunday-school
marching in two lines from the chapel to
the church to the tune " Onward, Chris
tian Soldiers" AT the head of the column was
a banner of evergreen borne by Neddie Bailey
and supported by two very little girls. Upon
the banner was a cross of flowers and ovei
this the letters " /. II. S. also constructed
of flowers The choir sang g" The Lord is my
Shepherd" and baptismal service followed
the rite being administered to six infants
The sermon to the children was brief bu
very interesting, and was attentively lis
tened to by the little ones. At the close of the
service the professional was repeated the
children returning to the chapel. The even
ing service opened like that of the morning
and was carried on largely by the Sunday
school. 1t consisted of singing, recitations
responsive readings and brief remarks 10y
the pastor. In singing the children showed
a marked improvement over last year. This
we believe, is due in no small degree to tn,
instruction of Mr.. n. H. Thompson in th
public schools, and even more to the untir
fully drilled them for the occasion. Thank
are also due to Principal Brown for what h
contributed towards the success of the occa
sion The decorations were much the same a
those of year ago, although they wer
thought by many to be even more beautiful