The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-05-13

,ors and friends in wishing him "many
happy returns of the day"
The rain of Thursday interfered with the
band concert, and it was postponed
until Saturday evening. Monday evening
hey were out again, it being their intention
10 give two out-of-door concerts this week.
The second will be given tomorrow evening
4 the weather permits. 1t is the purpose of
the band to play at different points in the
village during the summer, and to avoid
favoring any particular locality.
A SPECIAL meeting of the legal voters of
the Village of Montpelier is to be held at
Capital hall, Monday evening, May 25th, at
half-past seven o'clock, to act on the follow
ing business: To see if the Village of Mont
pelier will direct the bailiffs to make pro-
posals for the sale of the site of Capital hall,
and surrounding land belonging to the viii
lage, to the United States as provided in
call for proposals by the commissioners,
dated May IL, and published in today's |
paper; to see what disposition the village |
will direct the baiiffs to make of the Capital |
hall building and to transact any other |
legal business that may be found necessary
in connection with the above.
TOMORROW evening, at eight o'clock in
Hubbard Hail. Union Block, Mr.. j. III. En- |
gels opens his series of musicales biograph-
iques with the subject: Felix Charles
Gounod and Faust" The following pro-
granme will be rendered incidentally
through the lecture; Piano selections" Ma
ronette," " Faust Valse," Liszt, four selec-
tions from L" Redemption, Introduction to
Faust" "March Militaire"; songs-"There
is Green Hill" See,ree,nade" A M,ayying,"
-" Redemption" Mr.. Engels will be assisted
by Mrs. f. l. Pitkin, Miss Mary A. Phinney,
and Miss jamie Kimball. Season tickets for
sale at Phinney's or the hall, on Thursday
night
JOHN NEE was arrested for drunkenness
about ten o'clock Saturday evening and
lodged in Jail. Monday he told Justice w.
G. Ferrin that Herbert Pitkin of the Bas-
com drug store sold him glass of whiskey
Saturday morning at eleven o'clock that he
drank twice from a bottle furnished by a
stranger about one o'clock p. NJ, and that
between three and four o'clock he obtained
another glass of whiskey from Pitkin He
was served in the usual way and com
plant was brought against Chapman, pro-
prietor of the Bascom drug store. Tuesday
forenoon the trial took place before a jury
consisting of A. G.. Stone, H. A. Cleveland,
r. II. Newton, II. G.. Holmes, Peter Mitch
ell and Henry Cobb. w. A. Lord appeared
for the defendant and j. G.. Wing for state.
Nee, as witness for the state, testified sub
stantially as on Monday. To prove the con-
nection of Chapman with the store young
Pitkn was sworn and testified that he didn't
know who employed him; that he couldn't
tell who owned the store; that he formerly
worked for Mr. Bascom and kept right along
just the same when that gentleman went
out; that he was under no engagement to
anybody; and that he pays himself, taking
his wages from the cash drawer Saturday
night. On the other hand Mr.. Chapman
testified that he was proprietor of the store
and that Pitkin was in his employ. Both
testified that the only time Nee was in the
store Saturday was about four o'clock p. NJ,
when he called for pint of alcohol and was
refused. The defence held that Mee's story
contradicted itself, and was a lie on the face
oft. The state presented the possible mo-
tives which actuated the witnesses on both
sides in testifying as they did. The jury re-
turned a unanimous verdict of " Not guilty"
THE observance of Arbor Day by the
Montpelier Union and Washington County
| Grammar Schools deserves more than a pass
ing notice. 1t was not until Thursday, the
day Immediately preceding Arbor Day, that
! the committee recommended formal OBJ
servance of the occasion, and the time for
preparation was therefore very short. The
! exercises were speedily arranged, however,
and the parts assigned. Friday morning at
nine o'clock the schools convened as usual,
and an hour was devoted to appropriate lit
erary exercises. In the grammar school
| these consisted of a composition upon His
toric Trees by Grace Reynolds readings
upon the general subject of forests and for
estry, by Burton Cummins; The Longevity
of Trees, by Maud Whitney; the Appletree,
Belle Mead; The Cedar, May Scovill; Fir
Trees, Belle Fitield; The Elm, Inez Fowler;
The Maple, Lillian Smith; The Oak, Nellie
Hyde; The Birch, Ivis Blanchard, and the
recitation of Bryants poem, The planting
of the appletree," by /. w. Cate. These eX-
ercses were very enjoyable and profitable,
and much interest was displayed by the
pupils in their preparation. Members of
the committee were in attendance. The re-
mainder of the forenoon was devoted to
out-of-door work, such as the selection of
spots where trees should be planted and
digging the holes for them In the after
noon, when the schools We're again assem-
bled, they were formally conducted to the
grounds, where the ceremonies of planting
were observed. Each class planted tree,
and each pupil threw a shovelful of earth
upon the roots. The afternoon exercises
occupied about an hour. Twelve trees, all
elmS, were planted around the :" campus, y
and a man was employed to trim them ON
Saturday. The action of the committee in
recommending the observance of the day
and the willing response of teachers and
pupils are highly commendable, and the re-
suit furnishes an example worthy of imita-
ton by the entire community on each sue
ceeding anniversary OF the day.
THE work of the Montpelier listers the
present year has been very gratifying in its
results. The footings are not completed as
yet and the exact figures cannot therefore
be given, but everything points to large
increase in the list for 1855. The number o
taxpayers is larger by about one hundred
including quite "a number of ladies'. AS
rule the business men return larger lists ant
the total list, which was about S3OOO,0O0 las
year, will he increased by about 100000
This is about evenly divided between rea
, estate and personal property and is some
$50, 900 more than the increase of 1854 ovel
, 1883. Eighty men have passed the age o
! seventy years and are, therefore, exemp
from the poll tax. Some thirty-tive poll'
have been abated and there are left abou
, one thousand taxable polls, an increase o
, one hundred over last year. For some rea
son which does not appear, unless it was oI
account of the work involved, no real estat,
book has been made by former listers fo
3 two years and as there are, on an average
from one hundred fifty to two hundred trans
fers per year, some real estate has escape,
taxation. This year the book has beel
carefully prepared and an instance of it
value is shown in the case of j. A. Wing
, new house, which has, heretofore, gone il
4 at S1,700, the value of the vacant lot oi
: which it was built, and which is now liste'
/, at 81 100 The listers have appraised tn
. shares of stock of different banks as follows
First National, Montpelier, Sl23; Mont
pelier National S133; Montpelier Saving
Bank and Trust Company, $50; Nationa
Bank of Newbury, Sl20; Caledonia Nationa
: at Danville, par value $50, S65; Lamoill
: County National at Hyde Park, par valu
e $50, 500 National Bank of Derby Line
! S1l5; National Bank of Barton, 500; Mer
Il chants National Bank at st. Johnsbury
c 500; National Bank OF Newport, S1lC
9 Northfeld National Bank, Sll5; Nationa
] nh Of no. Hlln ~ Va