The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-01-07

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US before our next issue.
THE Odd Fellows lodge installed the fol-
lowing officers Thursday evening: Noble
grand, w. III. II. Clafin: vice grand, j. l..
Abbott; recording secretary, j. X. Egerton;
permanent secretary, Il. Huntley; treasurer,
Page Harris; conductor, G.. r. Beard: war
den, j. p. Brooks; inside guard, L. W.
Colby; outside guard, +. j. Eastman; right
left supporter noble grand, l.. e. Kent
right supporter vice grand, G.. II. Andrews
The following elections were also made:
Representatives to grand lodge, j. X. Eyer
ton and j. l.. Abbott; trustees, p ID. Brad
ford, e. Huntley, G.. G. Bates.
HIGH water came near doing much dam
age on the west side of the river last We'd
nesday. Ice in Houstons mill-pond caused
the water to run through the road around
the dam. AT the Pleasant and Wall street
bridges the ice was packed so that the water
ran across Pleasant street, crossed the chan
mel OF the brook, ran between the houses of
A. Fuller and l.. 9. HARDWOOD and across
Water street into the river. On the river
there was jam at the Wall street bridge.
| This broke about one o'clock and lodged at
the Union street foot-bridge. Finally one of
the trestles gave way and the jam again
! lodged at the railroad arch bridge, but broke
| away before the water was set back into the
road. Several cellars on Water street were
partly filed with water, but little damage
was done except the carrying out of the foot
bridge trestle.
OUR band is about making an effort to
get some new uniforms, and for that pur-
| pose subscription paper will be circulated
| The band originally bought their instru-
ments without any assistance outside of
their own membership and while they
| gratefully appreciate the help they had from
the towns-people in getting the old uniforms
and in other ways, it still remains a fact
] that the assistance they have received from
the citizens has not been large. The men,
bers are all industrious and worthy young
men, but of moderate means and dependent
on their own labor to earn livelihood, and
while, on account of their public spirit and
for the sake of the enjoyment and improve
ment to themselves, they are ready to give
their time to the enterprise, they feel that
the people OF the town should be willing to
give liberal assistance to them for this pur-
pose. The number of members is twenty,
and plain, respectable uniforms cannot be
had for less than twenty to twenty-five dol
lars each, which makes the amount neces-
sary to be raised four to five hundred dol
lars. Our band ranks with the best in the
state, and we trust that the just pride which
the people take in the organization will lead
them to give freely. 1t is not charity that
is asked The concern is not a money-mak-
ing scheme. The boys give their time and
talent, and now let the citizens give their
money for the common object-that of main
tanning frst-class band in town. The pres
ent active membership of the band is as fol-
lows: L. A. Howes, leader, G. II. Andrews,
Clinton Crane, A. o. Chase, r. A. Silver, p.
S. Randall, f. o. Thurston, j. h. Davis, r.
Andrews, Jr., Fred S. Thresher, G. r.. COT
rim, f. n Carpenter, John w JONES' +. n.
Cook, c. w. Steele, +. p. White, G. II. COT
rim, and three vacancies to be filed.
THIS town was flooded last week with
copies of small patent-inside paper, the Her
= i I
by Mr.. Lewis p. Thayer. 1t claims to have
a correspondent in this town. but nearly
every item of its Northfield news had APP
peared in THE WATcHMAN, which, fortil-
nately for the Herald, is issued the day be-
fore the latter. In these items half-a-dozen
of the names are incorrectly given and there
were two notices of the annual meeting of
the fair association, one giving the hour as
ten A. NJ, and the other one p. NJ. Among
the parties who have been in town on
business and pleasure appears the name of
our popular preceptress, Miss Chase, who
was spending that week at Morrisville.
! But his bungling plagiarism did not ill the
column, and so resort was had to another old
trick of the publisher and several general
news items Were put in to g fill up" which
would as well have eked out his nne-line
allowance to Sharon or any other town
One item of 90 Mortified news was an at
tempted puff of the Herald by Bethel cler-
gyman, one sentence of which reads, " Its
editorials compare well with more preten.
+ tious Sheets" Careful search revealed a
part of column of miscellaneous news
, items, headed Editorial Notes" which we
, supposed was used instead of 80 funny col
umn" but nothing was found in the way OF
editorials, and so we concluded that the di-
! vine had "hedged" on the word "preten.
tiOuS, for in one sense of the word there is
not another so pretentious sheet in the state
and therefore none with which to make
comparison. The contemplate little squit
in the item about the sale of the Ne,cS is q
clear case of sour grapes, for Mr.. Thayel
a, himself tried to buy the News list The
Farmer, which he did buy, was reduced
/, from seven-column eight-page to a six-co
umn four-page paper and, judging from the
, complaints of the subscribers, it would bt
true that, if there is any paper to which
Mortified people would not " take kindly
G it is one with which Mr.. Lewis p. Thayel
4 has any connection, We don't think oul
: townsmen will he eager to subscribe for the
' little acknowledgements paper, even if
1 to make change, the publisher should throw
r off the dollar, as we should think he could
. well afford to do; and another old game O
t printing a special edition for this town
p which he will try to work here, will proba
< bly, not be more successful than it has else
where.
: j. II. HAzELToN, who has been sick fol
: about two months, was able to ride out Mon
day - Mr.. and Mrs. l.. K. Upper o
Essex were in town last week. - Among
!, those from this town who attended the Stat
Teachers Association at Montpelier las
:. week were Superintendent Braley Principa
Hit and Misses Joslin and Thompson of tn,
: graded school; Prof. Dole of Norwich Univer
sity, Mr.. Il. j. Edwards and Misses Minnie
Smith and Mamie Hassett. - Revs w
: NJ. Kimmell and Walter Dole were in tow
: last week. - Miss Nida Quinby returned
: Saturday to Bellows Falls. - E. c. Rob
+; inson and A. o. Denny arrived Thursday
=, - Miss Hattie Puffer visited Miss Anni
=. Langdon last week. - Rev. Stephel
D, Hedges assisted in the services at the Meth
>, odist church Sunday. - f. Ingalls, ha
1 been employed in w. A. Blake's store for
d few days. - e. l.. Field, whose tire
;. years term with c. Denny & Co. expire,
this month, has been re-engaged for anothe
!. year. - Miss Polly Russell returned
4 from West Randolph Saturday, and is a
d Montpelier this week.
y BUSINESS NOTICES.
: CORES of THE WATCHMAN can be pro
=, cured at the NeioS office.
v The readers of the Green Mountain NelOS
!. printed at Mortified, Vermont, whose pa
. irons are to be supplied with the able an
n popular WATCHMAN a. STATE JOURNAL, vii
Remember reading quite an interesting al
J. ticle on fruit-preserving by sealing the can
with cotton. This is quite an old recipe
n the same having been advocated man
"a years ago by ID. b. Wooster of Mortified
: VT. in connection with the preservation o
II milk; and cotton was used as an atmo:
:, pheric filter in the ventilation of his cream