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


WARES MA rigs a. S e.r:cmooiai Master
Rev. frederiek s. Fisher Standard Bearer.
George w Tilden, S2o...........,,.a..;.Ms Marshal.
George L. Lane, 2o, o,................Ca Capt Of Guard
Milton Paine, Aichemst
Horace L. Johonnott, 500 2o,.....,......; Engineer.
j; Henry jackson, 800 o....,...........Prof Arabic
Charles J. Jones 32o o...................D Director.
VIM Q. Bradbury. 32o............AssstantD Director.
Artemas N Pearson, Assistant Guard.
The officers were then installed by Frank
II. Bascom, 33o, deputy for Vermont, who
was appointed in 1876 by the grand poten-
tate of the Imperial Grand Council of the
United States of America.
AT the annual meeting of the Mad River
Valley Agricultural Society the following
officers were elected for the year 1885: Pres
ident, Josiah Holden of Waitsfeld vice
president, S. Somerville of Duxbury; secre-
tary, A. d. Bragg of Fayston; treasurer, b.
A. Holmes of Waitsfeld auditor, w. A.
Jones of Waitsfeld. A vote was taken to
add Roxbury to the limits of the society,
and board of directors was then elected:
Duxbury, A. A. Lewis, S. NJ. Turner, b. j.
Stockwell; Fayston, John Maxwell, w. G.
Kelsey, NJ. S. Strong; Middlesex, William
town, G.. B. Evans, George G. Evans, Wal
ter Lamphear; Northfeld, W. II. Morris,
Frank Kimball, w. III. Densmore; Roxbury,
Frank Spaulding, u. S. Stanton, Ora Boyce;
Watstield E. A. Fisk, f. McCarty, Otis
Wallis; Waterbury, G. E. Moody, Joseph
Somerviile, c. c. Warren; Warren, John
Eagan, James Eldredge, C. w. Bragg. The
time set for the next fair was Tuesday and
Wednesday, September 10 and IL. There
will be a directors meeting in Hotel hall,
Waitstield, Saturday, January II, at ten
o'clock A. NJ.
AT the meeting of the Winooski Valley
Agricultural Association at Waterbury, De-
cember 30th the executive committees for
the following towns were chosen: Barre,
John Trow, William Mears, Elgin Gale;
/ Berlin, E. E. Andrews, Horace Strong;
Bolton r. j. Morse, Thomas McGinnis,
Henry Stackpole; Braintree, George W.
Flagg, George Spear; Brookfield, William
Clark, Cassius Peck, Timothy Blanchard; !;
Cabot, Alonzo Foster, George Gould, T. III.
Lance; Calais, Sidney Foster, A. G.. Dut-
ton, NJ S. Hathaway; DuXbury, Samuel
Somerville, f. II. Atherton, j. f. Crossett;
Fayston, Nathaniel Boyce, A. ID. Bragg,
j. B. Thompson; Huntington, Guy Ellis,
George Williams, A. ID. White; Marshfield,
George O. Davis, w. Martin, T. o. Parker;
Middlesex, William Chaplin, William b.
McElroy, James II. Holden; Montpelier,
n. G. Tabor, III. S. Town. Stillman Chase
East Montpelier, George Davis, S. b. Arms,
L. n Stevens; Moretown, G.. b. Evans,
Albert Lovejoy, b. Mayo; Northheld, l.. w.
Avery, Henry jones' o. o. Davis; Plain
field, w. S. Martin, Luther Town; Ran
dolph, 10. b. Wells, Ed. A. Shattuck, j.
Moulton; Richmond, Albert Town, Frank
elliott, William Freeman; RoXbury, AFRO
Boyce, e. p. Burnham Stowe, AFRO Slay-
ton, Henry Harris, Chandler Watts; Tun-
bridge, James Whitney, - McDougal;
Waitsfield, L. r. Joslyn, Florence McCarty,
julius Palmer; Warren, Ed. Eldredge e.
l.. Hanks, Norman Robinson; Waterbury,
Daniel Hopkins, S. r. Huse, o. w. Stearns
Williamstown, George Crane, Albert Mar
tin James Lynde; Woodbury., A. III. Holt
G.. w. Daniels, h. w. Bruce; Worcester
II. Templeton, L. NJ. Hutchinson M. p
Wheeler.
L WO WtthS di3D, III diSWtl w SuiitltSs
inquiry we told the Argus and Patriot just
what we meant by our reference to its
" cringing servility." Our clustering con
temporary's challenge was sheer bluff. II
knew too'well what The WATCHMAN meant
The truth struck vital spot, but it did not
shame the devil" We did not expect il
would. Still our portraiture of our contem
porary's most prominent trait was very life
like. 1t was instantly recognized and ap
plauded by those who know tho subject
The public has a good eye and :" can see
church by daylight" just SO conspicuou:
is the ArguS' ruling trait. 1t tacitly admits
that the portrait was correct but not hatter
ing, and asks for another sitting. Consider
ing the verdict of competent critics, couched
in plain, positive terms, we prefer to allow
the picture we have painted to remain on
the public easel while longer without add
ing any new touches We have now to re
fer to one matter more. when the utter fu
tility of having further controversy with
paper shown to be the peerless liar of thu
state will be apparent. BY the following
Judge all its statements falsehoods. Stripped
, of its crcumlocutions, the Argus asserts
, that the proprietor of The WATcHMAN wrot'
, n letter to railway official, requesting
eighteen passes for his employees on the oc
| casion of an excursion 10 Weirs. No lette
( was written, no request for passes was made
, These are the lying inventions of the Aryus
| The following note gives all the facts in TIN
, case;
I OFFICE MONTPELIER a WELLS RIVER r. Ri
MONTPELIER, VT, January o, 1885. !
D w. W. Prescott, Esq; Dear Sir-In answer I,
you inquiry. have to say that the occasion of
excursion to Weirs, In August, 1883, you asked TO
rates for your employees, expecting, as nnderstoo
aud believed, to pay the same. Considering the fac
that you had gratuitously advertised the excursion
and the locality la an article of nearly two column
in the three papers published by you the railways
at their suggestion made no charge for tn
> | tickets furnished to you.
r 4. W. MORSE, General Passenger Agent,
t We do not go into these details with tn
= idea or belief that any one would credi
r what the Argus says, but simply to show, il
t a marked way, that the popular impression
Q that our contemporary relies upon its imag