The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-25
VOL. SO.---4OS9. NO. IL.

fifteen cents; admission for evening, ten
cents. The young people extend a cordial
invitation to all who wish to attend.
THE operetta of "R. f. Porter or The In
terviewer and the Fairies," is now under.
way, and will be presented the last week
in March by the Universalst society. The
leading character-R. e. Porter-will be
performed by Leo r. Lewis of Boston,
who is the author of the music. The
operetta promises to be sure success
when this character, which is nearly one
half the whole play, is to be so well sus-
tanned. Make your plans to attend it, for
it will be worth hearing.
A FIvE-AcT drama, Darkness and Day
light" will be presented at Concert hall
Friday and Saturday evenings of this week
by the Theta Chi Fraternity of Norwich
University. The cast consists of Mr.. John
e. Mann of Brattleboro, who takes the part
of Plunkett, the Scssors-grinder," Cadets
Prince, Clifford, Randall, Ellis and Cook,
Colonel Randall, DIR. Minott and Misses
Minnie II. Jones. Minnie NJ. Walling and
Polly ID. Russell Mr.. Mann has assisted
the author of the drama in presenting il be-
FORE and will act as stage manager. Music
will be furnished by the sextette band and
tickets will be on sale at DR.. Nichols drug
store Thursday forenoon.
THE Center school, taught by Miss Eta
j. Moore, closed last Friday with oral and
written examinations. The whole number
of scholars was forty-three and the average
attendance thirty-three Those not absent
during the term are Nellie Maud and George
Briggs, Minnie Averill, Minnie Rowe, Frank
Reed, Ray Dole, Freddie Winch, Johnnie
and Jimmie Sullivan. Those whose de-
pertinent exceeded ninety are Nellie Briggs
Nellie Winch, Minnie Rowe, Minnie Averill
Myrtle Cofrin, Freddie Winch, George
| Averill, Frank Reed, Ray Dole, frankie
| Denison and Charlie Wilson. Most of the
scholars have been industrious and orderly
during school hours, and deserve much
credit.
The question of adopting the town sys-
tenn of schools is being discussed to a con-
siderable extent. One bugbear has been
raised to terrify the voters in the graded
school district. 1t is claimed that, if the
town system is adopted, this district will
have to pay the town school tax in addition
| to its own district tax, if it does not accept
the town system. This is seen to be wrong
by referring to section 604 of the Revised
| Laws, which says "The foregoing provis-
ions of this chapter shall not apply to
graded school districts which have been
incorporated by act of the legislature un-
less accepted by a vote of two-thirds of the
voters therein" If the town adopts the
town system and the graded school district
does not, the district will run along just as
it has done, paying its own expenses and
no more Another point which the OPP
ponents of the system try to make is that
have no moral right to vote on the adop-
ton of the town system, because the dis
trict would not necessarily be affected by
the vote. But how is resident of the dis
trict to act, if he wishes to have the town
system adopted? The district can't adopt
the system till after the town has done so,
and any voter in this district wishing the
town system adopted has as much moral
and legal right to vote on the question as
anyone in town. Besides, it is for the in
terest of every man doing business in town
to have all its citizens well educated, and
consequently more likely to be SOBER enter
prising and successful in their own business,
and thus contribute to the general and indi-
vdual prosperity of our people.
DIR. GILBERT has been quite sick the
past week, but is out again. 90. A.
Gregg of st. Adams was in town over Sun
day. - James H. Shedd of Boston is in
town settling up the Northfeld Slate Co.'S.
matters. - Miss Mamie Hassett, who
has been very ill, is slowly recovering.
!, - A brother of Rev. j. Brelivet has
been visiting in town the past two weeks.
- Miss Eta Stebbins returned to Barre,
Saturday at attend Goddard Seminary.
- Miss Flora Averill will read in Ran
dolph Friday. - Rev. l. p. Booth left
, Tuesday for Windsor on business for the
University. He returns Wednesday to
preach a funeral sermon at Warren. -
w. F. Baker, Esq, has gone to San Antoine,
| Texas. - Mr. A. A. Morse has leased
friends and patrons will be glad to learn
that Mr.. Morse is to remain. - G. G.
Bates is selling sewing-machines for G. III.
( Wright - E. T. Stockwell will join his
wife in Kansas next week. He will pursue
! his occupation of railroading there or go to
1 Texas. - Mrs. Joanna Donohue has
| been very i'll this week, but is better
GoULDsvILLE
QUITE party attended the singing-school
, at West Berlin last SATURDAY. evening,
THE drama, " Broken Promises" given
here by the Good Templars, elected so
! much praise that it will, by request, be pre-
, sented before the Northfield Lodge of Good
r Templars, and also at West Berlin.
THE competitive exercises at the Good
: Templars' Lodge, the present quarter, are
' in charge of f. A. Tisdale and A. f. White.
4 There are two prizes to compete for. The
t judges are w. B. Worthing, Miss Hattie
Andrews and Mrs. Helen Rich. The prizes
awarded last quarter were: First prize, a
: copy of Burns Poems, to John Patrick Jr.
! second prize, copy of Green Mountain
Poems, to Fred Sawyer; third prize, an au-
> tograph album, to Miss Gertie Pearson.
OUR schools closed last Friday. In Mr..
: Edmands' room the scholars have the fol-
lowing record: Not absent James III.
!, Rich; absent only one day, Myrtle Adams,
Dora Andrews, Eben Gaynor, Charles
Quimby and John w. Patrick; not tardy,
Myrtle Adams, Genie Chandler, Katie
1 Parker, Florence Wiley, John Andrews,
. Clarence Dunsmoor, Frank Dutton and Ed.
t II. Ryan. In Miss Cobleigh's room-not
: absent and tardy only once, Homer A.
Flint; neither tardy or absent, Clara Heath;
absent one day, Allie Coburn, Eugene An
: drews, Louie Dodd; not tardy, Lena Chan
/ dler, Eva Cochrane, Clara Heath Lizzie
: Hurley, Myrtle Parker, Jessie Hall, Bennie
. Eldred, John Hornbrook, Austin Quimby
/ Nelson Quimby, James Rae and Freddie
Dunsmoor. Homer Flint had present OF
picture and Nelson Quimby book for the
greatest number of merits during the term.
/, The scholars presented Mr.. Edmands with
a copy of Longfellow's Poems. The eXhi-
. bition in the evening was well attended and
: the exercises were good. The teachers
worked hard to make it n success, and
they deserve at least the respect of the
: scholars, whether they took a part or not.
: The parents and others present were well
l pleased with the programme and the man
U ner in which it was carried out
Rochester. - The Woman's Christian