The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21

funeral was held yesterday forenoon, Rev.
j. e. Wright officiating.
AT the annual meeting of the members of
the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany, held last week Wednesday, the fol-
lowing persons were elected: Directors
Addison county, John A. Child Benning-
ton county, Charles Thatcher; Chittenden
county, Marcellus A. Bingham; Caledonia
county, s. S. Thompson; Essex county,
Hiram A. Cutting; Franklin county, j. p
Jewett; Grand Isle county, Henry Q. Hill;
ange county, Lyman G.. Hinckley; Orleans
county, j. n. Webster: Rutland county,
George Briggs; Windham county, A. M.
Butler; Windsor county, Martin II. God
dard; Washington county, Timothy p. Red
field, Fred e. Smith, Charles T. Sabin,
Jabez w. Ellis, Horatio N. Taplin Officers
w. II. II. Bingham, president; Fred E.
Smith, vice-president; James T. Sabin, sec
retary; Horatio n. Tapln, treasurer; Tim
othy p. Redfeld, auditor; w. II. II. Bing-
ham, Fred e. Smith, Charles T. Sabin and
Jabez w. Ellis, executive committee.
SEVERAL years ago set of instruments
was purchased for the Montpelier band from
the Boston musical instrument manufac-
tory. The horns are still in use, though de-
cidedly the worse for wear. Last year some
of them were repaired as well as could be
by the manufacturers, but it only served to
show how badly used up many of them
were. During the past few months new
interest has been awakened in the band
and as a result, its usefulness and ability as
a musical organization has been greatly in
creased. The people have subscribed gener-
ously for its support and improvement, and
they have been amply repaid for so doing.
One thing remains to be done, and the time
seems to have come when it should be ac-
complished. New instruments are needed
in fact, are almost absolutely required-and
Il few interested parties are considering the
best means of raising the funds requisite to
purchase them. 1t is the desire of those
who know most about band instruments to
purchase those of Besson make, which are
used exclusively by the best bands, and are
without doubt the best in the world as re-
CARDS quality of tone, durability and me-
chanical arrangement. An announcement of
a meeting, to consider the matter, appears
elsewhere. The cause is worthy one and
should meet with hearty support on every
hand.
AT the meeting of Vermont's medical men
held at the Pavilion, Thursday, there were
about forty present. A discussion of the
smallpox and vaccination, with view to
the practical prevention of the spread of the
plague, occupied good share of the after
noon, Dr. Grinnell contributing paper on
the subject. He said people are alarmed by
the appearance of smallpox, and they are
afraid to be vaccinated, in some instances
lest they may get some disease in conse-
quence. There is no such danger from vac
cination when properly performed and with
proper vaccine virus. 1t should be taken al
the proper period in the progress of the vac.
cine scab, without admiXture of the blood
of the subject. and carefully kept from heat
He proposed the bovine virus Vaccination
should be repeated from time to time unit
! n have atT
vidual. and then it becomes safeguard
against smallpox for lifetime. The pro
gramme also included papers on progress il
medical science as follows: Anatomy, Physi
ology, and Histology, DR.: o. w. Sherwin
Woodstock Materia Medica and Therapeu
tics, DR.. H. ID. Holton, Brattleboro; Sur
gerry, DR.. ID. G.. Kemp, Montpelier; Obstet
rics, DIR. James Conland, Brattleboro. Ii
the evening there was an address by tn,
president, DIR. Joseph Draper of Brattleboro
At business meeting, Friday morning
these officers were elected: President, DR.
ID. G. Kemp of Montpelier; vice-president
f. Il. Campbell of Bellows Falls; secretary
Dr. j. S. Richmond of Woodstock; treas
urer, DIR. Sumner Putnam of Montpelier
auditor, DIR. c. NJ. Chandler of Montpelier.
A SHOCKING accident occurred at Lanes
boro, on the line of the Montpelier & Well
River railroad, Friday afternoon, the cir
cumstances of which are as follows: Gilber
Gadree, fifty-two years of age. was livin
with his wife and several children in
shanty at the Summit, where he had con
tract to chop eight hundred cords of wood
Friday afternoon, being in need of pre-
visions, Gadree started for Montpelier wit
a son. They walked to Lanesboro, wher
they intended to take the westward bount
mail train. This train does not stop a
Lanesboro unless signalled, but slacks up t
permit the exchange of mails. Father an
son agreed to board the train without stop
ping it as it passed the station and decide
upon positions from which they could mos
safely accomplish this. The former was t
jump upon the first car and the latter upo
the second. Engineer Boutwell, saw tn
men standing close by the track, but as tn
men at Lanesboro often do so and there wa
no signal displayed, he did not think of thei
, purpose to board the train, and so ran by a
/ his usual rate ofspeed. The elder Gadree wa
struck by the first car and thrown upo
the track, and both cars passed owe
him. He was frightfully mangled, on
leg being split large part of its length, til
other cut off and portion of one hand be
ing torn away He also received a sever
blow upon the head He was picked up an
, placed on board the train, which ran bac
to the Summit after his family, when al
were brought to this village. DR.. Hate
: of Newbury,. who happened to be upon tn
train, helped to care for the injured mar
who was all the time conscious and begge
to be put out of his misery. He died abou
four minutes before the train reache
Montpelier. On arriving here the remain
We're taken to his former home, near tn
Pioneer shops, where they lay until Sunday
when they We're inferred in the Catholi
cemetery. Gadree came here from Ne,
York state and had been a resident
Montpelier for about five years. He leave
wife, three sons (nearly or quite of ag,
and six small children.