The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-12

in Riverside Park. Governor Pingree and
stan during their stay in New York were
uoinlclled at the Murray Hill Hotel. They
came home Monday.
A PARTY who were on Mt. Mansfield. last
week Saturday, including number from
burlington, paid a tribute to General Grant
by erecting upon what is known as the
Cnln simple monument TO his memory.
An invitation was written, so that any one
who visits the spot can see it, asking each
one to add one stone to the pile.
MOSES BROWN of Castleton came near los
ing his life last Thursday, the result of his
horses becoming frightened and running
away with him on load of hay. He was
thrown violently to the ground and dragged
long way by the team breaking several of
his ribs and bruising him fearfuly from
mead to foot He is in a critical condition.
ID. N. RICHARDSON, formerly of Orange
and for thirty years editor of the Democrat
at Davenport Iowa, took a recess, August
! 3D. TO make trip around the globe, sailing
from San Francisco, and visiting the Sand
witch Islands, Japan, India, Egypt, Pales-
tine, Turkey, and home through Central
Europe, by the Black Sea and Danube river
A SUIT has been brought against the town
OF Brandon by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Orms-
bee to stop the erection of monument in the
place decided upon by the town meeting on
the ground that it will iniure his property
near by, and there is a constant succession
OF petitions and attempts to call meetings,
and other war-like demonstrations, over the
matter.
BRATTLEBoRo contains sixteen-years-old
boy who began the study of French and
| German last winter and who is now able to
read both easily and converse readily with
the Germans in town in their native tongue.
One day, recently, one of the Germans had
letter from his girl, in French, and took it to
this boy, Harry Leavtt who translated it
into German for him almost as fast as he
could read it.
OVER one thousand excursionists passed
over the Central railroad from Bethel and
Northfeld, and towns intervening. to Bur-
llngton, Thursday morning. Seven hundred
fifty OF the excursionsts embarked mmedi-
ately on the steamer " Reindeer " and went
to Willsboro Point, the others avaiing them
selves OF the opportunity of witnessing Buff
falo Bilis Wild West show. The excur-
sion was accompanied by the West Ran
dolph band.
AN exchange says that " the fourteen
years-old daughter of George Scott of Groton
took to her bed, January It'll, and went to
sleep, and has continued to sleep ever since,
with the exception of very few minutes at
a time, when they give her little liquid
food. She has not lost much flesh and does
not seem to be in any pain. She is as help
less as baby. Various doctors have been
called to see her, but do not know what to
call the CASE
HON. MUSES. CHENEf, UIle veteran sing
ing-master, now in his seventy-third year,
demonstrated his love for music as well as his
hearty physical vigOr by walking nearly thirty
miles to an organ concert week before last.
Mr.. Cheney remarked that he enjoyed the
concert with the keenest Zest, adding with
characteristic drolery, "On going home
turned back every little ways, so as to go
over the road twice, in order to more fully
pay for my pleasure"
COLONEL b. b. SNALLEY having, since his
appointment as collector of customs, re-
signed his other federal Office of clerk of
? the United States district and circuit courts
, for the district of Vermont Judges Wheeler
: and Wallace have appointed Mr.. George f.
Johnson Tor thirteen years past deputy
clerk, as clerk. Mr.. johnson entered Col
= lionel Smalley's Office in 1871 and in 1872
t was appointed deputy clerk and since then
S has done most of the work of the office.
= JONAS BARBER of Richmond had prop
erty of some $40, 900, of which he gives small
requests to relatives, $4,000 to Goddard
e Seminary at Barre, $500 to the Universalist
church in Richmond for the purchase of
a Sunday-School books, $500 to the town for a
: free library and the rest of the estate in
1 three equal parts to the Goddard Seminary,
the Unversalist church and the town OF
s Richmond for the free library. His wife has
it been dead ten years, and his only daughter
4 died twenty years ago
e WILLIAM Como of Vergennes has num-
S Der of grape and canister shot which he dug
up on Diamond Island, opposite the mouth
:, of Otter Creek, while searching for crystals
IS The natural conclusion is that they were
l. fired from Lieutenant Cassins battery dur.
h ing the attempt, in the war of 1S12-14, of the
n British fleet to ascend the river and destroy
the fleet then being built at Vergennes foI
f. Commodore McDonough. 1t will be reco
"a lected that one of the British vessel:
= grounded on the bar, which runs in an al
most direct line from Lieutenant Cassin's
y battery to the island.
THE premium lists for the coming annual
&, joint exhibition of the State Agricultural
n Society and Champlain Valley Association
A. which have been sent out, announce pre-
" miums aggregating $1,000. The grounds
" and track are in good order and some of the
. buildings will be repaired, so that the whole
- park will be in tirst-class order. Entire:
70 are being made in good number and the
= outlook for a successful exhibition is prom
=, ising Those who have not yet made theil
d entries and intend doing so should bear il
:, 70 mind that all entries of stock must be made
y before August "a at eleven o'clock A. M
O. THE following is the list of speakers an
-. nounced for the annual state temperance
W camp-meeting, to be held at Morrsville Au
y gust 18th, 10Th and Goth: Tuesday afternoon
.s August 18th, Rev. ID. B. Mckenzie of Mooers
re n Y; Tuesday evening, II. A. Cooke; Wed
~ nesday morning, August 10th, w w. Downes
Wednesday afternoon, Rev. W. c. Steele o
re New York; Wednesday evening, Rev. DR.
III II. w BOTTOM OF Boston; morn
IN ing, August Goth, DIR. Hoar; Thursday after
e, noon, Mrs. Lathrop, president of the Mich
Id igan State Woman's Christian Temperance
r Union Thursday evening, DR.. Gordon.
= GEORGE W. Zero of South Burlington
d, has just finished a beautiful center table
E. 1t is made of wood from all parts of tn
ne United States and many kinds from foreigl
al countries including Central America, Soutl
Is America, Spain, Ireland Japan and the
Y Holy Land The table top contains fv
IL. thousand three hundred seventy-fou
IL pieces, all of different colors, so arranged a
ne to give il the appearance of raised work
If Mr.. Zero values this beautiful table at $10C
al which is very low figure for such fin
re ornament to parlor. 1t is expected it viii
it be on exhibition at the coming state fair.
eff THE suit of Roberts, receiver of the Firs
National Bank of ST. Adams, against Hill
ye administrator of McGregor, which was de
en- cided by Judge Wheeler adversely to tn
to receiver, was reheard by Judges Wallac
in and Wheeler at the last May term of tn
an United States circuit court at Windsor.
mt decision has just been fled both Judge
w concurring, revising the former decision
and holding that the transfer of security t
80 McGregor was an unlawful preference, an
-, it is set aside The decision is important t
~ the depositors, as it affects several cases c
w the same kind, amounting in all to som
ad So. 900 or $4,000
re THE Central Vermont station at Swanto