The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17


MANY of our readers will receive with
sincere regret the announcement of the
death of Bruno" Mead, which occurred
last week Tuesday evening at the residence
OF Captain A. A. Mead, of whose family he
had been a member for the past five years;
and this feeling can but be greatly aug
mented in view of the painful circumstances
attendant upon the faithful fellows demise,
for Bruno " was the victim of foul and
premeditated murder. Believing as he had
reason to do, that every one might be
counted as his friend, his generous and un-
suspecting nature made him an easy prey to
human malice. He ate what was set be-
fore him, asking no questions and then
went home to die. Unable to speak in the
language of those about him, all his efforts
to make known the cause and nature of his
suiferings were unavailing, and he died in
the presence of friends whose utter ignor-
ance of these things, and consequent in
ability to render proper assistance, made
their sufferings hardly less than his. His
are ended, but time has hard duty to per-
form before the same can be truly said of
theirs. Bruno" was loved by all who
knew him best and was a great favorite
with the children OF St. Bernard descent,
his intelligence and good traits were such
as have made his race famous.
"Purer devotion, steader truth than his,
Not even the most exacting heart could crave;
Demanding little, all he had he gave
Nor wronged his love by doubts and jealousies,
But kept his constant faith unto the end,
hind loyal, trusting brave-a true ideal friend"
FRIENDS of Mr.. and Mrs. T. r. Merrill
Jr., to the number of sixty, assembled at
! their home on Elm street, Saturday even
ing, to express their goodwill and assist the
! young people in celebrating the fifth ami
versary of their marriage By previous
arrangement the latter had been invited to
tea at the residence of Mr.. Merrill's parents,
and friends took advantage of their absence
| to smuggle in sundry tokens of friendship
and esteem. Then when a gay company
had assembled, and the Military Band, of
which Mr.. Merrill is the efficient leader, had
| arrived upon the scene, word was sent that
some ladies had called to see Mrs. Merrill.
Husband and wife started for home and were
completely surprised as they drew near,
to see that their residence was brilliantly
lighted and to hear the band strike up a
heavy march, into the trio of which the
familiar theme of " Aud Lang Syne is in
troduced as trombone solo. After brief
concert by the band and few moments of
congratulation, Mr.. j. G. Wing, in behalf
of the donors, presented to the happy pair
the gifts already referred to. Mr.. Merrill
tried to respond, but for once was lost for
words and could say but little more than
!" thank you" Refreshments were served
| by the guests and games and social enjoy
ment occupied the time until the near ap-
disperse. The presents were numerous,
among the more noticeable being an elegant
bookcase and writing-desk from the band
and a fine chamber-set, toilet-Set, marble.
top center-table and revolving chair from
other friends.
The sixth of the series of assemblies given
by the Montpelier Military Band at the
Pavilion, Monday evening, was attended by
a large number and the occasion was more
than usually enjoyable. The concert was
by far the best of the series and included,
besides the opening march, the overture to
the Poet and Peasant" Waldteufels waltz
Showers of Gold" the British Patrol anC
an inspiring galop by Robinson. The as
semblies have been very successful, have
netted upwards of 81 900, and the object fo
which they were started, the purchase o.
new Instruments, has been accomplished
To the citizens who have contributed 81
LARGELY toward this success, and especial,
to the principal movers in the matter ant
the committee of management, the thanks
of the band are due, and there is reason t,
believe that the Improvement in that or
ganization will be sufficient reward for all
The money raised was hardly more thai
sufficient to cover the expense of the new
horns. The band have therefore decided tC
hold another assembly on their own re
SponSibility, and the same will occur at the
Pavilion one week from next Monday even
ing. Tickets will be placed at one dolla
per couple, the object being to raise fund
to pay the current expenses of the band
such as the purchase of new music ant
minor equipments, the cost of fuel an,
lights and other less important items. Th
amount of time required for rehearsal an,
the frequent inconvenience experienced il
meeting the demands of the public are al
that the members should be called upon t.
endure, and they ought not to be asked to g
into their pockets to meet such expenses a
m Ipt
of encouragement go on and let the attend
ance at the next assembly be large.
The board of civil authority of the tow
of Montpelier met at the Office of Ii. w
Heaton, yesterday morning, and adjourne,
} to the grand jury room at the courthouse
The meeting was called to order by Hon
, Clark King, chairman of the board of select
men, and Charles III. Heaton was electe
: clerk. There were present Clark King an
: Charles II. Heaton, selectmen; Il. r. Mel
| rill, town clerk G. Def. Bancroft and j. c
{ Livingston, listers, and p. II. Hinkley, w
3 G. Ferrin, II. A. Huse, G. NJ Hale and
, for abatement was that of Barnard Tow
and wife, and an error of seven dollars il
their personal list was allowed. The pol
2 taxes of G. III. Fuller and Rev. II. F. Hill
q $500 each, were allowed both gentleme
holding offices in the National Guard c
Vermont William Fitzgibbons showed a
error of SILT in his grand list claimed a
abatement of this amount, and the sam
. was allowed. Fred j. Deter applied for a
; abatement of S1.71 on the list of the L. j
: Hubbard estate, for land near the Winoosl
: river sold to Judge Redfield, and on whiC
: taxes were paid last year by 4. p Jewet
: but the board refused to make such abatt
!, ment, since, owing to Judge Redtield'
u failure to have the transaction recorded q
. the time, the listers were not informed {
u the transfer. Il. r. Meader was assesse
: 5000 on stock by the listers. AT the NEE
: ing yesterday he claimed that he only ha
: one machine on hand at the time and aske
> an abatement of the entire amount of hi
i list. After investigation the board decide
: to abate $500. Josiah Gale of Barre mad
: application for an abatement on six or seve
1 acres of one hundred eighteen acres {
: leased land, known as the Taylor farm, an
. on personal property-hay and grain. A
y abatement of $7.75 was allowed on the pei
! sonal property. BY an error in making IL
e the grand list, Catherine McClure's list wa
duplicated, and in view of this fact taxes o
q $1,000 were abated by the board. A redu'
. ton of $50 was allowed j. G. Emery for
q similar duplication In the case of Henr
l. A, Daniels, the tax on the 81 90 assessed wa
/ abated. On the list of 1884 these person
. had their poll taxes abated: Henry Albil
!, y John c. Bigelow, Tuffield Champeau, G.
= Doten (fireman), Philip Departs, Georg
" Dobey George Fitzgerald Qireman), AS
= Ham, E. NJ Kathan, John Terrio an
y George Wheeler, Sd. Jabez Alexander
= = (hreman), Joseph Sterling's, Lester M. Har
u y wells and Warren +. Woods were abate