The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28

Highgate Springs, on Thursday of next
week, August D. A special train will leave
Montpelier at 7:15 A. NJ, and will take
passengers from Middlesex and Waterbury.
The band will accompany the excursion and
VIII give two concerts at the park during
their stay there. The fare for the round
trip will be 90 for adults and fifty cents
for children. Special tickets will be issued
to parties of fifty emitting them to the ex-
elusive use of a car for the round trip
Tickets will be on sale one week in adj
vance. The trip will be one of the pleasant
est, and the object Is a worthy one and
should receive much encouragement.
ANOTHER runaway occurred here on
Wednesday last, when the horses of j. V.
Morrow's truck team became frightened
while the wagon was being loaded and
went tearing down Barre and Main streets.
Rounding the corner of these two streets,
the team ran against large electric light
pole and broke 1t off at the base. Thibaults
" art gallery" was also struck and slightly
damaged. When nearly in front of the
Golden Fleece the horses ran into the
wagon of John Guire of Middlesex, over
turning it and smashing one wheel to splin-
ters. Mr.. Guire and young man were
thrown to the ground, but neither was
badly hurt, and three sheep, which were
also in the wagon, were apparently unin-
lured. The runaways were stopped in the
rear of the building occupied by John Lease.
One of the horses was considerably cut and
bruised.
MONTPELIER people will remember that a
special bill was introduced in congress
some months since increasing the original
appropriation of $4,000 for public build
ing in Montpelier to $4,000. The bill
passed the senate and now lies far down in
the pile on the desk of the speaker of the
house, with no prospect of being reached
during the present session. In view of this
fact, the following, clipped from dispatch
dated July 20 in the Boston Herald, will be
good news to our people: The senate paid
Senator Morrill, of Vermont graceful and
substantial compliment last night during
the consideration of the sundry civil appro-
priation bill. Mr.. Spooner the new senator
from Wisconsin, said: | move to add, for
the completion of the public building at
Montpelier, Vt, in addition to the sum ap-
propriated by the act approved March 3,
1885, $4,000. 1t will be allowed that l offer
this amendment for the senator from Yer
mont (Mr. MorrilD and not for myself. |
| hope that no senator will object to the in
! corporation of this amendment in the bill
ask unanimous consent that it be done
| The senator from Vermont (Mr. Morrill)
was authorized by the committee on public
| buildings and grounds to report this amend
ment favorably to the senate. He was
stricken down by serious illness, and re
quested me to report it for him. Later, be
fore he left the city, he asked me to test the
sense of the senate upon it, and / trust the
sense of the senate will be in its favor
There was appropriated last year $4,000 fol
apublic building in Montpelier; $4,000 Of
this has been expended in the purchase of &
site, which leaves but 100000 for the con
struction of the building, an amount abso
lutely inadequate for the purpose. Mont
peler is, L think, the only state capital il
the Union in which the federal flag does no
float above federal building. This SHOULD
not any longer be true of Montpelier. TIL,
senator from Vermont was anxious abou
this, and it has seemed to me that it woult
be a graceful and handsome compliment t.
that senator-who for the first time il
twenty years of service here is absent from
the senate during its session, and who ma
Justly be called the father of the senate
IN his enforced absence this amendment
by common consent placed upon the bill
and l sincerely hope it may be DONE" TIL
amendment was thereupon inserted withou
dissenting voice. 1t will be seen that tn
matter will thus come before the house il
connection with the civil appropriation bill
and whether the amendment be accepted b.
that body or not, the question will at leas
have speedy settlement.