The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-10

" ROBERT Emmett contains ABOUT twenty |
five characters, all of which will be sus- |
tanned by young people connected with the
st. Augustine Society. Music will probably |
be furnished by the Montpelier orchestra.
THE sixth and last assembly given by
the band at the Golden Fleece, Monday
evening, was very successful, and netted
the band about $50 after making up the de-
ficiency occasoned by the small attendance
at the fifth assembly. The concert pro-
gramme comprised ten numbers, which
were well performed. From the close of the
concert until two o'clock the time, with the
exception of q half-hour's intermission, was
| devoted to dancing music being furnished
| by the Montpelier orchestra of nine pieces.
THE annual meeting of the Masons of the
sixth Masonic district was held at Masonic
Hall last Friday. All the lodges in the dis
trict were represented Grand Master
Marsh O. Perkins, Grand Senior Warden
George w. Wing and Grand Lecturer My
Lafayette Soper, district deputy of the
twelfth district. The first, second and
third degrees were exemplifed in very
| creditable and satisfactory manner. At a
late hour in the evening, after listening to
| remarks by number of the brethren, the
lodge closed in form.
THE following is list of the petit jurors
drawn yesterday for the March term of
Washington county court: Barre, George
1. Beckley and Nat. Whittier; Berlin G.
w. Dustin and P. w. Currier; Cabot, L.
P. Cole and M. X. Hall; Calais, John
Thomas and Benjamin Wheeler; Duxbury,
A. A. Lewis; East Montpelier Gustavus A.
Bruce and Henry Kelton; Fayston, Allen
s. Howe; Marshfield, II. F. Townshend; !;
Middlesex, Henry Nichols and Putnam w.
Daley; Montpelier, p. H. Hinkley and Al
and w. II. II. Dickinson; Northheld Edison
Kimball and G. b. 1ilden; Plainfield, d.
j. Norcross; Roxbury, George A. Young
Waitsfield, A. A. Kneeland and George II.
Hastings; Warren, L. M. Heath and Col
lister Church; Waterbury, Joseph Somer-
vile and c. b. Clark; Woodbury., V. B.
Wheeler; Worcester, G. e. Harris.
A woMAN's RELIEF CORPS (auxiliary to
Brooks PosD was organized by Mrs. r. j.
Coffey of Windsor at the Grand Army
Hall on Thursday evening, March 4th. The
organization is known as Brooks Relief
Corps, No. Is, Department of Vermont.
Fifty ladies were present and were mustered
in as charter members. The following are
the officers of the corps: President, Mrs.
Amanda Newcomb; senior vice. e-president,
Mrs. Margaret f. Carleton; Junior vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. Abby M. Smith; secretary, Mrs.
Mary Blake Peck; treasurer, Mrs. Jennie
l.. Webster; chaplain, Mrs. Sarah E. Phin-
ney; conductor, Mrs. Alice NJ Hunt; assist
ant conductor, Mrs Ida Merrill; guard Mrs.
Maria A. Lull; assistant guard, Mrs. Mel
vna Peck. The regular meetings of the
corps are the second and fourth Saturdays
of each month, at half-past seven o'clock
P. NJ. at Grand Army Hall, on South Main
street. The members of the corps are re.
minded that Saturday of this week is the
first regular meeting, and that every mem.
Der is expected to be present, as much yet re-
mains to be done to perfect the organization
PURSUANT to adjournment, the voters
Of the town of Montpelier met at Capital
Hall on Thursday last, when, after great
deal of discussion, the reports of the various
town officers were accepted and adopted
The selectmen were made the trustees o
the public money. For first street com
missioner, John L. Tuttle, j. d. Phelps and
George w. Parmenter were put in nomina
uion and the ballot resulted in the choice O.
John l.. Tuttle, with the following vote:
Whole number of votes cast.................... 3s
Necessary f2T Ta, eh9ce pee iS
JOB JOB Fheps Fl sIs.s saa aaa Is ias
George w. Parmenter had. .................. 70
There was considerable interest manifested
= in this contest and the result was heartily
D applauded by Mr.. Tuttle's friends. 1t was
voted to retain the system of schools now il
operation These salaries were fixed upoI
: for the town officers: Selectmen, $25 eacl
t a year; treasurer $50 a year: street com
II
:, time actually spent in and about the worl
of the town, and their legitimate expenses
y overseer of the poor, 5000 per year for tn,
past year and the same for the present year
q The poll-taxes of the fire-engine and hool
and ladder companies and of the miiti;
II were abated and a highway tax of fifteel
a cents on the dollar, to be paid in money OF
d or before June l, 1886, and town tax o
;, fifty-six cents on the dollar were voted
Il Fifty dollars were appropriated for the oh
IF rial do Nhn fro ra
b of the town was authorized to borrow a sun
4 not exceeding the amount of $4,000 to pa
any immediate liability of the town, ant
y after voting to require bond from all tn
Y town officers who by law are required t
n furnish them, and to give the first constabl
v the jurisdiction of the state in serving pre-
cess, the meeting adjourned. A list of tn
officers elected for the ensuing year will b
u found under the proper heading on the eight
s. page.
s. The following communication was re
d ceived last week Friday from Rev. d.
II Miller of Concord, N. H., formerly pastor c
II Trinity church, Montpelier. 1t speaks tn
general sentiment of Montpelier people cor
q cerning the invaluable services of Rev ,
. Edward Wright in the founding of the Mon
i pelier Public Library, and contains sugge
e tons of much Importance in connectio
J. with the future of that institution: Il wa
, deeply interested in your report of the oper
"a ing OF tne library. lt made me rejoice
~ the triumph of cause in which | took SON
interest at the beginning. 1t looked dar
N and impossible at times; but the thing
At done. | congratulate the people of Mon
o pelier on the success of the enterprise. Tn
=, people did grandly, from the largest sui
q scrber to the smallest-the smallest
s. amount being in many cases, no doubt,
he grand as the largest. The committees hay
is done their part well in every instance, | b
lieve. They worked when little promise
success appeared. The ship sank and IL
l. crew barely escaped with their lives; bl
ID the flag still waved in the breeze above IL
V. waters. Some who have gone on to a bett,
,o country deserve and receive merited prais,
10 Yet took my pen in hand to speak of tw
$. things: CD The selection of Rev. Mr.. Wrigl
b. as the historical orator of the opening occ
te sion. He is too modest man to have bee
the speaker on that occasion. He says
tb two or three instances, when referring
" critical times in the history of the ente
W prise, There were those who resolved
VI ETC.; they were confident ETC.. a fe
ed obstinately hopeful and persistently yea
nm Gus individuals kept up scathing fl
AZ AZ of solicitations Yes, that was Just VIII
.o did it, but who were the those IL
~ they the few?' l expect the animatiI
soul of that same those and they al
)r- few was none other than Rev j. Edwa
100 Wright, the historical orator of the openiI
I occasion. If it had not been for his obs
10 nate hopefuness and persistent zeal l fe