The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-28

Masonic Temple, the splendid ceremonial
concluding. with an elegant banquet, They
returned home speaking in the highest
praise of the hospitality shown them by
their Boston brethren.
LETTERS uncaled for at the Montpelier
(Vt) post-otfice April a. 1886:
Mis- Cara Cara f ssSsy JOSEPH e aSsnIs ssry
Miss Mi; 4 ka Hi''fTE drps., 4 4 i! rssSsosssws
Ne: hHasE SEys sae,no II Hho @HSSs6
Parties applying for any of the above must
say advertised" and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
THE Easter sale to be held by the ladies
of Christ church will take place at the
Golden Fleece this afternoon and evening.
A great variety of useful and ornamental
articles will be offered for sale. The bills
say that 9" a spring opening of dolls dresses
and millinery will attract the children"
Among the attractions to be offered is doll
elegantly dressed and a set of dolls bed
room furniture, the whole to belong to the
little girl receiving the greatest number of
votes. Supper will be served from half-past
seven to half-past eight and ice-cream and
cake throughout the day and evening In
the evening musical entertainment will be
given, consisting of songs by Mrs. f. l. Pit
kin and Miss jamie Kimball, comic song
by Mr.. w. G. Berry, piano solo by Master
Ray Huse, whistling duets by Messrs.
Sprague and Cochrane, and numerous selec-
tions by the Montpelier Military Band.
AT the annual meeting of King Solomon
Royal Arch Chapter, No. Z, held Thursday
evening, the following officers were elected
for the year ensuing: William A. Briggs,
high PRIEST f. II. Bascom, king; A. w.
Ferrin, scribe j. G.. Houghton, treasurer;
Charles III. Heaton, secretary; f. L. Eaton,
captain of host George l.. Lane, principal
sojourner; James T. Sabin, royal arch cap
tain; Daniel S. Wheatley, master OF third
vail; George M. Goss, master of second
vail Emery Town, master of first vail; Rev.
Howard F. Hill, chaplain; James A. Erwin,
tyler. AT the annual meeting of Montpelier
Council, No. 4, Royal and Select Masters,
held the same evening, these officers were
chosen: George w. Wing, T. l. M. Collins
Blakely, ID. NJ; George l.. Lane, p. G. of
w. j. G. Houghton, treasurer; Charles II.
Heaton, recorder; j. w. F. Washburn, G..
of g.; f. III. Bascom, conductor; Rev. II.
+. Hill, chaplain; William A. Briggs, mar
shall Thomas l.. Wood, steward; James A..
Erwin, sentinel. T. G. Phnney retired
after seventeen years of continuous service
as I. l. NJ
much enjoyed by large congregation. The
floral decorations were fine and the musical
part of the worship elaborate. The sermon
was based on Psalm evil; Z, ." And he led
them forth by the. right way, that they
might 60 to a city Of habtation." A large
Offering was made at the conclusion of the
service. The Sunday-school exercises were
held at four p. NJ, and consisted of worship
and three carols. The address to the chill
dren was on the words, Our house of this
tabernacle" AT Bethany church the display
of flowers was by far the finest made by any
church in town and the sermon was of
much interest, but the congregation was
disappointed that the indisposition of some
of the choir forbade the giving several Sc
lections which had been prepared for the
occasion. Aside from an opening solo by
Miss Kimball the singing was entirely con-
gregational. In the evening pleasant
Easter service was given by the Sunday
school. At the other churches appropriate
services were held and there We're beautiful
floral displays The day itself was all that
could be desired and large congregations
were present at all services.
THE state library commission met the
architects and contractor of the new building
in this place Friday, for the purpose of per-
of the building and to consider the subject
of heating. AS will be seen by our adver-
Using columns, sealed proposals for steam
heating, plumbing and gas-piping will be
received by the sergeant-at-arms until May
II. They will be opened at nine o'clock on
the forenoon of that day and definite plans
for the work will be made as soon as pos
sibe thereafter. In the meantime the cree
ton of the new structure is progressing
rapidly. The foundations are found to
ndNC DcCh uuInJuIcu ny tIc IOStS VI but
past winter and the contractor pronounces
the work which was completed in the fall
the most thorough and satisfactory he has
ever seen. The northerly and easterly walls
of the building, which are of brick, are
nearly up to the second story and little
work has been done on the westerly granite
wall In the main Capitol building the
corridor floors have been torn up and prepa
rations are being made for new heating
apparatus, to take the place of that which
hag hanV inn for
THE dairymen and dealers in genuine
butter are getting fully aroused in regard t.
the importance of congressional Legislation
relating to imitation butter. We have {
number of petition blanks at this office
which we desire to put into the hands Of
parties who will circulate for signatures ant
forward the same to our member of con
gress. A large number of gentlemen en-
gagged in the butter trade in Boston have
sent very strong letter on the subject Il
congress, from which we take the following
extract:
try, which is recognized the largest and most i'm
portant, is being seriously crippled. that grea
that our legitimate business is icing greatly de
y and t IN into at home
injury to the dairy interest of the country we be
seems seifevident fact. That it s fraud up pc,
the community will be realized when nearly al
terested in its manufacture admit that large pol
tion varousy estimated at eighty to ninety per cen
goes to consumers at the price of and as pure butte
That 1t benefits the poor man is fallacy. We b,
lieve, from long personal acquaintance with tn
using, the pure article, and, If using imitatio
butter, are paying the price of pure butter and SUI
pose 1t to be such. The only parties benefited an
who oppose legislation those interested in tn
manufacture, or those who are making large profit
selling it as pure butter"
The two-story johnson house +" on tn
Mortified road, distant about half a mil
from Wheeock's mills and nearly the sam
from the track of the Central Vermont raj
road, is occupied by Nelson j. Fountai
and family, consisting until last Friday, of
wife and three children. OF the latter til
youngest was Sophia Eula, lovabe chill
of nearly three summers. Friday, shortl
after noon, the little one, firing of pla,
went into the house and told her mOth'
that she was going after her father, who We
at work at Gouldsville, but whom she SUI
posed to be at house not far distant. Mr.
Fountain forbade her going, but the chill
was persistent and in the temporary absen,
of the mother from the room slipped ava
and started for the railroad track. She ha
reached the track and was sitting upon til
end of one of the ties when the fast expires
train, which leaves here at II: % p. NJ, can
laundering down upon her. Her head We
struck by one of the cylinders upon I'll
engine and cut and bruised in several place
The train was stopped before il had gor