The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18

came to Montpelier, and according to ar
rangement the girl was to be brought here
to join him by a friend. This friend, how
ever, failed to carry out his part of the af-
fair and Morton left for Toledo, Ohio.
On Saturday last the Cook girl ran away
from home and came to Montpelier by the
evening train. Morton met her here and
the two were married as soon as possible.
after which they went to Middlesex. Upon
learning of the affair Mr.. Cook came to
Montpelier, and at his request papers were
made out and placed in the hands of Sheriff
Tuttle, who arrested Morton in Moretown
Sunday. The bigamist was ordered, at a
hearing Monday, to give bonds to the amount
OF S400 for appearance at the September
term OF the county court, and being unable
to do this, was committed 70 Jail. The girl
| is at her fathers home.
THE lighting of Montpelier by electricity
is an assured fact and important steps are
being taken to bring about the change at an
early day. The electric light company
has begun the erection of building on the
vacant lot in the rear of the WATCHMAN
office, and the same is to be completed, with
all the machinery in running order, by the
middle of September. The contract for the
erection of the building has been given to
Goodrich & Crossett, and it will be a sub
stantal two-story structure, with floor di-
mensions of fifty feet by forty feet. Poles
are being set throughout the village, and all
localities now lighted by gas will be fur
| nished with the electric lights. Arc lights
will be used for street lighting, while stores
and houses whose owners are subscribers
will mostly be equipped with incandescent
lights. One dynamo will be started this
week and an exhibition of the ncandescent
| light will be made in several stores. The
Thompson & Houston system is the one
adopted by the local company, and repre-
sentativeS of the firm are here to superin-
tend the erection of the building and the
placing of the plant The street lighting
and subscriptions for three hundred in
candescent lights were asked by the com
pany, to guarantee them success from the
start and they already have assurance of a
larger number than was required.
THE Central Vermont railroad for this
week announces something new and
something which will be of interest to all
an excursion to Saratoga Springs and re-
turn over the Central Vermont and Della
ware & Hudson railroads from Barre,
Montpelier, Middlesex, Waterbury, Bolton,
Jonesvile, Richmond and Williston at the
astonishingly low price of 81 80 for the round
trip A special train will leave Barre at
| 6: 80 A. NJ, Wednesday, August 25th, Mont
pelier at Gas, Middlesex at 6: 50, and Water
, bury at 1902, arriving in Saratoga at y: sc
Pm. Returning, the train will leave Sara
togo at 4:30 P. NJ. and reach Montpelier at
} 10i 2S P. NJ, and Barre at 10: 80 p. NJ. A rare
opportunity IL uuuS dlOTutu 10 NlSlb lHe
worlds greatest watering place and drink
the waters of its numerous springs fresh
from the fountains. Parties desiring to re.
main over night and return on the ten A. NJ.
train next day can do so by having theil
tickets exchanged at No. Congress Hall
, block, and paying one dollar additional.
Special trains will run on time and will be
accompanied to Saratoga and return by the
conductor of the Central Vermont railroad
{ special train, who will give attention to the
.f.rf gf.
1 is less than one-seventh of the regular fare tC
Saratoga to go and return, and it goes with
out saying that there will be large attend
, ance.
CAMP LOOKOUT, near Mirror Lake, Berlin
is the scene of much enjoyment, if the re
ports of recent visitors from Montpelier are
= correct. This camp, which has been occu
pied for several years by some of the pres
~ ~ party, has recently had substantial i'm
provements and comforts added to it, tn,
principal among them being beautiful
= cottage, which has been erected as by
magic. Colonel Fred E. Smith of this vii
lage went there, with men and lumber, Au
gust I'd, and on the 9th day his family anC
that of Il. =. Gleason set up housekeeping
D there. The cottage is in fancy and some
1 what rustic style, containing dining-room
eighteen by twenty-four feet, with capacity
for dining forty people. In it is bricl
: fireplace and hanging-lamps, making it no
, only attractive three times day, but every
f rainy day and every cool evening Pape
9 and book-racks, writing and card-tahe'
i signify the enjoyments. A piazza, eight 10y
t twenty-four feet adorns the front, from
: which is a magnificent view of lake, vale,
Il and mountains. In the rear of the dining
!, room is the kitchen, twelve by sixteen feet
with fine storerooms, pantry, cooking
p range, running water and every necessar,
accessory. \ flight of stairs lead to fou
fine chambers, so arranged that fourteen
, persons can be comfortably lodged Nea
F. this is Mr.. Nye's sugar-house, which prove
exceedingly useful for storage. The cottag
is fancifully painted in three colors, ha
stained glass windows of diamond shapes
. and the piazza is lighted by large glob
" street-lantern, sent by friend in New Yorl
for the purpose. Through the kindness o
Mr.. James II. Langdon, who sent his fin
!. large boat to DR.. Nichols for the use of tn
party, many nice rides are EN- njoyed OF
' Mirror Lake. The house, tents and camp
n fires present great attractions to citizen
a and visitors. The residents in the vicinit,
s are very kind and do what they can t.
Z make Camp Lookout enjoyable. All tn
\ campers live in their tents, of whicl
a they have seventeen in the beautiful
4 grove which they have rented for
u u term of years. The present personne
- of the camp is as follows, according t.
"a the date of arrival; Fred E. Smith AM
~ and wife, L. F. Gleason and wife, Carl j
: Gleason, Fred f. Gleason and Miss Ann NJ
q Smith of Montpelier; Mrs. Julia A. Robin
q e son of Waterbury; Hon. George Nichols an
= wife of Northfeld; Mrs. j. Elliot Smith
y, Mrs Mary E. Smith and Mrs. II. Whitne
= Tyler of New York city; Miss Lou A. Ell
q of ST. Johnsbury; Mr.. A. Blake and Mis-
y Emma Jackson of Northfield and Maste
/, Carl Webster of Montpelier Other mem
,f bers and friends of the families of this fam
" lily camp are expected to join them at once
y and we feel assured that with Mr. and Mrs
- E,ri (runniSOu in pb1rpp of tlp pniSina the
will have every comfort, particularly a
r long as George Fitzgerald keeps up hi
daily express to and from Montpelier, can
ryng cream vegetables and supplies fron
), the markets.
a DIR. CHARLES WooDHoUsE of Rutland ha
IS recently obtained from an Albany gentle
e man who fell heir TO some of the cOrres