The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-10

Frederick S. Fisher. A full attendance is
requested. Companions who have never
received these degrees will have an oppor-
tunty of receiving the same.
Mrs. HUNT of Boston, who gives an adj
dress in representatives hall this even
! ing, Is in some respects n remarkable
woman. BY her personal efforts, almost
unaided, she has induced the legislatures of
seventeen states and the congress of the
! United States to pass acts providing for
temperance instruction in all public schools
! in their respective Jurisdictions. She is a
very attractive and forcible speaker and
should have large audience.
REV. j. j. LEWIS preached very inter
| esting sermon at the Church of the Messiah
Sunday morning, taking for his text the
second verse of the eighth chapter of Deu-
! teronomy, " And thou shalt remember all
the way which the Lord thy God led thee
these forty years in the wilderness, to hum
| BILE thee, and to prove thee, to know what
was in thy heart whether thou wouldst
keep his commandments, or no" In the
! evening he gave an entertaining lecture
on Samuel Adams, the last of the Puri-
tans and the father of the Revolution"
ABOUT nine o'clock Tuesday morning Tim
! othy Cochrane, who lives on a farm in Ber-
lin about six miles from Montpelier village,
! was the victim of a serious accident. While
attempting to secure an unruly steer, the
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way, and fell upon Mr.. Cochrane's right leg,
causing a compound fracture about midway
| between the knee and ankle. SO bad was
! the break that the bones protruded from
| the flesh, laceratng it considerably. Medi-
! cal aid was summoned from this village and
| the fracture was successfully reduced. Mr..
! Cochrane is about thirty-four years of age
| and has family.
A VERY pleasant affair occurred Thursday
evening, at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
! Merrill Russell, where about sixteen mem
bers of the house and messengers have rooms
during the session. These, with visiting
friends, were requested to gather in the
| parlor, where a very generous supply of
ice-cream and cake was distributed. 1t soon
became known it was the twelfth anniver-
sary of Mr. and Mrs. Russell's marriage,
whereupon handsome amount of silver
was soon collected and presented with the
congratulations and kind wishes of all pres
ent, to the happy pair in very neat and
appropriate speech, by DR.. f. ID. Stafford of
| Whtingham. The brief, impromptu poem
and the cordial hand-shalling which fol-
lowed, will be remembered by all present.
DIR. ALFRED CLARK was arrested Wednes-
day on complaint of Grand Juror Wing for
assault with dangerous weapon and
" breach of the peace" The action was
founded upon information furnished by
| Charles Pratt whose story is that while he
was passing the evening of Monday with one
of the fair sex who lives in the Bacon block,
the doctor came to the door, demanded and
gained adnittance and drove him ont at the
point of a revolver The accused, on the
other hand, denies having committed any
of the offences with which he is charged.
The affair has created food for the gossips,
and gives rise to various unpleasant rumors.
DR.. Clark will have a hearing next week
Monday and the result is awaited with
| interest Until that time the principle of
"Charity for all' should be carefully needed.
CAPITAL HALL was filed Thursday night by
the voters of Montpelier village, in response
to the warning, and the meeting was called to
order by j. T. Sabn, village clerk. Charles
II. Heath was duly chosen moderator and
the proper business of the evening was in
troduced by III. A. Huse, Esq, who offered
a resolution providing that the village
authorize the baiiiffs to contract with the
Standard Electric Light and Power Com
pany to light the streets of Montpelier by
electricity for term of five years, the num-
ber and location of the lights to be decided
upon by the bailiffs and the price 10 be
agreed upon, each year, by the baliffs and
the company, and not to exceed the average
price paid for similar light in other towns
and cities of New England After some
discussion, p. II. Mccormack moved that
the resolution be referred to a committee of
one from each ward, who should investigate
the matter of electric lighting, get terms
from the company, confer with the gas COM
pany, and report at the annual meeting in
| December. The advisability of such pro-
ceeding was freely talked over, and when
the question was placed before the meeting
reference of the resolution was refused by a
rising vote of two hundred eighteen to one
hundred four. Then vote was taken upon
the adoption of the resolution Most every
body in the hall voted in its favor, there be-
ing heard less than a dozen dissenting
voices. Notice was given that the bailiffs
desire all bills against the village to be pre-
sented to them before the Goth of November
! and the Meeting a0iOnrppU Inv a animOuc
rising and leaving-the-hall vote.
SEMINARY HILL.
Mr.. TAPLIN has returned as a student
- The piano and song recital given
Friday evening by Professor Blanpied and
Miss Mary Phnney was an enjoyable occa-
sion. - School has two weeks more to
keep. - The seniors are busy now days
in their final orations and essays for the
| term