The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-11-21

Slattery's body. The actual injury to the |
leg is serious and the escape from death |
narrow.
The Sherlock sisters are here arranging |
for repetition Of the Chimes of Normandy |
Thursday night. The opera is to be pre- |
sented hy the same caste that gave such |
good satisfaction last summer, and the
chorus will be greatly strengthened by the
addition of trained vocaists of other places
principally st. Adams. Not only is fine
entertainment assured, but those connected
with the opera again have the pleasure of
meeting the Sherlocks so pleasantly known
here before
JUDGE HIRAM SMITH, now of Cameron,
Missouri, was recently married to Frances
Forester Rice, a schoolmate of his at Barre
Academy, years ago He was native of
Washington county, and has relatives in
Cabot, Vershire and Tunbridge, the " gem
tleman from Vershire " of the last legisla-
ture being his uncle. He was graduate of
Middlebury College and valiant soldier of
the old Vermont Brigade losing leg and
an arm in one engagement-the Wilderness,
If our memory is not at fault
CONTRIBUTIONS are to be asked in five of
the Sunday-schools in our village next Sun
day in aid of the orphan asylum in Jack
sonvile, Florida. The pestilence has added
greatly to the numbers of fatherless and
motherless children cared for in this nsti-
tuition, has at the same time swept off some
OF ltS IrleuuS anu patrons, anu unuS mas
diminished its resources, so that its appeal
to the benevolent is especially urgent. Let
the response from adults as well as from
children be hearty and liberal.
THE Mariana Opera Company has been
fortunate in securing the services of Mr..
Fessenden. whose tenor has been the de-
light of audiences ever since his first APP
pearance with the famous Temple quartette
of Boston. His successes with the old quar-
tette were followed by others, with the Bos-
ton ideals and the National Opera Com
pany. And now be ranks among the fore
most tenors of America. His voice, a pure
tenor, well trained and used with best
of effect, was an indispensable qualification
for singing with the male quartette, and
now is used to fine advantage with mixed
voices and in solo.
THE last bill vetoed by President Ceve-
land, before the adjournment of congress,
was that of Mary A. Carr of Worcester, VT,
a widow whose only means of support is
her own labor, and she about seventy years
of age and in feeble health. The presidents
reason for refusing this poor woman pen
sion is that her husband did not die of inju-
ries received in the service, which is pretty
poor reason for the president to urge, for if
the soldier had died of the injury received
in the service the widow would have been
entitled to pension under the general law,
and there would have been no occasion to
have applied to congress for it. The presi-
dent only places himself on the level with
the commissioner of pensions in the attitude
he takes in this case.
THE extraordinary election bets were
paid Friday John Hardigan, having bet
with A. G. Andrews, wheeled his bushel of
corn from Middlesex and sold it at auction
on the corner of State and Main streets as
Harrison corn. Fred Standish wheeled
Will Pratt from the Rialto bridge around
State, Main, School and Elm streets to
point of departure. Curt Roleau, in pay
ment of his bet with Charley Alexander
paraded from the office of the Union Card
Company bearing on his breast a placard
with the strange Device am democrat"
escorted by drum corps to the Harrison
and Morton flags on the same streets ira
versed by Standish gave three cheers at
each flag for the successful candidates and
then " marched down again.
IT has been our good fortune to be in
Burlington when there has been occasion
to paint the Queen City red, white and blue,
and so can give personal testimony that
| those who take such matters in charge know
how to do it, and always act up to their
knowledge. 1t was a personal loss to us
that we were not there last week Tuesday
on the occasion of their giving the city those
/ hueS and colors upon the occasion of vent
| ing their joy for the election of Harrison
and Morton and the other good things
vouChsafed us An elaborate description
| of the manner in which it was done is be-
/ yond our province, even if space could be
found for it, so we must be content with
saying that on no similar occasion was il
! better done, which is praise enough.
THE members of the First Vermont Cav
/ airy Held business meeting last week
/ Tuesday in the large committee room at
the state house After the reading of the
/ reports of the retiring secretary and treas
urer If S. Stranahan), ii. y. Leach and c.
J R1ulpV annniptp1 a N II
committee to select a board of officers for
the ensuing year The committee named
the following comrades who were unani-
mously elected President, H. o. Wheeler
secretary, S. II. Wood treasurer, w. H.
| Greenleaf The following presidents
were nominated by their respective com.
panies and elected Staff Adiutant c. d.
Bates; Company A, L. o. Greene; Company
b, A. n. Brush; Company c, o. A. Bald
win; Company ID, j. G. Gracey; Company
E, G. r. Bagley; Company F, G. r. Crosby
| Company G, ii. n. Leach; Company II, C.
G. Tier; Company |, Il. Grant; Company
X, Frank Moore; Company l., W. II. East
man; Company NJ, John Seymour. An in
vitation was extended to the association tC
attend the exercises of the Sons of Veterans
which was declined with vote of thanks
owing to the fact that their banquet at the
Pavilion occurred at the same time.
THE whirligig of time brings about
strange revenges." Four years ago a bright
business man of Montpelier-bright as tC
wit and business, not politics strayed from
the republican fold, wandered into the dem
ocratc camp and became enamored o
Cleveland This convert to Clevelandism il
a traveller for Boston dry goods house anC
used to have sundry sharp tilts with a brisk
republican lady friend not a thousand mile,
from Waterbury When Cleveland was
elected he sent his opponent a mourning
handkerchief as souvenir of the occasion
and in other ways tried to make her life mis-
erable, but usually got as good as he sent anC
sometimes a little better Ike-but W,
din't mean to give him dead away-coulC
never find out whether his mourning sou
venir was actually received or not, and in
quiries in that locality disclosed nothing
Last week, however, he was afforded salts
factory proof that the handkerchief had beer
received. The day of the prosecuted ha1
come and she had her revenge. Ina boz
containing a bandanna trimmed with Grape
and various edifying newspaper clipping
relating to the election, the emblem o
grief was returned-and there is no doub
that the package was received and opened
No inquiries in the neghborhood will b,
needed to establish the fact. 1t was a cap
ital Roland for a four-y years-cherished Oil
yer. When the parties meet again may WI
be there to see.
THE Washington county rally of last sum