The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-08-01

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Buffalo in August next
HENRY LAFoUNTAIN, who lives at % Elm
street, while tarring the roof of w. e.
Adams store last Wednesday morning fell
to the ground a distance of about thirty-hve
feet on the side toward the Episcopal rec
tory. One leg, below the knee, was badly
cut, and he was otherwise bruised and
shaken up.
Mr.. AND Mrs. G. w. LEARNED of New
York city arrived in Montpelier Saturday
morning. Mr.. Learned left town on Mon
day to take charge of the telegraph office at
Northampton, Mass, and that city will be
his future home. Mrs. Learned remains in
town for a more extended visit with rel
atives and friends.
THIS is the programme of a concert to be
given by the band on the School street
stand tomorrow evening:
March Greeting. Mssud
Andante from organ sonata ..,...,, Dr. Vamsn
serenade Serena s5 think Of Geo sherman nSs
Galop, Flying Yankee. Robinson
Gavotte, Hearts Delight Warren
March, Reliable. Hartmann
IT is generally understood that j. Eli
Goodenough, who has been one of Mr..
| Wings most efficient assistants during
his control of the affairs of the Mont
pelier post-ofiice, will remain with Mr.. F.
w Morse, in the capacity of assistant post
master. A. G.. Trulan, who was expected
greater inducements to remain in the tele
graph Office and has decided to yield to
them.
FLAG-RAIsINGs and rallies are the order of
the day in Montpelier and vicinity, as our
local reports show. Our crowded columns
make it quite impossible to give as much
space to each as we would wish And now
East Montpelier is arranging for rally and
| flag-raisng, speech by Candidate Diling-
! ham, a rousing organization and a general
waking-up. And when the yeoman of the
old East town catch on, things will move
right along.
THE following commissions have been
| issued by Governor Ormsbee; to be aides
de camp, with rank of colonel, William
Seward Webb, Shelburn, Henry LeGrand
! Cannon, Burlington; to be military store
keeper with the rank of captain, Edward
! n. Wright of Montpelier. The Free Press
correctly says of the latter appointment
that it is worthily bestowed, as Captain
| Wright is a veteran soldier of the old Ver-
mont brigade, and has had charge of the
state arsenal at Montpelier ever since the
war"
THE Montpelier & Wells River excursion
to Weirs n. H., Thursday, has for at
fractions besides the usual steamboat ex..
cursons, the events of the cantonment of
Patriarchs Militant, /. o. o. F., exhibition
drills, reviews, dress-parade of the brigade
| and reception of the governors of Vermont
and New Hampshire. The fare from Mont
peler and other places in Washington
pelier at Z o'clock A. NJ; arrives at Weirs at
10: 45. Returning, leaves Weirs at o'clock
p. NJ; arrives at Montpelier at 8: 10.
THE popular opinion on current issues is
| indicated by the formation of the Mechanics
Protection club last week Wednesday even
ing, with the following officers President
Charles f. Collins; first vice-president
('barlac NJ sprOp1 .Tanps Gam
ming: third, Charles Def. Bancroft secre-
tary, Willis Hanaford treasurer, Marshall
Wood; marshal, Frank E. Smith, assistant
marshal, j. b. Anderson; executive commit
tee, p r. Kennedy, f. p. Sloan, Paul Rivers
All mechanics and workingmen, irrespec-
tive of party, are invited to join the club and
help the cause of protection of American
workmen.
A SOLID crowd of Berlin republicans raj
lied around Harrison and Morton flag last
night, assisted by the republican club OF
this place. The first speaker, H. A. Huse
Esq, pointed with pride " to the history
and achievements of the republican party
and pitted the democratic What is it ,
against the solid protective plank of the
republican platform. Alland G. Fay
Esq, scored the utterance of a demo
cratic speaker, noticed elsewhere, that the
republican party was established and con
tinued in power on false issue. John G
Wing continued Mr.. Fay's remarks ant
spoke for rousing majority from the Greer
Mountain state, the fountain-head of re
publicanism. The speakers were cheeret
to the echo, and Berlin when " weighed il
the balance" " will not be found wanting
MoSTPELIER's military band at the Bur
lington rally was credit to the capital
The organization went to the Queen City
with twenty-eight men and by impartia
judges was awarded first honors for it!
! work on the march. 1t was the larges
han at IA rallv and Iparpba1 wi laf
and counter-marched with fine precision
, Every man could play his part, and play i
well. The result was volume of harmon!
such as Burlington has rarely heard from
visiting bands. Waterbury, also, was repre-
sented by musical organization whicl
} compared favorably with the bands o
larger places. Old musicians and band mel
noted with surprise the class of music use'
and the confidence manifested by tn
Waterbury " tooterS' confidence withou
which no band can do itself justice. Their
was a solidity about all the marches playe,
which was suggestive of professional an,
much older organization. Both band
speak well for Instructor Merrill. TIL
, Washington county delegation was splen
didly escorted.
THE two-dollars-a-day- -and-roast- beef pre-
} lection republicans of the fourth ward raise
a neat flag Monday evening, running it on
: TO a red, white and blue pole from the hous
! of Charles II. Fuller who, in the bills an
, nouncing the event, had indicated stron
preference for the aforementioned pay an
y rations, to seventy-tve cents day an,
liver, for that's English, quite Engis
you know " - and likewise democratic
= Headed by the band fully 300 of the mem
! bers of the republican club turned out il
l procession, The flag was run out and en-
! Enthusiastically cheered. w. b. G. Stickne
of Bethel, the speaker Of the evening, toll
, what the republican party had done in Sc
I curing the peace and prosperity of tn
g country. Cheers were given for the nf
r tional and state nominees, for Esquir
q Shurtlef as man and neighbor, for III. a
Huse, the chairman, and for Charles II
: Fuller, who has been so largely instrr
mental in waking up the republicans of tn
ward andthe town at large. The long lin
q of voters headed by the band marche
!. downtown and paraded Main street
IT was delightful presentation OF d'
n lightful opera which the Sherlock Sisters
4 local company gave at Blanchard Operi
=, house last Saturday evening. The leadin
i characters were sustained with ease an
i grace and the chorus worked with remarl
n able degree of spirit and unity. The o
" chestra was excellent and furnished
substantial foundation for the whole musici
9 structure. AS "Serpolette Mrs. #.
o Pitkin sustained the enviable reputatio
ul,ah hal In, VI s,af