The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-08-29


half-past one o'clock, by two mines COM
posed of local players.
REV. j. S. BRECKINRIDGE, superintendent |
of the Brooklyn, Methodist Episcopal hos
pital, will occupy the pulpit OF Trinity
church Sunday, September 2.
THE fall term at the Vermont Methodist |
Seminary opened Tuesday with the regis
tration of about 175 students. This indi- |
Gates a subsequent enrolment of over 200
The excursionists to the ST. Lawrence |
last week report a pleasant trip, with the !
trfling exception of the delay OF steamer
by fog which prevented them from getting
home before the arrival of the late train
Saturday night.
The second county union of societies of
Christian Endeavor will be held at Barre on
Tuesday, September II, and the exercises
will include an address by the Rev. Edward
Hawes, DID, of Burlington. The Mont
pelier societies have chosen delegates to the
meeting and will probably be largely rep
resented
A GRANITE-woRKER from Barre, who was
talking with one of the same trade in this
place the other day, said that he had been
democrat and had read nothing but the
Argus and the Boston Herdid during this
campaign, but they had convinced him that
the proper thing to do is to vote for Harrison
and Morton.
ANY who may wonder why the band has
suspended open-air concerts this month
should reflect that the republican commit
tees of town, county and state are chiefly
responsible for occupying the time of the
boys. But after the state campaign is over
announcements of future musical pleasures
are to be expected.
THE Bethany Young Peoples Society of
Christian Endeavor at its semi-annual
meeting last Sunday evening, chose these
officers for the ensuing six months: Presi-
dent, f. II. Barnes vice-president, Fanny
Smith: treasurer Laura Smith. The society
now numbers forty-nine active members
and eight associate members. 1t will
hold its first anniversary social on Friday
evening.
A FLAG was raised on Berlin street Thurs
day night by the democrats of Montpelier
and Berlin. The speaker, John H. Senter,
was introduced as ." Honest John" He ve-
hemently declaimed extracts from the
speech of Roger q. Mills of Texas on the
Mills bill, using as embellishments ardent
commendation of the present democratic
! administration and slurs for the incoming
republican executive. About 40 male per-
! sons of all ages carried torches on the oC-
casion.
CAPITAL GUARD made a good showing at
muster. The standing of the company on
surgeons inspection in both mess-tent and
strict inspection was ninety-seven and one
half per cent. This is much higher than the
| percentage Vi any OlutI III lut
state, and is gratifying alike to the company
and Captain Clark. Credit is also reflected
on James j. Pratt, the caterer of the COM
pany, for his charge of the mess. On gov
ernor's day an elaborate bill of fare was
| served.
MONTPELIER blooms galore with republic
can flags. Last night eleven more sprung
from the loyalty of private enterprise as
follows: Joseph Poland, Harlan w. Kemp.
l.. Il. Huntington, Major James E. Curran
and Fred Blanchard together, George l..
Lane and others for the fifth ward, George
Peck, Erastus Hubbard, +. ID. Blackwell.
Charles S. Shipman, NJ. E. Smile, VIII L.
Dewey and Dan A. Guptil for the first
ward These flags were saluted with cheers
from the republican club young and old,
in a torch-light procession, headed by the
Montpelier Military band, which, with its
stirring music, contributes materially TO
the success of such demonstrations.
THE military band has been badly
crippled during the past week. Saturday
night its picColo-player was in Rhode
Island, its E-tiat cornetist i'll Maine, one of
its solo B-tlat cornetists still kept at his
home in Wiliamstown by an accident of re-
cent occurrence and its first B-tat cornet-
iSt was off duty with sore lip, thus de-
priving the organization of four of its best
melody instruments. One of the tuba
players was also unable to play on account
of sore lip, and the efficient bass-drummeI
WAS cO1lllutu 10 HIS nOlut ny llutSS, NOl-
withstanding all these difficulties, the band
made a very creditable appearance. The
organization has engagements for every
evening this week, for the entire day Thurs
day, and for Monday evening of next week
1t has been engaged on an average four OF
five times week for the past five weeks.
The second meeting of Green Mountain
Trotting Park Association will take place a
Barre August 81 and September 1. The fol
lowing purses are offered: First day-No
/, 500, open to all horses that have never
beaten 3:10-S50 to first, S25 to second, 81,
, to third, $40 to fourth; No. 2, Sl25, open tC
all horses that have never beaten 2:50-S6'
, to first, $50 to second, $40 to third, S15 t,
fourth; No. 3, $50, open to all stations
S75 to first, S35 to second, S25 to third, 81
TO fourth. Second day-No. 4, S125, open t.
+ all horses that have never beaten three min
: utes-S60 to first, $50 to second, $50 to third
Sl5 to fourth; No. ., $50, open to all horses
that have never beaten 2:40-S75 to first
$35 to second, S25 to third Sl5 to fourth
| No. 6, $50, open to all horses, running
+ races-S25 to first, Sl5 to second, $40 I,
third; No. 7, town race for stakes. Half
fare ON the railroad from Northfield, Mont
+, pelier, Waterbury and intermediate sta
a tions.
I DIR. DIBBLE's bowels yearn for the poo
. man. He feels for his sutferings and depri
!, vations. He himself declared it from tn
i democratic stump Saturday evening. Th
doctor doth protest too much in the opinion
of one of his hearers. This hearer relate
the following instance of disintereste'
philanthropy Some two years ago an Eas
Montpelier lad was suffering from a ditli
j. Guilty with his eyes. The doctor wa
anxious to treat him, so our informant says
e and by way of advertising his skill volun
teered to treat the lad gratuitously. TIL
+ lads neighbor brought him to the doctor
- who performed the operation but then in
= formed the lad that he would require SOM
n glasses. The neighbor drew his purse t.
IS pay for the instruments when to his aston
ishment he was told the price was IS. Our il
IS formant AYERS that the glasses can be bough
d for about seventy-tve cents, as he is read
to show, and will produce the identical OF
n tics for which SIS was raised by subscrip
n tion at East Montpelier. Our informar
vouches for the truth of these statement
4 which he thinks show that there is wild
"a difference between the profession and praC
~ tice of some democratic orators.
# c. j. GLEASON is in town. - Erne'
l. Lowe is home on a vacation. - Mis-
Lou Ellis returned from visits in ConcorI
n. H., and Boston, Mass, Friday nigh
- - Miss Meinecke goes to New Yor
y and Boston this week to purchase her ia
stock of millinery. - Mr.. and Mr.
W Stickney and daughter Kate are the CUES
/, of Mrs. ii. W. Kempton and daughter