The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-09

from the court directing him to take the
child and deliver her to petitionee, where
upon petitioner gave up the child. 1t
further appeared that no such order had
been given by thetourt. Judge Rowell said
that as the facts appeared in court it was
reprehensible conduct on the part of the
officer in taking the child in the manner in
which he did. For the good of the child
which is five years of age, he directed that
the care of it be with a Mrs. Wilson,
person friendly to both parties, until the
next term of court. Heath & Fay for
petitioner; j. p Lamson for petitionee
On Monday was made the transfer of the
l.. p. Gleason & Co. stock of dry-goods
from the Ellis building on State street to
the new store at the corner of Main and
East State streets, until recently occupied
by A. ID. Farwell. In their new quarters
the Messrs. Gleason have one of the very
pleasantest, most convenient and best To-
Gated stores in Montpelier, with the addi-
tional advantage of having their different
lines of business-dry-good and furniture
under the same roof. The store affords
abundant shelf, drawer and counter-room,
with the best of light and every facility for
an advantageous display of goods. The
small room in the rear of the dry-goods
store will be used as an Office in connection
with both lines of business and may
be reached with equal convenience by pass
ing through the new store or by direct en-
trance from East State street. There is
reason to believe that the change of
base " will prove in every respect bene
fetal one.
THE mystery attending the arrival of
Bessie Cronin in Boston from Ireland last
week was of especial interest to Montpelier
people from the fact that Besse's two
sisters, Ellen and Mary, live here and that
this was her destination. The highly SEN
sational report, as published in some of the
Boston papers Saturday, announcing her
safe arrival in Boston, her certain transfer
to the Boston & Lowell depot, her failure to
board any train leaving there because she
had not the money necessary to purchase a
ticket to Montpelier, her discovery in the
company of an unknown young man, her
mysterious disappearance, the fruitess
search of the Boston police force and the
pitiful plight of Ellen, who went to Boston
to meet her, was all read with eagerness and
a considerable degree of sympathy for the
supposed unfortunate girl and her nearly
distracted sisters. With many this feeling
changed to one of indignation, when it was
almost accidentally learned that Bessie had,
through an employment agency, engaged to
work for family in Whitman, Mass, and
was about her duties as domestic all the
while that the search was in progress.
A RECENT issue of the Watervile (Me)
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much of which will be read with interest by
friends of the " veteran musician in this
vicinity. Says the writer: " In conversing
with the veteran musician Mr.. Horatio
Fales, recently. about musical matters in
general, considerable information was Incl
dentally obtained regarding old-tme band
and orchestra music and the part taken in
it by himself and others. Mr.. Fales'
musical career dates back into the thirties.
The old Boston brass band was the first
regularly-organized brass band in America
and was instituted in 1885. This Mr.. Fales
joined in 1S43 and may be said to have
been brought up in it, Ned Kendall was
the organizer and leader when Mr.. Fales
became a member. Then followed Eben
Flagg as leader, who, with the subject of
this sketch, soon organized the old Flagg
and Fales orchestra and quadrille band,
which was run in connection with the
brass band, Mr. Flagg continuing to lead
the latter, while Mr.. Fales conducted the
new organization that was destined to be
so long and favorably known in Boston and
throughout New England. Then followed
the organization of the famous Germania
band, first known as the Germania sere-
made band. Mr.. Fales was one of
the eight original members of the Ger
mania serenade band, Wulf Fries Eichler,
Schnapp and Stein being also among the
number-all noted names in the old school,
and some of them still active and prom
inent. During all these years. besides
playing in the bands and orchestras, Mr..
Fales taught the various instruments, or
ganizing and drilling bands in the surround
ing towns. At various times Mr.. Fales
taught bands in several cities in Maine,
principally in Thomaston, Rockland and
Augusta. Returning TO Boston, he organ
lied the Fales quadrille band, and con-
tinued it until 1860. In 1861 he removed
headquarters to Montpelier. VT, where he
remained ten years, teaching bands through
out the state. In the early part of the war
he was engaged in organizing regimental
bands for Vermont regiments. He removed
to Maine in 1872, travelling for a season.
then located in Portland for a year or two
where he was director of the old Portland
brass band, j. Cole, leader. On leaving
Portland ne came to Waterville, where he has
since remained. Mr.. Fales is still an active
leader and teacher, handling the first violin
in his orchestra, despite his years, with
much of the spirit and skill that gave him
such high standing in the old days. He
has large class of musical pupils, including
twelve or fifteen on the violin, many of
whom are young ladies. Mr.. Fales
is not only good teacher, but an honorable
kind-hearted and genial gentleman, whose
happy disposition and great fund of musical
information and "reminiscences make him
an ever-welcome and entertaining COM
panion."
TESTIMONY was taken at the Office of
Senter & Kemp Thursday and Friday in
the case of j. III. Lucia ct al u.s. Village of
Montpelier. The orator called on Joel
Foster, one of the board of water commits
sioners, who testified that the entire system
of water-works, including the real estate
and extensions, had cost not far from S70,-
900. He did not know of any public pur-
poses for which Berlin water was not al
ready supplied, except what might come
from an increase of population and further
extensions to citizens not at present using
it. He attended the meeting of the village
OF Montpelier September 26, 1887, when the
village voted to lay a second main from the
reservoir to said village. The reasons urged
in said meeting for the second main were
that 1t would give more motor power and
further protection in case of fire. He was
cross-examined by G. III. Pitkin. The main
ten-inch pipe crosses Winooski river dag
onally at the curve in the river near the
southwest corner of w. f. Hubbard's land
on the bank of said river. The south side
of the bed of the river where the pipe
crosses is sort of hard-pan; on the north
side is river sand The top of the pipe is
not over one foot below the bed of the
stream. A siX-inch main crosses the river
inside of Berlin bridge on an arch and bears
its own weight If the ten-inch main should
ha hrnl for In,