The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-04

The Marvin toboggan slide will be open
to the public this wednesday, afternoon
and evening; and in all probability, on
every pleasant afternoon and evening, at
least for the present. Careful labor in pre-
pairing it for use has resulted most salts
factorily and the condition of the entire
slide is well-nigh perfect. 1t is practically
free from all possibility OF danger to those
who heed the rules laid down by the man
agement and none who are not willing to do
! this will be permitted to enjoy its privileges
| Toboggans may be obtained from the club
! house at the top of the slide at any time by
any who may desire them and courteous
treatment is assured to all patrons, whether
residents or strangers. Tobogganing and
coasting promise to be generally INDUCED
in at the capital the present season, and all
moral and physiological arguments continue
| to exist in favor of these means of recreation
IT was the first intention of the WATCH
MAN " local " man to give extended notice
of the grand cosmorama of scenic groups
living pictures, statuary, pantomime and
! operetta," given at Blanchard Opera-house
last week under the auspices of the ladies
| of Christ church. But the entertainments
| were so decidedly novel and so vastly SUI
| perior to anything in similar line which he
| had ever seen that he concluded to admit
! his inability to give them such comment as
they really merted. The best proof of the
] tACtlltHu uudlltN OI IHe entertainment was
seen in the good attendance at each sue
ceeding performance. The statuary, the
! pictures, the groupings, and in fact every
| feature, manifested the remarkable skill
that enables Mr.. Bartlett to produce them
with so little previous rehearsal, gave evil
dence of faithful work on the part of the
participants and of an incalculabe amount
| of labor on the part of those who had in
! charge the preparation of costumes and
decorations and proved source of un-
! ifrh N IN Of lnn l..
expenses were large. The net receipts
amounted to 500.
AT the annual meeting of the National
Life Insurance Company, held at the com
pany's Office in Montpelier yesterday, the fol-
lowing directors were chosen for the ensu-
ing year: Paul Dillingham;, Charles Dewey,
| George w. Reed, Frederick Billings James
G. Houghton, Perey p Pitkin, Timothy p.
Redfeld, w. II. II. Bingham, Dudley C.
| DenisOn, Edward Dewey, Fred +. Smith,
Charles T. Sabin and James 7. Phelps
These officers were chosen. President,
! Charles Dewey; vice-president, Edward
Dewey; secretary George w. Reed treas
urer, James c. Houghton; assistant secre-
! tary, Osman ID. Clark medical examiner
Dr. A. b. Bisbee. During 1887 the com
| pany issued $500 policies insuring SS,171,-
600, with 1i,34S policies in force, insuring
S24 920,570. Premium receipts for the year
amounted to S945, $500, interest receipts to
| S2l9,5j5.% and receipts from other sources
to Sl3,5S6.77; making the total receipts ST.
| 179,04.70 Four hundred thirty-siX thou
| sand eight hundred seventeen dollars and
forty-six cents were paid for death losses,
matured endowments, dividends and sur
rendered policies, leaving the net ledger
assets for the year, at par, S4B, 46. The
gross assets of the company January /,
1888, were about S4,500,000
Mr.. c. DEF. BANCROFT kindly furnishes
us with the following mortuary record of
Montpelier for the year Just past. To many
it will be of much interest Whole num-
ber of deaths in town during the year 1887,
/ tifty-five. To this number might be added
| eight which occurred on Berlin side. OF
| those in town all but six occurred in the vii
! lage limits Twenty-Five were males and
thirty were females, and the deaths oc-
| CURED in each month as follows: January,
three; February, seven March, five; May,
seven; June, tive July four; August, four;
September, six; October eight; November,
from March 2Sth to May 3D. Six died of
diphtheria, six of pneumonia six of old age,
| five of heart disease, four of consumption,
| three of dropsy, three of cancer, two each
| of kidney disease, cerebro spinal menin-
| gifts, Inflammation of the bowels, paralysis
| and cholera infantum, one from accident
and eleven from various other causes. Five
| were under one year of age, three between
| one and two years, five between two and
| five years. one between five and ten years,
| one between fifteen and twenty years, one
/ between twenty and twenty-five years,
! three between twenty-five and thirty years,
| three between thirty and thirty-tve years,
/ two between thirty-tve and forty years three
| between forty and forty-fve years, one be-
! tween forty-tive and fifty years, one between
/ fifty and tifty-fve years, three between fifty
! five and sixty years, four between sixty and
| sixty-fve years, four between siXty-tive and
/ seventy years, five between seventy and
! seventy-tive years, four between seventy
| five and eighty years, three between eighty
and eighty-tive years, one between eigty-
| five and ninety years and two were over
| ninety-two years of age. Average age
of the whole number forty-seven years;
average age of the fifteen oldest, eighty
! years. Sixteen were males over twenty-one
| years of age and twenty-four were females
! above twenty-one years. or these ten were
husbands, eight were wives, four were
widowers and twelve were widows. In 1856
there were ffty-siX deaths in town and
| eight on Berlin side. The average age of
those in town that year was fifty years:
| average of the eleven oldest, eighty-three
years and six months. The average num-
ber of deaths in town during the past ten
has been tifty-nine
MENTION was made last week of the ban
quet of Mt. Sinai Temple at the Pavilion on
Tuesday evening, December y, but the
hour of its occurrence forbade more than "A
brief notice in that issue. Mt. Sinai Temple.
Ancient Arabic Order of Mobiles of the Mys-
tic Shrine, is the only temple of this order
in Vermont, AMI this occasion was cele-
brated as the twelfth anniversary of its or
ganzation. The banquet, the first in the
| history of the temple, was attended by
about one hundred mobiles, ladies and guests,
the latter including visiting mobiles Erastus
IL Doolittle and Benjamin w. Rowell of
Aleppo Temple, Boston, both honorary
members of Mt. Sinai Temple, and j. b.
Small of Mecca Temple New York. The
repast was another of those for which the
Pavilion is justly noted and was entirely
fit Sc to set before king Choice music
by the Montpelier orchestra contributed to
the enjoyment of the assembled guests.
The post-prandial exercises were brmful
of good humor. Grand Potentate Charles
H. Heaton gave an eloquent address of well
come, in it referring with evident pride TO
the rapid growth of the order. Letters in
acknowledgement of invitations were read
by Recorder Henry Lowe, and letters
of regret at inability to attend from George
o. Tyler of Burlington, past grand poten-
tate, S. w. Cummings, general passenger