The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-12-04

were read by the pastor
REV. A. j. HoUGH recently received a
call to Fergus Falls, Mimi, to become pas
tor Of a church there at a large salary. After
considering the offer, he decided to remain
in Montpelier for the present
The district meeting of the Order of the
Eastern Star for Washington and Orleans
counties was held yesterday afternoon and
evening at Masonic Temple. A supper was
served by the ladies at six o'clock.
THE service of song at the Church of the
Messiah on Sunday evening was very much
enjoyed by those who were present The
choir was assisted by Miss Mary A. Phinney
and MIR. ii. W. Kemp, both of whom sang
solos.
THE Wetmore & Morse Granite Company
is making a sarcophagus and monument, to
be placed in the Ashland cemetery at st.
Paul, Mimi, in honor of a soldier of that
place. 1t will cost $4,000 and will weigh
about twenty tons.
A LARGE number Of articles appropriate
for Christmas presents to children were re-
ceived by the ladies of Bethany church at
the vestry on Friday afternoon of last week.
The presents were sent to Sunday-school
class in Dakota town.
WARREN W. WRIsLEY, who was charged
with an assault with intent to kill on Charles
j. Fisk at Waterbury on September IS,
gave himself up recently. On Monday his
Odll was 1Neu aI III ,OOU, ana not obtaining
it, he is still in Jail here.
A DRUNKEN man, said to be George Shurt-
left, ran his team into the job wagon of
Eleazer Dodge, on Main street, last week
Wednesday evening. The man was thrown
out and the wagon overturned, while Mr..
Dodges wagon was slightly damaged.
MRS. GEORGE BUTTERFLY, in fit of de-
spondency, on Monday afternoon at about
five O'Clock took quantity of ether, with
suicidal intent. Fortunately it was soon
learned what she had done and DIR. Chand-
Ter was summoned. 1t took about two
hours to revive her.
GEORGE w. WING AND f. H. BAsCoM
were the only Montpelier Masons who at
tended the funeral of Colonel William
Brinsmad at Burlington on Friday. Others
had been invited but the invitations came
too late for attendance. Mr.. Wing, as grand
master, had charge of the services at the
grave.
JUDGE LYFoRD of Warren has returned
from his trip to Missouri and other points
West and is solid in his preference for a
home in Vermont. He was at the capital
Monday somewhat disguised by goggles he
is compelled to wear by reason of sore eyes,
the penalty of curiosity as to the properties
of Missouri poison oak.
L. j. DEAvITT purchased for the Me-
chanics' Building and Construction Com
pany, last week Friday, four houses, seven
building lots and about five acres of meadow
land, on or near Barre street, the prop
erty of the Charles ii. Heath estate, for
$1,000. The purchase was made of Albert
Johonnott, administrator of the estate.
The company, which was organized last
June, has now aboit $4,000 in buildings
and lots, some of which are paying as high
as thirteen per cent interest.
In connection with the death of Mrs.
Camp the remarkable fact is noted that
in FIVE contiguous residences on School
street six persons have died within nine
yesss whose ages vary from ninety to ninety
seven years. Following are the names and
ages of the individuals in the order Of their
decease: Mr.. Poland, ninety; Mrs. Fland-
ers (relative OF l.. b. Huntingdon, ninety
seven; Mr. Brodie (relative of Andrew
Hodgdon), ninety-two; Mrs. Sweet, ninety
two; Mr.. Sweet, ninety-one; Mrs. Camp,
ninety-three
THE directors Of the Montpelier National
Bank accepted on Friday Of last week the
resignation of f. ID. Blackwell as cashier.
Mr.. Blackwell has resigned to accept po-
sition with the Thomson Houston Electric
Company of Boston, but he will continue
to make Montpelier his home. He began
his banking experience as teller in the First
National Bank on January 81, 1873. June
IL, 1877, he went TO Barre as cashier of the
bank there. On February 2S, 1881, he be-
came cashier of the Montpelier bank. Mr..
Blackwell will assume his new position on
January l.
THE action taken by the village at its an
nual meeting looking TO an exchange of
Capital Hall and its site for the Golden
Fleece property is move in the right di-
rection " Fair exchan is no robbery"
and If an exchange that is manifestly fair
can be effected there is no doubt as to the
expediency of thus acquiring the Golden
Fleece and returning il to public use. The
proposal of exchange has not as yet taken
shape. A competent committee has been
created to represent the village, and we be-
lieve it will be safe for the corporation to act
favorably on any recommendation it may
make.
THE Montpelier correspondent of the
Burlington Free Press conveys to that paper
the astounding intelligence that "the di-
rectors of the WATCHMAS Publishing Com
pany held a meeting Wednesday evening to
see who they would support for the next gov
ernor and could not agree" etc, etc. Here
you have an item of news important If
true" and couched in " English as she is
writ" and published by 1.-The leading Ver-
mont daily With the Rutland Herald
correspondents veracious yarn about local
affairs at the capital, Montpelier had quite
boom in the "news " market last week.
Possibly each had been taking " a musk-rat
for matutinal cocktail"
THE sidewalks since the snow-stor and
freeze of last week have been simply exc
cradle. Coated with ice, one travels them
at peril of life and limb. They are danger
Gus, particularly to aged people. The mid
die of the street, in spite of the danger from
teams is safer than the sidewalks. This
matter is commended to the attention of
the new board of bailiffs. Some means
should be provided for sanding the walks,
as is done in other villages. Furthermore
the snow thrown ont by the plow is frozen
in ridges along the sides of the walks,
much of the way in the walk itself. To
have a straight pathway along the walk
this should be removed before another fall
of snow.
j. QUINCY LAMB, a former resident of
Montpelier, died at Lansingburg, n. Y. on
Tuesday Of last week. Mr.. Lamb was born
at Montpelier in 1907 a son Of Colonel
Lamb, a soldier of the war of 1872, and lived
here till June, 1873, when he went to
Lansingburg TO live with his son Henry. Mr..
Lamb married Polly Nichols, daughter OF
Peter Nichols of Barre, his family consisting
of two sons-Henry and j. Warren The for
mer had held some Of the minor Legislative
offices here and has become a citizen OF
some distinction in the Empire State. The
latter was formerly OF the hardware firms OF
Braman & Lamb and Lamb x Peck in this
village Mr Lamb was one of four broth
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