The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-24

THE annual meeting of the vestry of
Christ church was held Monday. The old
members were reelected, and the meeting
then adjourned for three weeks without
transacting other business.
THOMAS WILDEY ENcAMPMENr conferred
the first and third degrees on two candi-
dates and enjoyed a banquet Friday even
ing. An extra meeting was held Monday
evening to confer degrees.
COMPANY II, CAPITAL GUARD, was out for
the first time last Thursday evening for
drill. Captain Clark expects to give the
members some outdoor practice on the Hill
this afternoon, if the weather permits
CLINTON G. DOWNING, who has been con-
fined to the house for a long time, is on
deck again. Mr.. Downings mother who
has been attending him during his sickness,
has returned to her home in Washington.
The new full-dress uniforms for the band
have arrived from Boston. The members
have been rehearsing diligently during the
past few weeks, and will be given an out
door drill on Seminary Hill Saturday after
noon.
The second story of the old skating-rink
has been finished off into sleeping apart
ments by the Union house proprietor and
connected to the house by a covered pas
sage-way. The first floor is used as car
riage repository.
REV. w. Y, NINDE, DID,, presiding bishop
of the Vermont Conference, addressed the
students on Tuesday evening in Seminary
hall upon the subject of Christian education.
The bishop was entertained at the residence
of w. A. Stowell
A MEETING of the Montpelier district of
the Vermont Branch of the Woman's Auxil-
iary to the Board of Missions will be held in
St. Andrews church, ST. Johnsbury, to-day
Wednesday,. Rev II. F. Hill was to have
delivered one of the addresses, but owing
to the pressure of other matters was obliged
to cancel the engagement.
The orange tea given in Bethany YES
try last Thursday evening by the Ladies'
Aid Society was a most successful and en-
joyable affair. The Bethany ladies have
established an enviable reputation as hos
pitable entertainers on such occasions, and
last Thursday evening gave additional
proof of their talents in this direction.
THE stone-sheds of the Wetmore & Morse
Granite Company at Barre were opened up
last week and are now in full running
order. The site of the new sheds on Hub
bard's meadow has been surveyed and the
plans for their construction made. There
will be four buildings - the office, stone
shed, polishing-mil and blacksmith-shop.
THE floor in the front of one of B. p.
Young's livery stable buildings caved in,
early Friday evening, precipitating horse
into the basement. About an hour later
the bottom of stall fell out, dropping
another horse near where the first one
landed. The injuries received by the ami
mails were slight but the flooring was bad
wreck.
f. H. BAscoM started Monday noon for
Boston to meet the president of the Muncie
Natural Gas and Land Improvement Com
pany. He is to go from Boston to Portland.
Maine, where, with the assistance of George
p. Dewey formerly of Montpelier, but now
general agent in Maine for the National
Life Insurance Company, he will endeavor
to develop the state in the gas and land in
terest.
MONTPELIER COUNCIL, No. 4, elected the
following officers last Thursday evening"
Collins Blakely thrice illustrious master;
+. l.. Eaton, deputy master; George l..
Lane, principal conductor of work; T. G.
Phinney, treasurer; j. I. Sabin, recorder;
j. w. f. Washburn, captain of the guard;
w. A. Briggs, conductor of the council
Rev II. F. Hill, chaplain A. W. Ferrin,
marshal d, S. Wheatley, steward; James
A. Erwin, sentinel.
THE Montpelier contingent to the COM
pany of Denson, Texas, boomers is ex-
pected back Friday or Saturday of this
week. A press dispatch of April 81 an
nounces that the party of capitalists
from Vermont and New England, which
came here to Spy the land for specula-
tive purposes, has just purchased big lot
and organized a company, which will have
capital of 81 100000. The stock was sub
scribed for in six hours"
The following are the officers of King
Solomon Chapter, Royal Arch Masons,
elected at the meeting held last Thursday
evening: George l.. Lane, high priest
James E. Curran king; S. R. Colby, scribe
t. G. Phinney, treasurer; Frank ID. Dewey,
secretary; ID. S. Wheatley. captain of the
host; Charles II. Fuller, principal sojourner;
George M. Goss, royal arch captain
Emery Town, master of third veil; w. o.
Whitmarsh, master of second veil; Charles
X. Tileston, master of first veil.
THE proprietor of local store is crying
out in anguish for the formation of vigil
ance committee, united order of White Caps,
or some kindred organization, to undertake
the determination of a baleful species of
biped that is hourishing like a green bay
tree in this immaculate little hamlet This
species the aforesaid merchant denomin-
ates as The Meanest Man in Town"
This unprincipled beat-and his name is
legion-buys his goods on tick, promises to
pay Saturday night, never returns, never
pays, and trades next time at another store,
where he works the same combination.
Here is work for gun-club.
THE committee in charge of the Grand
Army fair reports that orders for tickets are
coming in rapidly. AS there is no large
fair scheduled in Massachusetts, or Rhode
Island for the summer months, tits expected
that six or eight thousand tickets will be sold
in those states. The committee will doubt
less put an agent on the road next month to
canvass Vermont and the adjoining states.
The fair will probably be held under large
canvas pavilion, to accommodate three thou
sand persons, on the state-house grounds,
If they can be secured. If this first venture
meets with success, the post will hold
similar fair each year, till the sum needed
for the erection of memorial hall is raised.
A COUPLE of granite-smashers rode over
from Barre, one day last week, and stopped at
the Montpelier house and tried to procure
some Intoxicating beverages. Mr.. George
Wheeler, the proprietor, was unable to com
ply with their request, and they moved on.
They were evidently more successful else.
where, for on their way home they became
uuduly hilarious and succeeded in smash
ing their team and getting themselves ar
rested for drunkenness. The worthy pair
then swore off on Mr. Wheeler, out OF re-
venge for his refusal to sell them liquor.
Mr.. Wheeler was tried at Barre, last Wednes-
day and was acquitted, as several persons
who were present at the time the parties
called testified as to his refusal to sell them
anything.
REV. A. j. HoUGH, who has been ap-
pointed by the Vermont Conference as pas
nri,i 10 ~ ha