The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-10-16

leaving the floor clear. Movable seats will
be used when desired. 1t is expected that
the improvements will be completed by to-
night.
WORK on the new buildings of the Lane
Manufacturing Company goes on rapidly.
The brick walls of the main building are up
and the roof is assuming shape The build
ing to be used for cleaning castings has its
frame up, and ground is already broken for
the boiler and engine house. There will be
two boilers in the building, one of a hun
dred horsepower for heating and one OF
fifty horsepower for the engine. A black
smith shop and a new brick pattern house
will be built in the spring.
AN examination for admittance to the
bar will be held at the court house next
week, beginning on Tuesday. The follow
ing constitute the board of examiners: SEN
eca Haselton, j. l.. Martin, Charles Prouty,
Edwin w. Smith, Charles NJ. Wilds and
Hiram A. Huse Twelve candidates have
registered and will take the examination.
David Robertson will apply for admittanoe
on motion, Mr. Robertson is a member OF
the Canadian bar Eight of the candidates,
including Mr.. Robertson, are from Montpe-
lier, and ten from Washington county.
THE Montpelier Benevolent and Educa-
tional Association, whose object, it will be
remembered, is to provide needy children
with proper clothing so that they can al
tend school, has chosen the following Of
dent, Mrs. f. NJ. Denny; secretary, Mrs. n.
w Frink; treasurer, Mrs. Il. ID. Putnam;
finance committee, A. W. Ferrin, Joseph
Poland and Mrs, e. NJ Denny; executive
committee, comprising one from each
church in town, Mrs. j, III. Burpee, Mrs. e.
NJ. Denny, Mrs. A. ID. Farwell, Mrs. Joseph
Poland, Mrs. f. NJ. Cory and Mrs. w. A.
Stowel.
WORK on the concrete walk in front Of
the Pavilion and from there to Elm street
is progressing rapidly and will be COM
pleted in day or two. This is one of the
most important local improvements that
have been made in recent years The old
brick walk has been simply execrable in
wet weather the water standing in large
pools at frequent spots, and was inundated
with sush in the spring. The great amount
of travel at this point makes good walk
very desirable. 1t is refreshing to see the
number of concrete walks that are being
laid about town. The days of the brick
sidewalk appear to be numbered in Mont
pelier.
THERE was an exhibition OF sparrng at
Capital hall on Thursday evening Of last
week, a large crowd witnessed the four
matches, which were interesting and gave
satisfaction. The first was of four rounds,
between Octive Burchey of Barre and Ar
thur LeBaron of Littleton, y. II. Three
rounds between Badger Of Quincy and
Welch of Rutland followed, and Lynch of
Burlington and Salter of Barre also had d
three-round set-to. The chief event Of the
evening was the six-round match between
T. j. Holland Of Boston and Harry Jepson
of Burlington. 1t was called "A draw, but
Holland evidently won by points. Henry
Smith was referee.
The Caledonian says: "Walter Green
banks of Danville pleaded guilty before
Judge Smith to intoXication at the time of
the fair and was fined 50 and costs. Mont
l IA MI. toll
tainly. But why does the C0ledonidR boy"
with something of ostentatious candOr, call
attention to the eating of this Danvile
"doughnut" " and ask to have it tailed?
Has the rogue been trying to get away with
a "doughnnt" surrepttiously now and
then? And were these " doughnutS " fried
at the scale works or in some local organiZa-
ton? Why does not the CdiedOnidn report
these and ask to have them tailed as well
as the Danville production?
KERRY Cow" was presented by John
S. Murphy's company at the opera-house
Friday evening last There was large and
/ appreciative audience present, and the piece
and the company were all that could have
| been wished A smooth and spirited pres
! entatiOn enhanced the pleasure of the enter
tainment. Mr. Murphy, Harry A. Van Tas-
! sci as " Sergeant Bull" and Miss Helen
| Fox as Nora Drew" were the favorites,
! but the whole company was excellent Who
could say that there was anything morally
| hurtful in this play2 Ifever pointed lay SER
mon was preached here it was. 1t is doubt
| less true that nine persons out OF ten would
| have shod that horse in such way as TO
throw the race into Raymond Drew's "
hands for had the trick been discovered,
nine-tenths of any community would have
said " All's fair in love and war; But the
moral was that right is right and if the au-
dience did not learn good lesson, 1t was
not receptive. Kerry Cow" will always
have good house in Montpelier
A NOVEL game of baseball will be played
this "wednesday afternoon between the
" Bostons" " and "New Yorks," so called
George Rolfe is arranging the matinee. AT
one o'clock the participants will form line
at the corner of Main and State streets,
and from that rendezvous they will march
| behind the Montpelier military band over
| to Liberty, to Loomis, to School, to Main, tC
corner of Maine and Barre, countermarch
to State, to ball grounds. John Q, Adams
will run barge from the point of meeting
to the ball grounds, and twenty-five cents
will cover the trip, including admittance
which will be the same to those who do not
ride. AT the grounds four mines will strug.
gle for the mastery. Two will be called
the Bostons," and two the New Yorks.' y
One of each couple will be composed OF
has been tested and proved the other will
include " "mulfers " and " buffers" The
professionals and the amateurs will play
alternate innings. While the charming
exhibition is being given, the band will dis
course sweet music TO the multitude. II
will be quite funny. In the evening ban
quet will be enjoyed at the Pavilion by the
knights of the ball field, and speeches will
be made.
" TRANSIENT BoARDER" adds the follow
ing to his report of the Grand Isle meeting
of the Board OF Agriculture, published on
the second page of this issue: " At Bluff
Point, a few miles south of Plattsburgh, is
an immense summer hotel just built by the
Delaware & Hudson River Railroad Com
pany. 1t is on a beautiful and commanding
point four hundred feet by one hundred
feet on the ground, | was told, and twelve
stories high, with lofty towers and cost
nearly 81 100000. Well, hope when that
powerful corporation comes into theil
kingdom on the east side it will build q
railroad from Rutland to Montpelier over
the mountains and down the Mad River
valley, and another from Burlington VI
through the islands of the lake county. L
is like going round Cape Horn to get from
the state capital to Rutland and Bennington
counties now, and almost as bad getting tC
the islands. The winter meetings of the
board will commence in December anC
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