The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-09-18

ODD. Mr.. Kitashima expects to return to
his native land to preach the gospel there,
and his account of the religious condition
and wants OF his countrymen may be ex-
pected to be very interesting.
JAY HUNT and his company of comedians
appeared at the opera house, Thursday
night last in "My Best Girl" rollcking
piece that kept the fair-szed audience
amused throughout the evening. Jay
Hunt and Lillian De Alive, the stars, made
a very favorable impression, both in their
legitimate personation and in their songs,
Mile Sapolio did some graceful dancing.
GEORGE REED was tried before Justice
Smile, Thursday evening, for selling liquor
at his place on State street, near the old
Bishop House. The complaint was made
by Grand Juror Wing, and the trial was by
jury. John III. Senter appeared for the re-
spondent, who was found guilty of two first
offenses. The trial occupied but twenty
minutes, and one witness for the state was
sufficient to secure conviction. The case
was appealed to the county court, and bonds
were placed at $50.
THE wood shed and about two hundred
cords of wood belonging to the Montpelier
Wells River railway, and situated at the
gravel pit, were burned Thursday afternoon
of last week The shed was insured for
$500 and the wood for $500. The fire is sup
posed to have originated from a spark from
the locomotive of the express which passed
east about two o'clock. Some 10000 feet Of
dressed lumber belonging to III. S. Laird,
and some slab wood, the property of j. ID.
Dow, were also destroyed. Neither Mr.
Laird nor Mr.. Dow were insured. Engine
Company No. 4 was called from Montpelier
to cool off the ruins to permit the express
going west to pass and allow the trackmen
to relay the rails.
THERE are generally two sides to story
and there are two fair-sized if not fair-ap-
pearing sides to the story of f. B. Emery's
eopement. There is little in the affair
that is legitimate matter for newspaper
publication. The Argus and Patriot last
week published a statement that leaned all
one way, and was evidently the ver-
sion of one of the parties and was
evidently intended to injure the other
party as much as possible. Er pdrte state
ments must always be received with cau-
tion. The ArguS' narrowing tale of wrongs
done and suffered is no exception to the
rule. Mr.. Emery may not be bameless,
but he alone may not be blameful, or blame
full for all, or any considerable part, of what
is now loaded upon him.
Miss KATE STowELL invited party of
her friends to a trip to the White Noun
tains last week and on Saturday morning a
bevy of happy girls assembled at the Wells
River station to take the half-past eight
train for Fabyans. The invited party con-
sisted of Flora Cummins, Margaret Dewey,
Bessie Farwell, Nellie Fifield, Cora and
Fanny Gale, Marian Marvin, Mary Park,
Laura Ropes, Maud Shurtleff and Kate
Smith Miss Maud Smith of Council Bluffs,
Iowa, was also the guest of Mrs. Eugene
Rand, the chaperone of the party. A de-
lightful day was spent among the hills.
The party arrived at Montpelier at half
past eight in the evening with many eX-
pressions of appre citation of the hospitality
of their merry young hostess, and the kind
ness of their guardian.
THE Burlington Free Press reports that
an Indictment has been found against Cas-
well in the Caswell- Gould murder case. AS
the grand jury has not reported yet, the
statement is premature at least. 1t is easy
enough to guess that Caswell has been in
dicted, but it is not yet known that he has
been. The grand jury will probably report
in two or three days. Presuming that an
indictment will be reported against Caswell,
the general impression about the court
house is that the trial will not occur till dur
ing the March term. The postponement
will be at the request of counsel for the de-
fense, who will wish more time for prepar-
alton. 1t is the general practice in similar
cases to defer trial till the second session
after the time of the crime. Some judges
have stated that this is a right which pris-
oners may justly claim
THE item last week respecting the forma-
ton of a new WomaH's Christian Temper
ance Union, to be auxiliary to the county,
state and national organization, is corrected
by one of the officers of the new association
as follows The Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union of Montpelier has withdrawn
from the state organization and has nothing
to do with the National Union. The organ
ization now formed is new one, called the
Woman's Christian Temperance Workers.
It's officers are: President, Miss Lucy j.
Bradshaw vice-presidents, Mrs. j. II. Bur
pee, Mrs. A. A. Williams, Mrs. ID. l.. Fuller
secretary Mrs. III. b. Cross treasurer, Mrs.
j. II. Seaver. The Workers will follow the
same line of work as the old Union, de-
voting their attention particularly to the
local field, which seems to be already
white with the harvest"
A BARRE correspondent demurs to so
much of an item in these columns last week
as related to alleged intoXication and ar
rests therefor in that town Saturday, Sep
tember I. So much of the item, he says,
" is absolutely false and without a shadow
of Justification" On the contrary, there
was not only a shadow, but a dense
cloud, of justification, on all the trains ar
irving from Barre. One car of the $50 p NJ.
train from that direction was in possession
of the hoodlums of both sexes, whose con-
duct and language in the car and around
the Central station were disgrace to civil
ization. The air was blue with obscenity
profanity and gross vulgarity. All were
more or less inebrated. The entire crew
should have been sent to the lookup before
they got out of Barre. Other trains during
the afternoon afforded shadows more or
less dense with justification.
AT meeting yesterday of the Washing
fon county board of education, the com
mittee appointed to correspond with the
boards of other counties in reference to
procuring state uniformity of textbooks,
reported that the sentiment is nearly, il
not quite, unanimous for such uniformity.
Mr. DeBoer reported from statistics he had
gathered that large number of the school
houses in Washington county are in bad
sanitary condition, and that the prospect for
uniting small districts is not favorable. His
report covered many other matters ofinterest
and Importance for which he received the
hearty thanks of the board. A committee
Of three on each branch taught in the com
mon schools was appointed to examine
text books on that branch OF study. Revs.
W. II. Davenport and w. s. Hazen, and
Mr.. j. b. Thompson were appointed dele
gates to the meeting of the county boards at
Montpelier next week for a conference on
the matter of state uniformity of textbooks.
THE party of Montpelier gentlemen who
made a trip on Lake Champlain last week
returned late Sunday night, and they re-
port thoroughly enjoyable outing. Those
who went were W. H. Herrick, Huber
Rrpwar Ralnh Denny GaOrpa A LIVER Har-