The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-11-20

enCeS at DOth the lectures were very small,
fact in great measure due to the short
time that could be devoted to advertising.
1t is hoped that arrangements can be made
for other lectures by Professor Elson here.
THE evening sermon of Rev j. Edward
Wright at the Church of the Messiah, on
Sunday last, was on " Sunday Observance"
Two texts were read, the first being Gala
tians iv: 10, Ye observe days and months
and times and years" and the second,
I. Corinthians xvi;2, "Upon the first day Of
the week let every one of you lay by him
in store as God has prospered him, that
there be- no gatherings when | come" The
discourse first considered the claims Of Sun
day as a day devoted to religious observance
by divine authority. The Bible has moth
ing to say that makes the first day Of the
week holy day The Sabbath and Sun
day are not the same. The claim of Sunday
to universal observance rests solely on the
experience of mankind everywhere before
the Christian era began and contemporaries
Ously with it. China and Japan adopted
one day in seven as day Of rest. Every
where day Of rest once in seven days has
been found necessary and best for man.
Through the general experience of man
kind God has given a commandment as
binding as any in the decalogue. There
can be freedom of application of the idea
of rest. Mr.. Wright would not forbid all
amuSements on Sunday; he would not cen
sure excursions from the large cities by
working-men, who can not 90 out from the
sitting city air to fresh country breezes on
any other day. He favored open libraries.
reading-rooms and art galleries; but he
could not see how Sunday excursion to
the Barre quarries through our green hills
was called for as a means of rest, when Just
as good opportunities for getting fresh air
and rest are all aboutu us. Mr.. Wright called
attention to the value of a day of rest
to working-men. The rich can take an
outing whenever they choose, but work
ing-men, who are more or less sub
ject to the rich, have only Sunday.
That day as a day of rest they should
guard iealously. If it is used as day of
diversion it is very apt to slip into a day of
labor. The speaker had seen it stated that
in Berlin the day has passed from day of
rest to one of amusement and from that to
one OF labor The average Partisan rises
on Monday morning feeling like one who
had been through debauch The working
men of this community may well think
seriously of these examples. The central
thought of the sermon was that Sunday is
made for man.
THE fair in aid of the Montpelier Military
Band was the event of last week. Itopened
on Tuesday evening with large crowd, and
during every other evening of the week the
attendance was so large that lOcomotion
was well-nigh impossible. Indeed, it oc-
CURED to many that had the attendance
been considerably smaller more money
might have been realized, for many who
would doubtless have patronized the tables
| if they could have reached them were com
| PEELED to stand afar off and long for an op-
portunity to dispose of the coin jinging in
| their pockets. But the busy agents for the
| big squash and other enterprises found their
way to the greater number who ventured
inside Capital Hall, and we venture to say
the band has made nice little sum of
| money-just how much it is impossible to
tell as yet. The booths in the recent fair in
aid of the new Catholic church were kindly
| contributed and for this assistance the band
men return thanks. The tables at which
useful and ornamental articles were dis
pensed by fair hands were designated as the
candy, ice-cream, doll, peanut, fancy, apron
and lemonade tables. On the platform
supper was served each evening, beginning
at five o'clock. On Tuesday, Wednesday
and Friday evenings the band furnished the
music, while on Thursday evening the or
| chestra played. In addition to this excel
| lent entertainment there was some novel
| attraction each evening. The Apollo Quar-
tette and the Montpelier Banjo Club sup
pemented the efforts of the band on
Wednesday evening. The banjo quartette
consisted of Mrs. f. l. Pitkin, Miss Edna
| Roleau, G. f. Roleau and Morris Atkins.
The Apollo Quartette is too well known to
need recommendation. The banjo players
| gave a very pleasant entertainment. On
| Thursday evening Joseph f. Almon's per-
forming dog amused young and old. And
now about the most interesting feature of
it all to many-the presents that were given
away These were given out on Saturday
evening, and were worth in the total about
$500. II. NJ. Cutler and Mrs. John Voodry
each guessed that the big squash had 40C
seeds in it, and so they had the pleasure of
| dividing So in gold between them. There
were 504 apples in the barrel and as f. e
Smith guessed that there were 505, he was
awarded the barrel. The paror lamp was
drawn by Mrs. Luke; the ice-pitcher by Ida
l.. Merrill; the chair by Fred j. Morse; the
doll by Mrs. Timothy Donahue the marble
| shelf by George E. White; the suit of clo hes
by William Rivers; the egg -beater by Il
w. Hyde, and Mrs. III. II. Bixby guessed
that the dolls name was Clementine." A
vase was given G.. Z. Pitkin, who received
| forty-eight votes as the most popular mu-
! sician The vote on the " tiredest man in
town " was as follows: f. |. Pitkin, 3S;
| Charles Evans, 227; NJ. NJ. Cutler, IS; ID. a,
Guptil, II. The vote on the most popular
clergyman, to whom beautiful reading
| desk was given, was as follows: Rev. W. j.
O'Sullivan, 4S; Rev. j. e. Wright, 2l9;
Rev. A. j. Hough, AZ; Rev. G.. T. Raymond,
2l Baby Donahue" carried away the
| baby-carriage Tor rather was carried away
| in it, receiving SO out of the 267 votes. The
| dinner-set was given Nellie Sloan for sell
ing $40 tickets; and Emma Desaulner re-
ceived "A photograph album for selling 433
|
! ticket-hoders were the following: III. b.
! Cross 4,99S, 500 in cash; w. Il. Adams,
415, $40 in cash; G. Il. Towne, 1858, Web.
sters Unabridged Dictionary $50; o. f.
Scott, Waterbury, l,151, 50 in cash; Harry
NJ. Cutler, 3,264 50 in cash; Amelia O'Neii
| Burlington, 3,0S7, one hundred cigars $50;
Lewis Goodnature, 4,455, So in cash; IL. n
Taplin ,00S, set of f. p Roe's works (S1s);
j. G.. Ashley, South Royalton, $500, pair Of
gum rubber boots go; George Badger, 4 ,9S7
meerschaum cigar-holder $50; G. S. Whit
tier, 3,S96, ladies' silver watch (s15); L. NJ.
Irish, 4,7&5 hand-decorated dinner-set (SlT;
Mrs. g. p. Pitkin, 3,S4S, Sl2 in cash. Miss
Hell Burpee, 3,SS2, ladies' gossamer (S3);
A. b. Grant, lab, 81 in cash. l., c. Ham
NETT North Montpelier, 1855 50 in cash;
g. G. Paige, 1896, So in cash;J, l.. Spencer,
Marshheld, 2,495, pair driving gloves $50;
w w. Brock, 3,627, pair ladies' silk hose
$3.50: L.. Costello, Montreal p. O., 800,
S25 in cash; George A. Peck, 9O5, barrel of
flour (S7); X. c. Bromley, Jonesville, 34S,
So in cash; II. G., Gleason, 2,0O2, silver
caster (S10) Jeremiah O'Neill, Abb, uav-
cling bag $50; Patrick c., 5000, pair
shoes $50; Miss Atherton, 2Sl, 50 in cash
Fred Peck, 1,04, banjo $40; Henry Pen
niman, 9l6, silk umbrella (>5) Mrs. ii. ID.
Currier Berlin, 4,745, pair ladies' silk init
tens (SM. w A Houkins RoSton / lGO