The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-10

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SERGEANT WILLIAM LINE of the United
States signal service at Northfield station
gives the following meteorological report
for March: Mean barometer, 29003; highest
1854; lowest, 29.01; monthly range, 1.53;
mean temperature, 284; highest, 55 lowest
8; monthly range, AZ; greatest daily range,
40 least daily range 4; mean daily range,
~; total precipitation, 2.05; number days
in which .01 or more of precipitation fell,
H. number clear days, A. number partly
cloudy days, TO- number cloudy days, II
frost, light on ID, 4th and 22d; heavy, on
1st and 18TH
OFFICER FELT has been very active during
the past week in hunting after unfortunates
who gazed too intently at the wine-or
something stronger-when it was red On
Saturday he gathered in Sidney NJ. John
son, who appeared to be in very nebulous
condition. Sidney was accorded a hearing
before Justice Lord on Monday, and having
paid toll was permitted to meander. Last
Wednesday Mr.. Felt arrested William Kirk
of Barre for the same cause. William was
tried on Thursday, fined the usual amount,
which he paid, and returned to his lair
among the granite quarries
THE case of II. A. Rugg u.s. Mariana
Opera Company was finally decided on
Monday, the verdict being in favor Of the
plaintiff for six dollars and costs. The
suit was the outcome of disagreement be-
tween Mr.. Rugg and the manager of the
company at the time of its appearance in
Barre, in the fall of 1887, Mr. Rugg, who is
the proprietor of a Barre hotel, claims to
have had a contract to lodge and board the
company during its stay in that town, and
brought action to recover damages for its
non-fulillment. The defendant denied the
existence of any such contract.
GEORGE e. MORSE, the popular conductor
on the Montpelier & Wells river railroad,
had a close call at Wells River last week
Tuesday He was caught between the ends
of two cars which he was coupling and sus-
tanned severe bruises about the chest and
arms. Had not the cars stopped the in
stant they did the accident would have re-
suited fatally. He was at first thought to
be hurt internally, but his injuries proved
less serious than was expected and his
many friends were delighted to see him on
the street again Monday. One arm was
badly bruised, but no bones were broken
e. B. LOOMS, aged seventy-seven, died
suddenly at the Union house Friday morn
ing. Mr.. Loomis had long been afflicted
with asthma and heart trouble, and had
been failing for some time previous to his
DEATH The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. }. f. Wright. Mr.. Loomis was born
in Northteld in 1911, and was a stage-driver
on the route between Hyde Park and
Waterbury before the railroad was built.
In 1859 he moved to Cambridge, Mass, and
for nineteen years was employed by the
West End Horse Railway Company. Mr..
Loomis afterward returned to Vermont.
About six years ago he located at South
Royalton, living on the farm of his eldest
son, E. W. Loomis. In the spring Of 1888
Mrs. Loomis died. and last December Mr..
Loomis came to Montpelier, his son having
sold the place in South Royalton and come
here the month previous. Since then the
two have lived together at the Union
house. Mr.. LOOMS leaves two other chill
dren, Miss Emma G. Loomis of Cambridge,
Mass, and f. w. LoOmis of Northtield,
both of whom were present at the funeral.
UNION Fast day services were held in
Bethany church last Friday, according to
the governors proclamation larger
congregation was present than was ever as
sembled here on a like occasion, If the
memory of the oldest inhabitant is to be
trusted. This result could not be ascribed to
any great increase of piety in the inhabit-
ants, but to the fact that the day was one of
great beauty, inviting to the praise of God,
and that the sermon was to be preached by
Rev. G.. w. Gallagher, the pastor-elect of
Bethany church. Mr.. Gallagher's previous
discourses in Bethany church were so
earnest and eloquent that a strong interest
had been awakened, on the part of many of
the different denominations, to hear him.
Fast day afforded the desired opportunity,
so that large audience assembled, nearly
filling the house. The pastors of the Meth
odist and Baptist churches took part in the
services, Rev. j. o. Sherburn reading the
Scriptures and Rev. G.. t. Raymond offering
prayer. Mr.. Gallagher took his text from
John iv: SO, last clause: Other men labored
and We are entered into their labors." The
speaker proceeded to show by ample illustra-
tions how we of the present generation are
recipients of all the good Of the ages. The
mineral world, with the changes that have
been and are constantly taking place in the
great laboratory of nature, ministers to the
pI Up nj
bors and processes that go forward through
the operation of the laws of vegetable and
animal life, in unnumbered ways, bring
riches and comfort healing and hope to
human lives. More and greater than these
are the results of all the study, the patient
labor, the experience, the knowledge, civii-
zation and acquired civil and religious
liberty-the accumulation of the suffering
and toll of the past-that are our inheritance.
The labors OF nature and the race in the
past are our heritage, and we enter into
these labors that we may give to those who
come after us a more glorious inheritance.
The speaker was listened to with unabated
interest as with great wealth of illustra-
tion and in clear and forcible style he pre-
sented his thoughts. Mr.. Gallagher has
accepted the call extended TO him by
Bethany church and society, and will re-
move his family to Montpelier soon. His
installation is expected to take place in a
few weeks.
A LARGE audience assembled at the Opera
house, Tuesday evening OF last week, to wit
ness the woes and misfOrtunes of that un-
fortunate and much abused innocent, The
Private Secretary" And did they enjoy
the sad spectacle? Well, they rather seemed
to. They laughed and cried, screamed and
groaned, cheered and stamped and INDUCED
in other appropriate vocal and gymnastic
exercises in the vain endeavor to express
their deeply-stirred emotions. The chief
instigator of the riotous demonstration was
the worthy Rev. Robert Spaulding, whose
principal employment when not in the
clutches of the pugnacious Cattermole,
seemed to be to plead for the restoration of
his "goods and chattes." a sight of the
reverend gentleman was as good as double
dose of laughing-gas. Clad in clerical
garb several degrees too abbreviated for his
length of limb laden with the traditional
umbrella, band-box and other chattels, his
feet encased in a pair Of goloshes of infinite
magnitude, with an insipid dyspeptic vis-
age, topped off by a halo of well-pasted
carroty hair and lighted up by pair of
blinking benign, pale-blue, far-away look
ing optics, and mouth from whence went
forth a nasal, gently-sonorous, rhythmical
voice that would have charmed the most
savage ear with its plaintive "Deou yeou
know, "-such was the private secretary as
personated by David p. Steele. Mr. Steele