The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-12-18
NUMBER 81.

no telephone connection between the June
tion and Montpelier The only way to prod
| the sleeping watChman was TO telegraph to
| Waterbury and from that station telephone
back to Montpelier, making circuit Of some
! twenty-fOur miles, with incidental delays,
to reach point only one and one-half miles
away, and delaying train nearly an hour.
| The entire management Of the local busi-
ness, as well as the dozy watchman needs
waking up. Except so far as the competi-
! ton of their pushing and obliging rivals OF
! the Wells River line has forced the Central
| people into local arrangements that accom-
modate the public and expedite travel, they
| have made no move for the public conven-
! fence. The Junction, nuisance in its best
estate, is frequently made intolerable by
subordinating the prompt delivery OF pas
/ sengers at Montpelier to the roads CON
venience in making shifts, and in other ways.
A sUBoRDiNATE lodge of the New England
! Order of Protection was instituted at the
hall of the Red Men " on Thursday even
ing last, with a charter membership of
fifty-three. This is one of many fraternal
| cooperative insurance organizations for
| ladies and gentlemen chartered under the
| laws of Massachusetts, but, unlike the others,
confines its lodges strictly within the linn
its of New England. 1t is claimed, and
no doubt correctly, that the death-rate is
| from twenty to twenty-five per cent less
among insured lives in exclusively New
| England territory than in the general
range outside of the six New England
States. Stannard Lodge, New England
Order OF Protection was the name adopted
by tile organization, and the following Off
GERS were elected George w. Wing, first
past warden; Collins Blakely, Junior past
warden; James +. Curran, warden w. o.
Standish, vice-warden; f. f. Towner, sec
retary ID. S. Wheatey, financial secretary:
w. b. Smith, treasurer; George B. b.
Denny, chaplain; G. G. Pierce, guide; E. f.
Stevens, guardian William Blanchard
sentinel; Arthur Ropes, c. NJ. Hamblin and
S. w. Corse, trustees. Deputy Supreme
Warden A. S. Fobes installed the officers,
and instructed each of them in their re-
spective duties at the same time present.
ing each with an appropriate badge of office.
After the installation ceremonies George
w. Wing, Esq, first past warden-elect,
briefly voiced the sentiments of all present
in thanking the installing officer for having
presented to the citizens of Montpelier this
opportunity to cooperate for the common
good OF all by contributing to general
fund for the relief and benefit of those who
are in this life dependent upon us. He
dwelt particularly upon the duty of every
one to provide something, and if unable to
carry what is termed regular life insurance.
then no one should neglect to embrace OPP
pOrtunities like the present, where a small
monthly payment, so small as not even to
be missed by the average man, is sufficient
to insure, in the event of death not for
! tune but enough to smooth the rough path
left before those who have been dependent
upon his daily earnings. The next meeting
is to be held on Monday, December %.
, Applicants, ladies and gentlemen may OBJ
tain complete information from any of the
officers-or from DR.. ID. g. Kemp, medical
examiner, or f. L. Towner, secretary
There are now over sixty names on the
charter list, which is to be kept open for
3 thirty days. Among the names we notice
? quite a number from East Montpelier and
l Plainfeld. lodge of this order was in
stituted at Barre by Deputy Fobes last
night.
! GEORGE MORSE is in charge Of the Barre
., : trains, in the absence of James Markham.
= - Thomas Whalon has entered the
employ of l. p. Gleason x Co. - Rev.
. w. j. O'Sullivan went to st. Johns N. B.,
, > last week. - John Miller is assisting in
the office work at the post-offce during the
holidays. - Five Montpelier lawyers
George w. Wing, John G. Wing, A. G.
: Fay, S. G. Shurtleff and j. II. Senter-went
: to Chelsea on Monday to try cases before
/ the Orange county court, which began its
= session on Tuesday. - Frank Hoyt,
5 who was stricken with paralysis about two
: weeks ago, while at work on the new house
/ of Merrill Russell, at the lower end of State
t street, is out again. - Albert Johonnott
/ returned from Fort Payne, Alabama, last
e Saturday. Rev. j. Edward Wright
d was present at a social gathering of the
g Universalist church at Barre on Thursday
II evening of last week. He made brief re.
/, marks. - f. II. Ladd has accepted a
i position with the American Express
s Company. - Frank IL. Bascom has been
h in Boston assisting in organizing the New
y England syndicate which is to purchase
: property to the amount of $250,000 in San
Antonio, Texas. - Mrs. l.. p Gleason
e and Master Fred returned on Saturday from
n visit at Ransomvile, n. Y.
L SEMINARY HILL.
|. The chapel has been reseated with seats
q purchased of the village
e PROFESSOR BISHOP preached on Sunday
g in the Morse school-house.
II A LARGE number are in attendance this
u winter. All the selfboardng houses are
o full, but there are not so many in the hal
9 as in the fall.
d The Alpha Omega Skating Association
- organized last week by the election o
+ the following officers: President e. G
y Morey; vice-presdent, f. l.. Durham; sec
q retary, A. c. Stevens; treasurer, l.. NJ. Bee
y man; executive committee, j. B. Rogers, K
81 Il. Davis and w. NJ. Newton. The mem
e bership fee is 81 for members of the school
Is Is The rink will be made somewhat large
g than last year.
~ PROFESSOR B. G.. NoRTHRoP, formerly su
perintendent of schools for Connecticut
gave very interesting lecture on the
e Memory, " last Monday evening at eight
y o'clock, in the chapel. Professor Northrop
Is speaks from an extended experience as ar
d as a means, not an end. Men are gauge(
y not, like barrels, by what they contain, bu
II by what they can do. When reading simply
}. for information read like lightning. Con
II slider IL the greatest attainment to maste
d the mother tongue, The command of his OWL
(, language is the index of a mans character
q Notice what is about you, then tell it Il
u some one. We are TO cultivate our mem
"A ory by awakening an interest in the sub
y ject. Train by love of knowledge. Lear
Il to do many things by doing one at tim,
g and doing it well. Train the memory by
e determination of the will, by tasking il, b.,
:. trusting it. Fix facts by laws of association.
n He gave Coleridge's motto, "A perfectly
u educated character is little less than a per
l. fectly educated will" The attendance wa
n n small, but those present fully appreciated
u the lecture.
& Style, Art and Fashion.
:. One of the leading firms in fine tailoring
n in Vermont is that of G.. b. b. Denny, OF