The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-24

mands food and raiment, buy quarters
worth OF cigars and come around, and we
will furnish a name for him or her, as cir
cumstances warrant. If you have a social
gathering of a few friends, bring around
a big cake, six or seven pies and
ham-not necessarily to eat, but as a guar
antee of good faith You needn't bother to
invite us, as it may be a little too cool for
our wardrobe. We want these little things
because we want the news and we will
have it," This is good advice from the
Landmark, and all our readers and corre-
spondents everywhere are requested to act
on it every week.
FRANK II. BAsCoM writes as follows,
under date Union City. Indiana, July 10:
Here am, en- route to San Antonio, Texas,
which | expect to reach Monday morning
via indianapolis and St. Louis On my re-
turn trip with the Muncie excursionists,
thirty-eight in all, | visited Portland,
Maine, passing through the White Noun
tains on Monday last. The party visiting
Muncie were full of praise of the City of
Eternal Gas, and nearly all bought stock
and building lots. Those not prepared to
make advance payments secured short op-
tions on valuable real estate. All who have
invested are sure to reap rich reward in
the future. The Electric street railroad
of Muncie, of which Sl25,000 was subscribed
in Montpelier and Burlington, is under head
way. My business in Maine bringing me
into the society of some of it's capitalists, l
have been induced to visit San Antonio
with them. This is city of about 60, 900 in
habtants. Our return home will be about
August 1st, via New Orleans, probably"
THE Barre Enterprise publishes some
what surprising article entitled " Barre u.s.
Montpelier" 1t declares that probably
there are not two villages in the country
where greater jealousy exists than between
these two. The cause of this jealousy is
found in the rapid strides Barre has made
within the past six years" All this will be
news to the people of Montpelier. The exis-
tence Of a jealous feeling had not been dis
coveredlhere, and we are not able to find it,
even after the Enterprise has described its
whereabouts. We affirm that on the part of
Montpelier feeling of hearty goodwill ex-
lists towards Barre and her people. She has
watched the development of the granite in
dustry with interest and reioiced in the
prosperity of her sister town. There is
business enough for both towns. And
Montpelier, with the unrivaled facilities for
manufacturing afforded both by the water
privileges OF the Winooski and North branch,
and by her splendid aqueduct, with its ex-
hauStless supply of water, with her churches,
schools, hotels and banks, her ample capital
and multiplying business enterprises, has no
reason to be jealous of any town in the state,
and least of all of Barre. The interests of the
two towns are to some extent identical, and
they will be found working together for
iltlI RbOu. LAKE Il Hlllu GOSe Oh
Jamaica ginger, Mr. Enterprise 1t may re-
lieve the hot weather strain on your organs.
LATE Washington dispatches announce
the appointment by the president of Cap
tain George Dewey as chief of the bureau of
equipment and recruiting, with the relative
rank of commodore. Commodore Dewey
is native of Montpelier and youngest
brother of Hon. Charles and Edward
Dewey. He was born here December 26,
1887, and entered the United States Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Md, September 23,
| 1854. He graduated there in 1858 with the
highest honors, being among the first five
of his class. We notice by the last Ndrdl
| Register that his total sea service to Janu-
ary |, 1899, was fifteen years and six months
shore or other duty, fifteen years and one
month; unemployed, three years and
eight months. After the rebellion he COM
manded scientific expedition to the coast
of Lower California, and Dewey's charts -
| are in use by all mariners who visit that
| coast. He was for some years executive
officer of the Torpedo Station, Newport, r.
| l., subsequently lighthouse inspector of the
| Boston district, and afterwards for several
| years secretary of the lighthouse board in
Washington ID. G.. His last service was for
| three years in command of the flag ship
| " Pensacola" on the European station,
| from which he returned to this coun-
| try last year, and has since that time
| lived in New York city, not desiring ac-
tive service. The following compliment
airy notice of his appointment appeared in
the Neio York Times of last Monday "The
appointment of Captain George Dewey to
succeed Commodore Schley at the head of
the bureau of equipment and recruiting in
the navy department gives assurance not
only of efficiency and integrity in the ad-
minstration of the bureau, but of unfailing
courtesy toward every one having dealings
with it, Captain Dewey is well and favor
ably known in this city, where he has been
living for some months past while on wait
ing orders"