The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-11-13

a very pleasant time. All the quarries were
visited and inspected. The business peo-
pie of Barre are strongly opposed to Sun
day excursions, and when it became known
that this one was on foot protest was at
once drafted and circulated for signatures.
Over eighty prominent business men signed
It, and it was then presented to Mr.. Sort
well. Mr.. SOrtwell's reply was that, as the
excursion Of Sunday had been advertised,
it would be run, but concerning the future
he would bear the protest in mind. The
protest was entirely on the ground that
Sunday excursions are preiudicial to the
moral welfare of the community.
VERY inadvertently the following item
got side-tracked last week: A serious acci-
dent occurred to w. w. Noyes on Satur-
day afternoon. While working on a sta
ging at the new house of f. Il. Stevens, on
Terrace street, the support gave way and he
fell from the second story to the ground
striking on his head and shoulders. When
found he was unconscious. He was at
once taken home and given proper treat
ment. 1t was found that his neck had
been badly sprained and that a blood vessel
in the arm had been ruptured. No bones
were broken, fortunately. Charlie Herran
who was on the staging with Mr.. Noyes
caught hold of window sill as he fell, and
escaped unhurt. Mr.. Moves seems to lead
a charmed life He stood on the breast
works, amid the storm of bullets, at the
bloody angle" at Spottsylvania, while
his comrades loaded muskets and passed
them up for him TO fire into the rebels, and
emerged from his baptism of fire " un-
harmed.
If the state fair officials shall fix upon
Mon tpelier as the locality for the east side
exhibitions of the society, grounds that
leave hardly an advantage to be desired can
be procured. This matter has been the sub
ject of careful investigation during the past
Chandler and Sawyer farms on the Berlin
side. They are alongside the Central rail-
way track, of easy access by railway and
the highways, and admit of a mile track and
Inexpensive grading. The soil is all that
could be desired, river or spring water
abundant and readily brought directly on
to I've grounds The two farms are for sale
and can be bought for a reasonable sum,
and land enough can be sold if thought best
to pay expenses of building the track. The
committees of the society and Horse breed
ers' Association will be here tomorrow
Thursday to look the grounds over. Now if
Montpelier wants good thing, here is an
opportunity that will not be again pre-
sented The town should be well repre-
sented before the committee, and the peo-
pie must be ready to strike while the iron is
hot. Some organized action should be had
before the coming of the committee.
THE football team of the Methodist Sem
mary and Goddard Seminary played a
game on the Seminary grounds on Saturday
afternoon. 1t was the first game played
between the schools. 1t was hotly con-
tested from beginning to end, resulting in
the score of twelve to nothing in favor of
the Seminary boys. To those who are not
familiar with the game it may be well to
say that score of that ratio does not mean
the kind of a game that the same figures in
baseball would indicate. A game in which
the score was thirty to nothing might be a
very exciting struggle. In the game played
Saturday the teams were evenly matched,
and had it not been for the exceptionally
good work of Beeman, one of the Seminary
lf-backs, the Barre boys would very
likely have won. The teams consisted of
the following players: Seminary-rushers,
Newton, Doolin, Smith, Holt, Stearns,
Perkins, Burt; half backs, Beeman and
Mapsnr; quarter back, Lewis full back,
Bartows. Goddard-rushers, Gleason, Bates,
White, Martin, Franklin; half-backs, Taft,
Edgerton, Ward Durham; quarter back,
Wells; full back, Hewitt. Captain Ranney
of the Dartmouth baseball nine was referee,
and Principal Maulsby of Goddard Seminary
was umpire. The points were all made by
touch-downs, from which no goals were
kicked. A large delegation of Goddard stu
dents was present, and the enthusiasm on
both sides was pretty high. The Seminary
boys felt very much elated over their victory,
and well they might. Doubtless the result
gave the team in the morning. Now that foot
ball is fairly started at the schools of this
town and Barre, it will be sure to come to be
the principal game during the fall of each
year, as il is at the larger schools and col
leges. Wherever it has once become es-
tablished it has been more popular than
baseball.
SEMINARY HILL.
THE last divisions of public rhetoricals
occurred last Friday and Saturday even
ings.
A LARGE number of young women took
up with Professor Bishops advice and at
tended the entertainment at Trinity church.
last Monday evening, with their young men.
BLANPIED AND ELLIOTT went to Barre on
Monday and played tennis with Ayers and
George, winning two sets, the score stand
lug six to one and six to two. A return
game will be played here Saturday after
noon.
The entertainment to be given for the
benefit of the fountain fund will occur next
Friday evening at seven o'clock, instead of
Saturday evening. Some Of the best talent
in the school is engaged, and all may expect
a pleasant time.