The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

being left, in the case of an earlier depart
ing train, or by "A long wait at the station, in
the case Of train set for a later hour of
departure. This feature in the Central
management led to the introduction of a
bill, a few years ago, in the legislature, re-
quiring roads to give a reasonable notice Of
proposed changes; but the railway officials
interposed and the committee obediently
recommended " that the bill ought not to
pass" If the Wells River management
had the matter in hand, the Inconvenience
OF the junction, we believe, would be
speedily reduced to a minimum by the
prompt transference of passengers 10 the
village, without the tedious circuit of the
Y, or other vexatious delays.
THE fireworks exhibit on the evening of
the Fourth of July, the weather permitting,
will be fired from the back part of the Pa
vilion lawn. In addition to a large num-
Der of rockets, the display will include
floral bombshells, volcanoes, Whistling
Jacks" Devil Among the Tailors,"
dragon nests, fountains, star mines, ver-
tical wheels, double radiators, double
triangles, flying pigeons, etc. The large
pieces comprise a Silver Cross" Royal
Arch, p" " Golden Sum-" "Cross of Malta"
4" Sun of Paradise" =" " Palm Tree" Scin-
tillating Waterfall" and an " Illuminated
Cascade" There will be continuous flights
OF figure and meteoric balloons, fancy can
dies Gncluding the new electric spreader
j.
clude with Finale Good Night" with
two heavy batteries and she'll The rock
cts, one hundred fourteen in number will
be a principal feature of the display, all
being of the largest size manufactured and
including the most brilliant and novel de-
signs, many of them new this season. The
hill back of the Pavilion will be illuminated
with red fire during the evening. Should
the weather prove unfavorable, the exhibit
will be fired the first pleasant evening. 1t
is hoped to make this, without any excep-
tion the finest exhibit ever witnessed in
the state.
Mr.. s. NJ. CASE, correspondent Of the
Chicago E0ening Journal, the american
artisan, the Cambridge (Mass.) Press and
other papers, particularly on matters re-
lating to railroads like the Chicago, Buring-
ton x Quincy and the great Rock Island
route, west from Chicago. is in town for
summer vacation. Mr.. Case is the eldest
son of Rev. Lyman Case and was born in
the home of Rev. Benjamin Wooster in
Fairfield. The Rev. Lyman Case was the
first settled pastor of Coventry. The first
teacher of S. NJ. Case was the late Hon. T.
p Redheld. Mr.. Case studied at Brown
ington Academy with such classmates as
the Hon John A. Jameson, now Of Chicago
superior court. In 1887 Mr. Case entered
the Craftsbury Teachers Seminary and as
sisted the principal, Rev. S. r.. Hall, in the
geological survey of this state He was
subsequently at Bakersfield as assistant
teacher with Jacob Spaulding, with such
pupils as General George j. Stannard,
Colonel II. ID. Hopkins, Rev. G. l.. Goodell,
ID, |. n. Camp and others. He went to
East Tennessee in 1S47 to take charge of the
Parochial Academy at Kngsport. Mr. Case
returned North in 1919, and in the spring Of
1850 was called to the principalship of Swan
ton Falls Academy. He taught subse-
quently in Cincinnati and in Dubuque,
and went to Chicago in 1878. He con
siders Iowa the brightest and best
state of this Union, and rightly named
The Beautiful Land" He introduced
the first union or graded schools into
that state, and was aided in this work by
his friend Senator William b. Allison of
Iowa