The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-11

county and will assume the Office on the
1st Of July.
FRANK DEN0YERs of Barre, on whom
some one disclosed several months ago, was
brought before Justice Smile on last week
Tuesday aud fined Sl72l. He had been out
OF the state since the disclosure.
INTERVIEWS with all the physicians of the
village show that there are less than ten
cases of diphtheria here, most Of which are
very light With the present warm weather
the disease will soon be eXtermnated,
Mrs. w. L. SKINNER, wife Of the business
manager of the Yankee Bidde, is at the
Pavilion. Mrs. Skinner was formerly well
known here as Hattie Simonds, and was for
time an employe in the WATCHMAN office.
Miss ALwARD of the Seminary sang at the
Church of the Messiah on Sunday, in place
OF Mrs. +. |. Pitkin, who was i'll. Mrs Pit
| kin sang at Woodstock on last week Thurs
day at the dedication of the new Congrega-
tiona church.
OK next Sunday morning Rev. G. w.
Gallagher breaches on Christian Union"
In the evening his topic will be "An
ua,;;e1, AnGien. Ms;sio1nary;,n The The public are IRE
service will remain at seven o'clock.
REV. A. j. HoUGH started yesterday for
| St. Louis, where he will attend the conven-
tioD of Christian Endeavor Societies. He
| will he away about week. On next Sun
day morning Professor Bishop breaches his
baccalaureate sermon to the Seminary STU
dents.
PERLEY w. HOLDEN is employed as a
clerk at the post-oflice this week. Harvey
w. Brown is now on his vacation, the
| greater part of which he has spent in Gale
donia county. He returns on the 18th,
after which John Miller will take his va
cation.
CaILDRES's SUNDAY will probably be OBJ
served at Trinity church two weeks from
next Sunday. One week from next Sunday
morning there will be service in memory
OF the late M. f. Burnham. This will be at
the request of the Odd Fellows and other
| friends OF the deceased.
Tue June number of the NeW England
Mdgdzine has finely illustrated article on
Columbia College, in which is a picture Of
Professor J. w. Burgess Professor Bur
CESS connection with the College, and es-
pecially his part in establishing the school
of political science, are sketched.
The Boston JourndEs report of the Odd
Fellows procession on last week Tuesday
evening has it that the line was headed by a
battalion OF police officers Officer Hunt
made fine appearance, but he couldn't be
battalion if he tried ever so hard. Brush
up on the tactics little, colonel.
GEORGE f. MORSE, who was offered po-
sition with the Standard Oil Company, has
decided not to accept it. He went to Roch-
ester, n. Y, last week to talk the matter
over with an officer of the company. He
found that the work would compel him to
be away from home the greater part of the
! time.
A BEAR in Montpelier! AT least George
Huntington says he saw one on Monday
noon at Gallson brook, above the Coffee
house. Going TO his house to get arms, he
and Luther S. Wheeler returned and tracked
the animal a short distance, but the woods
at this place are so thick that progress was
almost impossible and the pursuit was soon
given up.
An interesting union service of Christian
y. leavor Societies was held at Trinity
! church ON Sunday evening. Rev. A. j.
Hough read the poem which he is to read at
the st. Louis convention on next Saturday.
1t is entitled "The Living Creatures and
the Wheels" The service was especially
devoted to prayer for the success of the
convention.
THE horses of the Pavilion hack ran away
on Saturday noon, starting at the Wells
River station a young man named George
Lawrence was thrown from wood team
into which the hack ran, and his jaw was
broken. One horse became detached and it
ran into and smashed farmers wagon.
The damage to the hack was slight. Young
Lawrence is doing well.
THERE was a sparring match at Capital
Hall on Saturday evening between Frank
Riley Of Canada and L. j. Holland, for
merly of Boston, but now working in Mont
pelier. After six rounds it was declared a
draw. Other matches by local sparrers
also took place. A large number of men
from Barre witnessed the exhibition, re-
turning on special train.
GROSSLY exaggerated reports of the
prevalence of diphtheria in this village are
in circulation. There has been some diph-
iberia here and there have been some
deaths. The WATCHMAN has fairly pre-
sented the facts Probably there is not so
much Of the dread malady here as in some
other communities. No one who desires to
visit Montpelier on business or pleasure need
be deferred from coming by reason of any
sickness existing here.
WITHIN two weeks Joseph Labouchere
has lost three children by diphtheria and
his only child now living is but a month
old. In sympathy for his misfortune, c.
Def. Bancroft circulated a subscription
paper about town on Saturday, and within
five hours he had secured Sl15. The EN-
plOyes Of the Lane Manufacturing Com
pany and of Peck & Cummins' tannery
contributed S3j, so that the total amount
raised for Mr.. Labouchere was Sl50
THE stone-workers in Montpelier were
out on last week Wednesday in cOnse-
quence OF the difficulty at Barre. AS the
Barre strikers settled with their employers
that afternoon, all the Montpelier men but
those at the Wetmore & Morse shed re-
turned TO work the next morning The
men at the Wetmore & Morse shed had a
private grievance, which was settled in
day or two, and on Friday some Of them
went to work, while the others waited until
Saturday.
THE census enumerators in the larger
cities report much unpleasantness and
difficulty in securing answers to their ques-
tions, but in this vicinity nothing of the
kind is reported. The local enumerators
say no objections to giving answers regard
ing acute and chronic diseases and mort
gage encumbrances have been made. 1t
has been easy and agreeable work. One of
the enumerators says the number of prop
erty-holders having some sort of an encum-
brance is one-half or two-thirds the total
number.
AT the Baptist church on Sunday Rev. G.
Il. Raymond gave a sermon to children,
which he illustrated practically. For in
stance, to illustrate the idea that little acts,
If repeated, grow into strong habit good
or evil, he fastened a strip of tape by one
tack. This was not sufficient to hold the
tape, but number OF tacks secured it