The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-10-15

11;45 A. NJ. and 505 P. NJ. Trains leave for
Barre at 700 and 80 A. M. and 300 and
4 4:5j P. NJ. Trains arrive from Barre at 500
A. NJ. and 1:05, 400 and $3.50 p. NJ.
A MEETING of the Odd Fellow lodges of
this district will be held in the hall of Yer
mont lodge this "wednesday afternoon and
evening. Valley lodge of Waitsiield will
exemplify the initiatory degree, and Ha-
watha lodge of Barre, Northheld of North
field, and Vermont of Montpelier, the de-
grees of friendship, love and truth. The
grand officers and other visitors will be
present
REV. j. e. WRIGHT attended the funeral
of Miss Alice Jones, daughter of Oscar
Jones of Burlington last Saturday. She
had been an invalid for a year, and died
Thursday morning. On Friday Mr.. Wright
attended the funeral of Fred Goldsbury,
aged eighteen, the only son of Joel Colds
bury of Northtield. Fred has been for
year the editor of the PhldteiiSt, a pubica-
tion devoted to the postage stamp interest.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Bible Society will begin this afternoon at
three o'clock, with a business meeting in
Bethany church. The evening session will
be held in representatives hail. beginning
at half-past seven o'clock After the report
of the years work by the secretary and
treasurer, there will be an address by Rev.
7. p. Frost of Brooklyn, the subject of
which will be, Zone Country and One
Book"
The second meeting of the new court of
Foresters was held Friday night, when
between thirty and forty signed the appli-
cation for a charter. 1t was voted to name
the court Court Ethan Allen" and Off
GERS were elected and other business trans
acted. The court will be instituted at
| Grand Army hall on the evening of Octo-
Der 30, and regular meetings will be held
there on the first and third Thursdays Of
| each month.
In the witness room at the court house,
| Friday afternoon, Eugene Sullivan be-
came possessed of the spirit of his great
ma nesake and picked a quarrel with Tom
Eagan, alleging that Tom owed him sum
of money. Sullivan pressed his claim to the
| verge of personal assault, but a blow from
| Toms shoulder laid his assailant flat on the
| floor. Sullivan was about to take his case
! to the court in person, but was restrained
! by the spectators.
THE following programme of music was
rendered at the evening service at the
! Church of the Messiah, Sunday: Organ pre-
| lude, " Pilgrims Chorus" Wagner; " Seek
! We the Lord" tenor solo and quartet,
| Roberts; " Blessed are the Merciful," Hiles;
recitation and aria from Rebekah," !"
baritone solo, Barnby; duet from " Hymn
! of Praise" soprano and tenor, Mendelssohn; /;
I'm a Pilgrim" alto obligato and quar-
tet, Marston; postlude, " Brides March" +"
! BaTnby.
THE marriage of Mr.. Albert Dwinell of
! Calais and Mrs. Jane Tabor, formerly
of East Montpelier and sister of Mrs. ID, w.
! Dudley, occurred yesterday afternoon at two
! o'clock at the residence of Rev. G., w. Gal
lagher, who performed the ceremony. Mr..
and Mrs. Dwinell left later in the afternoon
! for a bridal tour of few weeks in the West,
their objective point being Pierre, S. D.,
where Mrs. Dwinells daughter, Mrs. G. G..
Bennett, resides. The many friends of both
| 81 .,pit xxTigh N1a mt trif,
and future happiness.
MONDAY last was busy day with Justice
Smile. John and Fred Brassaw for dis
turbing the peace Saturday night, were
each fined S5.51. A. II. johnson and James
NJ Brown for intoxication (the latter max
=, the disturbance at Mr.. Bliss boarding
house Saturday noon), were each fined
S1O51 Henry Smith and Clark b. Roberts,
for selling, were each fined S111.51. Both
| appealed, and gave bonds of $500. John p.
Eddy had his case continued to the 18th in
stant. Larry Mcmahon pleaded not guilty
of selling, and the case was continued
A STATE organization of Farmers Leagues
will be formed here on the 24th inst, and on
the same day a Washington county league
will be formed here. For two weeks, be-
ginning on Monday last, meetings will
| be held throughout the state to give iufOr-
nation regarding the purpose of the organ
! iZatiOn. These meetings Will be addressed
ID. NJ
leagues will be entitled to three delegates,
and town leagues in counties not having
county leagues are entitled to one. Any
farmer can be a delegate without power to
vote.
CABLE advices announce the death of Mel
vim Gray Field, the twelve-year-old son
| of Eugene Field, the wel-known journalist
who is now residing with his family in Lon.
don, England. The boy died after an ill
ness of twelve days at his boarding school
at Hanover of peritonitis. He was an un-
usually strong, healthy boy, but about one
year ago he swallowed an ordinary carpet
tack. This finally produced the fatal re-
suits. Mr.. Field has yet three children
Mary French Field, fourteen years of age
Eugene, a boy Of eleven, and Frederick, a
boy of nine.
The days of the elms in front of the new
post Office will not be long upon the earth
In putting down the curbing the roots OF
the trees have been entombed between
double lines of granite blocks sunk down
three feet into the earth, Myriads of fine
roots that convey support to the trees have
been cut away and stone wall bars the
way of new roots into the sustaining soil
In the course of the changes in that quarter
the trees have suffered severely. Few
Improvements " can compensate for the
loss of fine shade trees.
The Bethany Mutual Benefit Society wa'
organized Thursday evening by Mrs. g. w
Gallagher. Its membership consists o
boys, and all boys are invited to join anC
attend. The next meeting will occur Fri
! day evening from half-past six to half-pas
seven. The officers elected at the las
meeting were; President, George Ma
comber; vice-president, George Osgood sec
retary, Dean Lille; treasurer, Arthur STRAIT
ton; treasurer of benevolent fund, WilfreC
Frink. The executive committee is com
posed of these officers, and also Mrs. George
Stratton and Mrs, G., w. Gallagher
t A CORRESPONDENT writes the WATCHMA'
regarding a nuisance which he would like t
see remedied. He says: 81 suppose i'm
r provement means something for conVen
fence as well as ornamentation. have ref
erence to htChing posts on the streets
{ which are conspicuous for their absence
) If there chance to be a stray one, perhap
the ring is gone, or you may have to cross
mud puddle in order to reach it, and you
horse may stand in the water, having hi
, head elevated at an angle of forty-fve de
: grees by getting up on the sidewalk as IA
! as his halter will permit him TO. Now
J, = suppose this state of affairs is well enough
for gentlemen who can hitch to post with
h out "a ring or take their teams to any bacl