The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-09

Calvin Stebbins of Worcester will occupy
the pulpit of the Church Of the Messiah on
the first Sunday, and Rev. G.. g. Vinal of
Kennebunk, Maine, on the other two Sun
days. Mr.. Wright is TO exchange with
these clergymen.
THE horse of Joseph Brown of Jones
brook ran away on Saturday evening, as
Mr. and Mrs Brown were starting for home
after the fireworks. The animal backed into
the excavation for cellar to the addition to
Blanchard'S Opera-hOuse, and the carriage
was badly smashed, while both occupants
were seriously injured. a fre.cracker
caused the runaway.
AT the recent county convention of Chris
tian Endeavor Societies at Berlin q COM
mittee, consisting of w. Arthur Jones Of
Montpelier, Miss Inez Moody of Waterbury
and Mrs l.. Wiley of BoXbury, was APP
pointed to nominate officers for the coming
year The committee will report at the
next convention, which is to be held at
Painield in September.
MISSES LILLIAN AND KATE STowELL,
Miss Alice Thompson, Miss Clara Adams,
Miss Emma Cutler, Miss Laura Ropes, Miss
Harrie Huse and Miss Grace HOughton,
chaperoned by Mrs. Stowell Mrs. Adams
and Mrs. Brock, went to Highgate Springs
on Tuesday, as the guests Of the party of
young Montpelier gentlemen whose depart
ure for an outing in that locality was no.
ticed last week.
THOSE who read in the WATcHMAN of
June % the charming story of " Farmer
Bells Bargain " will be interested in know
ing that the writer, Mrs A. q. Lewis, is the
wife of Rev. j. j. Lewis of South Boston.
Many doubtless did not recognize her in the
former signature, as she is better known as
" Mrs. j. j. Lewis" Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis are natives of Montpelier, Mrs.
Lewis being the daughter of the late
Colonel Nathaniel Davis.
THOSE who patronize the public library
will do well to remember that subscriptions
begin July and January 1, and those who
intend to use the library during any part of
the next six months should subscribe at
once. The subscription cost is 81 for year.
The managers of the library wish it to be
understood that the greatest pains have
been taken TO prevent the spread of any
contagious disease by means Of the books.
In cases in which danger has been appre-
hended the books have been burned.
PATRICK STARKEY lost the use of one of
his eyes on the afternoon of the Fourth by
the explosion of a fire-cracker. He was sit
ting on the steps Of Taft's store, on Main
street, when boy placed a large cracker
on the post directly in front of him. A
piece of the cracker entered the eye, which
was forced from its socket. Considerable
inflammation followed the doctors dress
that Mr.. Starkey has been unfortunate in a
number Of other ways recently. He has
had much sickness in his family.
The bailiffs have been active in discharg-
ing their duties under the fifteenth article
of the new bylaws relating to pg-pens
within one hundred feet of a street or in
habited house. Notification has been given
large number of persons that their pig
pens must he removed. This action does
nnE n1a yhn affA tod hot la
bylaw, and a petition has been circulated
for village meeting at which the advisa-
bility of repeating or amending the fifteenth
article will be considered. The date of the
meeting has not been announced.
CHARLES ALEXANDER was struck by a
ladder which fell from the roof of the town
house in Berlin, on Monday noon, and sew
eral bad bruises were received Two lad
ders Joined together were on the roof. Be-
co:ping separated, one fell to the ground,
and an end passed through a screen door.
Mr.. Alexander started at once to take il
out when the second ladder fell, striking
him on the cheek below the eye and max
ing an ugly wound. He was also struck on
the shoulder. The shock was so violent
that he tainted away before medical assist
ance arrived.
THE storm of yesterday afternoon was a
young cyclone The wind suddenly shifted
from southwest to north, and then il
travelled at a furious gait raising clouds OF
dust, in spite of the rain that accompanied
it, A good deal of damage of one sort or
another was done. Several trees about the
village were blown down, among them a
large one in the rear of Ellis block and
another on Eastern avenue. Branches
without number were torn off. The tele-
phone and electric light wires were badly
broken so that communication was gener-
ally interrupted and portions of the village
were without light. The sky at sunset was
unusually beautiful.
WHILE the Fourth was an orderly day, a
few individuals felt it necessary to get
drunk on Thursday. One of them was sc
far gone when arrested in the afternoon
that he tumbled down the steps to DeLot-
tinville's harber-shop. He was then as
sisted into job-wagon and taken to the
Jail. Friday morning, before Justice Smile
the following fines for intoXication were
imposed; Fred G. Hubbard, Sl0.51; Albert
Cam, S1l.0l James Moore, S100l A. w
Mcmillan, S10.35. The latter disclosed on
Henry Smith, who pleaded guilty to two
first offences and was fined 500 and costs
of Sll01 He appealed and was bailed out
by John Emery, bonds being $500. On
Monday James McCarroll was fined S10.0l
for intoxication.
CENTRAL railway trains are running foI
the present as follows: Leave Montpelier
for Boston, II: 20 P. NJ; local passenger foi
Northfield, Randolph and White River juno
tion, 6;O0 P. M; night express, u; 40 NJ
Going north Night express, 2: 40A. NJ. local
passenger for Burlington, st. Adams, Ben.
nington, Troy and New York, 6: % A. NJ.
local passenger, for st. Albans, Rouses Point
and Richford, 10: 10A. NJ. mail, for Montreal
Chicago and the West, 800 p. NJ; fast ex-
press, for Montreal and the West, 7 20 p. NJ
Trains leave for Barre, I: 00A. NJ, 10: 28 A. NJ.
>: 0OP. M, 3: 45 p. M, 7:40 p. NJ. Leave Barre
for Montpelier, s: 20 A. M, II: 80 A. NJ, >: 10
p. NJ, ,: % p NJ. and $40 p. VI. Leave Mont
pelier for Willamstown, 10:2S A. NJ, 3;45 p. NJ
Leave Williamstown, I: 40 A. NJ, II: 50 p. NJ
REV. A. j. HoUGH goes to Boston to.
morrow, and on Friday afternoon he will
read a poem on the Common, the occasion
being the one hundredth anniversary OF
Jesse Lees introduction Of Methodism into
Boston by an address near the old elm
The exercises of Friday will be held on the
same spot where Jesse Lee gave his address
Mr.. Hough's poem will have for its subject
The Areopagus of Jesse Lee" Bishop
Mallalieu is to give the address of the day
This is undoubtedly the event Of the year to
New England Methodists, and Mr.. Hough
receives a high compliment by an invita-
ton to participate in the exercises. On
Sunday morning he gives a memorial adj
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