The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-30

extra laps on Old Time. 1t is not, however,
quite true that his vote at the caucus, Sat
urday evening, was challenged on the
ground that he was minor, though his
brislSness might favor such an impression
THE programme for the concert by the
band at the School street stand on next
Friday evening is as follows; March,
Colonel Wellington" Reeves; overture,
American" Catlin polka for cornet,
Silver Stream" Robinson, G. E. White;
''My Charmer," Waldtenfel; poonaise,
Royal Decree" Swift
THE Montpelier and Northheld baseball
teams had arranged a game for last week
Friday afternoon at the Seminary grounds,
but the rain made il impossible to play.
Saturday afternoon one inning of a game
was played, the score standing four to two
i'm favor of the Northfelds. A game
between the two teams will be played at
Northiield next Saturday.
THE Burlington Clipper is enthusiastic in
praise of Rev. A. j. Hough's poetic genius.
1t says: " An exchange speaks of Rev A.
j. Hough of Montpelier as Nermont's COM
ing poet. If he is not there already as a
| poet, the majority of people who have read
the able pastors writings are mistaken in
! their judgment. He Is to-day the poet of
the Green Mountain State"
THE Northfeid Ne,CS questions the validity
of the Moss-Adams marriage because the
ceremony was performed by clergyman
! not a resident of the state. We hasten to
! inform our contemporary that the statement
| that Rev. DIR. Gilbert performed the cere-
mony was incorrect. The Ne,Cs should
have preached on the fallibility of news
papers instead of the car6lessness of the
marrying couple or their friends
PATRONS of Clyde's New York, Charleston
4 Florida line will be interested in the
! launching of the steamer " Algonquin " at
! Camps ship-yard, Philadelphia, on the 10Th
instant, in the presence of the owners and a
| large number of invited guests. The AL
! gonqun is the fourth large ship built at
Camps yard during the past three years
for the Clyde Company. She is of iron,
! with measurement OF three thousand tons.
! She will probably be ready for service by
! September /. The tri-weekly service of the
! line will be resumed on August II, from
which time steamer will leave New York
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each
week, at three o'clock in the afternoon. The
trip between Charleston and Jacksonville
among the sea islands is very pleasant.
THE excursion of the st. Augustine So
cety to Highgate Springs, on last week
! Thursday, was attended by over thousand
persons, Barre and other neighborng towns
| contributing large delegations There were
! seventeen cars in the train The day was
| not taultless as to weather, but no rain fell
| Until the picnic was about over. The band
| accompanied the excursionsts, playing fire.
| quently and giving the very best satisfac-
! zion. a ball game was played during the
| day between the Montpelier and Barre
! teams, the latter winning by score of seven
! to two. The day was thoroughly enjoyed,
and the only thing that occurred to lessen
the pleasure of the festivities was the sad
accident to John Cayhue, who lost his right
| foot by being run over at Essex Junction
on the way to the Springs. He had left the
| train, with many others, for few minutes,
| W no ha
attempted to get on again. The platform
was crowded, and he missed his hold, fall.
ing so that the trucks of the last car passed
over his right ankle. He was Immediately
| taken to the Central house, where DIR. G. NJ.
Ferrin of Essex junction amputated the
,nnh hall way between the foot and the
knee. 1T is said the same leg was broken in
two places at the Barre quarries about a
year ago. The unfortunate man endured
the operation bravely, and on the next dav
he was brought home. Since then he has
been doing well.
SOME time ago complaint was made that
| the boys were shooting birds with air-guns
| for mere wanton sport. The attention of
the youngsters was called at the time to the
law imposing fine of SO for Intentionally
shooting or wounding birds, or destroying
them in any other way, and the boys were
warned not to violate this law. Complaint
is again made of this wanton killing of
birds. a lad was recently caught with a
dead the trophy of his brutal sport
in his hands. The names of the destrovers
are known, and they will surely be reported
for legal punishment if they do not desist.
Apropos of this subject, the manufacture
and sale of these air-guns, and every kind
OF toy-gun or pistol, ought to be prohibited
by law, and the prohibition should be en-
| forced by heavy penalties for its violation
These toy-weapons, besides doing infinite
mischief in many ways, induce the habit of
carelessness in the use of real firearms
A child points toy-gun or pistol at his
playmate or other persons, and "plays
shoot" The next step may be to point a
| loaded hrearm and discharge it. Then
there will be no play III the tragic outcome.
How many of these fatal incidents may be
| traced TO carelessneSs or heedlessness be-
gotten in the use of toy hrearms We
would as soon place loaded Texan "bull-
dog in the hands of child as the most
" harmless kind of the toy-pistol He
would begin at once to acquire the ele-
ments of real caution. Danish the toy-gun,
and when the boy is old enough give him
real gun-if he wants any.
A LETTER from Montpelier to the Boston
HerdM of last Sunday contains some facts
regarding the hearing on Mrs. Fanny NJ.
kellogg's will which had not been pub
lished. The Herdld says 1t is generally
supposed that the chances of the town for
receiving the $500 900 or $500 900 which Mr..
and Mrs. Kellogg left to executors to be ex-
penueu IN DullulnR library building, a
chapel at Green Mount cemetery, and an or
namental gateway at the entrance to the
cemetery are pretty small. The evidence
submitted before Surrogate Ransom would,
as reported, give that impression. But
there is another side TO the case. The fact
that John f. Parsons, one of the ablest
lawyers of New York has accepted the
case in behalf of the town, is in itself some
evidence that the will will be sustained.
1t is true that the testimony of the two wit
nesses to the will was to the effect that they
were not aware that they were witnessing
a will, and that they believed Mrs. Kellogg
was not in condition to make a will al
that time. But the testimony of H. II
Camman, Mr.. Kellogg's business agent, a
man of the highest business and personal
standing, is in direct contradiction. He
said that Mr. Man, the lawyer who had
drawn up the will, was obliged to take a
train TO his home Mr.. Man accordingly
gave instructions to him regarding the exc.
cutitn, and left. These instructions he fol.
lowed: Mrs. Kellogg, so Mr.. Camman says
came from the room without any assistance
and signed the will. The witnesses-Yo Young
clerk of the Chelsea apartment house, and
DIR. Townsend, Mrs. Kellogg's physician