The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-25

of Japan" and with this as a theme the
speaker outlined the principles and history
of the three religions of the country-Shn-
toism, Buddhism and COnfuCianism--a
well as referring to the spread and extinc-
ton of Catholicism and the recent growth
of Professionalism The speaker affirmed
that no one of the three native religions
satisfied the people. Modern philosophy is
being studied extensively in Japan, but
this, too, will not meet the wants Of a people
hungry for truth, Mr.. Kitashima wore a
Japanese costume while speaking, and his
lecture was listened to with much interest
AMONG the representatives of the press
attending the convention were Dillenbach
and Kimball of the RUtidnd Herdid, Aud,
business manager, and Southwick, reporter,
of the Free Press Gibbs Of the Messenger, 81
monds of the Manchester Journal, Thorpe OF
the Middebury Register, Thayer of the Her.
ald and NelCS, Jameson of the LdHdmdrk,
Perkins OF the Windsor Journal, French Of
the PhuniI, Allis of the Bellows Falls Times,
Cram of the Ludlow TriJ,ne, Forbes of the
Boston JOurndi Dewing of the 1rguS and
Boston Globe, Taylor of the Torn Ne'cS,
NelC York Herdld and Chicago Tribune,
Scott of the Bdrre EHterpriSe Parker OF
the Bradford Opinion, Lewis of the NelgS and
citizen, Stone of the Cdled0nidR, Walters of
the RepublicdB Bishop of the Essen county
Herdld, and we presume others whom we
were not fortunate enough to meet.
A LIVELY row disturbed the quiet of Sun
day afternoon A crowd of loafers had
been standing on the Rialto bridge on State
street, making considerable noise. Sheriff
Dudley endeavored to quiet them, and,
failing in this, he attempted to arrest one
Patrick Carr. Carr broke away and ran up
East State street, with Sheriff Dudley and
a crowd at his heels. Running into Mr..
Dudley's stable yard, Carr was stopped by
Joseph Shannon, an enploye of the stable.
Then a general fight ensued. Hugh Shan
non, a brother of Joseph, was assaulted by
James Brassway and Dennis Lockpocket,
and in the melee John &. Wing was
scratched on the neck by blow poorly di-
rected by one of the fighters. But the sher-
if and his assistants soon had the men
under arrest and Brassway was carried to
the Jail by the legs and arms, with his head
down and believing at the top of his voice.
A great crowd witnessed the arrest. On
Monday the trio were before Justice Smile,
and Carr was fined S1l.21 for drunkenness,
Brassway S2.35 for drunkenness and S14.15
for assault, and Lockpocket S1035 for
! drunkenness and S14S5 for assault. A
fourth offender escaped arrest.
BROOKS PosT, G. A. r., held its second
annual fair on Tuesday, Wednesday and
/ Thursday of last week. The large tent at
| the school ground was well filed on each
! evening, and the entertainment offered
seemed to please the audience On Tues
day and Wednesday evenings Professor
| Charles n. Thomas gave a lecture on g Here
and There in the Civil War" which was
| illustrated by hundred stereopticon views.
On Wednesday evening also General f.
w. Hincks of Cambridge, Mass, gave a
talk on Grand Army matters, greatly to the
enjoyment Of the veterans. The Mont
pelier Military Band furnished excellent
music each evening. The presents, which
amount to nearly $4,000, are being awarded
as fast as ticket holders present their num-
haarg no IraN hN1
George w. Wing, Esq, and A. w. Sturte-
want of Chicopee, Mass and DR.. Luther
Newconb of Lynn, Mass. drew the $500
present. f. L. Wakefield, II. n. Taplin and
l.. n. Gerue of Montpelier and G. H. Clark
of Healdville drew 800 each. The sewing
organ by Mrs. Belle Coffee of Wrght's Mills
and the piano by some one in Cabot. The
fair was not so successful as was expected.
The new bylaws adopted at the village
meeting on last week Tuesday evening are
so reasonable and proper that the cordial
cooperation of residents of the village in
enforcing them to the letter can be assumed
They will of course necessitate some incon.
venience to those who are maintaining what
| are declared to be nuisanceS but the gen
eral healthfulness and beauty of the vii
lage will be so directly promoted that NO
one who has any local pride will be likely
to allow a slight personal inconvenience tC
weigh strongly against the general good
While the new bylaws (Which can be found
in another place. are being read and dis
cussed, it is worth while for every citizen tC
remember that the mortality in towns hav-
ing imperfect sanitary arrangements is al
least five in thousand greater than it is
in places having the most approved system
rigidly enforced This rate would mean
difference of something like twenty-five
deaths yearly in Montpelier, and no one
can tell what families would be affected
The movement for better sanitary condi
ton is personal to every resident, and
among other things it means greater mate
rial prosperity, for if the town becomes
known as very healthful place the num-
ber of summer visitors need only be linn
tied by accommodations.