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

Mabel Tanner, Harry Smith, Nettie Wade
and five little girls readings by Misses Eva
Bancroft and Mary Bliss, and remarks by
Mr.. Wright.
THE following resolutions of respect were
adopted by Vermont Lodge, No. 2, and
Thomas Wildey Encanpment, No. IL;
whereas, In the mysterious yet sovereign
wisdom Of Almighty God our below ed
brother, Myron f. Burnham, has been re-
moved from our earthly fellowship by death;
therefore, ReSOiced, That with the profound
est sorrow we realize our loss, lament his
untimely end, mourn for the sudden sever
ing of tender ties, and hereby extend our
brotherly sympathy to his bereaved widow
and friends that we will ever cherish as
sacred the memory of Myron f. Burnham,
and strive to emulate in our lives the worthy
impulse that animated his heart and made
him worthy Odd Fellow and noble man.
And, furthermore, be it ReSolred, That
copies of these resolutions he sent the widow
of the deceased brother, and published in
the two town papers, and spread upon the
records Of the orders. (Signed) Alfred j.
Hough, Edison o. Cheney, David l.. San
ders, committee.
SINCE the project of organizing village
improvement society here was suggested in
quiries have been made as to the exact OBJ
ject and scope of such societies. We have
seen constitution Of the society at Brattle-
boro, and this says the object "shall be to
cultivate public spirit to promote public
health by better hygienic condition in our
homes and surroundings, to improve our
streets, roads, public grounds and side
walks, and in general to build up and beau
| tify the whole town, and thus enhance the
value Of its real estate and render Brattle-
boroa more inviting place of residence"
| This statement gives the general purpose of
glpiafips nj tl.hn
society has succeeded in making many sub
stantial improvements about the town.
Membership there is conditional on the paw
ment Of one dollar annually or the planting
OF three trees by the roadside by persons
over fifteen years Of age, while under that
age'ffty cents or the planting of one tree is
sufficient. An executive committee of tif-
teen, six Of whom are ladies', actively SUI
perintends all improvements. OF course
the degree OF success that has been met has
depended almost entirely on the energy and
intelligence of this committee.
Miss MARY HOWE was unfortunate in her
time of visiting Montpelier. 1t raned very
hard at the time the concert began, and
large number who would have attended
were undoubtedly kept at home by the
storm. AS it was, however, there was good
audience present, as audiences 90 in Mont
pelier, and those who were there listened to
a concert of rare excellence. The interest
of course centered in Miss Howe, who was
given cordial welcome and who sang to
the enjoyment of everybody, if not to the
high expectations OF some. 1t is well to re-
member that Miss Howe is still quite young,
that she has possibilities which NAV not be
reached for years, but that at present she is
not the perfect artist that many had i'm
agined her to be. She gives promise of
great things eventually, if she persists in
hard and thorough work, but she has by no
means made her place in the world of music
yet. Two numbers on the programme were
given to her, and to these she added a third
selection given during the intermission. TO
the applause which greeted each of the
original numbers she responded, but, while
1t was equally generous in the case of the
iLnprOmptu number, no response was made
much to the disappointment Of many. Her
most pleasing selection was Souvenir de
/ OPERA" but Home, Sweet Home" was
of course thoroughly enjoyed The Bee
thoven club played difficult music, and
played it well. The soloists-Miss Georgia
Pray on the cello, G. b. Van Santvoord on
the flute, and Z. y. Allen on the violin
were in every way excellent Miss Howe
was presented bouquet after singing her
first number.
THE annual meetings of the grand en-
campment and grand lodge of Odd Fellows
OF the state, on Tuesday and Wednesday of
last week, were well attended and very sue
cessful, but it is thought that the attendance
would have been still larger had not an ex-
aggerated impression of the prevalence Of
diphtheria got abroad. The procession on
Tuesday evening was highly creditable to
those participating, and the reception at
the Pavilion which followed was very en-
joyable. In addition to the elected and ap-
pointed officers of the grand encampment,
last week, the following district deputy
m re bs W. aala -,
!, II. II. Worcester, ST. Albans: No. =, E.
+. Smith, Barre; No. 8, Major l.. c. Grant,
Burlington No. 3, o. j. Willard. Brattle-
boro; No. q, f. L. Richardson, St. Johns
bury; No. I, F, NJ. Warner, Rutland; No.
3, +. S. Harris, Bennington; No. 10, w. Ii.
II. Clatiin, Mortified; No. II, ID. l.. Sanders
Montpelier: No. II, Harvey Dodge, Post
Mills; No. 13, A. G. Bugbee, Derby Line
No. II, G. w. Wright, Bradford; No. IL, S. D.
Mcleod, Bellows Falls The grand lodge met
on Wednesday morning. The report of the
grand master stated that in the past term
six new subordinate lodges and five Re-
bekah lodges had been instituted. Charters
were given these lodges, which had been
working under dispensations. Resolutions
upon the death of members during the
past term were adopted. Twenty-eight
new members We're admitted to the
grand lodge, and the following Off
GERS were elected: Grand master, NJ. j.
Horton, Poultney; deputy grand master,
j, w. Goodell, Burlington; grand warden,
L. j. Redding, Brattleboro; secretary, II.
K. Parker, Bradford; treasurer, l.. r. Rob.
inson, Derby Line; chaplain, f. A. Sher-
burne, Montpelier grand representative,
w. ID. Wilson, st. Adams. The following
officers were appointed: Grand marshal,
Charles Gonya, Island Pond; grand CON
ductor, F, II. Hyde, Poultney; grand in
side guardian, b. c. Hall, st. Albans:
grand herald, S. ID. Mcleod, Bellows Falls.
Also the following deputy grand masters:
District No. |, F. II. Scott, Bennington:
No. 2, III. G. Farrar, Rutland; No. 3, Allen
Calhoun, Middlebury; No. /, w. ID. Chand-
Ter, St. Albans; No. 8: J. W. Thurston,
Island Pond; No. q, G. w. Knight, Lyndon
vile; No. Z, ID. l.. Sanders, Montpelier: No.
s, w. II. Buck, Wells River; No. 9, c. A. |
Perry, Readsboro; No. TO- c. II. Lockwood
Springfield; No. il, o. j. Willard, Brattle.
boro. The following standing committees
were also appointed: Printing, II. Z. |
Parker, j. II. Jones and ID. A. Perrin: me-
mortal, =. ID. Bradford, III. L. Stilson and |
ii. +. Parker; credentials, Ii. G. Webster, |
j. +. Fox and b. W. Braley; foreign cor
respondence, Henry Clark. In the even
ing the officers were installed. A resolution
was introduced proposing a change of date
of the annual meeting to the third Wednes-
day in May. The resolution will not be
acted upon until the next session.