The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-04

Bosworth has gone on an extended western
| trip, looking for business, while Mrs. BOs-
worth is in Barre, stopping with Mr..
Bosworth's mother for the present, and is
| to join him wherever he may conclude to
locate. Mr.. Bosworth has been at Bellows
| Falls about two years. The correspondent
from that place for the Springfield Republi-
can insinuates that Fred has been " monkey
ing with the prohibtory law"
DANIEL ID. GoRHAM, for many years priu-
cpal of Montpeler's public schools. died
| last week at Northampton, Mass, whittier
he went a score of years ago. The same
admirable qualities which made him so pop
| ular at Montpelier commended him TO the
! people OF Northampton, and at his funeral
last week scholars, teachers, school com
mittee and former pupils attended to pay
tribute to the memory OF a man everybody
loved. He was a strong, wise, valuable and
Christian man. Mr. Gorham was seventy
two years old. He leaves a wife, three
daughters and son.
REV. HOWARD +. HILL, DID. formerly
rector Of Christ church, last week resigned
as rector at Amesbury, Mass. to which
| place he went from Montpelier. Domestic
and filial duties rendered this late move
imperative. During his two years resi-
dence at Amesbury, he has won the respect
and esteem OF all, in his parish and out of
it. The Amesbury correspondent of the
Newburyport NeUS says " 1t will be hard
to find another man of his abilities and So
cial qualities combined" Mr.. Hill is here
after to assume the care of his aged parents,
who need his presence.
DANIEL X. SoRTwELL of Cambridge,
Mass, president of the Montpelier & Wells
River railroad, was married at Cambridge
last week to Miss Lolah A.. Hutchinson, a
native OF Liverpool, n. S. The records,
says the Boston Journal, SHOW that Mr..
Sortwell is seventy-one years old and his
bride thirty five" Time has dealt kindly
with Mr.. Sortwell, and he is still vigorous,
mentally and physically. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sortwell have been spending the first week
of their honeymoon in Montpelier, stopping
at the Pavilion. Mr.. and Mrs. Sortwell
went to Cambridge on Monday, and after a
short stop there are to leave for North
Carolina.
JUDGE CLARK W. UPTON and wife left
last Monday night for his home in Chicago,
fully restored to health. Judge Upton
came to Montpelier about three months ago
to visit the home of his childhood, and upon
his arrival here was attacked by illness, the
result of his arduous labors as judge of the
supreme court of Illinois, the duties Of
which he has borne for seventeen years.
, Mr. Upton was born in Barre sixty-seven
years ago, and Charles Dewey remembers
the time when he and Clark " sat together
in the old State street school-house, next
the Catholic church. Mr.. Upton remained
at the Pavilion during his Illness and re-
ceived the utmost care and attention.
| HE came from Stowe. His was a combi-
, nation of the modern Queen Anne and the
Dutch renaissance, and as he slid into
seat in the Exchange hotel dining-room,
he Immediately absorbed all the topics of
+ discussion within his reach. After ex-
! changing conversational courtesies with
Thomas l.. Wood, much to the atter's dis
. . comfort, he leaned toward that gentleman
, and propounded the inquiry, What do
you think of this ere treaty with Canada ?''
g am not posted" replied Thomas, grow
ing pink on the top of his forehead. "I
i; amt, nuther," asserted his questioner earn
= estly. This was too much for the astute
assistant state librarian, and he hurried
i; from the room. " Lots of them fellers shoot
off that way" commented the gentleman
from Stowe, and he attacked his beefsteak
n and potatoes with an injured air.
THE Young Peoples Fraternity of the
Church of the Messiah gave masquerade
party last Thursday evening, few invited
=. guests being also present About forty
= maskers took part in the merriment, some
9 of the costumes being decidedly original.
I Among the more noticeable costumes were
those of the Persian lady and gentleman,
i represented by Willard Emery and Elbert
: Dwinell; Pullman car conductor, Fred
. Hastings; overgrown baby, Miss Lucia
y Bailey Winter, Miss Adde Phillips; Night,
: too numerous to mention Irish washer
a woman Ned Stevens; while Stanley Blanch-
/ ard, representing young lady, with i" ele-
! CANT get up" was the perfect picture " of
his sister Ivis now Mrs Charles j. Shriner
$ of Boston. After the grand march came
n |
a charades, tableauX ETC.. the entertainment
a ending about half-past ten
y A HEARING as to the tax assessed by the
:, State of Vermont upon the Fitchburg Rail-
d road Company was held in the Office of the
= secretary of state, at the capitol, Tuesday
evening, before Lieut. governor Fletcher,
r. Auditor Powell, and Secretary -of-State
n Brownell. Under the new law-the old
n law having been decided unc institutional
): a company operating railroad in this
e state may annually pay to the state, in
q lieu of the tax assessed in section four
i teen, two and one-half per cent its
, entire gross earnings. The Fitchburg Rail-
=, road Company, which operates few
a miles of track in Bennington county, OBJ
jected to paying, hence the hearing. Tax
Commissioner p. X. Gleed of Morrisville
y appeared for the state, the Fitchburg Com
ls pany being represented by General Audi
- tor G. S. Anthony and General Counsel
d George A. Torrey. The commission APP
- - praised the road for purposes of taxation at
~ ~ $500, 600.
"a THE forty-second annual meeting of the
+. Vermont State Teachers association is tO
+. be held at Montpelier, beginning Thursday
and continuing through Saturday. The
meeting is to be opened Thursday evening
J; at the opera house with an address of wei
~ come by j. A DeBoer, after which a recep-
IL tion OF the teachers is to be held at Capital
d. hall under the direction of President Ranger
~ of Lyndon, to which the publ, is cordially
70 School, when large number of subjects
L. will be discussed, with short addresses by
"a local and state educators, and in the even
- ing at the opera house, Hon. A. 5. Draper
" state superintendent of education for New
York, is to deliver a lecture ON " The essen
L. tial elements of state school system.
at Mr.. Draper is considered one of the fore
al most educators in the United States, and
IN as the lecture is free, it is hoped that d
re large audience may greet him. Montpelier
rs people should give the 300 or so " school
20 marms " expected a welcome so cordial
q, that they shall want the annual meeting
i. permanently located at the Capital.
ar Mr.. f. A. WooD, for over two years as
~ sistant editor of the WATERMAN, went Il
his home in Lowell Mass, last week, and
u will soon go to Columbia College, New
10 York, for years course in political science
rs in order to more thoroughly prepare himself
g. for newspaper work. Mr.. Wood is a young
T. man of fine parts, and a faithful and con
.. scientious laborer in his profession. He i