The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-12-30
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DAME RUMoR for once was correct. DR..
| o. w. Daley and wife arrived at Sargent's
Tuesday. On Wednesday, Mrs. Daley VEN
tured over to White River Junction, and
shook hands with her friends. The doctor
remained at West Lebanon, and sent for
his lawyers. They probably cheered him
somewhat, for the next day he and his wife
crossed the river, and have been at the
Junction about every day since.
A PART OF the Montpelier orchestra fur
nished music for the Henry Burlesque Com
pany at Barre last Friday evening" while
another part went to South Ryegate, to play
for dance. Violinist ellison of Bethel was
to have headed the section, but the train
over the Montpelier & Wells River railroad
left for Ryegate before the afternoon train
on the Central reached here the latter being
little late. In consequence there was no
dance at South Ryegate as the company
had dispersed by the time violinist had
been secured.
A MOST enjoyable Christmas tree occasion
was that at Hotel Kempton on Christmas
| night. The boarders concluded that the
easiest way to make their presents would
| be to have tree. Preparations were
begun and additions were made until the
scheme developed mammoth dimensions.
The tree was loaded to its utmost capacity
with almost everything that human inge-
nuity could invent. Original poems were
read by the "poet laureate " of the occasion,
and some laughable jokes were perpetrated
In the making OF gfttS.
The NeU York Sun makes suggestion
that might be acted upon locally If the nec-
essary milk of human kindness exists. Let
ters addressed to Santa Claus by the chill
dren of the rich are attended to- but the
missives of the poor reach only the dead-let-
ter office. We have Kings Daughters,
Kings Sons, Sons of America, various
other sons and daughters; why not " Sons
and Daughters of Santa Claus -? Find out
the saints address, tell the postmaster that
you know it, when you do, and get him to
forward all those poor little letters to your
care, so that you may do the proper thing.
LETTER came last week addressed to
prominent business man at Montpelier, now
deceased, containing an offer to sell coun-
terfeit money, an old scheme that has lately
been worked quite extensively in Vermont.
The letter and Enclosures were Identical
with one or two others that have been sent
to Montpelier parties. There was the usual
strictly confidential" " letter, the faxed
clipping, the telegraphic address, George
} Powell, 81 Dey street, New York" and the
customary caution. These letters are doubt
, less still being sent into Vermont, and offer
, an excellent opportunity to guileless jays
} who have dollars to lose
THE rain fell steadily all the dreary after
noon of last Saturday. An Italian funeral
| was getting under way at the Montpelier &
Wells River station. The tiny box was un-
a loaded from the baggage car and hosted to
: the drivers seat on the hack. A crowd of
dark-featured men sauntered about in the
+ rain, conversing in a swarthy language.
I About every one was smoking a native
Y cigar as long as your arm and three times
!, as strong. Inside the hack the sorrowing
parents inhaled the fragrance of cheap
bouquet. Finally, after long watt the
procession started through the drizzling
: storm on its way to the cemetery.
4 A WEARY man with a painful limp and
heavy jag" pounded on the door of DR.. @.
e. Chandler's Office last Saturday until he
Q was tired. He said he wanted to get his
. broken leg set over again. He could not
: find the doctor and rambled off in the driz-
= zling rain. Bye and bye he came back, his
~ load considerably increased, and, after an
other Intellectual attempt to locate the doc
T. tor, disappeared somewhere back of the
;, Reed block. There officer Demerritt soon
d after arrested him. He had hearing Mon
J. day morning before Justice Smile, disclosed
e on Woodsville, y. H., and was fined S10.51
Being unable to liquidate, he was RECALLED.
9 A SIGN nailed up on the entrance to Cap
= tain Percivals greenhouse reads: " No ad
v mission without permission of Fred E.
= Smith" Colonel Smith explained it as fol-
- lows: The captain has been suffering with
the grip for some days past, and as a conse-
20 quence several orders for Christmas flowers
IS were not forthcoming. Some parties on
r Christmas morning broke into the green
)f house to get the flowers they had ordered,
{, an action which seemed to them quite ex-
l. cusable, and later persons who had not or
dered any helped themselves. The captain
= will no doubt soon be on deck again. and
1t get things into shape
,r OFFICERS elected at the annual meeting of
5, the Church of the Messiah, held last Mon
N day evening: Senior warden, Albert Johon-
II mott; junior warden, III. S. Loomis; treas
urer, j. G.. Brown; clerk and collector,
n Murray A. Kent; auditors, f. l.. Eaton, r.
% X. Peck; agent to rent pews, A. ID. Farwell
'e executive committee, f. w. Morse, j. G..
n Farwell, N G. Tabor, Abraham Long, Mrs.
a S. e. p. Heath, Mrs. j. r. Seaver, Mrs.
n Henry Fullerton; soliciting committee,
is A. ID. Farwel, George w. McAllister, Mrs.
n S. E. P. Heath; committee to confer with
pastor Albert Johonnott, Clark King;
r. committee on church property, George w.
a. McAlister, l.. b. Huntington, Mrs. Albert
h Johonnott
IF ONE of the best features of Christmas
r present is the pleasant surprise that ac-
n companies it, So thought number of the
l. scholars at the Union school when they
a bought handsome pastel and planned to
" present it to Principal Blanpied on Christ
!. mas morning. They pictured the expression
i. of pleased astonishment that would creep
"a creep over his face; they - but alas! the
- Argus paralyzed the plan with neatness
A. and dispatch, and told all about the pre-
is sentation of the picture two days before it
n happened Such enterprise cannot be
"a commended; else what is to become of our
4 surprise parties, and kindred entertain
- ments? By the way, the Argus omitted to
mention Miss Kate K. Robbins, whose little
10 scholars remembered her pleasantly.
IS The discussion had become somewhat
s. warm, and the other members of the club
g. present laid aside their magazines and
Is listened with profound interest. The sub
h ect of debate was milch cows. Morton
h Marvin was extolling the transcendent
T. qualities of the Holstein breed, and seemed
)r annoyed that his remarks were challenged
by Clarence f. Moulton with whom he was
y. not personally acquainted. "The Holstein
~ beats the world" he observed, looking at
Z Moulton with a what-do-you know-about-
i. cows anyway? sort of air. " By the way"
10 interjected "Tom" Wood, leaning over
% % toward Moulton, how many Jerseys does
20 your uncle run on the Green Mountain
u stock farm" Between three and four
"a hundred" was the reply.
IS j. WARE FOSTER, son of Joel Foster, has
been appointed receiver of the Cheyenne
~ National Bank, aud has resigned as bank
~ nNannin for WNnIninn nlina he ha Q