The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-12-09

ana rubber tube. The photograph does
not record sound, but vibrations Electric
city revolves the waxen cylinder: the
sounds cause the glass disc to rise and fall,
aocorulng To the vibrations, and a stylus
cuts In the wax wavy line now deep now
lalntly visible. To reproduce the sound
another stylus follows the line cut and
brings out sounds with fidelity that ad
lnlts OF no omission. How? Well, posi-
ply even Mr.. Edison does not fully under
stand how some things which overcome II,
like summer cloud can be-
THE band fair was social success. buf
the receipts were scarcely what had beer
anticipated. Capital hall was we'll filled
each night, especially Saturday evening
when heavy business was done in nor.
corn, candy, etc. The phonograph, under
the supervision of G.. H. Paine. the St.
Johnsbury electrician, was big card ami
Melted good share of the profits of the
fair. The voting on the different article,
was not extremely lively until the last
evening. The vote on the most popular
landlord resulted in 1902 votes for George
Wheeler, 67 for A. s. Sparrow, and 81 for
III. K. Bliss, and Mr.. Wheeler was awarded
the overcoat The most popular clergyman
was decided to be Rev. W. j. OSuIiivan
and Z. X. Bagley received the gold badge
as the most popular Grand Army man.
The most popular society is to be announced
Thursday evening at the band room e. T
Seguin received the gold watch for selling
the greatest number of tickets, 375, and for
next the largest son of Albert Brown re-
ceived the silver watch.
AN astonishingly bizarre couple sauntered
up and down State street, last Friday after
noon. lie was "A powerful man of unCer-
tain age, and she strengthening woman
of still more doubtful antiquity. The rig
ors OF many hard winters had turned his
coat to an old.gold hue; enormous boots
reached as near to his waist as his physical
architecture would permit tangled mass
of black hair, streaked with gray, covered
his head, neck and ears, while a shock of
beard Ind his countenance and defied the
wind. Melancholy had claimed his COM
panion for its own. 1t was imprinted upon
the dull, bronzed face, and was visible in
her dress and in her very carriage The
clerks in the stores along State street came
out and watched the couple as they saun-
tered along, hand clasped in hand, their
eyes fixed on vacancy and obliyious TO
everything and everybody. 1t was pathetic
and it was droll. The wondering throug
watched them as they slowly assembled the
stairway in Union block, and disappeared
into Wing & Fay's office. They were from
Mars !ltield, and are accused of burning
few buildings not long ago.
In some quarters the idea seems to exist
that Mr.. Poland and Mr. Fisher are in some
way responsible for the recent prosecution
for the riotous proceedings at the houses of
those citizens on the night of July g. Moth
ing could be farther from the facts in the
case. Those proceedings were instituted bv
the state. Neither Mr.. Poland nor MI.
Fisher had any agency in the matter-no
more than the man in the moon. The
states attorney will undeceive any one who
may be cherishing any false impression on
this score, or who may be nursing any bit
terness on this account The Developments
in the grand jury room were as great sur
prise 10 these people as to any other per-
son in this community, and no others were
more glad or more willing to accept the
theory of innocence or would more readily
welcome proof of innocence. These men
have suffered enough already, and this
further injustice should not be done them,
The trial is over, the verdict of the jury
has been rendered. The question of the
guilt or innocence of the persons indicted
has, very properly, not been the subject of
newspaper trial or discussion and need nor
be the subject of comment now The iury-
has acquitted them and they have received
the hearty congratulations of their friends
1t has been deeply unpleasant episode,
regretted and regrettable from any point of
view. No added bitterness need be given
to personal relations, or the past revived, or
new animosities fostered. Let the dead
past bury its dead" and let this commu-
nifty learn a lesson of obedience to law and
order and frown down such spirit as was
rampant here on the night of July 8 and
which threatened other overt acts that han
PLY were averted.