The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-02-25

THE commandery of the Peoples Five
Year Benefit Order is to hold its regular
meetings hereafter on the second and fourth
Tuesday of each month at the studio of S.
w. Corse. The name of " Fellowship Com
mandery, No. 167," has been given it.
THE following nominations for town of.
ficers have been made at the town clerks
office since the caucus of week before last
For selectman, M. M. Cutler; superintend-
ent of schools, j. H. Senter; commissioner
for the Green Mount cemetery, L. Bart
Cross.
LIEUTENANT T. II. WHITE, of Shingle
Springs, Cal, writes an interesting letter
respecting the colors of the Tenth Vermont,
now In the state capitol, which will appear
in the soldiers department next week.
The comrades will find the letter an inter-
esting one.
Do not forget the special village meeting
Monday evening, March q to act upon the
bylaws the trustees will propose. The by
laws have been printed and distributed, and
the voters should be prepared to act intel
lgently upon the question of their adop-
tion or amendment.
FAUST AND MARGUERITE, by the Rob-
erts-Sailer Company, at the Blanchard
Opera-house Saturday evening, is very fa-
vorably noticed by the press of the cities
and towns where the drama has been pre-
sented. Well handled it should be the
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Mrs. JOHN BENJAMIN was thrown from
her sleigh at bod e's bridge on the Barre
road recently, and her hip was fractured.
The accident was due to a runner of the
sleigh catching in the railroad track. 1t is
said that at least dozen accidents similar
to this have occurred at the same place this
winter.
The children of the parochial school were
given their annual sleigh ride by Rev. w.
j. O'Sullivan on Monday. The Monitor and
another large sleigh were used, and the
children carried flags, which they waved
while they sang. The boys took their ride
in the forenoon, and the girls theirs in the
afternoon.
WILLIE MCALLIsTER, whose illness was
mentioned last week, died suddenly on
Wednesday, His body was taken to his
home in Waitsfield for interment He was
the son of " illiam McAllister of that place,
and was very popular among his young
friends there and at Montpelier. He had
been in the Office of A, G. Brown & Son
since last fall.
NELLIE, daughter of Hon. b. f. Fifeld,
met an unfortunate accident last week
Thursday afternoon, while coasting on
Burgess hill. The tobOggan on which she
was ran into the stone-wall at the edge of
the brook, and the shock threw her into the
water and bruised her quite badly. She is
doing well now, however. Margaret Dewey
uduHnuer Oh EuWdTu DeWey, WAS also well
shaken up at the same time, but her
injuries were not so serious as those of Miss
Fiheld
A STOWE democrat, having boasted in
the ArquS and Patriot that his first vote,
cast in 1910, was with the democrats, and
that he had never voted with any other,
William Noyes rises to say that his first
vote was cast in 1888 and was with the
democrats, but he declared then that If
a w wnnlI fOrpiVp
that vote he would never do so again, and
has never since cast a democratic vote. He
thinks there are great many more of the
same sort, and in this he is unquestionably
right.
THE Washington county Good Templars'
union meeting will be held in the vestry of
the Congregational church at plainfeld,
this week Thursday, beginning at half-past
nine in the morning Montpelier lodge will
make the response to the address of well
come, which will be given by Shepherd
lodge. Members of Montpelier lodge will
also present an essay and defamation
during the afternoon. The morning session
will be private, while that of the afternoon
will be public. A good attendance is
looked for. The railroads give half fare
rates.
THE directors of the Capital Savings
Bank and Trust Company met on Thursday
afternoon of last week for the purpose of
were chosen President, L. j. Deavitt
first vice president, Alexander Cochran /;
second vice-president, III. n. Taplin; treas
urer, E. e. Blakely. A committee consist
ing of T. j. Deavitt, A. Johonnott and E.
E. Blakely was appointed to prepare set
of bylaws, which will be reported to the
next meeting of the directors. 1t was voted
to begin business about April 10. The To-
cation of the Office has not been decided
| upon as yet.
Miss NELLIE l.. CANNING, daughter of
! William G. Canning, was thrown from a
traverse sled at the corner of Cross and
| North Franklin streets Monday afternoon
about quarter before one o'clock. and
striking a hydrant she received injuries
which may prove fatal. Her face was badly
| lacerated, a bad cut being received under
! her chin, her tongue being nearly severed
and three of her teeth being torn out. Her
! breast bone was severely strained, and an
arm was wrenched, while other lesser in.
! juries were received. DR.. Edwin Temple
ton attended her. The latest reports are
far from encouraging, as she is delirious and
suffers acutely.
THERE will be a meeting of the board OF
| agriculture at Cabot next week Wednes
day and Thursday, March and 8. The
full board-it is intended-will be present
and meeting profitable and unusually ia
teresting is expected. Special attention
will be directed TO the production of maple
sugar, an industry in which Cabot and the
towns round about are largely interested
Come out, farmers of Washington county
and make the meeting great success. BY
reason of other engagements the grand
" round up" which it was suggested nigh
be had at Montpelier has been abandoned
and the Cabot meeting will be the only one
held in this county.
THE calendar issued by the S. r. Nile,
advertising agency, 256 Washington street
Boston, is found very useful to treasurers
and clerks of corporations and manufacture
ing companies, and in newspaper, banking
insurance, and business offices generally
They are in demand by all classes of busi
ness men and companies. Here is speci
men quotation from the Boston post office
"Please send us one hundred and fifty o
your calendars for 1891, as we find them ex
tremely useful. For years they have beer
fixture here, and all appreciate their grea
value" The calendar is certainly the most
convenient thing of the kind, and is unlike
any other calendar published.
THE Sunday-school of the Church OF thu
Messiah observed Washington's birthday
by special service in the evening Tn,
service consisted principally of recitations
readings and singing, the choir of tht
| cburph aQQiatiOu Tho follnUinn har