The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07

president of the company commenced his
fOrty-first year as a director, and holds the
oldest policy issued by the company now
in force, it being No. 8. The board of di-
rectors, as now constituted, is Paul Dilling-
ham, Charles Dewey (presidenD, w. II. II.
Bingham, George w. Reed, ID. G. Denison,
Edward Dewey, r. =. Pitkin, Fred r..
Smith, j. g. Houghton, James T. Phelps,
Wheelock G. Veazey, George Briggs and
Levi X. Fuller. The directors reelected
their former board Of officers. The past
year has been one of unusual prosperity for
the company, the amount of new business
written being S15, 102, ,357 and the assets at
par S6,437, 1886. The company now has
active agencies in most of the northern and
middle states, and ranks as one Of the best
among the old, conservative life insurance
organizations.
THE marriage of Miss Ivis Beatrice Banch-
ard, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. n. Banch-
ard, and Mr.. Charles j. Shriner of Boston
took place at Bethany church last evening
at eight o'clock, in the presence of a large
number of interested friends. The church
was extensively decorated in green, and
the young couple stood during the cere-
mony under a four-leafed clover made of
white pinks.' The bride was dressed in
heavy white silk, trimmed with orange
blossoms, .with a train the front of the
dress being of imported frosted silver, and
in her hand she carried bouquet of bride
roses. She was accompanied to the altar
by the maid of honor, her sister, Miss Inez
NJ, who wore pale blue India silk,
trimmed with wild rose buds and carried
bouquet of pink rose-bnds. The brides
maids were Misses Ella NJ Waite of Cam
bridge, Maud f. Blanchard of West Ran
dolph, Glen G. Lane of LanesborO, Aline
Ellsworth of Montpelier and Blanche Skin.
ner of Barre, all of whom wore white and
carried bouquets of pink yellow and red
roses. The ushers were G. o. Webster of
st. Albans, G. f. Sparhawk of West Ran
dolph, DIR. j. w. jackson of Burlington,
II. S. Soule of Burlington and G. L. Moul-
ton of West Randolph. The bridal party
was met at the altar by the groom, accom-
panied by the best man, Mr.. S. p. Urner Of
New York, and the ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. g. W. Gallagher. The
party left the church to the music of the
wedding march from Lohengrin, played by
Mr.. w. A. Briggs. A reception to relatives
and few friends followed at the home of
the brides parents on Mddlesex street.
The house was beautifully decorated. The
presents received were very numerous.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shriner are to live in Boston,
where Mr. Shriner is in business.
WE are indebted to Charles Def. Ban
croft for the following vital statistics of
Montpelier for the year 1890; Whole num-
Der of deaths, 1876. All but 10 occurred in
the village. AS to sex, 50 were males and
| II were females. The number of deaths in
/ edCn HOHIn was dS lOllOWS. january, %,
| February, 3; March, D; April, 8; May, 20;
June, Is; July, 16; August 13; September,
! g.; October, q; November, II; December, TO-
| Diseases Diphtheria, 80; pneumonia, IL
consumption, 10; cholera infantum, 10;
cancer, 9; paralysis, s; infantile diseases
! 9; heart disease, 6; old age, 6; apoplexy, 3
accident, 3; drowning, /; suicide, /; from
various other causes and complications OF
diseases, 10. Under one year of age, 16
between one and two, Z; between two and
! five, 49, between five and ten, IA; between
! ten and tifteen & between fifteen
and twenty, 3 between twenty and
twenty-five, .; between twenty-five and
thirty, 3; between thirty and thirty-tive, 6
between thirty-fve and forty, l; between
forty and fortytive, |; between fOrty-fvt
and fifty, 3; between fifty and tiftytive, 6
between fifty-fve and sixty, 4; between
sixty and sixty five, s; between sixty-fve
and seventy, D; between seventy and
seventy-fve, I; between seventy-tive and
eighty, 8; between eighty and eighty-tive
| 8; between eighty-fve and ninety, 9
between ninety and ninety-tive, g. The
average age of all was about 80 years. The
average age of twenty-six of the oldest wa,
so years. Twenty-siX males and thirty
| nine females were over twenty-one years o.
age. OF these, - were husbands anC
| l6 were wives; were widowerS and Il
were widows. In 1889 there were eighty
deaths in town, the average age being forty
six Yeas. The average age of the twenty
three oldest (all being over seventy years
! was seventy-nine years. The average mum
Der of deaths in town during the ten year,
previous to 1890 was fifty-nne, being no
quite one-half of the total number in 1890
In addition to, and not included in tn,
| above list, 30 deaths occurred on BerliI
side in 1890.