The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-11

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| an encore second selection was given. |
| Messrs. Putnam and Atkins followed with |
a banjo duet, and this also was compli- |
| mented by an encore. The orchestra of |
| boys which Mr.. White has been training for |
number of weeks gave several selections
| to the great delight of the audience. The |
orchestra consisted of the following boys:
Violins, Paul Dillingham; and Ray Huse;
| Burpee and Marshall Wood. r. II. Merrill |
Jr., also assisted, and Mr.. White directed |
This was the first public appearance of the
orchestra, and those who were present
were both surprised and pleased at the fine
work done. The entertainment closed
with Howells' Register" which was pre-
sented with good taste and appreciation
by Misses Mary Bliss and Bessie Farwell
and Messrs. Charles Davis, Louis Hatha
way and Ned Stevens
On town meeting day Berlin refused to
exempt from taxation for term of years
| the saddlery hardware mandatory Of Ii. 9.
Cotton. Believing that his townsmen did
not fully understand the issue, NJ. w. Whee-
| lock, clerk and treasurer of the town. adj
dressed circular to the voters plainly set
| ting forth the consequences of the vote and
the advantages of retaining in town bust
ness like that of Mr.. Cotton. A blank re-
! ply accompanied the circular, and the voter
| was requested to make an early answer, as
| the deliberate conclusion of the citizens in
the matter must be known before it could
| be expressed in another town meeting. Mr..
| Wheelock has received 2l5 answers favor
ing the exemption, fifteen opposing and
| two noncommittal The total vote of the
! town in September last was 231. In fact the
opposition has yielded to the better judg-
ment and the sober second thought some
| OF the strongest opponents at town meeting
now favorng the measure. So far as Ber-
lin is concerned, the matter is now favor
ably decided. We trust the remaining ques-
tions will be as satisfactorily settled. Mr..
Wheelock deserves great credit for his
prompt and efficient action.
THE Ho,stein-Fresan COW, Pauline Paul,
of whose remarkable butter production we
recently gave some facts, finished her years
| test February 7, having made in the time
1153 pounds, 152 ounces of butter from
1869 pounds nine ounces of milk. The
butter was worked thoroughly, salted one
ounce to the pound and prepared for market
before weighing. This remarkable COW is
thus described: "Milk and beef form,
head proportionate, symmetrical neck
medium length, fine, dropping; chine
straight, fairly broad, open loin and hips
strong, level; rump high and level
escutcheon very large, finest; mammary
veins long, large, crooked, single extensions
udder very capacious, very tiexible quar-
ters low handling best; secretions of skin
very oily, yellow, very abundant; general
appearance very vigorous, very fine, very
stylish; weight l, ,450 pounds" The grain
ration fed during the test consisted of three
parts bran, two parts ground oats, one
part corn meal by measure. She did not
consume over thirty pounds of grain per
day, including three pounds of cotton seed
fed daily until December ]. She had no
slop food of any kind, ensilage. She
came through the test without a drawback
of any kind, or without refusing feed.
Her robust constitution, no doubt, has been
an important factor in accomplishing such
remarkable results. These facts the owners
Of Pauline Paul, Messrs. j. b. butcher &
Saa pawiing, NJ ", communicate to the
Holstetn- Friesdn Register and are furnished
us through the courtesy of Morton Marvin
of this village who is an ardent admrer of
Holstein stock. Pauline Paul has a FIVE
years-old daughter, Zozo, which is also
making remarkable record as butter
producer, testing twenty-five pounds, ten
aud one-fourth ounces i'll seven days, and
1O4 pounds twelve ounces in thirty days.
Meta Paul, full sister Of Pauline, has
record of thirty-three pounds six ounces in
seven days
DOG days are yet many months away, but
the argus and Patriot has for some time
been exhibiting unmistakabe symptoms of
midsummer madness. 1t snapped viciously
at the WATCHMAN last week. because OF
an item relating to the recent purchase of
the Heath meadow by the Montpelier 4
wells River railway company. Buncombe
or misrepresentation is always our esteemed
contemporary " best hold" The screed to
which we refer was a mixture of both, with
a strong infusion of gall. We gave the road
credit fairly due for securing to Montpelier
lower railway rates and speedy transit to
and from market. This the Argus sup
presses and then grows red in the face in de-
nonncing the WATCHMAN's "tirade." The
WATCHMAN had not questioned the advan-
tage OF this road to Montpelier. Because
the town believed the road would inure to
its benefit, it put money into the enterprise
James G. French and his co-laborers with
consumlnate energy and unhagging zeal,
pushed the road to its completion and
equipment. The men who recently bought
the Heath meadow and who now own
and operate the road are not disposed TO
appropriate the honor OK the inception
and execution of this enterprise. They
came in later-after the pioneers had
invested and sunk their money They
bought the road and by shrewd manage
ment have made it successful They have
run IL Tor their own benefit primarily, and
incidentally for the benefit of Montpelier
and other towns along the line, lust as any
other capitalists, local or foreign, would do.
The Sortwell management has shown re-
markable push and foresight. While others
were dreaming of road to the granite
quarrles, Mr.. Sortwel was building it. He
connected it with a parallel line to Mont
pelier, overcoming all obstacles in both en-
terprises-natural and artificial. Both
were splendid achievements. He has been
ably supported by his officials in all depart
ments. We hope and believe the purchase,
our reference TO which so intamed the
ArgUS rabies, will result equally to the
gain of Mr.. Sortwell and his railways, and
to Montpelier's growth So mote it be.
ATthe union temperance meeting on Sun
day evening at the Baptist church. Rev. G.
w. Gallagher delivered the address He
spoke with great earnestness. The truths
were kindly and forcibly put. He took as
his text Exodus xiv: 10, Speak unto the
children of Israel that they go forward"
He said that on previous occasions he had
| given statistics, arguments, facts and Incl
dents, but on this evening he would dwell
largely on principles, causes and results.
He proceeded to unfold, first, the essential
evil in the use and sale of alcoholic bever-
ages, which he declared to be the extinction
of the moral sense, OF the will and of rea-
son. He graphically dwelt upon the eonse-
quences OF the alcoholic habit. He spoke
in the second place of the extent of the
evil-the universal drink habit and universal
sale OF alcoholic liquids. Here he called at
tentioR TO the number of places in Mont |
| pelier where int0xicants were sold He |
said he had been told that there were forty. |
nine places in Montpelier where intoxicat- |
ing beverages were sold-not forty-nine sa-