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

washington, too, proud as he was, could
apologize TO the man who knocked him
down for an insulting remark in a political
dispute Mr.. Wright suggested that boys
can always find a good model for their con-
duct in Washington. The singing of the
choir was excellent, as usual.
A VERY pleasant musicale was given by
Mr.. +. w. Bancroft and his pupils at the
home of the former on Wednesday evening
OF last week. Those present were delight
fully entertained, and both Mr. Bancroft
and the other participants have reason to feel
gratifed at the manner in which the even
ings programme was rendered. The fol-
lowing selections were presented: Duet
Cutler and Mr.. Bancroft; "The Daily
Question (Meyer- Helmund), Mr.. II. S.
Chapman; duet, 60 That We Two Were
Maying (Smith), Miss Peck and Mr.. Ban
croft; Serenade" (Gounod), Miss Kate
Wesley Taplin; duet, " Una Notte Vene-
zia" (LucantonD, Miss Kate Gilbert and
MIR. Bancroft; " Florian's Song" (Godard)
Mr. Chapman; " She Wears a Rose in Her
Hair" (Osgoodl, Miss Lizzie Peck; "Qui
Tolls ," from Mass in G (Millardj, Miss
trio, Waves of the Sea (Anderton),
Misses Brush and Gilbert and Mr.. Ban
croft.
ATTENTION is called to the following cir
cular:-" Considerably over 100000 new
yearly subscribers to the Ladies Home
Journal were received during the month of
December, and nearly 10000 were received
during the month of January. To properly
enter these names upon our lists and to put
them into type requires the services of
trained hands, and the enormous mass of
mail matter that has come to us for the past
few months has been entirely beyond our
facilities to properly handle. 1t is simply
impossible I o engage large extra force for
the reason that unskilled hands would
cause more trouble and delay than by cur
regular methods. We have worked our
force night and day for two months, and, as
our mail has accumulated in spite of all our
efforts, many complaints have been re-
ceived, which could not have the attention
which it has always been our custom to
give. At all events, it is our desire to thor
oughly investigate every complaint that
may be made and to correct every possible
| error. AS many of our complainants have
in all probability received their papers by
this time-and will in future receive them
| regularly-we respectfully ask that if you
have missed, or have not received, any pa
pers since sending in your subscription, or
! If you find they do not reach you within a
| weeks time after the receipt of this kindly
notify us by returning this letter, using the
| enclosed envelope, and the matter will have
! our prompt attention."
THE Montpelier and Wells River railroad
purchased, on Saturday, of the Mechanics
Building and Construction Company, the
Heath meadow in this village, of some five
or six acres lying between the railroad and
! the river, for So 800, thus snatching from
! the Montpelier Stone Shed Company the
! land on which it proposed erecting stone
sheds to supply the demand now existing
| here for such buildings. To obtain the land
the railroad company agreed to provide all
| the stone sheds required on reasonable
terms. 1t claims, with this land at its
control, to be able to develop the stone-cut
! ting business here faster than could the
stone shed company, composed of Mont
| peliers own business men. Its cars running
daily from the granite quarries in Barre tC
the sheds in Montpelier would give the rail
road a business it could lily afford to neg
lect. In the purchase of the land it wa.
urged that the railroad was very friendly tC
| Montpelier, and was working for its ad
vancement, and thus secured the land sew
eral hundred dollars less than it otherwise
could have done We shall soon see whethe
this purchase was made with the view o
developing the stone business here, or al
an investment in the growing town o
Montpelier while land could be cheaply Sc
cured Montpelier poured out her money
like water to build this railroad, and wha
has it done for the town? Has it given u
reduction in freight or passenger rates be
yond that of other railroads? Has it bull
any elegant structures to beautify the town
The railroad has done something for Mont
pelier in securing reduced freight rates anC
speedy transportation, but it now has an op
portunty of doing far more, and at the sam,
time of benefiting itself.