The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-03

make SNORT speech. In addition to these
exercises, the children will sing q number
of patriotic selections. Friends of the
school are invited to be present.
A DOG belonging to w. A. Lord was shot
Sunday afternoon by Officer Hunt, as he
had every appearance of being mad. He was
very much overheated, as he had been
chasing birds all the afternoon, and the fit
with which he was seized would probably
have developed into madness. A great
crowd was attracted by the actions Of the
dog, and considerable excitement was
caused. Officer Hunt shot the animal in
yard leading off Main street. in the vicinity
OF ID. A. Guptls paint-shop.
THE farmers meeting to be held here
next Friday will be addressed by number
OF interesting speakers, and it promises to
be very profitable gathering. Among the
speakers will be George T. Powell, presi-
dent of the national farmers league, Will
lam Chaplin, V. /. Spear, II. NJ. Arms and
Colonel George w. Hooker. Governor Page
has been invited to be present. and invita-
tions have been accepted conditionally by
Alpha Messer, II. IL. Hill and others. The
meeting will be in Red Mems hall.
THE family of James c. Cullen has been
peculiarly afflicted in the past two or three
weeks. Last week we mentioned the death
OF young son, and this week it is our un-
pleasant duty to record the fact of the
death of his little daughter, which occurred
ing child also have been i'll, but it is hoped
that their illness will not prove fatal The
family has been in town but short time.
The community will heartily sympathize
with Mr.. and Mrs. Cullen in their trouble.
THE supreme court has granted the man.
damus asked for in the case of j. G. Wing
u.s. M. e. Smile, clerk of the Washington
county court, which was heard during the
recent session of the court here. The de-
cision compels the clerk to pay Mr.. Wing
one-fourth of the fines imposed in liquor
cases in which the prosecution was begun
by him as grand juror but which were
afterwards carried to the county court. E.
w. Bisbee, as states attorney, claimed this
portion of the fees, and the question was as
to whom of the two it belonged.
The convention of the Woman's Christian
Temperance unions of Washington county,
at the Baptist church, on the 11th and 18th
inStantS, will be of much interest to tenn
perance workers. 1t will begin on the after
noon of the 1lth, and sessions will be held
that evening and in the morning, afternoon
and evening of the 18th. Reports dis
cussions, recitations, essays, etc, are in
cluded in the programme, and stereopt
con lecture by j. e. Crane of Middlebury is
promised for the evening of the second day.
Each union is entitled to five delegates
and other temperance organizations and
churches where no union exists are invited
will furnish transportation at reduced rates
THE annual meeting of the Montpelier &
Wells River Railroad company was held on
Thursday evening of last week. The direc-
tors elected were d. r. Sortwell, A. f. Sort
well, Joel Foster, s. G, Shurtleff and j. w.
Brock, and the board elected the following
officers President ID. h. Sortwel: vice
President, A. F. Sortwell clerk and treas
urer, Joel Foster; attorney, s. c. Shurtleff;
general superintendent, w. A. Stowell; gen.
eral freight and passenger agent, f. W.
Morse The stockholders of the Barre Rail-
road company elected as directors w. A.
Stowell, j. G. Farwell, f. w. Morse and
w. G. Berry, who elected these officers:
President, w. A. Stowell; vice-president,
j. G. Farwell secretary and treasurer, F.
w. Morse.
The forty-third annual session of the
Vermont Central Association of Univer-
saists will be held at East Calais, to-day
and Thursday. The speakers will be Rev.
S. c. Pratt of North Montpelier, Rev. H. L.
Thornton of Northfeld, Rev. j. Edward
Wright of Montpelier. Rev. f. Miller of
Marshfeld, Professor A. w. Peirce of God
dard Seminary, Rev. Myra Kingsbury of
Morrisville, Professor Charles Dole of Nor
wich University, Rev. l. p. Booth of North
field and Mr.. Charles Wells of Barre.
Round.trip tickets to Plainfeld will be sold
from all stations of the Wells River
road west of and including Groton for fare
one way, and the Central Vermont will sell
at the same rates from points between Rich
mond and Bethel.
MEMORIAL day was the occasion of large
squad of persons to get drunk and be ar
rested. On Monday they appeared before
Justice Smile and were disposed of as fol-
lows: Austin Sherman pleaded guilty and
was fined S12,64. John Broderick pleaded
guilty and was fined S11.S0. George Cowik
pleaded guilty and was fined S1051. He
was also charged with selling but to this
charge he pleaded not guilty, and, after a
trial he was found not guilty. George Nc
MILAN pleaded guilty and was fined S10.5l.
Henry Coffrin pleaded guilty to the charge
of second offence and was fined S15.51
Charles and Josephine Kimball pleaded
guilty and each was fined S105l. Mary St.
John pleaded not guilty, but jury found
her guilty She appealed and gave $50
bail, w. A. Lord becoming surety. The
case agaiast Alexander Mcmillan for selling
was noleprossed.
THE Middiebury ReqiSter says: "The illus
trated temperance lecture delivered at the
Methodist church by our townsman, Mr.. j.
E. Crane, was well received Mr. Crane
has spent quite an amount of time and
money in bringing out his entertainment,
and now has one of the most unique, enter
tanning and instructive temperance lecture
courses on the platform. During the past
winter he has addressed large audiences in
some of the largest New England cities,
and, as a result, has been heartily endorsed
by the leading temperance advocates of the
United States. He is booked for two lee
lures at the national prohibition conven-
ton to be held on Staten Island some time
this summer" Mr.. Crane will give his lee
ture at the meeting of the Washington
County Woman's Christian Temperance
Union to be held here next week Thursday
and Friday. 1t is on the programme for
Friday evening at 1880, and should pack the
audience-room.
OF Maplewood Park, near Nashville,
Tenn, the american of that city says
There never was such interest created as
has been awakened by the announcement
short while back that Maplewood Park
was to be developed and offered for sale to
the public for building purposes. On the
street corners, at the hotels, in the home
gatherings, on the street cars, abroad and
everywhere the all-absorbing topic is Maple
wood Park and the auction sale OF lots
therein on June q" The proceeds of the
sale are to be used in beautifying the un-
sold lots, and the company proposes to
spend $4,000 or more within a year on
electric railways, water works and other
Improvements, 1.-THE star of promise
hangs brightly over Maplewood," says
the American Colonel Fred E Smith Of