The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-07

MANY friends WILDE sorry to learn that
Mrs. E. II. Kinney, who left Montpelier a
few eeks since to make her home with her
daughter in Dickenson, North Dakota, has
been seriously ill Of heart troule and nerv-
Gus prostration ever since her arrival in the
latter place.
IT would keep a man busy all day hunt
ing up and jotting down the errors in letter
addresses which crop up in the post Office
every day. A couple which came in yester-
day, however, were especially good: State
Orderter " was a phonetic success, and
Sincernitter, 90, was most as plain.
The Catholic fair came to a conclusion
last evening. Financially it has been up to
! the average, while the social features were
successfully carried out. The Montpelier
Military Band furnished music several even
| ings, and the toothsome suppers drew
large patronage. The drawings were an
nounced late last evening.
M. s. STONE, the new state supernten-
dent OF education, will make his headquar-
ters at Montpelier, having an Office at
the capitol. Mr.. Stone will thus be more
easily reached by people having bus-
ness with him and will more easily reach
the various points in his field of labor. He
has made wise move and one which will
render more easy and efficient his admins
tration OF the duties of his office.
JUNGLE IRA ELLIS, upward of eighty
years old, naturally has few teeth. Never
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beefsteak, and closed it, In the morning
he woke up with an obstruction of the
nsophagus and called for Dr. Hunt. The
doctor poured hot water down the patients
neck, and the steak finally slid down
where it belonged. The case is an ex-
tremely rare one. SO was the beefsteak.
SHERIFF HOWE last week appointed these
deputies for Washington county; John l..
Tuttle, ID. w. Dudley and w. A. JONES'
Montpelier; II. o. Camp and Fred Cook,
Barre; F. l.. Howe, .Northfield; L. NJ.
Heath, Warren; Charles Keene, Water
bury; Don Phillips Moretown E o. Trask
Waits6eld; III. G. Ellis, Roxbury; o. II.
Collins, Cabot G. G. Graves has been ap-
pointed the second deputy. at Waterbury
in place of Frank H. sAtherton.
THE meteorological summary of the North
field station for the month of November is
Mean barometer, 30.067; highest, 30492;
lowest, 1896. Mean temperature. 32.7o; /;
highest, 630; lowest, 10 (the 24th) greatest
daily range of temperature, 23o (the 6th);
least, a. (the 26th). Mean temperature for
1891, 326'. Total precipitation 3.43 inches
number of days on which 01 inch or more
rain fell, II; total precipitation, 1891, 2. IA.
Number of cloudless days, 3; partly
cloudy, A; cloudy, "a.
The following notaries public have been
appointed in Montpelier for the coming two
years: John II. Senter, Edward Baker, A.
J. Stone, A: G: Eaton, 7. j, Deavitt, J. II.
lAuOidj ". w NluRi L 3 IL I1luhltNB E
Smile, II. w Kemp, Joel Foster, George
o. Stratton, T. II. Gordon. G. w. Leslie, F.
L. Laird, FL. n. Taplin, James T. Sabin, F.
E. Smith, Stephen Thomas, William T.
Dewey, Charles Dewey, J.. c. Houghton,
Holden, l.. H. Bixby j. G. Wing, David e.
Powers and A. w. Ferrin.
CERTAIN criticisms of certain of the late
board OF trustees are, we believe, in the
main unfair and unjust. The board, we
take it, has acted as unit. No individual
member has run it or bossed it, and the
board as unit will share whatever of ap-
plause or censure its course deserves. 1t
has, however, been good board, and we do
not discover that its acts merit any special
or general condemnation; but that, on the
contrary, it has managed the affairs of the
village with general efficiency, and in many
respects its administration has been highly
commendable.
The postotfice department is arranging for
an exhibition at the Worlds Fair of photo
graphs OF scenes in the receipt delivery and
carriage of mail all over the country, and
Postmaster Goodenough has been requested
to hunt up photos that would illustrate
something difficult, dangerous, unique or
picturesque" Mr.. Goodenough intends to
borrow camera and boy to work it, and
: hold up the Hardwick stage at some point
In its devious passage 1t would seem that
! Tim " Callahan coming down Seminary
! Hill with his blackboard and Nancy Shanks
combines the requisite difficulty, danger,
uniqueness, and picturesqueness that the
department desires.
IN its account of the promiscuous drink
ing on the polo grounds during the Yale
Princeton football game at New York on
Thanksgiving day, the Sun noted that
Amy number of steady whiskey and brandy
drinkers were there who were accustomed
to take water or coffee with their whiskey
or brandy, but they found they could drink
fhn H.
polo grounds without any unpleasant feel
ing" This statement will appeal to the
humor of the Montpelierite who frequently
slips behind tree, and takes a swig at his
bottle filed with Sl.25-a-gallon "licker."
Raw liquor without any unpleasant feel
ing!" Well, well.
LAST Friday evening, at Woman's Relief
Corps hall, Kelley sociable was given by
the non partisan Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, and it was a pleasant
and interesting event. The first hour
was spent in social intercourse. At
eight o'clock about forty members of the
Kelley League came into the hall with heads
erect and manly bearing, and the light
of a new hope sparkling in their eyes. DR..
Nichols and Manager Foster of the insti-
tute were also present. Brief remarks were
made by Rev. A. j. Hough, Rev. G. w.
Gallagher, William A. Lord Esq. p. l..
Lyons, William c. Canning, DR.. Watson,
Henry Bowers, DR.. Nichols and others
Mrs. II. |. Pitkn favored the assembly with
a song, and Mr.. Louie Hathaway rendered
some selections of instrumental music.
Cake and coffee were served, and all went
home we'll pleased with the evenings en-
tertainment. Let the good work go on
THE exhibition by the London Gaiety
girls at the Opera-house, last week Tuesday
evening, was very "jim crow" Half Of
the lovely ladies had faces like half-past
six, and the remainder resembled a lot of
fishing tackle more than anything else
More curves were present on the stage than
the Wells River railroad can boast of, but
they were scarcely as symmetrical Miss
Forester, the leader of the Dahomeyan
Amazons, was truly great, and reminded
the spectator of a side-hill. One of the
fairies made vigorous bluff at initiating
Little Bonny Thornton of Tony Pastors
New York theatre; she reminded one very
much OF Bonny, she was so different, OF
course ~ My Sweetheart's the Man in the
Moon was sung-or, rather, sung at. The
alleged banjo " artist turned out To be
kalsominer; the lady who played at the
cornet would drive a man to drink; the
a..