The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-09-07

Bishop to the office of representative. The
names OF the signers were received by tele-
phone and Mr.. Curran's name was taken
from the wire in place Of 9. e. Perrin's.
PROFESSOR S. j. BLANPIED returned last
week from Massachusetts, where he has
been for a month, the greater part of the
time at Cambridge. He and his family
have been at the home of G. L. More on
State street since their return, but they will
soon move into the house of Mrs. Bixby,
also on State street
REV. j. f. DUTroN will close his tempo
rary pastorate with the Church of the Mes
siah next Sunday, and early next week he
will return to his home at Concord, Mass
He has been eminently successful in his
brief connection with the church, and both
he and Mrs. Dutton have enjoyed their
residence in Montpelier.
The Rev. A. N. Lewis, at Christ church,
Friday evening, September g. will begin a
series of lectures upon What Christian
ought to know and believe to his souls
health, preparatory to the administration
Of confirmation. All who are interested in
the subject of personal religion are in
vited TO attend. Services begin at 4: 80.
DR.. GATES b. BULLARD fell under the cars
at st. Johnsbury, VT, on Monday, in at
tempting to board a rapidly. y.moving train.
He was dragged along a short distance but
was only slightly bruised. His escape from
instant death was almost miraculous. Any
other man would have been killed. Shake,
Doctor, and accept hearty congratulations.
FRANK LAUNDREY died Sunday night Of
Bright's disease, at the age of about fifty
two years He, with his brothers Charles
and jesse, enlisted at Montpelier in the
First Vermont Battery, and served three
years. Another brother, Joseph, was in
the Third Vermont Battery The deceased
leaves family He was a member of
Brooks Post, which organization attended
the obsequies, yesterday morning.
AT the annual meeting OF the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union, last week,
the following officers were elected: Presi-
dent Mrs. G. B. B. Denny; vce-presidents,
Mrs. A. B. Truax, Mrs o. H. Richardson.
Mrs. E. S. Osgood, Mrs. d. L. Dudley and
Durant; treasurer, Miss E. B. Rublee; vice.
president of evangelistic work and litera-
ture, Mrs. III. j. Curtis; reporter, Mrs. w.
A. Jones.
The monthly meteorological summary Of
the Northfeld station for the month of Au-
gust is as follows: Mean barometer 30.O06,
highest 0.29S, lowest 30 S04 mean tempera-
ture 64.S', highest (the 10th) S9o, lowest
! (29th) 43o; mean temperature for August,
1888, 636o; 1889, 61.3o; 1890, 62.4o; 1891, 64.5o
Total precipitation, g inches number of
days on which .01 inch or more rain fell, 10;
precipitation for August, 1888, 3.43; 1899,
1.59; 1890, 6.9S; 1891, AIS. Number of cloud
days, IL.
Mrs. MOSES TAYLOR died on Saturday
morning last, thus following closely her hus-
band, who died on August T. She was over
eighty years OF age, and as was said in the
obituary sketch of Mr.. Taylor in these col
umns, she had been married ffty-three
years. Two of her seven children are now
living-Dexter NJ. Taylor of East Mont
pelier and Mrs w. j. Johnson of Manches.
ter, Mass. She was member of Bethany
church. The funeral was Sunday afternoon,
Rev. G.. w. Gallagher conducting the ser.
vice, the interment being in Green Mount
cemetery.
AT the Winooski Agricultural Society
fair at Waterbury, there will be the follow
ing races: First day-Yearling, 300 class
open half-mile race. Second day-three-
year-old stake race (entries all filled), 2: &c
race, four-year-old race. Third day-three-
minute class, 2:30 class, and two-year-old
stake race (all well filed with eight entries).
There will be better show of horses this
year than ever before in all the.casses. The
services of a first class professional starter
have been secured. Every race will be
trotted on the merits of the several horses
and the correct time given.
Hon. JOSEPH POLAND had a pleasant call
last week from DR.. Emery A. Allen of Ran
dolph. Mass, who in the year 1889 was
partner of Mr.. Poland in the publication of
| ohO OtCe " II TeeuOHt, UHe HrSU ulSUlnCUlVely
anti-slavery paper published in Vermont.
The partnership having been dissolved at
the end of the year, Mr.. Poland had neither
seen nor directly heard from his old asso-
ciate during the ffty-three intervening
years, save to learn that he was popular
physician in the town of Randolph. DR..
Allen is hale and hearty in spite of his
! seventy-six years. and gives good promise
OF one or two decades more of successful
practice.
ONE who has learned in military life to
obey rules asks the WATCHMAN to call pub
lie attention to that old and well. established
rule Of the road to keep to the right
applicable to pedestrians as we'll as ve-
hices. The individual in question has all
summer been dodging, on sidewalks and
! street crossings, pedestrians who persist in
turning to the left-if they turn at all-till
he feels very much like an animated cork
screw. Turn to the right, and in crossing
the street, take the right hand track of the
crossing, ladies as well as gentlemen. So
you will avoid embarrassing Uis.a uis, and
escape danger of collision and telescoping.
Keep to the right"
THE public schools began Monday morn
| ing with an attendance rather larger than
last year at this time. In the grammar
school there are between fifty-fve and sixty
| scholars. The new preceptress is Miss Har-
riet e. Savage, recently of Elgin, H., who
VIII teach science and literature. Miss
| Florence Kelsey, the additional teacher, is
a graduate of Smith College. She is the
second assistant in the grammar school,
and will teach German, French and Latin
The engagement of Miss Kelsey will give
Professor Blanpied more opportunity for
supervising and unifying the work of the
different grades and putting the new course
of study into operation. Miss Annie Stacy,
who has been teaching at Vergennes, is the
new teacher in the seventh grade. She
! takes the place of Miss Blanchard 1t is
proposed by Professor Banpied to have
another course of lectures before the school
this year, and this course will be given
principally by the clergymen of the vii
| lage.
On Monday of last week occurred the
death of James Mcmillan Shafter at San
Francisco, Cal. Judge Shafter was promi-
nent man in Vermont before going West.
He was a step-son of Mrs. Eliza Shafter,
who is still living with her brother, Colonel
Il. p, Jewett. He was born in Athens
seyenty-six years ago, Graduating from
Wesleyan University in 1887, and from the
Yale law school in 1886, he practiced law at
Townshend and Burlington. He served in
the legislature and was secretary of state
from 1912 to 1919. He then removed to
| Wisconsin, where he became speaker of the
| lower lOuSp of the 1aOia In 1870 Of