The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-06-15

friendly offices OF their mischevous friends
by takinga hack to the Junction was not
a conspicuous success. The friends were at
the Junction, and there was very lively
rice shower.
Mrs. NJ. A. l.. BURBANK had what might
have been serious fall while she was at
Barre, last week Thursday. She was COM
ing out of store, at the entrance to which
are four stone steps. In some way she
stepped on the top step and fell forward on
her face to the concrete sidewalk. She was
taken into store, and it was found that
her face, both wrists and both shoulders
had been severely bruised. No bones, how
ever, had been broken, and she was soon
able to return home. Since her return Mrs.
Burbank has been quite lame, but nothing
more serious has resulted.
The cigar shop " of George L. West on
Elm street was carried by assault by Officers
Camp and Cook yesterday. The assaulting
party advanced along the line of the side
walk, close to the building, until they were
in view of the shop. Then a sudden dash
took them up flight of stairs into the room.
The charge was quick and skillful, but alas
the guns of the enemy had been spiked-or
to say it plainly, all paraphernalia for
whisky-drinking had been thrown into the
river. A small quantity of whisky in
glass pitcher was all that could be found
The houses of the occupants of the shop
were searched but nothing could be found,
as sufficient warning had been received.
A TEMPERANCE lecture was given by Miss
Elizabeth U. Yates of Maine at the Church
of the Messiah, last Sunday afternoon at
| four o'clock. Rev. j. Frederick Dutton
presided, and Rev. G. W. Gallagher
offered prayer. Miss Yates spoke for about
an hour, her address being in the main
! comparison of intemperance to the many
| headed Hydra. The subject was "The
! Modern Hercules" The heads of moderate
drinking, license, etc, were discussed, and
that of appetite was the last to be referred
! to. This must be buried under the Rock Of
| Ages, said Miss Yates. Speaking of the BIZ
chloride of gold treatment, she said that,
wisely used, she believed it to be a great
blessing. Rev. o. G.. Webster pronounced
the benediction, after Mr.. Dutton had made
brief remarks and collection had been
taken.
BERT L. TAYLOR closed his connection
with the WATcHMAN editorial department
last week. Mr.. Taylor is a man of bright
wits and versatile talents, with fine and
keen sense of humor He has done some
newspaper work that has been widely read
in Vermont and highly appreciated Hav-
ing a passion for music and possessing
| marked musical talent, the humdrum work
of the newspaper Office has lost its charms
| for him and he proposes to devote his time
to the study of the divine art. His quality
and the versatility of his gifts are well IL
lustrated in the work he has done in the
! series OF entertainments recently gwen Dy
the Apollo Club. To his pen and fertile
brain is due the varied and breezy literature
of the shows" to his musical talent some
of the best of the music and to his ability as
director much of the success of several con-
spicuously successful exhibitions.
The Apollo Club minstrels, as per-
formed at st. Johnsbury, last Thursday
evening, will be repeated in Blanchard
Opera-house, next week Thursday evening
In its present shape it is a large improve.
ment upon the first performance in Mont
pelier. Among the new features is a song
"Cow Bells" by Charles F. Lowe, who
plays on the end; song and dance and
some excellent logdancing by Perry and
Childs of Concord, n. H; selections by the
Apollo quartette; and a flute solo by
George II. Wilder. The first part ha' beer
shortened and improved, and for this oc
casion will be done with the old-fashioneC
circle. Everything in the original produc-
tion that did not take " has been eithel
vaccinated or eliminated. The Apollo will
be f. Huber Brewer. Tickets 60 on sale mex
Monday at fifty, thirty-hve and twenty-iv,
, cents 1t is worth fifty cents to hear tn,
music and see the march and drill again.
The Vermont branch of the Kelley Insti
tute opened its headquarters in three of the
rooms recently occupied by the Nationa
Life Insurance Company, on Monday of th
week. The officers in charge are Charles
NJ. Foster of Richmond, Me-, the manager
and DR.. John w. Nichols of Pennington
Me-, the physician in charge. 1t is pro
posed to advertise Immediately and very
extensively, and it is hoped that larg
, number of patients will be the result of it
Montpelier is certainly very convenien
, location for the institute. Much of tn
success of the enterprise will, however, un
doubtedly depend on the cooperation ant
, friendly interest of the people Of the vii
! lage. The usual course OF treatment for al
: coholism will be three weeks, but acut,
/, cases will require a month, DR.. Nichol
says. The morphine habit requires four o
! more weeks. The male patients will re
ceive daily treatment at the office, but dur
ing the remainder of the time they will b
under no restraint, going and coming JUS
, as do other summer visitors. II, however
} a patient is wholly irresponsible. a trust
r worthy man will be selected to take care c
: him at his boarding-place. Ladies will b
treated at their rooms. The officers expec
} a large quantity of medicinal preparation
! and much of the advertising material to al
. rive from Dwight in few days, but the IL
stitute is already prepared for business
' There are some sixty just such branch in
stitutes as this in the country, and the nun
, Der of persons cured of nervous diseases b.
!. the Kelley method is said to be abou
Q $4,000.
: WHAT elbow" that was yesterda
: afternoonl 1t came up State street like
4 tornado, and down went tree after tree bt
fore it. AT the corner of MiddleseX stree
and Bailey avenue an elm tree was throw
I into the street. On the state house ground
four trees were badly shattered. One trun
4 fell across the fence just below the mai
/ gateway, and of course the fence wa
/ broken. AT the Pavilion little glass wa
broken by an awning striking window an
. the door of the barber shop being slamme
( to so violently as to send the glass in
right and left A large and fine tire
fell across the southwest corner of the VI
= randa, and in removing it it was necessar
, to cuta telephone wire. The chimney-ca
I' of the house of j. G. Farwell was lurche
! off, and on East State street the tin roof {
u the house of Albert Brown was lifted
. Numerous branches were torn from tn
y trees about the Shepard house. A tree i
- the yard of Robert Hargin, on Court stree
u was leveled, and fine elm in front of th
3 residence of Joseph Poland lost a larg
limb. 1t was at the old Keith place at I'll
r corner of Court and Elm streets, howeve
y that the greatest havoc was done. Fiy
o trees were laid low, and one was shaken Il
o so that it is doubtful if it can be of an
y more use One of the trees that were d,
;. stroyed was pulled up by the roots, and tn
IS one apparently assisted in breaking o
+ another at the ground. 1t is remarkabl