The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-09

their parts exceleRtly. Professor Gan
dor " is merely tuneful morcedu, with just
enough music to hang the rather clever
libretto on. The libretto is by Miss Louise
Murdock, and the music by Fred Il,
Bullard.
DURING the late holiday season the local
stores were crowded with shoppers, wan
dering around in search of Christmas pres
ents. III you remember, you always paid
good price for anything you bought at that
time. Now let us give you bit OF advice,
Begin to get your Christmas presents now.
Buy ring whenever you fancy one, or
pin, a hat pin, or book. Wear the rings,
and the pins, and read the book. To give
friend something of your own " is pret-
tier compliment than to buy her something
fresh. Better take ring from your own
finger and give to her than send new one
in case. You won't miss the money
little by little that way, and Christmas
won't be such an awful nightmare to you
when it comes.
MARTIN w. wHEELocK has for the past
three weeks been corresponding with shoe
manufacturers all over New England, with
a view TO inducing some of them to locate
at Montpelier The result is gratifying.
Offers have been made, details of which will
be given later. The time is now ripe for the
board of trade and the people of Montpelier
to take hold of the scheme with will, and
push it through to a successful termination.
Mr.. Wheelock has done his part we'll But
Une OOhru Ol brhub CANNOT 90 everything.
Public spirit is what is needed now. Money
talks. Capital stock must be subscribed.
II the people take hold of the plan promptly
and properly, q shoeshop with capacity
OF 200 pairs day can be located here
not a new company with future to carve
out, but a well-settled industry with an es-
tablished trade. AS we said before, money
talks.
WHEN the Argus and Patriot stated last
week that the Office of treasurer was
worth from $500 to $500, year it had in
mind" etc, etc. Well, you were talking Of
toton treasurer, not town and village treas
urers. You "had in mind" to employ a
subterfuge to help carry your point, just as
lately you had recourse to a similar trick in
the matter of Judge Stanton's moieties to
excite popular prejudice against public Of
fetal. 1t is long-standing and ineradicable
intirmity of our contemporary this ten
dency to missta'e, to over-state or under
state, to falsify or misrepresent in order to
enforce or score point. The publication
OF the Argus and Patriot by Hiram Atkins
has been one long and unbroken career of
shameless, often wilful or malicious, mis-
representation-to employ no harsher
name. The day of reckoning may be long
deferred, Hiram, but it is coming. Read
the handwriting on the wall
THE krmess in Bethany chapel, last Fri
day evening, was nany-sided entertain
ment, and every side was thoroughly enjoy
able. In one of the booths Mrs. Ernest
L'Hereux posed as fortune-teller, and
plunged into the futures of her patrons
with recklessness that betrayed her in
tention to quit the business before any OF
her prophecies matured. Miss Minnie
Arms sold dainty handkerchiefs, while
Miss Anna Guernsey and Miss Mary
Blanchard operated the apron counter.
"Sweets from the Sweet was the motto
over the booth from which Miss Sadie
Wing dispensed toothsome candy. The
Tnrkish ~ hath establishment in
charge of Mrs. G. III. More, Miss Fanny
Knapp and Mss Mary Macomber. Nearly
rybody patronized the baths. The now
adays ubiquitous Henry Libben and his
phonograph were present. Sandwiches and
coffee and ice-cream and cake were served
in the small vestry
The commissioners of the estate of Hon.
Charles III. Heath have filed in the probate
court at Montpelier the longest list of claims
ever before reported in any estate. Mr..
Hea on and Asa Blanchard were the COM
missioners until the death of Mr.. Blanchard,
when L. j. Deavitt was appointed to the
vacancy caused by his death. The pa
tience of the commissioners in hear
ing the large number OF claimants, with
their numerous transactions extending
through many years of business and deal
with all kinds of tangles, was never ex-
celed, and that no appeal was taken from
any of their numerous decisions was re-
cellent judgment of Albert Johonnott, the
administrator, in bringing the vast number
= of complicated cases to final termination
before the commissioners, and also in realz-
property left by Mr. Heath, to be ready to
/. ! pay in full the $4,000 allowed against the
estate, which he is now disbursing to the
, creditors residing in this vicinity.
The Argus ana%Patriot's explanation OF
how it all happened is curious piece OF
contortion. Evidently the editor had sharp.
, ened his quill for an entirely d dfferent re-
, port, but the facts failed to connect and the
, poultry was remanded to its coop. Be-
tween his consuming rage and brevity OF
time, our thoroughly wretched contempor-
ary had little opportunity to pull himself
, together after the catastrophe. An agon-
lied howl about the organization of those
who voted for Eaton, slap at Representa-
tive Cross, fling at Mr.. Ferrin, whom he
had ruthlessly stabbed, grand fuslade of
, anathemas upon everybody and everything,
composed the warp and woof of the
wretched garment of sackcloth in which
: he sat down on Tuesday evening in the
ashes of his folly and defeat. To every
=, cause except the only plain and indisput-
: : able one-his own consummate folly
? ascribes his inglorious discontinue. Harder
,, to bear than " the slings and arrows of ont
: rageous fortune were the gibes and sneers
and anathemas that were stormed down
Z upon him from the ranks of those who had
lOllOWtu MS lnplOrlOuS leadership; ana
. then came the hallelujahs of the victors to
fill to overlooking his punch-bowl of worm
wood and gall.
A BIT of exquisite humor is the preamble
drawn up by Hiram A. Huse, which ac-
companies the poem that " Doctor " Aims
worth is selling about town. The preamble
is as follows: The subscribers each prom
Use to take one of Prof Answorth's broad
side poems and to pay him twenty-five
cents therefor And the first subscribers
. hereto say that they know Prof Aims
= worth as good man who was a soldier, aud
, that it will bs good thing for him to have
r the money he may make out OF this enter
r prise And further that we believe that on
examination of the broadsde any one of
4 intelligence will be satisfied that he il get
ting the worth of his money. The Prof
who is more familiarly known as Doctor
y Ainsworth, is not only the seventh son. but
had his head hurt in the army all stove
. up, as he says-but not so badly as might
be, as witness these presents, viz the pre-
sent poem Prof Answorth occupied
in writ th 10 II,