The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-25

tnen Withdrew MS ClnCD, ana the gentleman
from Worcester departed.
A MoRETowN man swapped hats in JAN
graw's barbershop, last week, with Frank
M. Cory. The man who had made the
mistake went to the hotel and swapped
again, unconsciously. Meanwhile Mr..
Cory had bought new hat. The More
town man was hunted up, acknowledged
the error, and wanted to return the hat he
was wearing. But Frank said it wasn't his
chapeau. The gentleman from Moretown
then bought another hat for himself, paid
for both and went home in hurry.
THE musical convention, of which G. F.
Dudley is conductor, began last Monday
evening, the first public rehearsal being in
the Unitarian church. The chorus is large,
and has been we'll trained by Mr.. Dudley.
The second rehearsal was last evening at
the Opera-house, and another will be given
tonight. Thursday night the convention
closes with grand concert, with solos by
bard, f. w. Bancroft Mrs. f. 1. Pitkin, and
a piano solo by Miss Sylvia Bliss. The
Montpelier orchestra also takes a promi-
nent part.
THE Mexican Museum of Mundane Mys-
teries has folded its tent and unostenta-
tiously disappeared. The two-headed calf
is now only a "reminiscences, and the femi-
nine sword swallower has gone glimmering
through the dream of last weeks locals.
Last Thursday night the works of art which
charitably hid from view a portion of the
Marsh Dulldlng on MAN street. ana lndl-
caIeu tne startllng curloslties wlthln, were
surreptiuously ana violently removed by
midnight marauders, and tackled up in
various parts of the town. Senor Sombrero
recovered bis canvases at five A. M, and
started for Barre.
lHE session OF the supreme court, last
week, was conspicuous Dy lts brevlty. only
one case was tTied-the divorce suit OF
Laura Amorous Caswell v. james Solitary
Caswell, VINO Is al present legally defunct,
ohurtleH appeared tor me falr, lat ana torty
peuuoner, ana John ID. Senter represented
tne sequestereu Oaswell. Mr.. Senter
heltheI opposeu nor assenteu; ne insisted
on ho1Inlng. Inc court reserved its decls-
ION. iln0thy W. Lyhch waived MS excep-
tons IN the Iquor case against him. He
was sentenced TO pay a nne Oh SZoo ana
costs, anu MS place was adJudged nul-
sahce ana ordered closed
The Central Universalist association
meets at East Montpelier next Wednesday
| and Thursday. Rev. G. S. Nickerson of
Barre will deliver the sermon on Wednes-
day, and in the evening Rev. l. p. Booth is
to give an address on young Peoples So
cieties. Thursdays programme includes
an address, Pulpit and Politics." Rev.
! Walter Dole of Enfield, N. H.; sermon, by
Rev. j. Edward Wright; occasional SER
mon," Rev. III. l.. Thornton of Northtield.
Round trip tickets will be sold for fare one
way on the Montpener q Wells River rail-
road and reduced rates on the Central Yer
mant railroad from Richmond to Bethel,
and from Willlamstown to Montpelier.
Those desiring entertainment should notify
b. L. Wheeler, East Montpelier, as soon as
possible.
The Argus last week made a glaring,
colossal misstatement regarding the busi-
ness done at the sugar laboratory the past
season. Here it is: i" In quality the last re-
ceipts have been much lower, as the analy-
ses show that several of the samples tested
barely sixty per cent while nearly ninety
per cent of the remainder failed to reach
the necessary eighty per cent mark" Sew.
eral persons have hazarded the dreadful
fully perverted; bat, knowing the Argus as
we'll as we do we feel assured that it was
simply a lapsus calani, or Iapsus Hnqua, ac
cording to whether it was written or die.
tated. 1t is perhaps needless to state that
the facts are that ninety per cent or over OF
the samples went above the necessary eighty
per cent mark. What further sustains US
in our belief that the Arons' item was 9
tdpsus something Is an accompanying edito
rial alleging that although the application
facilities are considerably extended, the
scheme is dead failure, and will be re-
pedted as soon as it can be got at" The word
Italicized is clearly ldpSus proof-reader
and bad case OF ldpsuS at that.
THE st. Albans MESSENGER, last Friday
contained lurd account of the awful fate
that had befallen "Charles Def. Bancroft
tinman." He had fallen off DR.. Chan
dler's house and had received yery se
rious injuries" His ribs were fractured
he was probably injured internally. and
had done nothing the remainder of the day
except spit blood. Then followed an obitu
airy notice, enumerating the unfortunate
mans family, and winding him up in good
shape. The next morning Charles Def
was looking for the Free Press CORRESPOND
ent, who appropriated the Messenqer's spe
cial dispatch, without credit. About the
! time Charles was cunning for the Free Pres
reporter, that individual was writing to hi.
} paper that "Charles DeForrest " " would
probably recover" Mr., Bancroft was mo-
very seriously hurt by his fall. which WASH
off Dr. Chandler's house, and wasn't off {
house at all. A staging on which he was a
work. ON Seminary hill. gave wav anf
dropped him rather abruptlv. He wa,
, bumped pretty hard, but with careful nurs
ing and no excitement-such as meeting tn,
Messengers reporter-he will probably re
cover"
THE allegation has been so repeatedl,