The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14

scended IL shivered Its timbers" in nam
tical parlance.
! GEORGE WEST of Berlin found his water
supply falling though the spring showed
an abundant supply at that point. Inves-
tigation led to the discovery OF a small
root in the pipe from which small fbers had
developed and completely filed the pipe
for about nine feet in length.
THE WATcHMAN recently mentioned the
Banner Of Gold as published by the Kelley
Institute at Dwight, Ill. The publisher Of
| the Banner writes that the paper has no
connection with the institute at Dwight, but
is a stock company with capital of $4,000,
| owned by Kelley graduates and their wives
| IRVINE SPARROW has bought the livery
stable of Il. p. Young. Rumors of a trade
between A. s. Sparrow and Landlord
Wheeler of the Montpelier house are nu-
merous. Mr.. Wheeler says he has not ex-
changed a word in the matter, but is not
averse to selling. Meanwhile Mons. Irish
stitch in his big rocking chair and fgureth.
THE recently elected board of village
trustees held a meeting last Friday.
! George o. StrattOn was elected clerk of the
board, and the following appointments
were made: Clark b. Roberts, street com
missioner; Joel Foster, water commissioner;
A. b. Grant, custodian, with great SEAL Of
the electric lights: Lynn -. Brooks, Gus
todian, with small seal, of village hall;
policemen, G. K. Demeritt and Henry i.
health officer Dr. g. A Bailey.
THERE was small legislative reunion
last week, when the Shriners gathered at
Montpelier for their annual session. Among
the mystic mobiles were Mr.. Henderson of
Burlington, Mr.. Terril of Underhill and
Mr. Allen OF Fair Haven. "Iry" received
many congratulations upon his election as
| representative to the imperial council and
held small levee at his quarters in the
Pavilion. Speeches were made by Mr..
Henderson, Postmaster Roberts of Fair
haven, Mr.. Lowrey of Burlington and nu-
merous others.
THE southern mail train for Montpelier
and Barre was not delayed very long by the
wreck last Monday afternoon. Postmaster
Goodenough accompanied by the WATCH
MAN reporter, started in the mail wagon for
the scene about half-past three, with Ernest
Kiser for charioteer and Old Dynamo for
motive power. The mail train drew up
about five o'clock, and to reach it the only
I available road lay across the field to the
river and under the bridge. A minute after
the mail wagon had returned over its mar
row road, the ruins of grain car were
thrown across the path. The mail was in
the post-office before six o'clock, and the
carriers made an after-supper delivery.
NEMA, little daughter of r. G. Bowers, is
getting along nicely in the hospital at Bos-
ton. The first grating operation was per-
| formed two weeks ago yesterday, when
forty square inches of epidermis were re-
moved from her fathers body and grated
upon her unhealed burns. The little girl
was in one room and Mr.. Bowers in the
other; both were etherized, and as soon as
strip of cuticle was removed from him it
was bandaged upon her About thirty
square inches remain yet uncovered the
skin for which is to be furnished by Mr.
Remple, brother-in.law of Mr.. Bowers
During the operation on Mr.. Bowers the
surgeons knife slipped two or three times
and as result he has needed crutches
since his return to Montpelier.
ELMER CoFFRIN, brakeman on the Mont
pelier & Wells River railroad, was knocked
! from the top of car and very seriously
hurt, last Sunday morning, He was on top
of the caboose, and turned to come down
| just as the engine passed the station at
Plainfield. He apparently did not see the
spout to the water tank, which hung over
the track or, if he did see it, could not
dodge it; 1t struck him in the side. and he
fell head first into the ditch. The train
was stopped and Coffrin picked up. He
was badly cut about the head and sustained
serious injury to his back. He was re-
ported as improving yesterday. 1t is stated
that the waterspout was swung back as far
as was possible, and would not have struck
man standing in the center of the car
roof. Coffrin had stepped to the other side
OF the cupola, preparatory to descending
into the caboose.
"THE Morrsvlle Ne,os and Citizen adj
vises its democratic friends who are anx-
ious for official positions to keep an eye on
! Representative Boynton of Montpelier, who
| is chairman of the democratic state COM
mittee. III our contemporarys advice is good
and the president-eect's words about being
bothered by Office seekers are needed,
! Thomas Jefferson Boynton will for time
be bigger man with the hungry Vermont
democrats than Grover Cleveland" says the
Tha Dtt hoe neI,
cred list of hungry democrats who are
willing to sacrifice themselves in govern
ment office, and includes among the faith
| full: S. c. Shurtleff, T. j. Boynton John
| III. Senter, +. w. Morse and A. j. Sibley of
| Montpelier. John H. Senter is mentioned
for district attorney, and the possibility of
| Mr.. Boynton resuming his old job of post
Office inspector for New England is sug-
gested. There are about $50 federal offices
in Vermont which are filled by appoint
ment by the president or members of the
! cabinet.
THE American Bank Note Company of
| New York is preparing for the government
what will probably be the finest set of
postage stamps ever issued. The set will
contain stamps of fifteen different values
and will commemorate the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of America by
Columbus The stamps will be on sale by
January and will be kept on sale one year.
the new stamps are expected TO be very
successful on account of the purchases of
the stamp collectors. Postmaster Good
enough has received word that the stamps
will not be on sale here until some time
later than January. The one-cent stamp
will represent Columbus in sight of land +"
color Antwerp blue; two-cent, Landing
of Columbus" purple maroon; three-cent,
Flag ship of Columbus, medium shade
of green five-cent, columbus soliciting
aid of Isabella" chocolate brown; ten-cent,
columbus presenting natives" vandyke
brown. The above are the denominations
commonly used.
THE annual session OF Mt. Sinai Tenn
Pile was held last Friday evening, and the
following officers were elected: Collins
Blakely, grand potentate; James e. Cur
ran, chief rabban; Edwin .. Hubbard, as
sistant rabban; Stephen r. Colby, high
priest; George ID. Wheeler, oriental guide
Frank A. Dwinell, treasurer; Charles H.
Heaton, recorder. The appointed officers
are: George NJ. Goss, first ceremonial mas
ter; William III. Herrck, second ceremonial
MASTER Arch NJ. Batchelder, marshal
Charles II. Fuller, director; Fred w. Sher-
burne, first alchemist; j. b. Henderson,
second alchemist; W. V. Roberts, architect