The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-10-26

v Eugene Walbridge of Cabot, for furnish
ing liquor, the jury disagreed, came in for
further instruction, and then returned a
verdict of guilty of one offence. Walbridge
was fined $3.50. j. A. Locklin was
charged with keeping liquor with intent TO
sell, keeping a nuisance and selling liquor.
He pleaded not guilty and George w.
Wing went surety in the sum of 1900.
Willie Joyce of Northfeld, sixteen years
old, was under indictment by the grand
jury for Systematically stealing money
from the Denny store at Northfeld. He
was allowed to go free, and his future
behavior will be looked after by the states
attorney.
The next entertainment in the Ladies'
Library Guild course is on Tuesday, Novem-
Der /, by Professor Churchill, the fam
Gus reader. There are many readers,
many of great excellence and with rare
power to please, and their auditors lis
ten to them with pleasure. But there is
one without peer. Under the spell of his
rendering of an incident, a tale, poem-pa-
thetic, humorous, tragic or heroic-one feels
that he is in the presence of the master de-
lineator. This master is Churchill There
is no straining for effect. He exemplfies
the great preceptor's instructions to the
players. He " holds the mirror up to ma
ture, and he moves people to laughter, or
tears, or stirs their emotions because he is
depicting nature. He is entirely within the
capacity OF every intelligent person fully to
appreciate and enjoy. Remember the date,
tuesday evening, November l. Tickets
will go on sale Saturday October %, at
Longs.
G.. l. CADY of Barre and Luther Knapp of
Northheld were taken to Windsor on Fri
day morning-the former under five years
sentence for rape, the latter under four
years sentence for theft of money from
Seth Silloway. Each stoutly and "before
han l..
crime for which he was entering upon "a
period of legal punishment. Mr.. Cady de-
MED the charge in the Free Press that he
had undertaken to skip his bonds. The
charges against him were all born of malice,
he said. He pleaded guilty because he was
advised to do so, but God in heaven
knows l am innocent" he said. With
equal emphasis Knapp maintained his in
nocence of the charge of theft, and time, he
said, would show that he was innocent.
The way OF the transgressor is undoubtedly
hard, but If these men are not mocking
heaven in their protestations and appeals,
the way of the innocent is sometimes ex-
ceedingly hard.
THE pumpkin sociable held in Bethany
church, last Friday evening, was great sue
cess. The decorations were profuse. Over
the gas jets were jack-o'. lanterns, fashioned
from the festive pumpkin, and strings of
the same luscious vegetable hung across the
room. On the table was a mammoth pump
kin with the word " Welcome " on it. On
the platform was mound constructed of
every variety of autumnal vegetation which
the flora of this vicinity affords. The liter
ary exercises included piano solo by Mrs.
a. III. Baker; banjo and guitar duet by
Mrs. c. A. Lang aud +. f. Blakely, and
humorous readings by Professor Blanpied.
After refreshments came guessing match
on the number of seeds in a certain pumpkin.
There were 1893, and the nearest guesser was
Miss Gertie Leland, who named 399. She
was presented copy of Careton's Farm
Festivals" Garlic Richardson won the
BOBBY prize-a doll with a corn-cob torso
and limbs and gourd head.
AT the annual meeting of the members OF
the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany, held last week, the following persons
were elected directors for the year ensuing:
Addison county, Richard H. Preble Ben
nington, j. r. Jackson; Chittenden, Henry
Greene Caledonia, w. G. Lewis; Essex,
George s. Robinson; Franklin, Luther B.
Hunt; Grand Isle, Henry G. Hill; Lamoille,
w. H. H. Bingham; Orange, Royal A.
Hatch; Orleans, j. n. Webster Rutland,
George Briggs; Windham, James l.. Mar
tin; Windsor, William w. Stickney; Wash
ington, Fred K. Smith, H N Taplin, Louis p
Gleason, Melville f. Smile j James T. Sabin
AT meeting of the directors, subsequently
hold, the following persons were elected
officers for the ensuing year: Horatio n.
Tapln, president; Fred E. Smith, vice.
president; James L. Sabin, secretary; ex-
ecutive committee, Horatio n. Taplin, Fred
E. Smith, Louis P. Gleason, Melville f.
Smile; auditor, Louis P. Gleason.