The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-03-29

JOYOUS carroll" TIE Deum in B minor Buck,
Gloria in A fiat, Wells; Christ our Passover
Marston; THE Holy Women at the Sepul.
chre,"' Jesus appearing to the Holy Wo.
men" The Lord is risen again, "From
thy love as Father" Gounod's "Redemp-
ton; postlude, Southard.
THE argus said last week in its local
columns that Fred W Bancroft did not sing
at the banquet given recently at the Welden
House, ST. Albans, by the State Dental
Society. The Messenger the next day had a
very complimentary notice of Mr. Baucroft's
singing on that occasion, aud he informed a
representative of the WATCHMAN on his re-
turn that he sang two selections-which is
quite likely to be correct.
The horses of w. II. Lombard became
frightened at a passing locomotive while
standing in the yard in the rear of the
Montpelier House, last Monday afternoon,
and started up State street at wild pace
They took to the sidewalk near the post
office, and the lumber wagon was wrecked
by coming in contact with the tree at the
corner of Elm and State streets The horses
were caught, uninjured, at the upper end OF
the village.
THE following music will be given at the
Easter festival, on Sunday evening at seven
o'clock, at the Church OF the Messiah:
Carol :" Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the
Strain" VI" Christ the Passover" Marston;
carol" Let the Merry Church Bells Ring"
Consider the Lilies (Mrs. Pitkin), Topliff;
carol "Ye Happy Easter Bells" Miss
| Willard), They Have Taken Away My
Lord" Stainer carol Now the Iron
Bars Are Broken (Mr Bancrof); "Christ
the Lord is Risen To-Day" Wilson. G. P.
| Pitkin, with cornet and DR.. X. Longfellow
Cleaves, with violin, will assist the choir.
II. r. MACK and Judge Tucker of Hard
wick, members of the building committee
| for the q school buil1ipu N ha orr al In,
that village, were in town last week and
| looked over the Union school building with
view to getting suggestions that would
| aid them in their work. They also visited
the Spaulding graded school building in
| Barre for the same purpose. They ex-
| pressed themselves as particularly i'm
pressed with the excellence of the heating.
ventilating and sanitary arrangements of
| the Union school building, and intimated
that they should urge similar system in
the new building that is to be at Hardwick.
THE guests at Hotel Kempton are indebted
to Miss Dooley of Mortified, the soprano of
| Christ church choir for informal musicales
Of an entertaining character on Sunday
| evenings. Her rendering of Good bye
Sweet Day " and "The Angelus," LAST Sun
| day evening was particularly apprecatc
Others within the Kempton gates are also
| contributors to the general entertainment.
| On the above occasion George X. Putnam
rendered with fine effect selection from
the oratorio of Elijah and Miss Rose Lucia
| gave piano solo, " Saint Cecilia" which
was received with applause. The company
constitutes an effective chorus, and usually
comes out strong on the gospel hymns.
| On the convenng of the court at nine
| o'clock, Tuesday morning, States Attorney
| Stanton rose and said: "May it please the
court: 1t becomes my sad duty to announce
to the court and bar the death of Joseph A.
Wing which occurred at his home this
| ..f, To- g L.,
and honored career of Mr.. Wing at the bar,
in view of the fact that he appeared as
| counsel in the last case tried in this court,
and out of respect to the memory of him
whom we all loved and honored, move
| you that this court do now adjourn" Judge
Taft said: " Out Of respect to the memory
of Mr.. Wing, we will take recess until this
| afternoon"
THE wiie OF William Blanchard, who left
| him about three years ago, has made him
more or less trouble ever since. She WAS
around town last week, and, after Mr.
| Blanchard went to his shop in the morning,
she went to his home and abducted their
two little girls, aged ten and twelve years
| She took the morning train for Boston over
! the Montpelier & Wells River railroad. and
threw Mr.. Blanchard off the scent by leav-
ing letter saying she had taken the girls to
Waterbury and would return soon. Since
| his wife deserted him, Mr. Blanchard has
cared for the gils, and much sympathy is
expressed for him.
THE Golden NewS Of Boston, the organ in
New England of the Keeley Institutes had
in its issue OF last week a scathing denunci-
alton of Arthur W. Millbury, who is unfavor.
! ably remembered in Montpelier because of
an unwarrantable attack made by him on
the Keeley Institute when he spoke here
last November. The editorial in the Golden
| Nei0s does not mince matters, but calls Mr.
Millbury liar in the painest kind Of Eng
1ah In ii tnn hA tV.st hsaf
should Mr.. Millbury wish to defend himself
against the charge, it has other shots in the
locker much hotter than is a simple charge
Of falsehood.
THE village trustees held meeting last
Wednesday evening and voted to put in the
Gamewell electric fire alarm system. The
| contract calls for its completion within
three months. There will be fourteen
boxes, with indicators in each hose house,
and the connections will be made with the
bell in Trinity church steeple. The cost of
putting in the system will be 81, 500 A
hose company is to be formed from the
citizens and students on Seminary hill, for
which the town will supply II hose cart and
hose. The need of such company for III at
part OF the town is apparent, as in case OF a
fire in that locality, property would be
nearly consumed before the hose companies
from down town could get into action.
Miss FANNIE NJ. FISHER of Bethel polled
u .
Billings in the Boston Globe voting contest
and will represent the teachers of Vermont
at the Worlds Fair Mrs. Billings friends
made gallant fight for her, as the A ,92S
votes cast for her show. A majority of the
train-men of the Central Vermont railroad
worked for Miss Fisher, and they alone
form pretty strong combination. The
names OF the other successful candidates
from Vermont are as follows: In the postal
class, Miss Kate West of Barre; mechan.
les John f Carroll, paper-maker, of Olcott;
policeman, d. NJ. Miller of st. Johusbury
fireman, w. w. Dodge of Bellows Falls
mercantile class, Frank 7. Diggins, clerk
Bellows Falls.
CHARLES A. SMITH is the possessor of a
copy OF the Vermont Register =" for the year
of our Lord Christ 1873" as the title page
has it. 1t was printed at Burlington by S
Mills. The register contains lists Of state
officers and the leading officers of the
Uuited States, and Z" a great variety of use,
ful information" An Interesting crcum
stance in an examination of the lists of rep
resentatives and town officials is the pres
ence of names that have endured through
nearly three generations and will be found
in official lists of the registers of the present
times. Washington county was then Jeffer
son county. When a revision of county,
| lines was made and LamOille countv wa,