The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-01-04

protesting her innocence, and may De
ful that he decided not 10 press the ma -
further. Had he done 80, term at tue Ye-
form school would have stared ne, IN tne
face, or, IN she was Innocent, bne tHlel Woulu
have been located.
THE Christmas festivities at the Unitarian
church were pleasantly continued last
Wednesday afternoon ana evening Al
five o'clock the children OF the sunday
school to the number OF nearly lOO were
given a supper In the vestry, and at seven
o'clock a short entertainment was given,
which consisted of an acting song cap
italy rendered by Charlie Wing and Ber-
tha Mae Dewing; twirling the baton by
Dean Slayton and a scene from The Birds
Christmas Carol" in which Mrs. Collins
Blakely took the part OF " Mrs. huggles
TO perfection. Mrs. Cullen was admir-
ably personated by Miss Louise Clarke,
and a class of nine boys and girls gave
mirth-provOking answers TO the interr0ga-
tories Of Mrs. Ruggles. At the close OF the
programme social hour was enjoyed by
company that nearly filled the vestry. Rev.
j. III. Weeks, the acting pastor, had charge
OF the exercises, and by his cheery ana sun
shiny presence added no little TO the enjoy
ment OF the social hour
THE latest elopement sensation is her
aided from the staid community OF More
town. The skedaddling parties are a young
buck OF that place and lamb from the fold
OF the same parish. The fold in question is
the sheep-fold Of Andrew Sleeper, and the
! young buck is gentleman wearing antlers
Uf the well-lSnown deer family. The lamb,
| to quiet comment, made its mamma one OF
the party, or else the eve for similar rea-
sons tool along the lamb-just which the
returning board has not yet found. About
two weeks after the elopement, Charles A.
Church found the deer and lamb taking
promenade on fis farm, and though con-
slructed on g{erous lines, he gave pur-
| suit, divesting tmself Of sundry garments
as the chase and his portly anatomy grew
warm, After covering over half mile OF
| pasture aud woodland to sesqnpedalian
measure, "A dog came to the rescue, and be-
| ing more fleet of foot than Mr.. Church sue
ceeded in separating the pair aud driving
the lamb into Mr. Sleeper's barnyard.
Nothing has been seen OF the eve.
ONE of the bright spots thatlS
| come into an itinerant MethI
| life occurred at the hon.
Hough, on Liberty s're'
ing, when the Epworti
and Mrs. HOugh surpr
son was busily engaged
sermon for Sunday NOR
| young people went troO
! he gracefully snrrendei'
a genuine surprise TO NJ
other members of his
secret The party took
with them, and lust
served ID. +. Clark, in
bers Of the League pre-
HOugh with an elegaI
| This was supplemented
| TO Mrs. Hough, by Mr.
another silver teapot,
| men OF the church, anY
| Mrs, w. A. Stowell,
| Dr.. Howard Crosbys
Old aud New Testau
liOn speeches, and the
Mrs. Hough, were
elected loud applause
OF listeners Alter n
and coffee had been
social converse round
evening TO hosts and
CHARLES DEFoR EST a ge-
MUS Tor statistics. Yea N for q
long period, he has givenV e newspapers thc
| story of the course of Ii b s.si death during
! the preceding twelve mpn6hs. Here is his
record for Sf;: Wnoiv, isair1f6sr-,. Vi tbs
has been liO, al hut seven occurring in the
village. As 10 sex, So we've males aud "a fe-
males The number of deaths Ia each
month was as follows: Jaluary, %; Feb
ruary, 4 March, II; App 4; May, 10;
June. 4; July, 8; Augus ~; Septen-
ber, 10; October, 9; No Ar, 81 De-
cember, 3. Diseases; - ~:
consumption, 10; diphtheri r.,
Z; cholera iufantum, 8; ~. IissaSAss.
6; inflammation al bowers, 4; infantile
disease. 4; cerebro-sp6al meningitis, 3;
cancers, 81 old age, 3; paralysis, 81 accident,
3; turuor, p BrighJ's disease, 2; various
other causes aud complication Of diseases IL.
Under one ear of age, 16; between one and
two, s; beJNeen two and five, 8; between
hve anS ten, @; between ten aud fifteen 9;
between fifteen aud twenty, 81 betwe cen
twenty and twenty live, Z; between twenty
five and thirty, .; between thirty and
tnirty-tive, .; between thirty five and forty,
s. between forty aud forty y-hve, 8;
between forty-hve and fifty, l. between
! fifty and tfty-ive, 81 between iifty.hve
aud sixty, 3; between sixty and sixty
| five, e; between sixty tive and seventy, 6;
between seventy and seNensy-&ye, 10; be-
tween seventy.hve and eighty, 4;(b-tween
eighty and eighty-hve, 10; between eighty
| five and nluety, 3; over ninety, |. The
average age OF all was thirty nine years.
| The average age of the twenty. eight oldest
! (tll over seventy years of age) eighty-two
| years. or these is were males. Thirty -four
were males, and thirty-three We're females
over twenty-one years of age. OF these 20
| were husbands aud II We're wives; were
! widowers and 10 were widows. In 1891 there
| were IA deaths, the average age being thirty
| three years. In 1890 l26 deaths occurred,
! the average age being thirty.tive years.
| TotalIuumber of deaths in town during The
! past five years 80 Total number occurring
! during the five previous Years, 27j. In all
! of the above given statistics deaths occur
| ring ON the B rliu side are not included
! la this connection it is proper to note that
| the increase in the number of births has
| kept pace with the lengthening mortuary list
! for five years. In other words MOutpeiier's
vital statistics for five years, attest a large
increase in population.