The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-03-22

| from west Randolph, Will answer any in
| guiries in regard to preparing the stone.
The quarry owners will be put 10 no ex.
pense by the exhibit.
THE celebration of the first anniversary
OF the Epworth League in Montpelier, held
last Friday evening at the home of Rev. A.
j. Hough, on Liberty street, was a pleasant
and successful affair. About one hundred
were present, and with instrumental and
vocal music, refreshments and social con
verse, the hours sped swiftly. A song writ
ten for the occasion by Mr.. Hough with mti.
sic by w. G. Tap in, was one of the features
| OF the programme. The league now num-
bers over eighty members.
ABIJAH HALL hanged himself in his barn,
| near the Cutler burying ground, early last
FriGay morning He went to the barn as
usual to do his chores, and, not returning at
| the usual time, his wife went in search of
him. She found him hanging He had ev-
| identity been dead for some time when dis.
| covered. His mind has been partially
clouded for several years, and he has been
regarded as very eccentric individual.
| His funeral was held last Sunday afternoon
from the home of Albert Cutler, and the
burial was in the cemetery close by.
HENRY RIKER died of heart disease at the
state asylum at Waterbury, last Sunday,
| aged forty-two years. About three years
ago he was taken to the asylum at Brattle-
boro because of softening of the brain, and
| two years ago was removed to Waterbury,
His aged mother is living in Montpelier at
the home of George L. Nichols, and his wife
and son are in Massachusetts. His body
was brought to Montpelier, Monday noon, by
Mr.. Nichols, and placed in the receiving
vault at Green Mount cemetery.
The close of the dancing school for young
people taught by Professor George Elmore
occurred last Friday evening in the large
| dining room at the Pavilion, and was at
| tended by large number OF the parents
| and friends pf tba pupilq A I
croft and Mrs. r. X Peck were the matrons,
and the programme included many new and
pretty numbers. The Germans were ad-
mirably carried through, giving fresh ev
| dtnce OF the thorough and efficient manner
in which MIR. Elmore conducts his work.
A. d. WHEELER, representing the Game
! well electric fire alarm system, was in town
| last Thursday and gave an exhibition of its
working at the store of John w. Peck. A
| large number of Montpelier firemen, busi-
ness men and the village trustees inspected
the system, and the manner in which it
worked was fully explained by MIR. Wheeler.
Chief Engineer o d. Clark obtained all
necessary information as to the probable
cost of putting it in at Montpelier with
bids for the same. He also has received
bids from the municipal system, and these
will be presented by him to the meeting of
the trustees TO be held this evening.
w. A. LORD was somewhat surprised last
Monday afternoon when Sheriff Howe
tapped him on the shoulder while he was
going up State street and told him he was
under arrest. 1t seems that when leaving
the court. house shortly before that time he
| had by mistake put on Judge Stanton's
overcoat instead of his own, and the mem
bers of the bar saw a chance to get good
joke on their keen and quick-witted brother.
The necessary papers were hurredly made
out and placed in the hands of the sheriff,
who lost no time in serving them. In con-
sideration of numerous Blackstones, the
case had noUe proSequi entered against it
before it got out of its long clothes.
COMMITTEES from the Odd Fellows
lodges in West Randolph, Barre, Cabot and
Northfeld met committee from Vermont
lodge, and it was voted that all the six
lodges in this district should unite to cele.
brate the seventy-third anniversary Of the
establishment of Odd Fellowship in Amer.
lea at Montpelier on Wednesday, April 26
The programme will include grand parade
in the forenoon and public meeting in the
opera-house in the evening. j. X. Eyer
ton of North field, DR.. A. Z. Bailey of West
Randolph and William Mears of Barre were
appointed committee to secure speakers
with j. H. Senter and II. II. Scribner o
Montpelier and E. f. Smith of Barre gen
eral commi tee of arrangements.
INTEREST in the Boston Globe voting
contest is at fever heat as the time wher
it will be decided who the fortv-eight
| lOTIundlt OutN JudJ Will 10 W Jn6 w Ollu
Fair as guests of that paper draws near
Tomorrow night at nine o'clock is the limi
when the last vote will be received. Or
Tuesday evening it seemed certain tha
Montpelier would he represented among tht
teachers, as Mrs. Viola j. Billings then had
a clear lead 0 'er all other Vermont teach
ers of nearly 1000 votes. The contest be
tween Miss Kate West of Barre and Carrier
Thomas A. Austin of Brattleboro has beer
an exceedingly close one throughout
Tuesday evening Miss West had leaC
of almost 1000. But the next two day
} may wholly change these figures, an,
during that time the name of Montpelie
! policeman will appear as dark horse
with good prospect of success, for all any
} thing in sight in that class as yet. Th
WATcHMAN next week will give the name
Of all the successful candidates from Yer
mont.
SIX chemists will be employed at thu
sugar testing Office and laboratory in th
} federal building during the season, among
them f. A. Holbrook and Matthew Adgat'
of the senior class of the University of Ver
mont and g. w. Minot formerly horticul
turist at the experiment station. The frs
sample OF sugar sent in was from b. NJ. Ell
: lingwood of Fletcher, who sent seventy-fou
pounds of cakes A special despatch to thu
! Free Press from Montpelier in regard to tn
work that it is expected will be done a
, the station this season, IL correct, woul'
, be of paramount interest to the farmers o
, Vermont and would doubtless make then
anxious to have the maple sugar season
, continue until after haying. The dispatcl
, stated that it was expected 1900 pounds o
sugar would be sent TO the station for test
ing, on which the bounty would be 81 800
!, just fifty cents per pound. The facts ar
I that Is, 900 samples are expected this year
!, which will represent several million pound
, of sugar. Last year the samples tested rep
, resented over two million pounds, and thi
year the business done at the station will
undoubtedly be much larger
THE Argus and Patriot refers to William
, Arthur Jones as " a so-called deputy sheriff
and in other ways seeks to convey the ide;
that Mr.. Jones is not a regularly constituted
! otficer-is masquerading in the guise of al
officer of the law. The ArguS may not lik
Mr., Jones and may have its own opinion a
to the propriety of his appointment and hi
qualifications for the Office but doesn't on
contemporary see that in its references t.
him it is playing the role Of a very small
child one who would be soundly spanke,
by any self-respectng parent for its lack o
! manlness? 1t is clear that the Argus vim
diclive feeling towards this officer is borl
of the fact that he has tried to do his sworn
duty in the matter of executing the prohib
! iforv linuOr law Not lnpU aun tina ram