The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-01-11
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accessories OF gunpowder and red fire. II Ia
one Uf the successes OF the seasons; MISS
| Maud Banks, who enacts one OF the ieading
| roles, Is a daughter OF General v. +. Banks,
and her h;strionic ability Is recoghlzeu
wherever she Is known.
THK quarterly meeting OF the directors OF
| the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Com
| pany was held in the Office OF the president,
last Wednesday, with nearly the 1ull Doaru
present. 1t was voted unanimously not TO
adopt the co.insurance clause recshtIy pro-
mulgated by the New England Insurance
Exchange of Boston, except in cases where
there in insurance in other companies
with a co.insurance clause attached, ana
upon request of the assured that such clause
shall be attached. The matter was fully
discussed and the directors were OF one
mind In regard to the matter.
THE annual meeting of the Apollo Club
was held at its rooms last Thursday
evening, when the following officers were
elected: Hiram A. Huse, president; ID. f..
Long, vice-president; James L. Sabin, sec
rotary, aud II. W. Kemp treasurer. The
board of managers for the year ensuing IN
composed OF the president, vice-president.
and w. G. Berry, the retiring president e1'
o6icio, and f. A. Dwinell, X. G.. Bowers, j.
=. Adams and Lester II. Greene. IL. w,
Kemp declined to serve as treasurer, and
Ralph Is. Denny was appointed by the
managers to serve in his place.
WILLARD OANDhhog NV VI tho ~ NhNa
marks OF the " horn Of the moon " neigh
borhood in East Montpelier, died last Sun.
day, aged e~ighty.hve years. deacon "
Sanders, as he was almost universally
known, was one of the reliable farmers OF
East Montpelier. A kind, sympathizing
friend and %neighbor, a devoted member OF
the Baptist church in Montpelier, and a
man who always stood well in the com-
munity where he lived, his memory will be
fragrant and the SAVIOR of his good name will
be sweet in the years that are to come
He has seven grown sons living and one
daughter, Mrs. George w. Parmenter of
Montpelier. His funeral was held yester-
day afternoon from his late home, Rev. q.
o. Webster officiating.
ABOUT twenty OF N. G. Tabor's friends in
the Unitarian church, knowing that last
Saturday was Mr.. Tabor's seventeen birth
day anniversary, went to his home on the
half. past six suburban train in the evening,
and gave him a surprise party which more
than "surprised " him. Mrs. Tabor was in
the secret, but Mr.. Tabor did not so much
as get an inkling Of the matter until the
party entered the house headed by Colonel
A. G. Brown, who carried a handsome easy
chair, in which he invited Mr.. Tabor to be
seated. NAT" was so thoroughly frus-
trated that he accepted the invitation me-
Chemically, but he presently got his bear
ings, and adelightful evening was instantly
under way. The SEVENTEEN milestone in
his life will always have for him pleasant
memories.
THE Tony Farrell Company in "My
Colleen" was at the Opera-house last Friday
evening. The play is strongly emotional,
and the interest is well sustained. As the
central character in this breezy fOur.act
comedy, Tony Farrell, the star. displays
the Irish brightness, employs the blarney
to perfection, sings fairly, and, in short,
gives a charming Interpretation of the char
acter of the generous son of Erin. IL Is a
thoroughly congenial part to Mr.. Farrell.
The play embolies The incidents of an af-
fecting story of life, love and gallantry
among the peasantry Of county Sligo. There
is ia it a fidelity 20 nature and a delicate
touch of humor that lends to it a 1ashy
charm. The supporting company was even,
but excepting baby Honor calls for no
special mention.
TIL firm OF D. L.. Fuller & Son has been
dissolved and the stock of hard ware, glass,
paints and oils has been sold to the Mont
pelier Hardware Company, that being the
firm name OF the stock company that sue
ceeds it. Mr.. III. l.. Dean al Gaysville, who
has been on the road for Fuller & Son for
the past year, is a member of the new Or
gaDiZation, and will continue to act as one
Of the outside men for the present. The
officers of the new company are ID. i. Full
Ter, presidents; III. l.. Dean, vice-president,
and G. H. Fuller secretary and treasurer,
and the latter will be the business manage OF
4 tut COuCtTu. luis lHt luutullOu VI tHt uldu-
agement to push the business in all lines,
aud additional statesmen will be placed on
the road. With the Introduction Of add.
tional young blood, and under the present
management, the business success of the
new organization seems assured,
JOSEPH B. SILLowAY died last Wedues.
day morning of cancer of the liver, aged
fifty years. Deceased was a veteran OF the
late war, having served in the Thirteenth
Vermont Regiment, under Colonel f. V
Randall lie was receiving a pension Of
SIT per month, and the quarterly amount
reached him the day of his death, but ht
was too weak to sign the voucher. As Can
tain n. G. Lull, his guardian, was absent
from town, the amount will revert to the
!, government. He was never married. HI
leaves several sisters and brothers-Mrs
George Stanton, mother of Judge Stanton
of ROxbury, MIS-. e N. Wright, David and
Roxana SillOway of Montpelier. He was 8
member of Crandall post, G. A. r., of Barre
a detachment of which attended his funeral
Friday morning. from his late home on First
avenue, Rev. j. II. Weeks officiating. The
body was placed in the tomb at Green
Mount cemetery.
The annual meeting of the National Life
Insurance Company, adjourned from last
week Tuesday, was held at the home Office
last Friday morning. The following board
of directors was elected for the year ensu.
ing: Charles Dewey, Fred E. Smith, Ed.
ward Dewey, James c.. H%oughton and
George w. Reed OF Montpelier; w. Fl. II.
Bingham of Sto We, d. c.. D-nison of Roy
alton, w. G. Veazey of Rutland, James T,
Phelps of Burlington, George Briggs OF
Brandon, Levi X. Fuller of Brattleboro,
George G. Benedict of Burlington and w,
p. Dillingham; of Waterbury. The direct.
Ors held a subsequent meeting and elected
Hon. Charles Dewey president; Edward
Dewey, vice-president; George w. Reed,
secretaryi j. Z. Houghton, treasurer;
Joseph A. DeBoer, actuary; DR.. A. b. Bis.
bee, medical examiner; O,man d.. Clark,
assistant secretary, and Harry NJ. Cutler
assistant treasurer. The affairs of this
company are in a prosperous condition.
New insurance to the amount of SIS, All, 172
was written in 1892, and the total amount
now in force is $5S, 678, 1853.
In the death Of Anasiasia Nicholas, which
occurred last Thursday evening at his home
on Berlin side, a unique figure at the capita
is removed. The Immediate cause Of his
death was hemorrhage of the lungs to which
he had been subject for the past fifteen
years. Mr.. Nicholas was born in Greece,
and at the age of ten years was brought to
this country with his brother by DIR. John
ID. Russ OF New York, and by him was edn.
Gated. His brother, Lucas NJ was adopted
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