The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-02-15

thlrty. He has also scCaSlOnalIy hJIenued
in the afternoon a branch Snnday-schOOl,
established by himself and Mrs. Gallagher
near the Pioneer works, which has been a
source OF blessing to some souls He estab-
lshed, soon after he came TO town, fort
nightly Topic Club which has been generally
attended, with much profit, by the young
people. In these ways "a well as 10y the In
creasiDgy evangelical tone of his preaching,
Pastor Gallagher has sought to fulfil his
ministry. Any occasion for terminating the
pastorate is a matter OF great regret"
A CERTAIN rumseler in Montpelier lighted
| the torch for his own funeral last week
when he sold a new patient at the Keeley
| Institute whiskey on which be became in
toxicated This defiant individual, whose
name will gladly be given when legal pro
| ceedings are instituted against him, not only
sold the man Intoxicating liquor when he
| knew be was a patient at the institute, but
/ enticed him into his dive and chuckled with
delight to think he was instrumental in get
| ting Jag on Kelley" Since Manager
| Foster and DIR, Nichols have been located
| in town 1t is a well.known fact that they
| have not been prying around to find out
| who sold rum in Montpelier; in fact, when
| the proprietors of the saloons have let them
| alone they have not interfered with their
| business. But when one of their patients
! is disgraced and put back in his treatment
| by one OF these outlaws they consider 1t
| time TO act, and this is such case II il
| hoped that this well-known individual will
| be forced to swallow the full penalties Of
| the law, administered In sledlength doses.
! A. J. SIBLEv attended the meeting OF the
state Worlds Fair commission held last
| Friday afternoon at the Van Ness house In
| Burlington, 1t was voted to dedicate the
Vermont building May 10, at which time
the members of the Vermont Press Asso-
citation and many Vermonters will he iD
the city. Governor Fuller, Mr.. Sbley, a
+. Walker, Mrs. E. NJ Chandler and Mrs
| q. w. Hooker were appointed committee
TO prepare the programme OF dediCatOry ex-
ercises. Governor Fuler favored the thrd
week in June for holding the annual mus
ter OF the state militia in Chicago but final
action on this matter was not takeu.
The articles OF woman's handiwork To be
exhibited in the wOtDan's department will
| he inspected at Montpelier before April
by a special committee composed of A. !.
Sibley, II. II. McIutyre and Mrs. Chandler,
| the exact date 10 be determined later The
| erection OF a pavilion costing 81 600 in the
agricultural department for the maple sugar
exhibit was determined and also the build
ing of pavilion in the mining department
for the exhibition OF samples of stone, mar
bile and granite. The appointment Of a SUI
perinteudent of the Vermont building was
deferred To future meeting
THE Chautsuqua Circle enjoyed a pleas
ant Afternoon last Friday with Mrs. l. Z
Gleason, who treated the mem bers of the
class, with their invited guests, to an enter
talnment aS nearly in the GreCan style a.
llt ldbktD uOut VI uNluH hOuin allow
The programme opened with each member
exhibiting the picture of some work OF art
giving an explanation of the same. Short
papers on three OF the Greek temples-the
Parthenon, Erechtheium and Temple Of
Diana-were read, followed by sketch OF
the life and works Of Phidias and select
departure from r9 TG the lime e f9ehs Of ths pro
gramme was made in he song. with banjo
accompaniment, by M. I. l. Pitkin, which
w Tnuch apinva1 hv oil Pafr
We're served in the Grecian fashion, all
sorts of sweets being passed in baskets, not
forgetting the favorite dish of salted al
monds, though modern chairs took the
place of divans, and no attempt was made
TO don GreCian attire. IL Pericles or
Pbidias had appeared GU the scene either
would unquestionably have been Hospitality
received and entertained, as a matter OF
course, by these interested students OF
Hellas. The e,success of the entertainment
was largely due to the efforts of the hostess,
who spared no pains in making the occasion
a pleasant one.
THE reporter of the ArQits GRd Patriot has
been told by different members of the So
ciety that Mr.. Gallagher had made serious
mistake, that his statements were not cor
not vouch for the statement relating to the
inCorrectness of Mr. Gallagher's assertions,
not being cOnversant with the affairs of the
society" The above, from the Argus and
resignation, contains gall enough to sink
ship. The successors to the proprietorship
and management of the Argus have their
church connections with Bethany. Both
were present and heard Mr.. Galaghers
remarks on rendering his resignation, and
the report bears the ear-maTks of the re-
portorial end of the prOprietorship. Yet
the paper, with characteristics effrontery
and cowardice seeks to skulk behind an
alleged repor er " in its brutal references
the IL aQs0ils and N the affairs Of the
church. The senior proprietor of the ArgLs
has been personally familiar with Bethany
affairs for ten or fifteen years past at least
and. If his reporter was indeed ignorant
he could have found light at headquarters.
; where it was his duty to seek il, whose
duty IL was to impart IL, II il was the pur-
pose of the paper to be fair, candid and de g.
cent. The occasion, however, presented IN
opportunity 70 feed fat an ancient grudge, -
and it was improved with characteristics
barbarity.
LEGION is the name OF the devices of nn-
> scrupulous persons to extort money from
, the unwary. The Larkin Soap Manufactur-
: ing Company of Buffalo has been working q.
sort OF confidence game in central Yer
mont, and probably elsewhere. Mr.. f.
Skinner of Plainfeld received early in De-
cember, on somewhat ornate note head
the announcement that the above-named
company had decided TO present 20 him.
gratis, one of their desks and also the com
!
share in the company" The proposition
closed with the statement that this was " a
very special personal offer, and we await
your prompt reply" Mr.. Skinner replied
promptly" remitting $40 In few days
he received letter dated December 10
stating that the g company had shipped the
desk and combination box" but the
"shares " had all been disposed of some
weeks ago" Mr.. Larkin was sure. how
ever, that the desk and box would please
Mr.. skinner greatly" and "he had taken
pains in this instance to pack the box very
= literally, putting in several extra premi-
ums that he knew would be acceptable"
and closed with an expression OF his
thanks for Mr. SINNERS kind favors
Mr., Skinner stoutly objected To this measure
of fultllment of a promise, and demanded
his share OF stock-what he had paid his
money for. He was answered very onrtly
that the otter of stock was made last Sep.
tember and the shares were all taken long
since" 1t Is true that the offer bore a rub
: ber-stamp date of September 30 but the let
ter was mailed, as the post mark plainly
shows, December 3. The transaction bears
all the ear marks OF fraud, OF "A trick TO ex-
/ tort money frIm fbA all