The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-06-21
to soaring somebody, he soon found that he
was barking up the wrong tree.

NUMBER tive bridge on the Central Yer
mont railroad between Montpelier junction
and Northied was burned early Sunday
morning. IL is supposed that sparks from
the night express south started the blaze.
| The night express north was carried by
Sunday forenoon, and with lively hustlng
trestle was put in so that the night trains
of Sunday passed over it. An iron bridge
will be put in place Of the burned struc-
ture.
HORACE MAYHEM died last Sunday at his
home near the electric light station after
an illness since last September with pus dis
ease of the spine, He was thirty-siX years
of age and leaves wife and seven children.
His funeral was held Tuesday morning
from St. Augustine's church, Rev. w. j.
O'Sullvan officiating The stone sheds in
town were shut down Tuesday forenoon
and nearly one hundred members of the
Stone Cutters Union attended the funeral
in body.
SPEAKING of Men of Vermont" one of
the American biographical series issued by
| the Transcript Publishing Company, the
! Mem England journal Of Education says:
The volume is edited by Nermonts we'll
known state librarian, Hon. Hiram A.
| Huse of Montpelier and contains in addi-
tion TO the biographical and historical
| sketches chapter on her famous inventions
and a summary, all written by the best tall
| ent The journal welcomes this tribute to
| the sons of Vermont"
A CHILDREN's DAY concert was held at
! the Methodist church last Sunday evening.
| The interior of the edfiCe was bright with
| fresh flowers and a large congregation en-
| ioyed the services The programme in
! cluded singing, reCitations by Susie Stearns,
Bessie Staples, Ralph Copeland, Celia Lull,
Ruth Foster, Fannie Parmenter Kate Full
! ler Jessie Marvin, Susie COPELAND, Eva
Fuller and Freddie Keegan, a reading by
Miss Eula Cassivant, and remarks by Rev
A. II. Webb, the pastor.
FRED LARow, a sober and industrious sec
ton man on the Barre branch of the Mont
pelier & Wells River railroad, is unfor
tunate in having a namesake in Montpelier
a late importation of st. Albans, who was
.one of the leaders in the disgraceful row in
Nicholas block a week ago last Sunday
night, mention of which was made last
week. The railroad Larow is a native of
! Groton where his friends were much sur
| prised and panied to see that warrant
was out for his arrest for disturbing the
peace. He does not drill in that kind of a
squad.
ONE of the courteous young ladies at the
telephone exchange was the victim of a rude
joke one day last week. A lady from the
rural districts called at the office of DR.. G.
| Il. Chandler, and not finding him in went
into Colonel Browns office to wait for him.
The quiet of the insurance Office was re-
peatedly broken by the " Hullo - from the
young lady in the next room, whose duties
| were evidently not understood by the wait
ing patient. Finally she innocently in
quired if the parrot in the next room was on
exhibition. Joe tainted and Dr. Chandler
came near having two patients instead OF
one.
The sad intelligence was received at
Montpelier on Tuesday morning that Carl
NJ. Shepard, for the past nine months clerk
in the store of ID: F; Long, had died
at his home in Marshiield. His death
| ia attrihutn1 a N baart faiIura II to
his home last Friday not feeling well, but
his illness was not considered serious, as he
rode out Sunday. Soon after returning
from his ride, he complained of feeling
sleepy and soon sank into stupor that
continued to his death. Quiet, unassum-
ing and oblging, during his brief residence
in Montpelier Mr.. Shepard won large
circle of friends to whom the sudden intelli-
gence OF his early death comes az personal
bereavement His funeral will be held from
his late home this morning at ten o'clock.
IRA Snow died last Wednesday morning
from the effects of an abscess in the leg, af
ter distressing illness Of fourteen weeks
Mr.. Snow was born in Williamstown, Au'
gust %, 1927. He came to Montpelier in
1861, and worked for a year at the old
Burnham Hotel, now the Exchange. In
1862 he took charge OF Green Mount Gene
terry, and has for the past thirty-one years
been its faithful and efficient sexton. Dur
ing this time he has been out with the
hearse over 700 times, and he has dug
over 200 graves. In 1862 Mr.. Snow mar
ried Mary K. Simons, who, with two sons
Bert S. and Willie S.-survive him. His
funeral was held last Friday morning from
his late home, Rev. j. Edward Wright off
ciating, and the burial was in Williams
town.
A NEW time table goes into effect on tn,
Montpelier & Wells River railroad neXi
Monday, June %, when important change.
| tQt tfa nj niY
will be put on, leaving Montpelier at / II
daily Sundays excepted), making no stops
between Montpelier and Wells River unless
TO take or leave passengers to or from othe
roads. Returning. this train will arrive a
Montpelier at 3: 4S. The mail train in tn,
morning will leave at s. 05 instead of S:15
and will arrive at Montpelier at s. Il P. NJ.
instead of d 10. The mixed train for Well
River will leave Montpelier at 1: 80 P. NJ.
) and morning mixed train will leav'
Montpelier at 10: 40. The Sunday pape
train will arrive at Montpelier at 9:20 A. NJ,
and the Sunday accommodation will leav,
Montpelier for Wells River at one o'clocl
, Sunday afternoons.
} THE laboratory at the testing station was
3 closed yesterday, and the work of the sea
1 son is practically completed. Since Marcl
10 there have been II ,272 samples of mapl,
sugar tested which represented 4,759,76
: pounds A sample sent by James Wilson
r of Craftsbury tested the highest 9S.2, will
one from William Barclay of Craftsbury a
, ISL. The poorest sample was received
, from Israel Farrow of Walden. 1t teste'
| 53S5. The figures given above represen
+ the totals from all the New England States
as the totals from the different states hav
not yet been classified OF the amour
. given, 4,043, $50 pounds tested between 81
and 80 ON which there is a bounty of on,
and three-fourths cents; S5,002 pound
tested 30 and over, on which the bounty i
n two cents; below 80, on which there is n