The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-26
of the creamery-a consideration of the first
importance in an industry of this kind.


old-time prominent citizens of Montpelier
has been removed. Mr.. Prentiss was born
in Montpelier in 1908, in the house on the
corner Of Main and School streets, now the
location OF the public library. Samuel
Prentiss, his father, was at one time United
States senator, judge of the United States
district court OF Vermont and later chief
justice of the state. Deceased was for
several years clerk of the court over which
his father presided, and was at one time
president OF the Vermont Bank, now the
First National, of Montpelier. He removed
to Brooklyn in 1856, where he has since re-
sided.
The union Universalist picnic, to be held,
Friday, at Owls Head, has assumed CRAFTY
ingly large proportions, and an enjoyable
time is assured all who attend. People not
members of that church or Sunday-school
will be welcome to participate in the pleas
ures of the day There will be large delega-
tons from Barre, Washington, Williams
town, ,Northfeld, North and East Montpelier,
Plainfield, Marshfield, ST. Johnsbury, Lyn-
donvile, West Concord, Woodsville and the
Church OF the Messiah of Montpelier. The
train will leave Montpelier at nine o'clock.
After dinner an enjoyable literary and mu-
sical programme will be rendered from the
stand at the foot of the mountain, which
will include a word of welcome by Rev. DR..
/. p. Booth of Northfeld, remarks by Rev.
j. Edward Wright and a recitation by Miss
pelier will leave Owls Head on the return
trip at $3.50 PM. for Wells River at 525 PM.
THE prospectus of the Vermont Methodist
Seminary, just issued, gets out of the stereo-
typed rut that has for several years char
acterized the catalogue issued by that in
stitution, and presents in a fresh and at
tractive form the object and aims of the
school, as well as the new features of the
coming year and the superior opportunities
that will be offered for acquiring business
education. This prospectus is being scat
tered among the families of Vermont and
New England from which has come the
support of the institution in the past, aud
is sure to attract many new pupils to its
halls. Always in the front rank of educa-
tional institutions in the state, under the
new management, backed by a board Of
trustees who have the best good of the
school at heart, and with its special advan-
tages set forth in this prospectus, never be-
fore offered, it will be indeed strange If in
the future this institution does not rise to
heights never before reached.
FOLLOWING are data compiled from the
record of observations for the month of
August at the Northfield station during a
period of six years Mean or normal tenn
perature, 63o; warmest August, 1S92-aver-
age, 65o; coldest August, 1887 average, 60 +;
highest temperature during any August,
S9', on the 1lth, 1891, and 10th, 1892; lowest
temperature during any August, 36o, on the
16th 1890; average date of first killing y
autumn frost, September 21; average pre-
ciptation for the month, 63 inches; aver
age number of days with .0l of an inch or more
of precipitation, IA; greatest monthly pre-
cipitation, 6.9S inches in 1890; least monthly
precipitation, 80 inches in 1885, greatest
amount Of precipitation in any twenty four
consecutive hours, 1.9S inches, August %
and %, 1890; average number of cloudless
days. Z; average number of partly cloudy
/ a n m nhpr nf oil Iu Al apg
II; prevailing winds, south; highest
velocity during any August, As miles,
August 10, 1892.
| REV. A. H. WEBB preached an interesting
and thoroughly practical sermon at Trinity
church last Sunday morning from the words
" He that is slow to anger is better than the
mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than ht
that taketh city" In the course of hi
sermon he referred to the financial crsi!
that is at present agitating this country
and emphasized the thought that while th'
silver question may have something to d,
with it, the unbridled tongues of men hav,
far more In the opinion of the speaker,
majority of the bank failures in the countr.
of late were caused by unfounded storie
circulated regarding their stability, anC
that it was possible to cripple any bank il
the country by starting false rumors re
garding it. If the people of this countr
would use their best efforts to discounte
nance such senseless falsehoods, and spea
with confidence of the banking institution
in their midst, long step would be take
in the restoration of confidence in financia
affairs. The man who circulates unfounde
scandalous stories regarding his neighbo
was also handled without gloves by Nj
Webb, and he closed his discourse with a
earnest appeal to his hearers to heed th
precepts of the text in the broadcast an
best sense.
ABOUT twenty members of Voluntet
Hose Company No. accompanied the
wagon to 81, Alhaus last week and partic
pated in the parade ON Thursday. In I'll
afternoon the boys gave an exhibition
the quick work that can he done in layiu
hose from the wagon. The st. A lbans Ne
Senger has the following to say in regard
the work of the Montpelier boys: "An e,
hibition in front of the grand stand just b
fore the races yesterday which attracte
much attention and was heartily applaude
was that made by the Volunteer Hose
, Montpelier with their new and elegant no:
wagon. They had about 800 feet of no,
laid in the wagon, and with George b. Wa
, ton on the drivers seat and Charles /
Smith and Lester H. Greene on the re;
step, pair of spirited horses on the ru
dashed through the street, just AZ thoug
, going to a fire. When the hydraut wi
reached Smith and Greene dropped off, a
tached the hose to the hydrant, while u
team sped onward, laying the hose in Il
) most perfect manner. When some 800 fe
had been strung, the team was broug
i around on the run, returned to within II
feet of the hydrant, attached another line
hose to Y and laid a second line, it all b
; ing done in so short a space that the spe
tators could hardly appreciate what vi
being done The hose-wagon is a novel;
in Vermont fire company equipment, but
! was demonstrated that it was far ahead
, the old-style reel. This wagon was mac
: by the Henry X. Barnes Company of Bo
, ton, whose representative at the tourn
, ment was r. III. Abbott, a Vermont be
( who believes in the Green Mountain sta
and her firemen. Mr.. Barnes, the head of I'll
firm, was also present during yesterday tt
, cart used in the races was also made by Il
same firm and is the property of the FrOnt
! Hose OF Richford. The favorable cor
| ments of visiting tiremen AS to the superio
ity of the wagon over the cart for practic
{ use in case OF fire indicated that the hos
wagon is likely TO come into more gener
use in the state as the result of this eXhil
ton. Chief Clark and Foreman Whitt
I certainly had no cause to be ashamed of u
: way in which the Volunteers of Montpeli
behaved and of what they did on this occ
sion. They and their cart were the cent
t of attraction among all practical hrem'
r present" The exhibition by the Volu
teers was given at the request of Chic
, Tiffany of Bennington. Perkins of Burlin