The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-31


next Friday afternoon are to be public.
The affair is only for the members of the
class and invited guests. The banquet is to
be served at five O'Clock.
A CONVENTION of the Womans Home |
Missionary Society of Montpelier district |
will be held at the Methodist church in |
Plaintield, June and s, The opening adj |
dress will be given the evening of June 7 |
by Mrs. N. 9. Alger of Bourne, Mass, and |
the convention will continue through the |
following day
STEPHEN STONE, Waterbury boy, who
lived for while in Montpelier working at
his trade as a mason, and then went West
to grow up with the country, has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Almena, Kansas. 1t
is thirteen years ago since "Steve acted
on Horace Greeley's advice. He pre-
empted 100 acres of land and by trade and
farming has prospered.
REV. FRANK l.. GooDsPEED of Amherst,
Mass. graduate of the Vermont Methodist
Seminary in 1888, preached at Bethany
church last Sunday morning. In the even
ing he delivered a forcible address to young
people from the text This one thing do,
press" He was the Memorial day orator
at Barre on Tuesday.
MANAGER G. NJ. FOSTER gave the patients
at the Keeley Institute ride to Berlin pond
last Friday afternoon. The band wagon
and six horses, driven by j. @. Adams,
transported the jolly party. On their return
a vote OF thanks and three rousing cheers
were given Mr.. Foster for his thoughtful
kindness in giving them such an enjoyable
afternoon.
DR.. G, f.. CHANDLER went to Chelsea last
Wednesday and removed cataract from
the eye of Mrs Cabot, lady seventy-three
years of age. Mrs. Cabot had been entirely
blind in that eye for over two years, but
after the operation could see at once. Dr.
Chandler was assisted by DR.. E. E. Dean of
Tunbridge and DR.. s. n. Goss of Chelsea
Mrs. Cabot is sister-in law of w. f. Bra
man.
FROM private letter to Col A. G. Brown
from Albert Johonnott at Chicago we are
allowed to use the following: cit will GER
tainly be sixty days yet before everything
will be completed here, but don't infer that
there is not enough to see. You can't see
all there is in position now in sixty days
hard work. There are plenty of hotel ac-
commodations at reasonable rates, and
lunches on the ground at fairprices."
THOMAS JOY, who gave his residence as
" the kingdom of Barre" was arrested by
Officer Demerritt last Thursday afternoon
with full cargo of hop beer aboard. JUS
tice Smile fined him S100l Friday morning,
after he had disclosed on the ubiquitous
stranger. He was unable TO raise the collat-
eral. and was taken to the house of correction
at Rutland, Monday, by Officer Demeritt to
serve the alternative sentence of twenty
days.
A FREIGHT wreck occurred early Monday
morning on the Central Vermont line be-
tween Northfeld and Montpelier. A train
northward bound broke in two, and as the
front end of the train was slowed down for
No bridge the rear end crashed into it
Nine empty bOX-carS were wrecked. None
of The crew were injured. Trainmaster Ed
Nash was soon on the scene with a wreck
ing gang, and travel was delayed only a
fattr ii. ~ Il
was not great
THE annual meeting of the stockholders
of The Montpelier & Wells River railroad
was held last Thursday at the general
office at Montpelier. The directors cleo
ted for the year ensuing are ID. r. Sort
we'll, A. f. Sortwell Joel Foster, S. C.
Shurtleff and j w. Brock. These directors
elected d. Il. Sortwell president; A. f.
Sortwell, vice-president; Joel Foster, sec
retary and treasurer; w. A. Stowell, gen
eral manager; +. w. Morse, cashier and
| general freight and passenger agent.
NEIL BURGESS celebrated play, "The
! County Fair" was given at the opera house
! last evening to one OF the largest audiences
of the season A large delegation from
Barre was present. The play is too well
known to need any extended notice. From
/ the opening act in the New England sitting
room, through the picturesque scenes at
Rock Bottom farm, the husking bee, the
! fair and the horse-race in which "Cold
! Molasses" wins and saves Aunt A Abbie 8
/ farm, the interest was well sustained The
| play has homely domestic flavor, and its
characters are pictured faithfully from New
England life.
A LARGE number of the parents and
friends Of the pupils in the public schools
attended the memorial exercises held last
Monday afternoon. In Rooms two and three,
! taught by Misses Chandler and Robbins,
four and five by Misses Smith and Tarbell,
grades six and seven by Misses Lease and
| Stacy, and in the higher department. joint
programmes consisting of patriotic recita-
tions selected by Professor Blanpied and
songs under the direction of Mrs Marsh,
were rendered. The pupils entered heartily
! into the spirit of the occasion and all the
! rooms We're attractively decorated with
flowers. flags and bunting This innovation
of Professor Blanpied has met with instant
favor, and its perpetuation in years to come
is a matter of certainty.
INVITATIONS have been sent TO every
| graduate of the Kelley Institute at Montpe-
| her to attend the reunion to be held June %
and %, the first anniversary of the opening
of such an institution in Vermont. 1t is
expected that DR.. Leslie K. Kelley will be
| present and deliver an address in the opera
house. Other features OF the programme
| will include banquet at the Pavilion and
an excursion to Au Sable Chasm or some
other point of interest. The indications are
that very large majority of the more than
three hundred graduates, with their friends,
will be present. Arrangements for reduced
fare on the railroads have been made, and
the local Kelley league will gladly enter
tain any who so desire.
A CAsE that crowded the courtroom and
| created great deal of amusement was
tried last Thursday afternoon before JUS
tice Nj. E. Smile On complaint to Grand
! Juror j. II. Lucia of Peter Badord, L. K,
Gordon was brought before the court.
charged with allowing his hens the freedom
| of the town after proper notice to keep
| them on his own land had been served.
| Mr.. Gordon conducted his own case His
defense was that he had done all in his
power to make the biddes behave them
! selves, that they belonged to his wife, and
! finally, that the proper notice had not been
! served on him. Had the court employed a
! stenographer, the testimony of some of the
witnesses would have made interesting
reading. The mi limum fine, So and costs,
was imposed ON Mr.. Gordon, and the case
| was appealed to a higher tribunal.
! JULIA MARIA, wife of w. Il. Adams, died
last Friday morning, of Bright's disease,
aged forty-nine years. Although a sufferer
! for more than two years with the disease
that ended her life, she was able to ride un-
til within a very few days of her death the
tidings of which brought sorrow TO 80 many
hearts Mrs. Adams was the daughter of