The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25

the tannery of Peck & Cummins, one of the
worst pieces of highway in town, has been
filed with gravel taken from the bed Of the
north branch, near by. Mr. Roberts took
advantage of the time when the water was
drawn from the dam of the Lane Manufac-
| turing Company to do this work, and has
used about 200 loads of gravel. The graft
flying absence of diphtheria in town during
the past summer has been especially notice.
able, and the cause of this is attributed by
good many people to the condition of the
public streets. Whether this is so or not,
their clean and neat appearance is in sharp
contrast to that of past years, and is q
source of pride to the citizens of the place.
THE annual meeting of the Union Mutual
Fire Insurance Company was held at,the
home Office in Montpelier last Wednesday.
The following directors were elected (:
Washington county, j. W. Brock, NJ. M.
Cutler, A. d. Farwell, II. A. Huse, j. II.
Senter, II. W. Kemp and T. j. Boynton, all
of Montpelier; Addison county, d ID. Hem
enway, Granville; Bennington, T. II. Hall,
Pownal; Caledonia, G. NJ. Campbell, SUIT
ton, Francis Swtser, St. Johnsbury; Chit
tenden, E. Henry Powell, Burlington;
Essex, f. ID. Hale, Lunenburg; franklin,
w. Beardsley, Alburgh; Lamoille, II. NJ.
Mcfarland, Hyde Park; Orange G.. s..
Emery, Chelsea Orleans, A. G. Parker,
Barton; Windham, Milon Davidson, New
fame; Windsor, George Marcy, Hartland.
These directors subsequently elected NJ. NJ.
Cutler, president; j. W. Brock, vice-pres-
ident; J. III. Senter, secretary; III. W. Kemp,
treasurer; Miss Della A. Fay, assistant sec
retary; II. A. Huse and j. W. Brock, aud
tors
AT the annual meeting of the members of
the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany, held last Wednesday at their office,
the following were elected directors for the
year ensuing: Washington county-Fred
e. Smith, Horatio N. Taplin, Louis P.
Gleason, Melville e. Smile, James T. Sa-
bin; Addison, Richard H. Prebe; Benning-
ton, j. r. Judson; Chittenden, Henry
George S. Robinson; franklin, Luther b,
Hunt; Grand Isle, Henry c. Hill; Lamoille,
w. II. II. Bingham; Orange, Royal A.
Hatch; Orleans, j. N Webster; Rutland,
George Briggs; Windham, James l.. Mar
tin; Windsor, William w. Stickney. At a
subsequent meeting held by the directors,
officers were elected for the ensuing year, as
follows: President. Horatio n. Tapln;
| vice president, Fred K. Smith; secretary,
James 7. Sabin; auditor, Louis p. Gleason
executive committee, III. n. Taplin, Fred E
| Smith, Louis p. Gleason, Melville f. Smile
The treasurer of the company is elected
August /, at the beginning of the fiscal
year.
AT a recent meeting of the Montpelier
Educational and Benevolent Association
the report of the treasurer showed the finan.
cal condition of the association, and that OF
the executive committee the work already
done, with much waiting to be done. The
association has now existed four years
and, in quiet way, has done much
work that has never come to the ear of the
| public. 1t is now without money or other
means at season when demands upon it are
most loud and frequent. The association is
| wholly unseCtarian, and has member OF
| its executive committee in each church So
| ciety in town. The manner in which its
affairs have been conducted and its char
tiles dispensed in the past, is guarantee
that whatever may be donated to it will be
placed where it will do the most good. In
the name of the association, j. III. Lucia
the president, earnestly entreats all who
can to give to the association money, cloth
ing, books or other substance, and assures
all who give that their contributions will be
wisely distributed. Money and other con.
tributions may be left with Mrs. r. Dillon
treasurer, Barre street.
AT the spe cial session of Mt. Sinai Tenn
pie, held last Monday evening, there was
an official inspection by Imperial Chief
Rabban OF the Imperial Council Of North
America, Frank Locke of Boston. This II.
lustrious Noble was assisted by the follow
ing members of Aleppo Temple, Boston
James A. Fox, Past Potentate; Caleb San
ders Chief Rabban; Fred III. Spring, AS
sistant Rabban; Andrew j. Bunton, Ori
entail Guide; Joseph w. Work, Treasurer
G. f. Steinheimer, Acting Recorder, and
George G. Babbitt, First Ceremonial Mas
ter. A large number of the members Of
Mt. Sinai Temple were present and as
sisted in comforting the degree on fifteen
candidates. During the evening a banquet
was served in the banquet hall. Among
the members of Mt. Sinai Temple. not res
idents of Montpelier, who were present
were Col. A. A. Hall of st. Adams, Hon
f. b. Taft of Burlington, John McGeary
and Clark f. Rowell of Keene, N. II. The
candidates were very much impressed by
the work as rendered by Potentate Collins
Blakely and his able corps of officers. On
Tuesday morning the visiting members
were taken for carriage drive around the
town and to the Apollo Club rooms, where
an impromptu musical programme was rem
dered. They were loud in their praises OF
the well-kept streets and lawns of Mont
peler and of the Pavilion Hotel and Apollo
Club. They left on the noon train yester
day for Boston. Only two of the gentle
men named had ever visited Montpelier be-
fore. and what they saw impressed them
most favorably.