The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-02-08

above; lowest, go below; greatest daily
range, $40; least daily range, 10; mean tenn
perature for the month for part ak years,
l6' prevailing direction of wind, south
total movement of wind, $3.50 miles, total
precipitation, LIS inches; average precipita-
tion for the month for six years, $40
inches; cloudess days, 3; partly cloudy
days, 10; cloudy days, 10.
The relatives Of Andrew j. Burnham must
have been as much surprised TO read in last
weeks argus that his funeral was held
from Trinity church, az were N. G. Tabor
and wife aid Mr.. and Mrs q. II, HeatOn to
learn in the same paper that they attended
the wheel supper at the Pavilion; or rs
W, re Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Reed and
Miss Trotter. NJ. A. Kent aud wife,
Mrs. A. ID. Gilley, Mrs. g. Fl. Heath and
Mrs. H. @. Fullerton, II they read tha,
sheet, TO notice that their names were
omitted from the published list of those
present at the above-nained supper.
CONSIDERABLE progress has been made in
raising subscriptions to the capital stock re-
quired to purchase the Nicholas meadow
and fit It up for trottinQ Dark, the plan Of
which was fully detailed last week 1t is
thought by some that IL would be advisable
to call a public meeting at an early day, TO
which horsemen and all interested in the
scheme would be specially invited that
the project may be intelieently and
publicly discussed and when an oppor-
tunity would be offered to take stock. II is
probable that q call for such a meeting will
soon be issued.
The members OF the Chautauqua class
smiled in several different languages when
they read In the Argus last week that the
club had a " Red letter day in It's calendar
and that they had celebrated the same the
Friday previous, at the home OF DR.. d. G.
Kemp. At the time stated in the Argus the
class was being entertained by Mrs. Clark
King. as noticed in the WATCHMAN, and the
Red-letter day Of the Bethany Reading
Club that was celebrated with Mrs. Kemp
was Tuesday instead Of Friday afternoon of
that week. But " somebody said So" and
that was enough for the argus TO run off a
padded screed that made 1t ridiculous.
LAST Thursday afternoon was prolific in
runaways, happily unattended with serious
results. A horse belonging to the Filz
gerald brothers ran from the Central Yer.
mont station to the alley-way in the rear of
the Pavilion the only disastrous conse-
quence being a wrecked sleigh A little
later in the day the horse of John Wooster
of East Montpelier started from the Union
House MP School street at terrific gait
The animal took TO the sidewalk. The
sleigh struck length of the fence around
Bethany church yard and it dropped like a
row Of icicles. while the sleigh looked az If
it had been shaking hands with cyclone.
The horse was caught uninjured at the up
per end of the village.
A MAJORITY of the delegates from Brooks
| Post to the department encampment, TO he
held next week at Rutland, will support g
| w. Doty of Morrisville for the position of
! department commander. Mr.. Doty's war
record is one Of which he may well be
| proud. He served in Company +, Second
/ Vermont regiment, was in the first eight
| battles of the war and carries a confederate
! bullet in one leg. He swan the Great Falls
| OF the Potomac to save The life of Captain
| rH pnlOnpl nf ha
teenth and Seventeenth regiments. The
veterans of the LamOille valley feel that the
time has come when they should have the
honor of furnishing a depart com
mander, ard in Mr. Doty they present a
comrade qualified for the position and who
would be respected as a leader
THE officers OF Gen. Stephen Thomas
Camp OF Sons of Veterans were nstalltd las
Wednesday evening by Major o d. Clark
| The occasion was public, aud several inter
ested spectators were present. Following
the installation ceremonies, brief remarks
were made by Major Clark f. l.. Eaton, DIR
G.. w. Ainsworth and T. l. Cassivant. The
list of officers installed is az follows: Com
msnder, ID. l.. Sanders; senior vice com
mander, Thomas Dewey; first sergeant, p
w. Holden; quartermaster sergeant, w. G
Wsshburn; chaplain, Charles Campbell
sergeant of the guard j. K. Washburn
color sergeant, Fred LaberShire corporal %
the guard, George Labershire; camp guard
John Rogers; picket guard, Clarence FOs
ter; members of camp council, 4. A, Smith
Patrick Slattery and F. l.. Eaton.
THE realistic picture of London life, al
presented in the Power of Gold " by Wal
ter Sanfords Dramatic Company at Blan
chard Opera-house last THURSDAY evening
will long lnger in the minds OF the audienc
that Witnessed it. 1t could be set in NJ
better frame than that supplied by tn
clever, talented people in the cast and il
the excellent scenes which so faithfuli
represented the localities in which tn
, to Montpelier audience. 1t is no exaggel
: alton to say that in its appointments AN
, presentation, it was one OF the dGamali
events Of the winter. There was not poo
actor in the cast, and at the end OF the SEE
ond act they were each enthasiasticall
called before the curtain Such troupe
with such play, deserve crowded house
nightly
PEOPLE living near the Fisher buildin
were startled last Friday morning by seI
: eral female occupants Of that buildin
. rushing on the street screaming for tn
police. Officer Hunt was quickly on tn
scene and found that one John Devine ha
I entered the domicile of Henry f. Coffrin j
an intoxicated condition and was proceed
ing to make kindling wood of several piece
OF furniture. He was promptly kicked on
= of doors, and papers for his arrest wer
|
q age done, Grand Juror Lucia gave him on
D week in which to do so, and he escaped al
q rest. In justice to John Devine, the indus
( trious shoemaker on Berlin side it shoul
= be said that he is not 10 blame for havin
b such namesake in Montpelier, and thu
l he was not the man who caused the di
r turbance.
o Miss CATHARINE MAHoNy died OF cor
sumption last Friday morning at her hom
Y on Court street after protracted and pair
4 ful illness, aged thirty-seven years. He
+ funeral was held from ST. Augustine
i church last Sunday morning in the pre-
4 ence Of a great congregation. For man
J. years Miss MahOny was prefect of Il
# Sodality Of St. Augustine's society, and thi
y organization attended in a body. 81
d was organst at that church for ten yea
i and the music at her funeral was special
q prepared by her former associates in Il
choir. Father O'Snllivan made brief bl
- tender remarks on the purity OF character
= the deceased, of the good she had done
i the parish and the example she had set
i her fidelity 10 her religion He characterize
:, her AS a model OF devotion and one who,
" purify was such that ii would attract othe
70 - to it, as exemplihed in her pleasant cheer
a ways. The remarks OF Father O'Sullivs
a. were listened to with profound atteniio
q q The burial was in the Catholic cemetery.