The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-03-29

twenty four consecutive hours was 1.09
inches on April 90 and 30. 1887; average
number of cloudless days, 8; average num-
ber of partly cloudy days. II; average num-
Der of cloudy days, II. The prevailing
winds have been from the west; highest ve-
locty OF the wind during any April was 48
miles, on the 10Th, 1870, and 9th, 1892.
THE charming two-act drama " Bread on
the Waters" " was presented by members of
the Young Peoples Fraternity Of the Church
of the Messiah in IT'S vestry last Thursday
evening. In anticipation OF an excellent
entertainment, large audience had gath
cred and its expectations were not disap-
pointed The play is filed with interest,
all the characters were we'll taken, and the
humorous incidents provoked a great deal
Of amusement. George T. Archer ~ Jona-
than Butts, town constable, and Louis j.
Hathaway as Henry Harlem, added color
and strength to the performance. Harlow
M. Smith was particularly good as DIR. Har-
lem, while Fred X. Hastings as Claude
Lennox and Harlie o. Cummins as Bob
Winders were excellent the latter as roll
licking manly fellow, always in had luck,
deserving especial mention. Miss Elizabeth
A. Bliss, as Dilly the Waif, was easy aud
graceful, and the excellent presentations of
Mrs. Loring by Mrs. Carl II. Smith and
Lucy Harlem by Mrs. Harlow NJ. Smith were
intelligent and received especial recogni-
ton. Miss Mabel L. Goodwin presided at
leCtions.
On information fled by States Attorney
Stanton Frank II. and Edward McGill
were arrested last Saturday afternoon
charged with keeping nuisance in what is
known as the Omer Miller saloon on Main
street. They were taken before Justice NJ.
e. Smile. who continued the cases, fixing
the bail at $500 in each case. Frank Nc
Gill was accepted by th court as Tail for
Edward, his brother and after unsucess-
fl1vv 1.vs,
Wheeler and E. NJ. Irish Frank induced
Fred X. Stevens to enter as surety for his
appearance on Monday. The case was dis
continued in the justice court, Monday af-
ternoon, and taken before Judge Taft who
promptly raised the bail to $500 in each
case. Frank was again accepted as surety
for the appearance OF his brother, and he
then led Deputy Sheriff Powers the iveliest
kind of chase in an attempt to secure
bail for himself to escape going to Jail for
the night. Peter G.. Dewey was finally in
duced to sign his bond, and he was released
from custody. In view Of the feeling in
Montpelier at present regarding rumsellers
and the rum traffic, perhaps George Wheeler
voiced the sentiment of a majority Of those
to whom McGill applied for bail when he
said " don't know but / would have
bailed him. only for the fact am out of the
business and l don't propose to have my
name mixed up in the newspapers and in
the courts as going hail for rumsellers"
be heard in county court some day this
week.
OUR esteemed contemporary up street
states editorally that some 15, 600 pounds of
sugar will probably be sent through the
testing station at Montpelier this spring,
yielding bounty Of $500! Time was
when the contemporary had a reputation
for news, enterprise and gumption; but how
are the mighty fallen when in its leading
and ablest editorial it gravely publishes o
transparent an absurdity! This editorial
four pas was evidently cribbed from
Montpelier despatch to the Free Press which,
with crushing sarcasm, the up-street con-
| temporary delights to revile as the Buriug-
ton Faur Pas. The humor of the situation
is heightened by the fact that in its local COL
umns the Argus scribe "with ghoulish
glee" is pGncturing the "Fau1 Pas"
| Montpelier scr. bbltr r for sending TO his paper
an absurd item of ''news" which the Argus
editorial paster is meanwhile purloining and
publishing as bit of original editorial en-
| terprise! The lakeside contemporary has
its revenge. But the Argus and Patriot is
not alone in iis exhibition of slp.shod
journalism. The state contemporaries are
very generally representing that the station
will probably test 10 600 pounds of sugar
and the happy farmers will receive on this
| immense production the enormous sum of
| ST 7,500-or fifty cents pound. The true
inwardness of the matter was given in the
| WATCHMAN last week, to wit That some
| ID,OtO Samples are expected 1DlS year, reD-
resenting several million pounds of sugar.
and il these reasonable expectations are
realized, and the sugar stands the test the
bounty thereon may amount to some S75, ,000
THE new hose cart purchased by Volun-
| teer Hose Company, No. /, arrived last
Friday and is the finest thing of the kind in
| the state. 1t is painted red with black and
gold trimmings, and is fitted for pole or
shafts. The lanterns, the automatic gong,
which strikes every seventeen feet the cart
is moved, and all the fixtures, are nickel
plated, giving it an attractive appearance.
On the sides is painted the name of the
company, and the monogram NJ. F. d.
adorns the drivers seat Although it makes
very snowy appearance, it is built for
business, weighs nine hundred and twenty
pounds, and is in every way subs tantially
| constructed. 1t was purchased of the Henry
| X, Barnes Company of Boston at cost OF
nearly S400 1t will easily carry The 1000
feet of hose owned by the company, and is q
valuable addition TO the fire apparatus of
the village. The cart was purchased from
the treasury OF the company and the use of
it is given to the town. After inspecting
the cart last Saturday, the WATCHMAN rep
resentative was taken up stairs and shown
the cosy quarters the company occupies.
Carpeted floors, tables with every con-
| venience for writing, reading or PLAYING
cards, walls adorned with pictures, make
the headquarters Of the company an attrac-
tive place. The only expense to the town is
| the payment OF the rent everything else
being furnished from the treasury of the
company. Montpelier is, with good reason,
proud of Volunteer Hose Company No. /.
The company and its splendid equipments
are, like all the other branches of the fire de-
partment of the village, always ready at the
call Of duty.
SEMINARY HILL.
The entire school was saddened by tidings
of the death of Miss Belle Henry.
THE baseball association gave popcorn
sociable in the chapel last Saturday even
ing. A short programme was carried out.
The Gee and Banjo Club furnished music.