The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-06-14
NUMBER "a.

boss, 3. Double Plays. Moore to Meigs,
Lance to II. Standish. Time of game-two
hours and fifty minutes. Umpire, w.
Lance.
WHILE attending the commencement ex-
ercises at Vermont Methodist Seminary
year ago, Ives Batchelder, one of the
alumni, now a prosperous business man in
New York city, was much impressed with
the good work that is being done in the
societies connected with that institution,
and in appreciation of the same left his
check for twenty-five dollars with Professor
Bishop as a prize for the best debater in the
Band or Adelphi societies. to be decided at
prize debate to be held at the close of the
present school year. This debate was held
in the chapel last Friday evening and was
an interesting prelude to the more import
ant features Of commencement week A
large audience was present and followed
the eight contestants for over two hours
with unHagging interest. The question for
debate was: " ResolUed that the Hawaiian
Islands should be annexed to the United
States" The disputants on the affirmative
were j. Berton Pike and Curtis S. Burt; ON
the negative, Charles NJ. Sturgiss and James
l.. Davis, with Frank A. Bailey, Frank 2.
Rutherford George a. Burnham and A.
George Austin as volunteers. The judges
were S. G. Shurtleif, J. A. De Boer and f.
j.. Laird of Montpelier, and they awarded
the coveted prize to James +, Davis. 1t is
believed that vote of the audience would
Each disputant was allowed fifteen min
utes, and they one and all acquitted them
selves admirably, demonstrating both their
oratorical ability and their familiarity with
the question that is at present veXing older
heads than theirs.
AN interesting meeting of the Home Mis-
sionary Society of the Montpelier district
was held at Plainfeld, commencing We'd
nesday evening, June 7, and continuing
through Thursday. Mrs. Alger of Bourne,
Mass, gave an interesting address Wednes-
day evening. After devotional exercises
on Thursday morning and the reports from
auxiliaries and circles, papers full of inspir-
alton and helpful suggestions were read
upon the following subjects; Deaconess
Work, ," How Shall We Make Our Work
More Elfective?" Our Bohemian Work."
"Our Homes" The question-box was con-
Quoted by Mrs. Alger, after which the COM
pany adjourned to the vestry of the Congre-
gational church, where a tempting dinner
was served by the Plainfeld ladies', The
afternoon services were equally interesting.
After prayer and dmusiC came Bible readings
on the Bible plan of giving, followed by
talk on " Beehives," and a paper, How
Shall We Interest Our Young People and
Children" The Rev. Mr. Tucker, who has
spent fifteen years on the frontier, gave an
interesting talk and Miss Helen Batchel-
der, who has been spending the last year in
the Deaconess Home at Washington, ID. c.,
told something of the work of our deacon
esses. vivid description of life in one of
our industrial homes was given by the dis
triCt secretary, Mrs. Elmer, in a paper on
"Glimpses of the South Land" Mrs. FL
mer passed the winter in Haven Home
Savannah, Ga, and was thoroughly posted
on this subject. Resolutions were passed
thanking the ladies of Plainfeld for their
hospitality the Wells River railroad for
giving half-fare rates, and the president and
all who assisted her in carrying out so in
teresting a programme. Much credit for
the success of the meeting is due to the
efforts of the district secretary well as
the ladies of Plainfield. The meeting closed
with remarks by the different pastors pres
ent.
RESPECTING the matter of balcony tickets
at the recent presentation of ' County
Fair " in this place, Mr.. II. l.. Averll makes
the following explanation: By agreement
with the business manager of the company,
| put on sale, on Tuesday morning, the
second and third rows in the balcony at
seventy. five cents. Some tickets were
taken to Montpelier, but as Mr. Longs
store was closed they We're not left there.
Before the doors were opened in the even
ing the doorkeeper knew that three rows
were reserved in the balcony and if the
ushers did not, it was the doorkeeper's
| fault. AS soon as the doors were opened
those who had tifty-cent admission tickets
rushed in and filed these three rows that
were reserved There was such a crush the
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Policeman Hunt was asked to request the
holders to remove to the fifty-cent seats.
a number did so, giving up their seats to
those who held the checks for them, while
several refused to move. Mr.. Hunt did
not wish to eject them from the seats as L
was not owner of the house, and for that
reason, of nly oCn accord, offered to refund
twenty-five cents to every one holding the
reserved seat checks if they would turn
them in at the box office. The blame rests
on those who in the crush allowed these
three rows to be filled by those holding
hfty-cent tickets AS soon as | learned that
these seats were being filed by those who
had admission tickets l refused to sell any
thing but standing room. Had | known
that these seats could not be reserved, L
should most certainly have refused to sell
them as such. When | learned of the
trouble | endeavored to secure seats to
coupon-holders. Finding this was impos-
sible, did the only fair thing l could Of
! fered to refund the money, and it was done
to large majority of those holding reserved
seat coupons for the second and third rows
in the balcony. In regard to the charge
that the business men failed to secure tick
cts for lithograph privileges-if such was
the case, it was no fault of the management,
as the man who put up the Autographs had
the tickets and had full charge of billing
and lthographing, and if he did not give
tickets out, he must have been at fault as
he had plenty with him.