The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16

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burnt-cork aggregatons on the road They
present a well-balanced programme, and
are entitled to their full share Of public sup
port.
THERE came near being no necessity for
the town voting to buy the Marsh buildings
on South Main street. A polishing ma
chine, run by naphtha in the laundry up
stairs caught fire last Saturday forenoon
and had not the flames been extinguished
before they reached the tank which holds
the supply of naphtha, an opportunity for
| sounding a general alarm would no doubt
| have been given.
Mr.. AND Mrs. CHARLES TEwKsBURY Of
| Worcester gave a reception last Friday
| evening in honor of Mr., and Mrs. Harry
Hutchinson, their daughter and son-in-law,
whose marriage was noted last week Mr..
| and Mrs. Hutchinson took q short carriage
| drive through the northern part of the state,
| returning to Worcester on Friday for the
reception, which was attended by quite
number of young people from Montpelier,
friends of Mrs. Hutchinson.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
branch of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, which is to be held in Mont
| pelier, September 13 and II, promises to be
an interesting and important gathering.
The meetings will be held in Bethany
church and in the vestry of the Church Of
the Messiah. Eminent speakers from
abroad are expected, and one or more grad
uates of the Kelley Institute at Montpelier
will be invited to address one of the gather
ings.
The police were called to one of the
houses in the rear of the Blanchard block
last Sunday night, where an individual
named Will Brown was beating his sister
in-law. Papers for his arrest were made
| out Monday morning and placed in the
! hands of Deputy Sheriff Tuttle, who went
to the farm of Samuel Smith, where Brown
was working, to arrest him. The culprit
h. do ha tlns
approaching, and has not yet been appre-
hended.
In conversation with Station Agent +.
! w. Thompson, WATCHMAN representative
learned that the Central Vermont railroad
has this summer, in spite of hard times,
done no inconsderable work in track
laying. A double track from Swanton to
st. Albans nine miles, has been put in,
new yard capable of holding 200 cars has
been built at St. Albans, side track
capable of holding twenty-five cars has
been built opposite the Nicholas meadow in
Berlin, and over mile of side track has
been laid in the Barre yard. The work
of filling the trestles between Barre and
! Williamstown is also being pushed as rap
idly as possible.
STREET COMMISSIONER RoBERTs has just
completed an extensive and much-needed
| Job of work on the extension of East State
street leading to Seminary Hill. The high
way has been widened and the grade at the
| top of the hill has been lowered two feet, a
change that will be appreciated on this
much-used thoroughfare. The widening of
| the street necsssitates large fill Just west
of the barn of g. w. Parmenter Heavy logs
were first laid to give it permanency, and
| over 300 carloads of dirt were required to
fill the big hole The sides of the road are
smoothly terraced and the work done makes
a marked improvement in the appearance
of things in that locality.
M, of. ~, A
ican Revolution was organized yesterday
at the residence of Mrs. Mary b. Peck.
The following officers were elected: Regent,
Mrs Amanda T. Newcomb; vice regent,
Mrs. Grace r. Houghton; treasurer, Mrs.
Ruth Jewett Burgess historian, Mrs. Har-
ret Huse; registrar, Miss Jennie p. Phin.
ney; chaplain, Rev. A. n. Lewis. The next
meeting will be held with Mrs. Burgess,
Tuesday, August 80, at three p. NJ. Ladies
who are eligible and desire to become men,
bers will send their applications to the sec
retary Mrs Mary B. Peck who will furnish
the necessary documents. Chapters have
been organized at Burlington, Arlington,
Rutland, Brattleboro and st. Johnsbury.
AN associated press dispatch was sent out
flom Boston last week which stated that
DR.. 1. H. Fisk of Montpelier had been
placed under arrest for sending letter
through the mail addressed to Arthur c.
Pell, son of DIR. Pell, formerly a dentist in
Montpelier, telling him that he would per
form certain crime for 800. In justice
to DR.. Fisk, it should be said that there is
no claim that he has injured any man
woman or child, but simply that he de-
, posted an unmailable letter The law pre-
J sumes every man innocent of a crime with
which he is charged until he is proved
guilty, and DR.. Fisk is entitled to a sus
pension of Judgment until the charge agans
him is proved.
ABOUT one hundred legal voters attended
the special village meeting held last Mon
; day evening BY vote of the meeting
; the village trustees were authorized to pur
chase the so called Marsh property on Soutl
Main street, provided it can be purchased
t for reasonable price, and that deed sat
8 isfactory to the president of the board o.
trustees could be obtained The motor
that was adopted included a proviso tina
3 the land should be used for highway o
market purposes, either or both The meet
4 ing adjourned for six weeks, at the eXpira
ton of which time the village clerk was in
structed TO send out a notification of the al
t journed meeting to be held. The trustee
4 are then to report what they have done, ant
measures will be taken at that time to pro
. vide funds to pay for the property.
, BY an ingenious arrangement invente,
. by w. f Laird, the sounding of a fire alarm
Q will instantly throw wide open the doors o
3 the building where the hose wagon belong
ing to Volunteer Hose Company No. ] /
=, kept. The daily test does not affect it, bu
| Jut lHSldnJ lllt stCDuu uBuIt luI any bOA II
= :, struck the doors fly open. The village trus
. tees visited the hose house in body las
= Wednesday evening, by invitation, AM
were shown the workings of the new inven
= tion. The whole equipment of the buildin
IL and apparatus is very suggestive of an en-
g gine house of city fire department. !
T trained horse is kept at the Putney stables
Q directly opposite, and the harness, fastened
n to the shafts of the hose wagon, is suspende
Il so that it can be put on in five seconds
The members of this company are justl
o proud of the fact that they own every do
It lars worth of apparatus around the prem
II ises. During the past ten years they hav
Il expended over 81 200 for fire apparatus, tn
g use of which has all been given 10 tn
l. town. No hose house in the state is bette
equipped and no company is more prolnr
Il and effective in the hour of need
l. The band concert that was to have bee
L. held in the opera house last Monday even
d ing was given from the Pavilion band stan
If and attracted a very large crowd. Til
le number of musicians was augmented I
m thirty, and included several prominent 81
osts. The expense of hiring extra men fC
k muster was about $3.50, and the concert wa
'g given for the purpose of raising this amoun
4 Those who had purchased tickets for I'll
Y concert at the opera house were provide
~ with seats in the Pavilion yard, and a co