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

correspondent a copy of the WATCHMAN of
1913, which he thinks is little older than
anything yet reported, but the Cambridge
copy antedates it by four years.
AT regular meeting of Brooks Post,
G. A. r., June 6, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That
the hearty thanks of this post be extended
to all the societies which participated with
us in the parade on Memorial Day to the
Woman's Relief Corps for their kind assist
ance and timely remembrance for the wants
of the inner man; to the young misses
whose part formed so interesting feature
in our exercises; to the Rev A. n. Lewis,
for his appropriate services and interesting
and patriotic sermon on Memorial Sunday;
and last, but by no means least, to Rev. w.
j. OSullivan for his eloquent patriotic and
suggestive address on Memorial Day; that
a copy of these resolutions be furnished to
each of the persons and societies named and
referred to, also to each of the local papers
for publication"
CHARLES II. WARD of Winter Park, Fla,
is in town for the summer, accompanied by
his wife and youngest son. They are at
present the guests of Mr. and Mrs Orrin
Daley. Before going to Florida sixteen
years ago, Mr.. and Mrs. Ward lived in
Montpelier, the latter pleasantly remem-
bered as Miss Emma Chubb. They have
not been north for ten years, and their old
friends are glad to meet them Mr.. Ward
acres at Winter Park, and an extensive
vegetable farm, which he has left in charge
of his sons. He has found orange raising in
Florida both pleasant and profitable. Mr.
Ward gives many interesting facts relative
to orange raising in Florida. The total
annual product of the industry is now
some four million boxes.
THE arrangements for the Keeley reunion
next week Thursday and Friday are not all
completed, but programme filed with
attractive features is already assured
There will be a reception to the graduates
at the rooms of the Young Mems Catholic
Union in Langdon block, and at the same
time, at the rooms of the Relief Corps, the
members of the Ladies' Auxiliary will en-
tertain the visiting wives and lady friends
of the graduates. There will be a parade
Thursday afternoon headed by the Mont
peler Military Band, which has been en-
gagged for the two days. and later a banquet
at the Pavilion. In the evening a public
meeting will be held at Blanchard opera
house, at which it is expected that DIR.
Leslie e. Kelley and Others will speak.
The time Friday will be occupied in an ex-
cursion to Missisquoi Park. Any additional
features of the two days will be given next
week.
A FATAL termination of the wedding trip
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Parcher of Water
bury was narrowly averted last Sunday
morning. TAey came to Montpelier, Sat
urday evening, and stopped at the Putney.
On retiring about eight o'clock they blew
out the gas. But for the fact that it was a
warm night, and one window of their room
was left open, their obituaries would now
be recorded. About four o'clock Sunday
morning, a lady sleeping in an adjoining
room heard Mrs Parcher groaning, reused
Mr. Putney and the door was forced, when
both were found in an unconscious state.
DIR. G. n. Hunt was summoned and sue
ceeded in resuscitating them, although he
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IHE Methodist Seminary ball team went
to Barre, Monday morning, to play the last
game OF the series OF i've with the Goddards,
in accordance with mutual agreement that
the game should be played at thai time and
place The Goddards declared they could
not play as their manager was in East
Montpelier and their team was scattered
from Dan 10 Beersheoa. when they learned
that the " NJ. s. boys would claim the
game by forfeit, the Goddard team showed
! up and agreed to play until twelve o'clock.
The Barre correspondent of the Free Press
stated that the visitors were compelled to
catch train " at that time, when the fact is
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! took all summer. The game was called,
however, at noon, in the middle of the
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ANOTHER brutal row occurred in the
| Nicholas block on Berlin side last Sunday
night, in which clubs, iron wrenches and
weapons of various kinds were freely used, ,
and a woman was pulled out of bed and
| hauled out of doors by her hair Fred Lar
row and Henry Laundry were the prime
! movers in the disgraceful affair. They en-
tered the tenement occupied by Andrew
Bissette, and created disturbance which
| ended in a eefor-all fight. Mr.. Bissette
| is the man who was arrested in Barre two
weeks ago on suspicion that he was the
! Portuguese who murdered Bertha Manches-
! ter at Fall River. Mass All the parties
were more or less under the influence of
| liouor. This last Sabbath dissertation has
awakened the authorities of Berlin to a
realization of what is going on within the
limits OF their town, and they propose to
| put stop to such proceedings. An anus
ing feature OF the row occurred when a
Swede who lives in an adjoining tenement
| ruSneu up town ana tOlu GOllceulan De-