The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-17
Durant. Subject "The Press and its Rela.
tion to Temperance Work"

Durant. SUBJECT, The Press and its Rela-
ton to Temperance Work"
Mrs w. T. DEWEY returned from Wash.
ington, ID. c., last Wednesday evening
much improved in health.
Mas. III. K. BLISS has thoroughly reno
waited the interior of the Hillside hotel, and
already has large number of boarders.
IRA Snow, sexton of Green Mount ceme-
terry for the past thirty-one years, is seri-
ously i'll with diseased bone in the leg.
REV. G. w. GALLAGHER is to address the
Orange County Christian Endeavor Union,
to be held next Wednesday at Wells River
WILL BLANCHARD and Marshall Dennis
started last Thursday evening for Portland,
Ore. They will visit the Worlds Fair en-
route.
REV. G. W. GALLAGHER is to deliver
temperance lecture at Peacham next Tues
day evening. He preached in Bethel last
Sunday.
w. A. LORD spoke on the Keeley Cure at
Springfield Monday evening, under the aus.
pices of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union.
s. A. McGINN went to st. Adams last
week, where he is to be manager Of one of
the large farms of President e. g. Smith of
the Central Vermont railroad at st. Albans
Bay.
GEORGE NJ. Goss, quartermaster sergeant
OF the Spencer Rifles, has been transferred
to a like position in Company Ii, vice f. ID.
Dewey, promoted to headquarters quarter
master.
The silver salver that was presented Ser
geant-at-Arms L. g. Phinney by the officers
and members of the legislature of 1892 was
handsomely engraved last week by g. II.
Baldwin.
The Wetmore & Morse Granite Company
has nearly forty carloads of finished work
ready for shipment. Twenty-six carloads
have been shipped by this company within
the past two weeks
N PRENTIss DODGE of Grants Pass Ore
gon, formerly well known in this vicinity
was in town last week Mr.. Dodge is post
master at Grants Pass, and comes east as a
delegate to the Presbyterian convention
held at Washington, D. G.
II. II. SCRIBNER and H. G. Webster, dele
gates from Vermont lodge to the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows, and Cantons Mont
pelier and Vinton of Barre, went to Bur-
lington yesterday morning.
The selectmen have completed the meas
urement of the highways in town as pro-
vided by law. There are only twenty-eight
miles of laid-out roads within the town linn
its, while East Montpelier has seventy-six
miles.
PRESIDENT E. G. SMITH, director B. B.
Smalley and clerk George T. Childs of the
Central Vermont railroad were in town last
Saturday. They came by special train on
the directors car St. Lawrence, and visited
the Barre quarries before their return in the
afternoon,
The ice was out of Niggerhead Pond on
Wednesday, and, bright and early Thurs
day morning, +. w. Morse and A. j. Sib-
ley were on hand for the drst catch of the
season. They were successful, and their
friends shared literally in the fruits of their
success.
GRAND CHAPLAIN F. A. SHERBURNE of
the grand lodge, Grand Senior Warden ID.
L. Sanders, and Grand Treasurer d. W.
Dudley of the grand encampment of Odd
Fellows left for Burlington, Tuesday morn
ing, to attend the annual session of those
| bodies.
The Central Vermont railway has paid
the fire companies of this village 800 for
services and expenses in the fire at Mont
pelier Junction on Thursday of last week.
The company has been both just and gen.
erous and commends itself to the good will
| OF the tiremen,
AT the annual meeting of the National
Academy of Design in New York on
Wednesday, Mr.. T. W. Wood was reelected
president. The WATCHMAN Chicago cor
respondent refers pleasantly to the exhibit
tion there Of Mr.. Woods fine portrait OF
Senator Morrill,
A SPAN Of horses owned by Melvin
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street at a mad pace last Saturday noon
| The street was crowded at the time bu
they were given the right Of way, and wer,
stopped at the foot of Clay Hill without AM
damage having been done.
THE services of George Il. White, w. E
Dufur and L. w. Donahue have been sc
cured for the Montpelier Military Band TO
another year. With I, X. Merrill Jr, a
leader, this organization will continue t.
sustain the well-earnee reputation it enjoy
of being the best band in the state.
THE exceptions in the celebrated conspir
acy case OF State " j. b. Dyer ct al hav
been practically disposed of, and it i
thought that the case will be heard at tn
general term of the supreme court in Octo
ber. Judge Munscn gave a hearing to in
terested parties in the case last week.
THE forty hours devotion that has beel
held this week at st. Augustines churcl
will close this morning. Rev. w. j. OSul
livan has been assisted by Rev. Father
ID. j. O'Sullivar of ST. Adams, Whittake
OF Winooski, Breivet of Barre, Donahue O
Nerthfeld, and Shannon of Underhll.
AT the annual meeting of the board o
underwriters for Montpelier district. hel(
last week in the Office of Senter & Kemp
j. X. Egerton of Northfeld was electe,
president; w. +. Barney of Barre, vice
president; j. T. Sabin, secretary and treas
Grer; j. X. Egerton, w. K. Barney and III
w. Kemp rating committee.
A. o. CUMMINs and son Harlie started
for Chicago last Saturday evening. The,
will visit Sioux City. Ia, and Mr.. Cummin
will remain in Pierre S. D., for severa
| weeks, where the savings bank of which h,
is vice-president is located. Harlie will
| spend the summer in Pierre with Bert, hi
brother, cashier of the above-named bank.
SAMPLE of maple sugar received at tn,
testing station last Saturday from Hon
| Alpha Messer of Rochester tested % I, the
highest yet this season. A sample re-
ceived two weeks ago from Mr.. Messer thai
tested 800 has been sent to the maple
| sugar exhibit at the Worlds Fair. The
best sample received last year tested 95.S.
THE 4rgus said something last week in its
local column about getting names mixed in
marriage notices, and in its marriage col
Sumn OF the same issue spoke of the marriage
OF Miss Adele Pray and George Wallace by
Rev. Mr.. Fish of Waitsield. The name OF
the bride was Miss Adele Bragg, aud Rev
e. .. Fiske that of the officiating clergy.
man.
The Montpelier & Wells River railroad
Will run a special train from Barre to Mont
pelier Thursday evening at the close of the
entertainment at the opera house. where
the students of Goddard Seminary are TO
present the drama =" Neighbor lakewood -