The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-03-01

The oldest inhabitant Is silent. There Il
40 record OF more rapid fall of eighteen
inches OF the beautiful, or of more demon
allied condition OF railroad traffic than tina
which took place last Wednesday. The day
express south left our depot in solitude uu
I'll nine O'Clock the next morning, and M
train north bound passed for about twenty
eight hours. At one time there were eigh
passenger trains blockaded between NOrtf
DSxbury and Montpelier.
The entertainment given by our Grand
Army boys last Friday evening was sue
cess. Commander Smalley and severa
comrades from Ezra Stetson post we're pres
emit, and about fifty partook of their bounti
&ul spread. Comrade n. r. Palmer made
some excellent remarks, and the evening
until late hour, was crowded with anec-
1Ote5, songs and personal "reminiscences Of
the war. The post appreciates the kind
ness OF many friends who assisted, espe-
cially a. q. Anterior, who placed the con-
tents OF his china store at their disposal
The installation of Rev. A. j. Covell as
pastor OF the Congregational church took
place yesterday. The council convened at
steven A. NJ, and was composed of pastors
and delegates from Montpelier Barre,
Northtield Waitsfield and Richmond. Rev.
MIR, Hazen Of North6eld was chosen mod
orator, and Rev. Mr.. Longren OF Barre,
scribe. Mr.. Covell underwent the usual
examinations and criticism with good de-
gree OF Composure, and was pronounced
sound In principles and doctrines. The af-
ternoon services were as follows: Prayer by
Or; W; 8; Hazen; charge to pastor, Rev.
G. w Gallagher; fellowship Of the churches.
Rev. O. ". Longren; charge to people, Rev
Austin HaZen. Installation sermon was
delivered by Professor G.. Campbell of
Dartmouth College.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Dillingham; were in
Bennington the most OF last week. -
superintendent Giddings made visit to
Bakersfield last week. Levi Davis
and " ife have been appointed night watch
AZ the asylum: - Mrs. w. d. Nichols
child is failing gradually. - Mrs.
Eugene Stowell FROM Auburn is assisting
Mrs Henry in the care Of her daughter.
- Mrs. Bishop is reported az gaining,
and 1t is hoped she will be able to return
TO her home in Montpelier the last of this
week. - The daughter of T. T. Far.
rell IL reported more comfortable,
WiIIiamstown.
Conductor James Kaualey is taking a
short. vacation at his home in Leicester
Junction.
We.are told that there IL depth OF four
Seet OF snow In the woods in some sections
Of the town.
M. and Mrs. Carl Benedict, now of Mont
pelier, have TO lament the untimely death
OF an infant boy,
Albert d. Roberts, recently returned from
Wisconsin, has bought farm in Cam bridge,
where he.is to make his home
Charles Clark OF Aberdeen, Scotland. Ar
rived here last Saturday week and has gone
20 work for the granite firm of Grearson,
Moore e. Co
Some twenty Eve friends of Mrs Rev. J.
n. Perrin came from Plainfeld, Monday,
Tor visit with her, bringing cake and ice
tb.. 81. Il
greatly
The warning for our March meeting con
Sains nothing outside the very ordinary ex.
cept the article to see If the town will make
an appropriation for the observance of
Decoration Day.
Antony" the handsome little Italian
stone cutter, Familiarity known among our
granite wQrkmen, has Ut late been enjoying
honeymoon in Italy. He will return to
America later on.
The Edison Brothers are receiving their
stock of furniture. They have provided
themselves with fine delivery" outfit
and now Let the public. far and wide, give
them good "send off D."
A generous collection was taken at the |
congregational church, Sunday evening |
last, TO provide new anthem books for the |
choir, thanks we suppose in due part to |
the large attendance OF our granite boys"
st the service.
Mrs. Betsey Erskiue Needham, widow of |
Che late Hon. Horatio Needham, 80 well !
Sown in Vermont in the past, has come |
here TO live with her nephew, Henry |
Erskine. She il remarkably well-pre- |
served woman, of almost ninety.six years
Of age,
Al the Methodist vestry, on Wednesday |
evening of this week, the grange holds a |
public meeting for the discussion of the
question Of the advantages of the new
school SYSTEM" Everybody is cordially in
vited to attend. There ought to be a fuIl |
house, and most profitable meeting
A most appetizing programme is that
which MIR. Fred w, Bancroft of Montpelier
offers in his An Evening Of Old English |
Ballads, with us on Tuesday evening of |
This week. The list of the ballads ranges
from the earliest-knOwn specimen of A. d.
1850 to the modern song OF to-day"
AT the rate things went hast week In the |
outer world here, 1t must soon become sec
Ond nature for our railroad men to live after
the manner of the polar regions. Think of
our populsr conductor, for instance, having
90 be kept on a cake Of ice, polar bear fash
loo, through the coming hot weather, with
frequent ice-water bathsl But there may
De change in the weather programme in
the weeks at hand,
Hardly for years have we had such snow
storms and wind as we had ON Monday and
the snowfall must have been more than two
feet ia depth. We are told that for the first
time, at night, the train failed on Wednes-
day night TO come up from Barre. 1t was
Interesting, later, TO see the struggle of To-
or two TO clear Of snow the tracks
near our depot, illustrating, as it did so for
cibly, the power OF combination of the COM
paratively powerless ''littles " in this world
II our old-fashioned Vermont winter has
the tendency to make any OF US wish we
we're III some SUMNER cline, it may not
come amiss to repeat anything which shall
help us to appreciate " the average " Of our
good things Through the kindness of a |
European friend, we have Just seen the |
statement Of one who has had a familiar ac-
luaintance with a certain tropical country.
which amounts virtually to this, viz, that |
such pears ard apples aud strawberries az |
abound in Vermont, for instance, are to be |
priced above the sum total of the tropical |
fruits he found there. And this is only one |
feature Of a comparison that put that cOun- |
try to great disadvantage.
"Are taxes high in Williamstown?"
wrote stranger who has an eye on the
place as a future place OF business. The |
answer would depend on who qaue II.
They are plentiful enough who would say
they are, and who cry out at the probable |
increase OF them in the futures but no one