The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-21

so strongly resembles an artistic little Gothic
church that it is asserted that strangers
have entered 1t by mistake for house
worship Golden grape vines and leaves
are carved in relief above the arched door
way, with its door Of deep brown, on which
is ettpred the name 'Athenwood'. and the
gabled caves are adorned with a design of
grape leaves"
l.. p THAYER bought the St. Johnsbury
Republican at the receivers sale on Tuesday
for $500, including all the a counts. sub.
scripton list, job office, etc. The Republican
was started about nine years ago by stock
company COMPOSED of the leading business
men and republicans of Caledonia 20 nty,
and was very prosperous until wrecked by
Grimm 81 msmanagement The paper has
now circulation OF 800 and good adver.
tising and job business, which can be very
largely increased by good management.
A CHANGE which is intended for. and
should he, reform in the methods of adj
mi listering the local affairs of Montpelier
is made hy the passage of the act making
the town and village one municipality. 1t
can be the means Of great good to M ntpe
lier I'd insure TO her advancement in many
ways. A responsibility that has rested
somewhat easily on the voters in village
meeting should be felt al embodied in
acts, ia putting the new ma )hinery into
operation, 10 selecting the men who shall
al minis er the affairs Of the new corpora
ilOu anu III lltll VI tublE
duties. On the first Tuesday of March
next this community will pass into the new
form of government.
THE interest Is steadily Increasing among
the young men Of the village in regard 10
the Young Mems Christian Asso 'iation,
soon to be formed, and the subscription list
is rapidly gro wing. II the association is
able to secure the rooms they now have in
view, they will indeed be well eq ,ipped,
there being plenty of space for reading
room, gymnasium, library, etc, where the
young men can enjoy themse elves, al i'm
prove mentally, morally and physically.
They have the refusal Of young man,
graduate Of a training school in Springfield,
Mass, who for the past two years has been
in charge of such work in Cambridge, Mass.
If the subscriptions of the business men
| who have not been asked to contribute to
! this are as genel GUS as Ia anticipated, the
! Young Mems Christian Association in Mont
! pelier will soon be an assured fact.
THERE are many important changes Of
| ii ne in the arrival and departure of trains
on the Central Vermont IA lroad. The pas
senger train for Windsor which fjrmerly
| left here at 6:20 P. M, now goes at six
o'clock. The nail train for Burlington,
| Montre Al and Chicago that has left here at
| $685. now goes at $3.50. A local express
from Windsor to 81. A bans and Burlington
will leave here at GAO P. The fast ex-
press from Bos on to Montreal and Chicago,
morning nail train will now be run as an
express portion of the way. The New
York papers and mail will now reach here
at 6:15 P. M, and the Boston papers and
mail at 3:45 P. NJ The only changes in the
Barre and Montpelier service are that the
train lea yiDg here at 4:15 for Barre now de-
parts at $50. The train leaving Barre at
$3.50 will now go at 3:05 M
IT is with regret that we announce the
death of one of the ear y residents of Mont
pclier, DR.. William P. Badger, who died at
| Muscotah, Kansas, Wednesday, Novem Der
7, of consumption. He was born at San
bornton Square, n H., Dece nber 10, 1917
He came to Montpelier at the age of twelve,
and began the study of medicine, and also
followed the trade of halter DR.. Badger
was at one time very prominent in local
the old Montpelier band, published in the
Montpelier Souvenir. He moved TO Kansas
in 1857, owing to i'll health. He was a
member of the Kansas legislature in 1858,
and has been active in the state affairs in
that state. He was government agent for
the Kickapoo Indians from 1857 TO 1861.
During the war he was adjutant of the
Thirteenth Kansas and fought in several
noted western titles. He was An Odd
Fellow and Mason. He married Chi )e
Kellogg at this place in 1871, who survives
him. She was sister of ex-senator Kel.
logg of Louisiana. Four children were
born, and Clara alone remains. DIR. Badger
was the founder of Muscotah, and was its
first mayor, serving three terms. He was
strong republican, and nephew of ex
Governor Bad ger of New Hampshire.