The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-02

from these words, /" Nevertheless 1 tell you
the truth; it is expedient for you that go
away; for II | go not away the Comforter
will not come unto you, but II depart 1
will send him unto you" Following the
sermon, class Of seventeen received the
rite of confirmation. In the afternoon
Bishop Hall went to Barre, where he
preached at the Mission of the Good Shep-
herd, and, assisted by Rev. A. N. Lewis,
confirmed class OF seven. In the evening
he preached at Miles hall to a large congre-
CATION. A special train was run to Barre
over the Montpelier and Wells River rail-
road to accommodate those from Montpelier
who desired to attend the evening service.
A FORMER citizen of Montpelier writes so
appreciativey Of the beauties of Montpelier,
and pays such a merited tribute to Street
Commissioners Roberts, that we gladly put
in type portion of his letter. He writes:
Returning to Montpelier for the first time
in twenty years, feel like remarking about
the extensive improvements in the general
appearance of the town Nowhere in this
country, believe will you find a town of
5000 inhabitants with better business streets.
The fire which in 1875 destroyed nearly one
half the business part OF the town was
looked upon as great calamity; but had the
superb system Of waterworks waited few
years until one or two more fiery baptsms
had visited the place, the transformation
would have been still more marked for the
better. The beauty of the town, however,
is in the residences and their surroundings.
Street after street of neat comfortable houses
not large or very costly, and yet not with
out character; but almost without excep-
tion L notice an absence of the tumble
down house to mar the general effect.
Fences have been taken away-even the
jalyard fence, I am told, has been given
to the cemetery-yards cleaned up and the
paint brush applied with lavish hand.
The street der artment seems to be trying
to keep pace with the thrifty citizens, and
man almost feels ashamed not to keep his
own surroundings to correspond with his
neighbours. Don't grumble at the cost of
! keeping clean streets and if you don't
| think you are getting the worth of your
! money, take a drive through some other
| country towns. Do not confine your in
| spection to one or two of the main streets,
but look around carefully and note the diff
| ference"
EARLY in January last, Montpelier busi
ness man sent to Baltimore, Md, his check
on the Capital Savings Bank for 500 to pay
a debt there The person in whose favor
the check was drawn, instead of depositing
it there, sent it back to Montpelier to be
| collected in currency. Captain IL. w.
Drew, the local express agent, received the
money at the bank, counted it in the pres
ence of the teller, and placed it in large
envelope which he sealed and sent to Bal
timore. Mr. Drew received a letter the
other day, requesting him to call on the
a $50 bill in the package sent last January
was pronounced a counterfeit at the treasury
department at Washington, and to ask him
to make it good. To this request T j .Deav-
lit, president of the bank, replied in writing
that the officers of the Capital Savings
Bank were not authorized to receive or pay
out counterfeit money; that they are good
judges of money, in which they say they
paid the check in question; that no officer
of the bank would be justified in refunding
: Gta1 thnt mr. 1Rh a w.
ment would be made. 1t appears that the
$50 bill in question was paid by the Balti
more man to whom the express pack
age was sent to typewriter agent
he, after carrying it for some time, used il
to pay board bill at hotel. The propri'
etor Of the hotel deposited the bill, and hav.
ing passed through one or more national
banks of Baltimore it was sent to Wash
ington in package of mutilated currency
for redemption. OF course the treasury de
partment having declared the bill counter
felt, will destroy it, and it is impossible fol
the officers of the Capital Savings Bank, OF
any one else through whose hands it hai
passed, to get hold of it to examine it. The
officers of the Montpelier bank have gooC
reason to doubt whether the bill in question
! ever passed through their hands, and will
y stand a suit in the matter If necessary. L
need not be added that no suspicion o
crookedness on the part of the express com
pany or its agent exists in the mind OF an,
one. The identical money that was re
ceived by Captain Drew was forwarded t
Baltimore, and the trouble, whatever ther
| is, is beyond Montpelier.