The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-10

N'hNcli oNdhOI'lt Oh. JODnSDurY, w IL.
Button, Middlebury. w H. Bliss, A. A
Hall and I. j. Boynton were not present
to-day.
JUDGE HIRAM CARLETON and wife George
Wheeler and wife, Mr. and Mrs. E A. Mutt.
and Mrs. Ellen Osgood, with other relatives
from East Montpelier, Berlin and Barre at
tended the celebration Of the seventy-3econd
birthday anniversary Of Mrs. Caroline Kin
ney At her home in Barre last Saturday
evening. Mrs. Kinney is a grand daughter
of David Wing, Jr, secretary Of state for
Vermont in 1903, whose wife, Hannah, was
"A daughter of Colonel Jacob Davis. In his
admirable history OF Montpelier, written
for the souvenir edition of the WArcHMAN,
Professor DeBoer refers to Mrs Wing as
having the distinction Of wearing, at a fete
held in one of Colonel Davis barns, in 1903,
the first silk dress ever seen in Vermont
The twenty annual reunion Of the
First Vermont Cavalr is to be held here on
Tuesday, October IS The important fea-
lures include papers on Gettysburg by p
9. j. Cheney of Washington and "'rhe
Experience of Cavaryman from Peters
burg to Appomattox by Willard Earring.
ton OF st. Adams. These papers promise to
be interesting, as Lieutenant Cheney was
among the leaders of the regiment in the
desperate charge in front of Round Top on
July g. 1868, where General Farms worth
was killed Lieutenant Harrington was the
last Nermonter wounded iD the war.
| There will be banquet at the Exchange in
the evening. Headquarters will be estab-
lished at the Office of the adiutant general
at the state house.
The lecture Friday evening by Rev. j. j
/ Lewis drew another crowded house and
was thoroughly enjoyable The route was
through Holland, up the historic Rhine,
! through Switzerland to the famous vale of
| Lauterbrunnen. The views were very fine
and included many points of interest along
tue banks of the Rhine, the site of John
] IA. >, Il.
he was buried, and many beautiful spots
| among the superb scenery OF the Swiss
| lakes. La his introduction the lecturer went
back to the time of William 5he Silent, the
founder of the Dutch republic, and consid-
! cred briefly but entertainingly the begin
nings of New England in Holland. The
next lecture will be a journey from the AT
| lantic to the Pacific through the Canadian
| Rockies The date will be Friday evening,
| October II.
CATHOLIC and Protestant, orthodox and
heterodox, high and low, rich and poor,
crowded the vestry and parlors of the
| Church of the Messiah on Thursday evening
to congratulate Rev. and Mrs. j. Edward
| Wright upon the eighteenth anniversary of
their marriage. The occasion also cee.
brated the rounding out of quarter cen
tennal of Mr.. Wright's pastorate in Mont
pelier, and the people of the village ir-
respective of rank or creed, improved the
opportunity to grasp the hand of the pastor
| and his estimable wife, and to bid them
" Godspeed as they pass the portals of the
second quarter of a century of their work.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Johounott assisted
Mr.. aud Mrs. Wright in receiving, and in
troduced those who were not personally
acquainted with them. Their duties were
more honorary than laborious, however, as
there were few in the great company whom
Mr. Wright at least could not call by name.
The vestry where the reception was held
was very prettily trimmed, and in one of
the parlors and on the stage a portion of the
large and costly collection Of foreign views
gathered by Mrs. Wright during their stay
abroad was shown and was greatly adj
mired. Nearly, If not quite, all the clergy
men in town were present, with hundreds
of others not members of that church or
congregation. 1t was a thoroughly enjoy
able affair and one long to be embei cd
ANOTHER secret organization was added
TO Montpelier's long list on Thursday even
ing, when lodge of knights of Pythias
with thirty charter members, was organized
at the Grand Army hall. The ranks of the
order were conferred by Vincitia Lodge
No. 10, of Barre. Sixteen members were
initiated and there are fourteen others who
signed the application for charter who
will join at the next regular meeting. The
officers were installed by Grand Chancellor
j. b. Needham OF Rutland, assisted by the
other grand officers present. The following
officers were chosen: II. 9 Webster, chie1
Rev. George o. Webster, prel4te; William
Canning, X. Of Il. and s.. G.. w. Luce, NJ. OF
E.. James Smith, NJ. of F.; G.. NJ. Felt, NJ
of A.; T. r. Lascor, l. G.; w. w. Noyes, o.
G.; f. II. Hall aud E. j. Ennis, pIst chan
cellors j. p Needham of Rutland grant
chancellor, w. II. Gilchrist of McIndoe,
Falls, past grand chancellor G. F. o
Tinker of st. Johnsbury, supreme repre-
sentative, j. b. Morse of Rutland, CRANE
keeper of record and seal, and j. F. Hun
Representatives were present from the lodge'
at Barre, St. Johnsbury, Hardwick, Nc
Iudoe's, Rutland, Burlington, and Haver
hill N. II. During the night the company
enjoyed banquet at the Exchange, which
was pronounced by the eighty who attended
it one of the very best they have enjoyed
The new lodge is composed of representa-
tive citizens of Montpelier The grand of
tcers present commended in warm terms
the manner in which Vincitia Lodge per
formed the work of instituting their lodge
Great credit is due G. A. Bond, who has
done good thing for Montpelier in giving
the town good lodge of the Knights o
Pythias.
OF rare interest were the services helt
in the Church of the Messiah on Sunday
morning when Rev. j. Edward Wrigh
gave a review of his pastorate of quartz
of century. Mr.. Wright took as bash
of his remarks the first verse of th,
one hundred and thirty.third Psalm, " Be
hold how good and pleasant it is for breth
rem to dwell together in unity" In hi
opening remarks he referred TO the fact tina
no other clergyman in Montpelier was il
active service here when he commenced hi,
pastorate twenty-five years ago, and onl,
two in Washington county-Rev. Orin Da
! Wis of Calais, and Rev. w. S. Hazen o
Northheld In tender language he referred
TO the long list of members of his socet,
, who have died during his pastorate. Durinl
his pastorate Mr.. Wright has attended 75
, funerals (three- fourths of which were of peo
, Pile not connected with his parish), solem
nized $50 marriages, delivered 2,450 sermons
and lectures Ohree- tifths OF these at homt
and 900 informal addresses While the re
suits of all these might not be apparent, I,
the speaker the most precious results wer,
, the knowledge that his words had com
forted some hearts in sorrow, and led other
, to better life. Considering the expense o
supporting that church, as well as the 9th
, ers in the village, Mr.. Wright said that 70
every 81, 600 spent for the support of th
, churches in Montpelier during the pas
, twenty. five years, there had been 81 90
, expended for tobacco; and he pertinentl.
asked if the results of the former did no
justify the outlay. During his ministry il
, Mont ielier, he said, he had dedicated 10
"A tha aArVisa nf /,