The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-12

state and he would be a credit on the
supreme court bench. Congratulations to
Montpeli ,r and to Judgeto. be-Smilie."
THE Burlington Daily NeDs of last Friday
says: " I. II. Merrill. son Of the ate 7. X.
| Merrill of Montpelier, has received the ap.
pointment as town clerk in the room of his
honored father. II Tiny Tim for years
leader Of che Montpelier Military b nd, and
composer of merit, does as well in this
Office as he does In music, there need be no
com plant"
r. W. BANCROFT is to give his popular
lecture on Irish Ballads at Rutland on
Tuesday, December II at Ludl )w the 18th;
at PittSford the 18th; at Norwich, Conn,
the 10Th; at Bridgeport, Conn, the 18th;
at Woburn, Mass, the goth. On the 10Th
he is to sing the tenor part in Stainer's
| Daughter Of Jairus " at the Park church
! in Norwich, Conn.
ORDERS are pouring in on f. II. Perry for
the combination W BOD working machine in
vented by him, and that is manufactured at
the shops of the Perry Manufacturing Com
pany. This ingenious device combines a
cutting off saw, a splitting saw and jointer,
and evidently Is destined to prove very
valuable to the inventor, who has patent
pending on the machine
The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Keeley
League gave a 'andy-pull in the league
rooms last Friday evening, for the regular
monthly entertainment, that was most en-
| joyable. Toward the close of the evening
short programme was rendered, consisting
of songs and duets by e. r. Plaisted and
| Miss Nellie Canning and rectations by DR..
o. l.. Watson and Major j. l. Elder
A. E. LANE, salesman for the Northern
Supply Company of Burlington, wholesale
dealers in -four and grain, h As gone to West
Randolph, accompanied by Mrs. Lane, to
stop for awhile before going to Burlington
to accept better position with the com
pany. Mc, Lane has been devotng part
| of his time the mast months in uattipU
the Barre Roller Mills started, in which his
father is interested
j. j. HYDE, one of the propretors Of the
Exchange Hotel, was in town over Sunday,
from Middlebury, and will )me here the
last OF this week to remain permanently
Mr.. Hyde is young man OF pleasing adj
dress and excellent business qualifications,
and, with e. E. Ross, his partner, will do
his level best to maintain the almost un-
p-ecedented lead this popular hostelry has
taken since it was opened under the new
management, December L.
THE service of song held at the Church of
the Messiah last Sunday evening was un-
usually enjoyable to the very large congre.
CATION that filed nearly every seat in the
house. The regular choir was assisted by
music at Goddard Seminary, II ID. III )pkins
and G. f. Lowe. In addition to the ine
musical programme rendered, Rev. j. Ed
ward Wright the pastor, read a portion of
one OF Jean Ingelow's poems that was most
appropriate to The occasion.
THE Oregon Indian Medicine Company
of which DR.. II. Re la is manager, is nightly
drawing large houses at Capital Hall.
Aside from the sales of medicine which are
large, a frst-class entertainment is Civ en-
each evening, consisting of new songs,
dances, farces, etc. The admission will be
free Thursday and Friday evenings of this
week. This evening small admission fee
will be charged. A special bill has been
prepared, a strong feature of which is the
laughable absurdity Muldoons Picnic"
THE Festival of Holidays, held by the
Ladies' Society of the Church of the Mes
siah, will open in the vestry at three o'clock
on Thursday Among the attractions of
fered for sale will be a great variety OF
dolls home made candies, Japanese goods,
and new edition of the cook book An
oyster supper will be served on Thursday
from half past five to seven o'clock, on Fri
day a chicken-pie dinner from twelve to
two P. NJ. Friday evening at eight o'clock
Mr.. Wright will give talk on Snap Shots
in Europe" Miss Houghton of Barre will
sing, assisted by other musical talent
The regul Ar monthly meeting of Marquis
de la Fayette Ch 4pter, Daughters of the
American Revolution was held at j. O.
Houghtons, Tuesday evening, December
4. Judge Carleton gave very interesting
account of the siege of Fort Stanwich, and
the Ba tie of Oriskany. Rev. A. n. Lewis
read two letters-one from Aaron Burr de.
. scribng his surroundings at DR.. Bellamy''
school in Bethlehem, Conn, dated Januar.
9 II, 177D; and another from Alexande
! Hamilton describing the exejution of Maio
Andre the British spy The next meeting
is tle ann lal, at which time officers will b
elected for the ensuing year
l. BETHANY chapel was crowded last even
) ing when the much-anticipated Mothe
q Goose party was the attraction. Mrs. {
= II. Shipman impersoDated Mother Goose
and she and her son Jack, in the person Q
q Ned VIII 5atley, presided over the suppe
=, table and received her friends. The b
~ Peep drill, in charge of Mrs. s. j. Blanpie
! and Mrs. q. H. More was faultlessly ren
! dered and was loudly applauded Th
chapel was very prettily decorated The ice
y cream booth in one corner, made of whit
u cotton and covered with excellent imita
: tions OF frost and iccles, was in charge c
o Miss Gertrude Drew, and Miss Clara Ma
comber presided over the candy table
d These young ladies were kept busy through
/, out the evening. The net receipts wer
h gratifyingly large.
Q THE new hose sleigh for Volunteer Hos
Company, No l, to replace the one wrecke
l. at the Hubba I'd fire last winter, arrived las
d week. 1t is a beauty and fully in keepin
10 with the other splendid equipment of tina
4 organization. This sleigh was manufac
tured by the Abbott-Downing g mpany c
n Con @ord n. d., which is a guarantee tina
" the work put into ~ Is OF the very best.
n weighs 100 pounds, is painted and varnishe
n in most artistic manner, with the name O
i. the company on each side, and is ftte
with gong, tool boxes, racks for bars, axes
! lanterns, etc. The total cost of tn, sleig
= is S275 which has been paid out of tn
= treasury OF the company. In view of tn
:; fact that this hose company has expende
d so much of its own money in procuring a
outfit that makes 1t the b5st.equipped vol
L. unteer company in the state, it would sect
n that the city fathers would be justified i
st repairing and fitting up its headquarters
IS The cellar under the rooms occupied by tn
sr company is so damp and unwholesome ths
it is Impossible to keep the nickel ornament
le OF the sleigh and hose carriage from Ia
id nishing. A few dollars expended in r,
lie pairs there would be judicious and woul
al be appreciated by the boys. The locatio
W is an excellent one, but the plac9 need
renovating.
a, Mr.. Il. ST. JOHN, general manager of th
of Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroa,
d. who was the guest of Superintendent Il. v
le Thompson short time since, has resigne
xt his position TO accept the vice-presidenc
of the Sea Board Air Line. 1r. st. Jon
WAS chairman of the railroad finance cor