The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-14
MONTPELIER, VT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH IA 1894

evening they sang the tuneful measures OF
"Girofe- Girofia" to much larger audi
ence. Miss Josephine Stanton, as the twin
sister, scored marked success.
REV. w. j. O'SULLIvAN is to preach in ST.
Patrick's church, Montreal, the largest Irish
catholic church in Canada, on st. Patrick's 8
day. In Montpelier, the day will be OBJ
served by mass at St. Augustine's church at
nine o CLOCK In the morning. In the even
ing the drama The Shamrock and the
Rose y will be presented in Blanchard opera
house by the ST. Johns Dramatic Club of
Northheld, for the benefit of St. Augustine's s.
church.
EXTENSIVE repairs and improvements
have been made in the interior of the store
OF the Montpelier Hardware Company that
add materially to its appearance and con-
venience. A disastrous fire, caused by
spontaneous combustion, was narrowly
averted there last Thursday morning. x
quantity of sawdust saturated with linseed
oil caught fire in the rear of the paint and
OIL room, but was discovered in time to pre-
vent serious results.
A DISTRICT meeting of Odd Fellows, COM
prising lodges from Cabot Waitsfeld, Ran.
dolph, Waterbury, Barre, Northfield and
Montpelier, was held last evening in Odd
Fellows hall. The attendance was large
and the work OF the evening was done in a
most creditable manner. Mentor lodge of
Waterbury exemplfied the initiatory de.
gree, Cabot lodge the first, and West Ran
doiph lodge the second degrees The men,
bers of Ivy lodge, Daughters of Rebekah,
had charge of the banquet in Grand Army
hall that followed the work of the evening.
The March term of Washington county
court opened on Tuesday morning with
Judge James NJ. Tyler of Brattleboro pre-
siding, Judges L. III. Lance of Cabot and G.,
E. Jones of Waitsfeld associates, M. r..
Smile clerk, K. W. Howe sheriff, and Mrs.
+. Il. Laird reporter. Prayer was offered
by Rev. j. Edward Wright. The petit ju-
rors were called and instructed by the
court regarding their duties. The time of
the court Tuesday forenoon was mostly
consumed in calling the docket, when a
large number of cases were disposed OF or
continued. No case being ready for trial,
the jurors were excused until this morning.
In summing up an editorial paragraph on
the Caswell case, the supreme court deci-
sion in which was noted last week, the
Northfield NepS says: I" The court decided
that inasmuch as Caswell was legally dead
at the time OF the marriage il could not
consider the case and dismissed it. This
action, 1t is supposed, leaves the festive
Laura legal widow, at liberty to marry
again II she wishes and can find victim.h
Not to any great extent! The decision
leaves the festive Laura" legal wife.
and so she must remain, in the eyes of the
law at least, so long as Sherman S. Cas-
a.
ton OF the Ne,cS, she would soon figure in
Washington county court in a bgamy, in
stead of divorce. case.
In spite of hard travelling, about seventy.
five neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs,
Charles ii. Stackpole gathered at their
home on Cummings Square last Thursday
evening to congratulate them on the twelfth
anniversary OF their marriage. Good music
was in attendance, and with dancing and
card playing the hours passed pleasantly
and swiftly. After refreshments had been
served, K. A. Mutt, in behalf of those pres
ent and several absent ones who had con-
tributed, presented the bride and groom of
a dozen years ago with handsome chamber
set complete, as slight token Of the esteem
in which they are held, coupled with the
wish that those present might be able to
assist in celebrating their silver and their
golden anniversaries. Mr.. Stackpole made
a happy and witty response. Pleasant
recollections Of the evening will long linger
with those who were present.
Mrs. ALMIRA HowEs died in Derby last
Saturday evening. She was wife of the late
Hon. ID. M. Camp of that place, Oldest
daughter OF the late Hon. Joseph Howes of
Montpelier Mrs, Camp passed her girl
hood and youth in Montpelier, where she
was universally beloved and respected for
her cheerful and engaging manners, and
her habitual kindness Of heart, prompting
to constant deeds of quiet, unassuming be-
nevolence and charity. Late in her life she
was married and went with her husband to
Derby. Here she was distinguished by the
same traits that hal characterized her youth
and lived loving and being loved, blessing
and being blest Since her widowhood, now
many years. she has been passing into
beautiful old age bright and serene with
hope for the fnture, and shedding glad
ness on all who came within her reach
Her memory will long be cherished not
only by those nearest of kin, but by large
circle OF friends and neighbors and by the
church she loved and for which she was
ever ready to do with her might what her
hands found to do"
The Methodist readers of the WArcHMAN
will be interested in the decision in a famous
land case in Colorado, which was adverse to
Bishop Warren OF Denver, who is to preside
at the coming session of the Vermont Confer.
ence at Bradford. BY this decision of the su-
preme court of Colorado, Bishop Warren
must pay Sl60. 600 to Andrew M. Adams, or,
IN other words, he must relinquish title to
l6O acres OF land on the eastern boundary of
the city OF Denver, or pay for it at the rate
OF 81 900 per acre. This case dates back
twenty-five years Bishop Warren came
into possession of the land when he married
Mrs. lief, widow OF a cattle king. Ileff
claimed the land on payment OF loans to
Adams. About this time Adams fell in the
streets OF Washington and lost his memory
OF all occurrences at Denver. Sixteen years
lhter no met an OLD friend in New Mexico,
who aroused the sleeping memory OF Adams
and he began to investigate. Because OF
his long alteration OF mind, the statute of
limitations did not apply, and now the
court has given him the possession
OF this valuable land.
AS the time approaches for the lecture by
Mrs. Elizabeth b. Custer, interest deepens
in the occasion, and in the charming and
brilliant lecturer who visits Montpelier for
the first time. The date is Wednesday even
ing, March 2S, and Blanchard opera house
the place. The lecture will be under the
auspices OF the ladies OF Bethany church.
The members Of Brooks Post, G. A. R.,
Brooks Relief Corps, and General Stephen
Thomas Camp, Sons of Veterans, will be
invited to attend in a body. Mrs. Clusters
subject will be Garrison Life on the
Plains" Mrs. K. P. Walton has written
her asking permission to give her a recep-
ton, either before or after her lecture, to
give the many people in Montpelier who are
anxious to meet her an opportunity to do So
Some facts regarding Mrs. Custer, addi-
tonal to those given last week, are sure to
be OF interest at this time. Her home as a
girl was in Monroe, Mich, and there her
most intimate friend was Miss Annette |
Humphrey, formerly of Montpelier, we'll re-
by many here. Miss Humphrey,
II.