The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18

spend the night at Fort William Henry
Hotel at the head of the lake, and leave
there in the morning, arriving at Montpelier
at seven O'Clock P. NJ. The number re-
CURED to insure the success of the scheme
Is sixty. For particulars, inquire of d. II.
Robinson at the Central Vermont ticket
office, under whose conduct the excursion.
lists will wander abroad if the plan sue
ceeds. There is no more delightful trip
in this land of green hills and cleaning
waters.
ONE of the grandest successes of colored
people in the South, in solving the problem
of the education of their race, has been
achieved by Mr.. Booker r. Washington.
principal of the Tuskegee Normal and In
dustrial School, in Alabama. This school
is often called " the second Hampton" and
has grown in thirteen years under the man
agement OF Mr.. Washington and his asso-
ciates (all negroes) from nothing to a we'll
equipped institution, supplying literary and
industrial training to some nine hundred
students. Some account OF this remark
able success will be given by Mr.. Washing
ton himself in the Church of the Messiah
next Sunday morning. The late General
S. @. Armstrong, who knew Mr.. Washing
ton well, pronounced him "one of the fore
most men of his race, its leader in Alabama
and deserving of encouragement from ALL"
REV. ALFRED b. DAscoMB, who COM
mitted suicide last Friday at his home in
Westminster while suffering from a de-
ranged mind, was well known in Washing
ton county, and was at one time a leading
Congregational clergyman of the state. He
entered the ministry thirty-fve years ago.
For seven years he was settled at Waits
field, where his talent and ability as well
as his genial disposition, greatly endeared
him to the people of the Mad River valley
lie afterwards was stationed at Woodstock
from there going to Winchester Mass
where he remained until failing health com
lad htt.,N ,Nrrtxr
went to Westminster, his early home.
While living there he supplied the church
in Bellows Falls twelve years. For the
past four weeks his mental disease has
taken an alarming form, but the tragic end
ing of his useful and well-ordered life was
not suspected until it was too late
THE camp. fire held last Friday evening in
the Church of the Messiah was not largely
attended, but the exercises were of more
than passing interest. At half past seven
the members of Brooks Post escorted Di-
vision Commander DIR. G. f. Branch of
Newport, General Stephen Thomas, and
Hon. Homer W. Heaton to the church,
where they were met by the Relief Corps,
and seated in the front and center slips
The pulpit and platform were gracefully
draped with the national colors and dec
Grated with choice flowers. The choir rem
dered several patriotic selections, and
prayer was offered by Rev. j. Edward
Wright. Hon. II. A. Huse presided and in
very pleasant vein first introduced Mr..
Heaton, who spoke entertainingly at some
length, and then presented Brooks Post
with handsomely bound record book for
recording brief sketches of the army record
OF all members of the post and other old
soldiers. General Thomas accepted the
gift in an eloquent and touching manner
after which Commander Branch delivered
a stirring address.
METEOROLOGICAL summary for the month
of June at Northield station Mean bar
ometer, 1880; highest, 80 294 on the 18th;
lowest, 30 40, on the 1st. Mean tempera-
ture, 64o; highest, S9o on the 10th; lowest,
30o, on the 7th; greatest daily range, Az,
on the 10th; least daily range, 10o, on the
1st and 29th; mean temperature for the
month in 1887, go; 1885, $50; 1889, 62o; 1890,
81 1881 ,,6l9; 1892, Go; 1888 65o; 1894, 64o:
mean temperature for the month in eight
years, 63o; total excess during the month";
81; total deficiency since January l, 3.26.
Prevailing direction of wind, south; total
movement, $50 miles; maximum velocity
80 miles north on the 4th. Total precip-
itation, / IA inches; number of days on which
.01 or more of precipitation fell, 12 total pre-
cipitation lin inches) for the month in 1887,
4.12; 1885, 617; 1889 502; 1890, 2 81; 1891, 2.O4;
1892, 5,66; 1898, 2.07; 1894, La average pre-
cipitation for the month in eight years. 3 20;
total deficiency during month, 213 total de-
ficiency since January l. 7 48; cloudless
days, 81 partly cloudy days, 13; cloudy days,
8. Frost on the 7th.
THE Apollo Club takes pleasure in stat
ing that it has secured the services of the
famous Haywood-Jorda Company for
grand operate concert in Blanchard opera
house on Friday evening, July 27. Miss
Helen Perepa, prima donna, was leading
support with Emma Juch soloist with
Liberati Band, and made a successful tour
in Germany, taking leading parts in grand
and standard operas. Signor Visini has APP
peared with great success in conjunction
with such artists as Patti, Schalchi, Cam
panini, and many of the great artists of the
day. Julian Jordan is a composer and vo-
calist whose talents are recognized and APP
preciated on both sides of the Atlantic
Lucie e. Mawson has been pianist to the
Theodore Thomas Orchestra, Rosa Lnde
Company, endorsed by Mr.. NJ. M. Stein
way and others. Victor DaPrati is pro-
nounced by Nickisch and Paolo Giorza to be
the most talented violinist America has yet
produced, The above combination will
furnish a musical treat that will be appre-
ciated here Reserved seats will be placed
on sale at Longs book, store at nine A, NJ.
next Monday,
WE have no desire to engage IN, or pro.
long, controversy on local matter that
has lately gained some prominence. The
matter would not have been referred to at all
but for some very unwarrantable and very
unfortunate comments of our Orleans county
contemporary, and we should not now
again recur to the subject but for some
equally unfortunate comments by local
contemporary. The contemporary is right
when it says, " the catalogue is the most of
the Seminary printing" and that it has
generally been done at its office. IL is
wrong, and knows IL is wrong, when it says
that two or three times in the past this
Office has offered to print the catalogue and
the offer has been accepted-at any price,
less or more than what the Office which
has generally" done the work has charged.
In the distant past, this office printed the
catalogue once, and the work was at least as
good as, and we think much better than, our
somewhat self-satished contemporary was
doing at that time. SO great a bobbery
was, however, raised over this one single
departure from the straight and narrow
way which this job had generally" pur-
sued that no opportunity, even, was again
presented for it to go astray. The con-
temporary is requested TO indicate with pre-
cision the place in which this Office has
attempted to make it appear " that the
catalogue went its wonted course this year
by reason of certain strictures,'" etc.
Our neighbor, in making this statement,
evinces some of the trepidation it naturally
would feel under existing circumstances,
and in its mental confusion fails to note the
fact that the ' structures were cited as the