The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03

Ior assistance on George kibby, who was
assaulted by Rodney. The latter was
placed in Jail, and on Monday afternoon,
before Justice Smile, was placed under
$500 bail for hearing w. A. Lord ap.
peared for the state, j. G. Wing for the re-
spondent.
The annual meeting of the Kings Daugh.
ters was held at the residence of Mrs Les
ter IL. Greene on Monday evening. The
| following officers were elected: President
| Mrs q. b. Il. Denny; vice presidents Mrs.
Mary Dewey and Mrs. /. G. Vail; recording
secretary, Miss Harrie Huse; corresponding
secretary, Mrs, Emma Best; treasurer, Mrs
! o. Brainard. The society is in strong fl
naDcia condition and is preparing list of
| entertainments.
THE Hardwick Gazette of last week has
this TO- say regarding city charter for Mont
pelier: " There should be no objection from
the residents of Berlin village adjoining
| Montpelier TO annexation to that town, I'm
which case it is probable that both villages
would be united under city charter at the
coming session. The district across the
river properly belongs with Montpelier, and
| all together it would make q very credtable
| little city. We hope to see 1t created at this
session."
THE last day of grace for saving the dis.
count and costs OF collection on taxes ex-
! pred Monday evening. Town Treasurer
| Bixby and his assistants have been kept
very busy during the last few days and
| ulBHlS dIIeuulnB 10 tnOSe VINO waited until
! the last days for reasons good or otherwise.
! Out Of 1900 taxpayers, there are only 155
] deliuquents, representing about 81 800 in
| taxes. The number of delinquents is pre-
! cisely the same as last year, but when the
fact that there are 206 more taxpayers this
year than last is taken into account, the
showing is an excellent one
THE advice given in the wATcHMAN last
| week to steer clear of "Peck's Bad Boy,"
! that was at the opera house Thursday
evening seems to have been pretty gener-
| ally needed, as the company played to a
very meagre audience. Those who went
wished they had stayed away, and those who
did not 60 are half dollar ahead. There
ought to be law against such aggrega-
tions as this transforming the country and
| taking good money without any kind of an
| equivalent "The Engineer" Monday even
ing, was a shade better, but it is rank mis-
nOmer to call either of them "frst-class at
| fractions"
THE lodge of Knights of Pythias
/ spoken of in these columns will be instituted
in Grand Army hall on Thursday evening
by the officers of the grand lodge of YER
mont. Vincitia lodge of Barre will confer
the several ranks, and some good work may
| be expected. Prominent members of the
order from different lodges in the state
will be present, and a delegate from New
Hampshire is also expected District Dep.
uty Grand Chancellor G. A. Bond has done
excellent work in getting this lodge on its
feet and has interested a good class Of citi
zens. The new lodge will start off with
thirty charter members,
THE members of the local Epworth League
gave an enjoyable reception in Trinity ves-
try last Friday evening to the senior MEM
bers of the church and congregation. Re-
freshments were served, and brief pro-
gramme was rendered, which included a
piano duet by Misses Cross and Hunt re-
| ri itati Mra Nilaa and Miaa A N ia
Mayo; violin solo, Miss Fannie Parmenter;
song, Miss Gertrude Cochran; brief ad-
dresses by W. G. Taplin, Rev A. H. Webb
and Dr. e. NJ. Smith. The object of the
gathering was to enable the old and young
in the church to become better acquainted.
In this respect and in all others it was most
successful
THE first lecture in the course to be de-
lvered by Rev. j. j. Lewis on the theme
Through Brightest Europe" attracted a
large audience last Friday evening and JUS
tilted all the good things that had been said
in advance regarding it. 1t would be van
dalism to attempt to give any kind of an abb
stract of the lecture in a short newspaper
notice. Mr.. Lewis trod no beaten paths.
| His acquaintance with his subject was
thorough, his manner OF delivery was pleas
| ing, and the accompanying views were very
fine. The theme was handled in manner
seldom excelled for simplicity, clearness
and force The next lecture in the course
will be given next Friday evening.
HARRY LOWE was starter at the Valley
fair races at Brattleboro last week and the
Ph@nin has this to say of him: Harry
loves system for starting trotting and
pacing horses was used and was found a
great improvement over the old way. The
system includes Mr. loves starting judges
electrical outfit, numbers on the horses,
and his method of announcing from the
stand and controlling the field. Mr.. Lowe s
work az starter was warmly approved by
the officers, the drivers, and the spectators,
and President Hooker enthusiastically de-
clares that he will never hold another fair
without Mr.. Lowe in attendance. From
Brattleboro he goes to the Daubury, Conn,
fair"
FROM an exchange we clip the following:
newspaper man will sit up nights to
write something kind about fellow citizen
to help him along, even when he may have
no personal friendship for or interest in
him, and will pay out good money to put
his words in print after they have been
written, yet the persons who are benefited
seldom think Of making a return, attribut-
ing the notice to their personal greatness
Ten chances to one they will send out OF
town for their next job OF work or they will
take it somewhere to offset bad debt But
the newspaper man keeps right along look
ing pleasant and saying good things about
everybody and spending more time to as
certain the particulars of what Mr.. John
Jones has done than would be required to
write an article on the source of the Nile"
True as holy writ every word of it. Been
there hundreds of times.
The local football season was opened on
the Seminary campus, Saturday afternoon,
with match between the newly-organiZed
V. NJ. S. team and the eleven from Middle
bury College. This was both teams first
contest, and for that reason was not as
rapid and sharp as usual. With the excep-
ton of a few misplays and fumbles, both
elevens showed up well. and az they were
well matched, the game was interesting.
The best playing was done by Steele, White
hill, Alexander, Parmenter and Fitzpatrick
The score:
Middlebury"...,...,..---. Nj. S.
iayuen, Heftion, r. I.
bhrlOMi Wneeler, 7.
Ianaur enter Sturgess.
Fullhl t. Grant x.
Scott T. GORDON l. I.
Muiroe, T. steele. !. e.
Wells, quarterback, ....Alexander.
halfbacks .wIitsRi,l hsRfe,
Fitzpatrick,,. fullback. .,.....,, ,Parmenter,
patrick. Alexander referee, Truax; umpire. Jones.
! SENATOR REDFIELD PROCrOR has pra q.