The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-05
NUMBER 40.

The Woman's Christian TEN perance
Union will meet Thursday afternoon at half
past two o'clock with Mrs. Il. NJ. Denny
Quotations on the Cleveland conven ton.
THE union Thanksgiving service at the
Baptist church, Thursday morning, was
well attended, and interesting remarks
were made by the clergymen " no attended.
THE forty-6fth annual meeting Of the
Vermont State Teachers Association will
open at Rutland on Thursday. Re 2. f. NJ.
Smith and Superintendent Stone will at
tend.
The different departments Of the Union
School opened on Monday with the same
corps OF teachers Miss English will fill
Miss Sweets position until the latter re-
covers.
CHEsTINA DEAvITT wife of William
Deavitt of Moretown, and the mother Of T.
j. Deavitt Of this place, died suddenly at
her home on Tuesday OF apoplexy, aged
seventy-seven years.
o. L. HoYT of Plait field was in town on
SATURDAY and for the next two years will
wear the title of Judge" he having sue
ceeded L. II. Lance as sssis tant Judge of
Washington county.
EDWIN J. CAMLY If Waterbury, who was
convicted of perjury. at the March term of
county court, and who has been con fined in
Jail here, has been sentenced to states
prison for nine years.
TWENTY FIVE couples attended the an
nual Thanksgiving dance at the Pavilion,
Wednesday night. The merry company
enjoyed pleasant evening, assisted by the
Montpelier orchestra
The New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Company has advanced the rate of
messages by telephone from Montpelier to
Burlington to thiriy-tive cents, the former
rate being twenty-five cents.
IF the report that Colonel C G. Kin sman
has resigned as commander of the First
Regiment, V. n. g., is true, it will mean
the promotion of Ma or o. ID. Clark to the
position of lieutenant colonel.
WILLIS s. MARTIN of Manchester. n. H.,
general agent of the Massachusetts Mutual
Life Insurance Company, was in town,
Monday, closing contract with K. H.
Ladd. the new Vermont agent.
Now that the wood teams have begun to
assemble in the town, the benefit of Hay
market Square can be seen, when it is re-
called that in former years these teams have
some days blocked the streets.
A PHOTOGRAPH of the funeral train which
conveyed the remains of the late ID. Il.
Sortwell to Cambridge, Mass. has been
placed in the waiting room at the Mont
pelier and Wells River station.
THERE seems to be rowing habit
among certain class Of men to congregate
late at night on street corners and insult
women who pass. This is a nuisance that
should be abated by the officers.
CHARLES TAcY, who has been confined in
county Jail since September g. pending
trial for an assault committed at Northfield,
was on Tuesday released under 500 bail fur
nish ID by John Manson of Barre.
STRANGERS who visit Montpelier often re-
mark how free the streets are from children
during school hours. L. is probably true
that in no Vermont town is the school .aw
so rigdly enforced as in Montpelier.
Miss ETHELYND GOULD of West Ran
1Nln to rixy Of hA
Army hall this evening. Those who have
heard her and those who love good elocu-
ton sh luld not fail to hear Hiss Gould.
The case of Maria Acosta against the
Comerford Dramatic Company for services
rendered, TO have been heard here last FRI
day, has been continued until March, and
Miss Acosta has returned to New York.
LAWYER HENRY BALLARD, who has a
host of friends here, was taken suddenly
i'll at Burlington on Wednesday, and is un-
able % continue as counsel IN the Fournier
murder case, now on on trial at Burlington.
The trustees are t erect a she'd on Hay
market Square for the benefit of the team
sters This is the proper act, and citizen
suggests that they all should be licensed
and telephone put into the she'd for their
use,
THE Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
Company has paid Luke Parish OF West
Randolph the reward offered ny the COM
pany for the apprehension and conviction
of the person setting tre to the Gorham
barns.
E H. LADD begins his labors with the
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Com
I pany this week. His headquarters will be
at Burlington, and it is safe TO say that the
young man will meet with the success he
deserves.
THE selectmen, last week, appointed I.
| r. Merrill to the office Of town clerk, TO sue
! l. :o 1.., En+I Tha oil ia a Wi "a
/ one, and it is the general opinion that no
better could have been made, as Mr. Mer-
rill is perfectly familiar with the duties OF
the position.
/ CANDIDATES for mayor are daily entering
/ the race and upon the street corners and
around the depots the merits of the various
men mentioned are told in glowing Ian
| guage by friends.
Hon. WALTER E. BARNEY, who has been
appointed municipal court judge at Barre,
was at one ime deputy county clerk aere'
and is a graduate and trustee OF the Mont
pelier Seminary, then named vermont
Methodist Seminary
WITH the new baseball management al
ready selected at the Montpelier SEM
mary, it would seem that the team
which represents the school on the green
diamond should surpass the excellent record
of last year if possible,
Mrs. II. X. WING (nee Fannie Fisner),
formerly Oh beInbl, anu Wtll AHONn htEb hb
he winn ,r of the prize offered by the Bos-
ton Globe OF trip to the Worlds Fair for
the most popular school teacher in YER
mont, died in Boston last week.
THE Oregon Indian NJ ,dicine Com pany
opened a two-weekS' engagement at Cap
ital Hall, Monday night. The enter ain
ment will be free on Thursday and Friday
nights. The manager is Harry Rella,
formerly with the Kickapoo Company.
THERE is an interesting story told regard
ing the large number of judges in the county
at the recent session of the county grand
jury. A man opened the door and ex-
claimed, " / want to see the judge and all
but one of the ghteen members started
for the door.
The subject of organizing public ly-
ceum society among the young people is be-
ing discussed, and it is probable that an eff
fort will soon be made toward forming such
an organ zation, which cannot fail to be of
lasting benefit TO all who join it and of
credit to the village.
The annual convocation Of Rob Morris
Chapter, No. "a, order Of the Eastern Star,
] for election of officers and 10 receive the