The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-27
NUMBER 8.


about the middle of March. The George l..
Lane house, corner OF Vine and Summer
streets, has been fitted and furnished for
their occupancy, where they are to com
mence housekeeping
THE selsctmen Of Montpelier report that
the towns indebtedness Is S64 839 83-a re-
duction during the year of S13, ,5S1.76. They
have drawn orders amounting to S23,041 %.
or this sum, SO, 107 60 is On account of school
fund and school tax deficiency; So, 397 04 Is
for state school tax state highway tax, and
balance of state tax 1893, each item be
ing 81, 1868 The sum OF $4 1854 pertains
to the liquor agency. Th5 customary ex-
penses of the town. the public library, taxes
refunded, etc, make up S4,74l 04, the re-
m 4inder of the grand aggregate. rhe sup
port of the poor has ,ost S12 1874. The
liquor agency has paid So 523 II into the
treasury, and the profits )f the business have
been 81 791. SO on liquor that cost, including
freight government license and services OF
AGENT S4,73l "a, a net profit of nearly forty
per cent. This Industry" does not appear
to suffer from the hard times, and the
democracy may point with PRIDE to its
prosperity as evidence of the general pres
perity and contentment of The country,
Notwithstanding the laments of the Ca
lamity shriekers."
THE following data compiled from the
weather bureau records at Northheld for
eight years, show the range of variations of
weather which may be expected for the
Mean, or normal, temperature, 25o; warmest
mo 1th, that of 1894, with an average of $40;
coldest, that of 1887, with average of 30;
highest temperature, 66o March 49, 1884;
on which first killing frost occurred in
autu nm, September 81. Precipitation
Average for the month, 2.52 inches; aver
age number of days with .01 of an inch or
more, II; grea est monthly precipitation,
81 inches in 1888; least, 06 inches, in
1894; greatest amount recorded in any
twenty. four consecutive hours, 1.46 inches,
March II, 1888; greatest amount Of snow
fall recorded in any twenty-four consecu-
tive hours (record extending to winter of
Clouds aud weather Average number of
clear days, 5; partly cloudy days, 13; cloudy
days. IA. Wind-Prevailing winds have
been from the north; highest velocity, 60
miles from the southwest, March 13, 1891.
WHO would live on the inhosptable shores
OF Puget Sound! Pansies blooming in the
gardens, dandelions by the roadside, and
wild plums and wild currants bursting their
buds in the woods. Such is the fanciful tale
of Seattle newspaper an friend whose
veracity we never questioned seeks to boil
ster up the romance by declaring that what
the paper says is all true" Some priin-
oses she incloses " were just picked" she
declares, land pussy willows are as large as
big cats" Indeed! All these things are like
tale that has been told in these regions.
Pansies have closed their eyes. The pussy
willows have grown to cathood and have
reared fine families of kitten willows. The
dandelions have gone to seed and their
down is waited on the breezes. The watch
full housewives have secured the wild
plums and wild currants Defore they burst
their buds and restrained their impetuosity
in glass jars. The pale primroses have
looked their best and peonies blushed
blossom and a rare bouquet of this fairest
flow ST O. tn season" is exhaling it's fra
GRANGE under the newspaper mans nose for
news as he writes. " The listening air is
balm" Puget Sound isn't in it at all, Ka-
trina!
WARD caucuses preli ninary to the COM
ing city elections were held last Wednesday
and Thursday evenings. In wardlone, FL.
W. Kemp was elected chairman and q. NJ.
Bennett secretary. Charles F. Buswell was
placed in nomination for alderman and DIR.
d. g. Kemp for school commissioner.
James M. Boutwell,, l.. B. Brooks and j. b.
Morse were elected ward committee. In
ward two, W. A. Lord was elected chair.
man and A. e. Niles secretary. Theron +.
Cotton was the candidate placed in nomina-
ton for alderman and Thomas Marvin for
school commissioner. Ward committee, g.
Fl. Guernsey, 7. W. Eagan and @. A.
Smith. In this ward nomination papers
have also been filed for DR.. o. L. Watts IN
for alderman. He has evidently developed
considerable support In ward three, John
II. Senter was elected chairman and A.
Galaise secretary w. R. Weston was
nominated for alderman and John III.
Senter for school commissioner. In the
fourth ward, II. A Huse was chosen chair
man, and j. T. Sabin secretary. John v.
Brooks was placed in nomination for alder
man; j. H. Lucia, school commissioner; /;
ward committee, M. e. Smile, H. A. Huse
aud John Birtel In ward five, G.. O.Stratton
was chosen chairman and W. G. Taplln
secretary @. o. Stratton was nominated
tor alderman and e. VI. Guernsey for school
commissioner. j. G. Brown, Fred A:
Perry AMI j. j. Bergin were elected ward
committee. This caucus broke the record
for doing business expeditiously, as it W as
in session precisely four minutes.
IT would have kept eight wide-awake re-
porters busy last Thursday afternoon to re-
port in detail the exercises held in the
Union and Washington County Grammar
Schools, commemorative of, Washingto s
birthday. Decorations of flags and bunting
were seen in all the rooms, and in the Va
rious grades Of the Union School interesting
exercises, consisting OF singing, rtcitatio IS
and essays. were held, The parents of the
pupils evinced their interest in the occasi n
by attending in goodly numbers. In the
rooms presided over bv Professor Blanpiad,
the principal, and Miss Savage, tle pre-.
ceptress, pleasant programme was ca ried
out The singing was led by Mr.. Minnie
Marsh, the instructor in vocal music. The
following is the programme in detail:
Defamation, Character of Washington"
Robert Emery; recitation, Washington As
a Leader" Mary Osgood; oration, Spirit
Ellen j. Grout; defamation "Tne Conven.
ton OF 17s7," James Keleher; poem,
"Crown Our. Washington" Lucy Robin;
son; recitation, "The Union Song"
frankie Sentsr defamation, Washing
toms Speech to Congress On Resig ming AS
Commander-in Chief" Chester Wright;
Extract from the Speech of Rufus Choate
on the Birthday of Washington" Harle
Cummins recitation, A Star in the West, Z"
Elvina Jarvis; reading, The New Libtrtg
Bell" Gertie Leland; original essay, Char
scteristics OF Washington" Ralph Putna n |;
recita ion, Washington's Lament for La
fayette," Bessie Bowers; recitati0 IN, Mon It
Vernon, the Home Of Washington" Nellie
Moulton; de ,lamation, f." Lessons from the
Centennial" Willie Terriault; recitation,
"The Patriots Elysium," Marion Dewey ;
reading, Liberty's Bell" in two parts,
Maud CrosseJt and Carrie Wiley. The
last number on the programme, an original
Grafton on Washington" by George Os-
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