The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-19
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iesslonal man, r. Is. Kellogg, class OF 49,
" The Seminary from the Standpoint of the
Ministry, the Moral Force of the Seminary"
Rev. l.. P. Tucker; "The Glass of '9O" +.
l.. Durham; 1.-THE Financial Outlook of
the Institution" Rev. II. A. Spencer "The
Seminary from the Standpoint of the Princi-
pal" Rev. DIR. e. NJ. Smith. A telegram of
greeting was received from Professor f. A.
Bishop OF Randolph, N Y, and letter
from K. b. Goodrich pledging $500 per year
for the benefit of the school.
DEPUTY SHERIFF G. G. GRAVES of Water
bury made a clever and speedy capture of a
criminal last Sunday night. r. G. Davis,
farmer living up Little River, in Water
bury, went to church with his family last
Sunday morning, leaving Alfred B. Millard,
his hired man, young fellow eighteen
years old, In charge Of the premises. On his
return in the afternoon, Davis found that
Millard had taken horse, harness, buck
board, $50 in cash, revolver and a lot OF
| Jewelry-all the property OF Davis-and
had skipped Sheriff Graves was put on
the case late Sunday afternoon, and before
daylight, Monday morning, had his man in
the county jail He tracked him to Middles
SEX where he got dinner, then to Northheld,
where he had put up at the Northfield
House, leaving orders to be called at day
light Monday morning. The officer brought
him to Montpelier on the early train and
| lodged him in jail All the stolen property
was recovered. The culprt was taken to
Waterbury, Monday forenoon, for a hearing.
The following data, compiled from the
weather bureau records at Northfeld, cover
the month Of July for the past eight years,
and will prove OF service in anticipating
| the variations of weather for the coming
month Of July: Temperature-Mean. or
normal. $50; warmest July, thai. of 1887,
with an average Of 70o; codest july that
OF 1890, with an average of $50; highest tenn
perature 93o, on July 20 and 2S, 1894 low
est temperature, $50, on July 5, 1892; aver
age date OF first killing frost in autumn,
September 81 in spring, May 16. Precipi-
tation (rain and melted snow)--Average
for the month, 16 inches; average number
of days with .01 of an inch or more, IA;
greatest monthly precipitation, 533 inches,
in 1887; least monthly precipitation, 1.30
inches, in 1888; greatest amount of precpi-
tation recorded in any twenty.four consecu-
tive hours, LAO inches on July %, 1887, and
July 1890, 1889; snowfall, none. Clouds
Average number of clear days, 7; partly
cloudy days, 10; cloudy days, 0. Wind
Prevailing winds have been from the south;
highest velocity, 40 miles from the west.
AT the recent reception to Governor
| Woodbury. aud other distinguished Ver-
monters, at Woodstock M. 8. Stone, state
superintendent of education, responded to
the toast Young Vermont in the District
Vail, has been telling you OF the homes of
Vermont. A characteristic feature OF the
homes are the domestic animals, and Of the
domestic animals the most import ant is the
all the others. He is by turns coltsh calf
ish, kittenish, mulish sheepish, pggish and
doggsh. Some one has defined boy as q
wiggle with noise attached. 1t is out Of
such material as this that the men of Ver-
mont are to be developed. We say nothing
about the girls OF course they already
have their halos and harps, while the pres
ent style of sleeves is but prophecy Of the
wings to develop later. Vermont mas been
the scene of hard battle among the agents
of the numerous publishing houses, yet it
has been clean fight because Vermonters
are not bribable. The maintenance and inn
provement of the public school, the peo-
ple's college - is imperative. We have
been to. night lauding the heroes OF the past
We must see TO it that such men are abun-
dant in the future. This is the mission OF
the public school,"
The annual meeting of the trustees of
Montpelier Seminary was held last We'd
nesday. The charter of this institution was
amended by the legislature of 1894 making
the number of trustees sixteen, instead of
forty. OF these, the Vermont Conference,
at its late session at Waterbury, elected
Rev. ]. o. Sherburne of Williamstown,
Rev. W. S. Smithers Of Hardwick, Rev. P.
N. Granger of Burke, and Rev. George o.
Howes of Island Pond Hon. W. P. Dill
lingham of Waterbury, Hon. Olin Merrill
of Enosburgh Falls, Hon. N. W Fiske of
Isle La Motto, and Rev. W. R. Davenport
of Barre, we're also members Of the board.
The meeting last Wednesday elected eight
others as follows: Hon. Redfield Proctor,
A. l.. Bailey of st. Johnsbury, Fletcher
Proctor of Pro ,tor, Colonel e. G. Smith of
St. Albans, l.. Bart C,oss of Montpelier, H.
n. Turner of St. Johnsbury, Hon. f. p Ball
of Bellows Falls and M. P. Perley of Enos-
burgh Falls, thus making a very strong
financial board. The officers elected for the
ensuing year are as follows: Hon. w. P.
Dillingham;, presidents; Rev w. r. Daven-
port, secretary; DR.. E. M. Smith, treasurer;
executive committee, w. P. Dillingham;, W.
R. Davenport L. Bart Cross, j. o: Sher-
burne and M. p. Perley; board of invest
Cross, N w. Fisk and A. L. Bailey. The
trustees thought it advisable to put steam
heat into the buildings during the summer
vacation and to make other needed inn
provements. The new board represents q
capital of S5,0O0,0O0.
FOLLOWING pleasing custom inaugurated
last year, the graduating exercises of the
class of '95 Of Montpelier Union School were
held last Thursday afternoon in the school
hall. The stage was profusely decorated
with huge bouquets of buttercups and
daisies, while overhead were strung loops
Of bunting. The class motto, Let Us Be
Seen by Our Deeds" adorned the wall.
The class numbered forty.tive members,
twenty three Of whom begun their school
days with Miss Elizabeth Sweet, in room
number one. The programme rendered
was as follows: Music, "Give Thy Hearts
Best Treasure" school; "Big Ben Bolton"
Harry Weston; "Cut Behind" Nellie Par
mentsr; me SUNDAY Morning. Rennis Luke;
"School Statistics" Florence Whittier;
song, "The Old Guard" Earl Hunt; "The
"Life's Game of Bali" Earle Billings; "He
Worried About It," Nina Holt; "The
Bridge Keepers Story" Ellen Newton;
Papa Was Stumped," Matte Demeritt;
music, Where Flowers are Spriuging,"
school; "The Colonel's Orders" Cora Jo-
honnott; Sims Little Girl" Jennie Spar
row; MRS. Middleribs Letter." reading,
Kate Fuller; "The Widows Light" Helen
Eastman; music, Anchored" school; "The
Inventors Wife," Charlotte Shipman;
"Pyramus and Thisbe," Leone Toby; "Get
Acquainted With YOURSELF" Charles Ward;
"Opening Address" Harry Taplin, Arthur
Leslie and Will Stratton; address of greet
ing, Alice Blanchard, class of '98, High
School. At the conclusion of the pro-
gramme. General j. III. Lucia presented
each member OF the class with a diploma,
and expressed the earnest hope that very
large majority Of the class might enter the