The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-23

and associate members were enrolled The
matter OF location OF rooms is not vet de-
| cided.
THE through parlor car between Mont
pelier and Boston, leaving Montpelier eight
| o'clock A. M, ar living in Boston at 44b
P. M, and leaving Boston At one M, ar.
irving in Montpelier at 1886 P. NJ via Mont
pelier and Wells River railroad, is fast be-
coming popular.
DAVID l.. SANDERS, grand patriarch. was
at St. Albans, Monday evening to assist St.
Albans encampment Of Odd Fellows in
comforting the patriarchal, go den rule and
royal purple degrees upon sixteen candi-
| dates from Swanton, where an encampment
Is to be instituted.
AGAIN the Benevolent Association asks
for CO ntributions of clothing of all kinds, as
| their supply is nearly exhausted by the
many calls for aid during the past weeks of
| cold weather. Every Saturday afternoon
the rooms at Mrs. Dillon's are open for the
benefit Of this good work,
THE mission of "The Two Johns" Is to
make people laugh, and these funny fat
men succeeded in doing that at Blanchard
opera house last Saturday evening. Sew
eral bright specialties were introduced, and
the quartette singing was especially good.
The audience was not large.
LOVERS Of clean and wholesome meo
drama will welcome the announcement
that Hands Across the Sea- will again
|
Thursday evening OF this week. 1t stands
among the best Of this class of plays and
will be staged with elaborate effects.
e. ID. BLACKWELL has not completed the
examination OF the books of c. M. Foster,
late manager Of the Keeley Institute at
Montpelier, consequently his report to the
| directors cannot be given this week. He
has been unable to devote much time to
this work OF late because of the pressure OF
other duties.
THE Boston Globe of January % con-
tanned an appreciative writeup and por.
trait OF Joel G. Page, the oldest boot and
shoe travelling statesmen in New England,
and the originator OF that branch OF the
business, that was very interesting to his
many Montpelier friends and former busi-
ness associates.
WoRKMEN who are engaged in blasting
at the rear of the residence Of G. G. Down.
ing, on Barre street, put stick of frozen
dynamite in the oven Of the stove used by
them to warm their tools last Saturday
Fragments of the stove were scattered the
whole ength Of the street, but fortunately
no one was hurt.
THE people of Montpelier will regret to
see the Keeley Institute among the things
that were in Montpelier, but it may as
well be closed as kept open under the pres
ent regime 1t is probable that the inst-
tute will be reopened in the not distant fu.
ture under management that will be guar
| aDUee OF ltb Olu-UlIue success.
DR.. A. w. RICE of Wilmington, Del, has
purchased the Charles Bailey house on
Main street, and will take possession about
February 1. Dr. Rice is physician OF
fifteen years practice, and comes to Mont.
pelier with an excellent reputation as a
physician and surgeon. He is brother OF
Wilbur A. Rice OF this city.
SEVERAL of the poems from the pen OF
Emma Dimick Best that have from time to
time graced the columns Of the WATCHMAN
have been copied quite generally by the
state press. The Brattleboro Reformer last
week gave a conspicuous place to "The Con.
vict," touching little skit that deserves all
the prominence it has received.
A SPECIAL train will be run to Barre over
the Montpelier and Wells River railroad,
Friday evening, February /, for the &C.
commodation OF those wishing to witness
the first pres entation Of THE Millers
Daughter" under the auspices of The Spen-
Ger Rifles Of that city. The Montpelier Or
chestra is to furnish music both evenings.
OF Walton's Vermont Register for 1895,
the st. Albans Messenger says editorially:
THAT mine of misnformatiou, Walton s
Vermont Register, is again offered for gen.
eral condemnation at fifteen cents per cop .
AS a specimen OF statistical and other blum
derngs the present volume seems to sur
pass all previous efforts in that direction" "
FRED A. Rowland, who was recently ap.
pOlDttu ID D6T VI lHt btdtc lDTdIy COn
mission by Governor Woodbury.. attended
the first meeting of that commission in
Burlington last Saturday An organization
was effected by the election of Prof. S. w.
Landon president, and Miss Mary l.. Tit
comb secretary. Correspondence is in
vited from towns interested in the estab-
ishment of libraries, or in library matters.
THE case that attracted the most local in.
terest at the January term Of the supreme
court was Village OF Montpelier v. Dayton
p Clark, former village collector. ID. l..
Fuller, Thomas Marvin and G. 81. Ship
man were on Mr.. Clark's bond as collector,
and the question argued was as to the lia-
bility of these sureties. a. Senter ap.
peared for the village, and 81. A. Huse for
Mr.. Clark. Decision reserved
THE season is about at hand when the
city markets will dust up and place in their
windows their fl bl own signs OF new Yer.
mont maple honey composed of basis OF
raw molasses and the addition of glucose,
rubber boots, cotton seed oil, logwood,
cochineal epson salts, acid phosphate,
second hand inner soles, tartar emetic and
picra. Our city cousins will spread this
dose on their pancakes, and sigh for the old
farm and the sugarhouse Of their child
hood. ."-Hard,oick Gazette.
SPECIAL rates via the Central Vermont
railroad to the Ottawa carnival will be in
force today, Thursday and Friday via
Rouses Point, and Canada Att ,ntic rail
road Tickets will be good returning up to
and including January 26, and will be sold
for SO 80 from Montpelier, $500 from Wa
terbury, $3.50 from Northheld, and S3.70
from Barre, with correspondingly low rates
from all stations on the Central Vermont
line. These low rates are for the round
trip from all stations named.
THE following are the officers OF st. Jean
Baptiste Society for the next six month.
President A. Galaise vice presidents, j. b.
Doucette, Louis Giroux; secretary, George
Leblanc; assistant secretary, Joseph Ouel-
lette; corresponding secretary, Teesphor
Allard collector, Michael Minard; treas
urer, Seraphin Neveux; marshal. Toussaint
Menard; assistant marshal, Thade Theri-
ault; visitors, Urbain Besudette, Moses
Theriault, Olivier Lavalle committee OF re-
ception, Raphael Lanier, Louis Smith, K.
Beaudette.
e. W. OAKEs, superintendent of the state
prison at Windsor, br ught Wilbur E. Per-
rigo to Montpelier last week for appearance
before the supreme court, Perrigo is a
desperate criminal who was convicted in
Chittenden coun'y court Of an assault with
intent to kill Edward McElliott, a police
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