The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-08

earnest, talk on the theme " Walking with
God, and the singing was animated and
inspiring. A meeting will be held every
Sunday afternoon in the same place at half
past four o'clock until further notice, to
which all young men are cordially invited.
Two dandy" cars for suburban service
on the Montpelier and Wells River railroad
were received Tuesday morning from Pull
man, ILL.,, when they we-e manufactured at
the Pullman works. One is a combination
smoking and baggage car, and one passen-
ger car, both furnished very handsomely.
On the outside Montpelier and Wells
Ri yer Railroad, Suburban Service" is
painted. When the " Arthur Tandy" gsts
hitched to this train, it will be u suburban
outfit hard to beat anywhere in New Eng.
land.
The excellent concert given in Bethany
chapel by the Harper's Ferry Jubilee Sing.
ers last Monday evening was very much
disturbed by the actions of small gang of
hoodlums outside, who made themselves
peculiarly obnoxious. Several attempts
were made to quiet them without avail.
If thugs have come to such a pass 10 Mont
peier that a meeting cannot be held in
church vestry without disturbance from
such an element, it would sesm that a
sharp example of one or two of them would
be salutAry.
FRANK e. SMITH and w A. Taylor are
| delegates to the Grand Lodge of Odd Fell
lows of Vermont. which no DIS its forty
ninth annual session at St. Johnsbury next
Wednesday. Tie annual session Of the
Grand EncAmpment and of the First regi
ment of Vermont Patrarchs Militant will
be held at the same place next Tuesday.
Reduced rates have been made by the
Montpelier and Wells River, the Central
Vermo n, the Canadian Pacific, the Boston
and Maine, and the Bennington and Rut-
land railroads
KATE, widow of the late NJ. A. Hardy of
| Chalaaa huria6 thara Iout Gu
Miss Katie Cobb she is well and pleasantly
RENE nbered in Montpelier, where for many
| years she was organist at the Baptist
church. She leaves one sister, Emma, liv-
ing in Iowa, and two brothers, Melvin of
! Colorado Springs, and Henry, the we'll
known travelling sales nan of Burlington
| The latter came up from Keene, Saturday
| night, and drove to Chelsea, Sunday morn
ing. to attend the funeral. Mrs. Hardy also
leaves one son sixteen years old.
The Bethany Christian Endeavor Society
provided an enjoyable and novel entertain
ment last Thursday evening in the chapel
when the question whether a woman can
drive a nail with as much d9xterity az a
man can sew on button was both dis
cussed and proved by actual test. Mrs. H.
S. Cotton, Miss May Scovlle and Miss
Norris argued the question in the affirm
ative, and George Osgood, Ho ward Edison
and Ralph Blanped champloned the neg
ative. The judges were Mrs. III. G. Cotton,
Charles Perkins and Miss Blanche Kelton,
and they were unanimous in the opinion
that the affirmative fairly won, both by
voice and hand.
A SON Of Fl. d. Gates was driving a span
OF spirited horses up South Main street. last
Monday af 'ernoon, when one of the lines
| broke and the animals sta ted TO run. With
rare presence Of mind, the young man
reined them into the alley at the rear OF
| Hubb ard block, where they were stopped
| hpfOra damQUp had bnap 1Opa Mias
Josie Crimmins was on the walk just op-
posite the alley, and when she saw the
horses coming at such terrific gait all power
OF lOcomotion seemed to leave her. N. G.
Minard. travelling man, saw the danger
the young lady was in and snatched her to
one side only an instant before the horses
struck the walk where she had been standing.
AT the annual meeting of the Ladies' Lii.
brary Guild, held last Monday evening, the
old board OF officers was elected as follows:
Mrs; Joel Foster, president; Mrs. G. q.
Fuller MI Mrs; u L; ?; o,oGs Gleason. Mrs F; IN N
ardson and Mrs. G. M. Goss, vice presi.
dents; Mrs. A. d. Farwell, secretary and
treasurer. II was thought that it is no
longer necessary to pay the librarian, and q
motion to that effect was carried. The
Guild passed a unanimous vote Of thanks
to F. W. Bancroft for the lecture recently
delivered in Bethany chapel. The vote to
not longer pay for the services of the libra.
rian of the Montpelier Public Library from
the funds OF the Guild stood SO TO 8.
OSCAR N. Cross, whose advertisement
can be found in the business column, has
just completed a refrigerator for L. Bart
Cross, his brother, that is well W )rth trip
to his factory on East State street to see.
1t is six feet four inches high, five aud a
half feet wide and thirty three inches deep.
1t has nine doors, all equipped with double
automatic fasteners, invented by Mr.. Cross
1t has two large milk slides, that will hold
twenty-four quarts of milk each. One com.
partInent is for butter, and one for ice
cream, etc. This refrigerator has an ice
capacity of 500 pounds, Twelve provision
for liquids or meats. 1t has double air
spaces and seven thicknesses Of walls, in.
cluding packing. The cost of this splendid
specimen is 500
THE annual company drill and inspection
OF Company II, V. n. G., will be held at
Montpelier on Saturday. June 15 Captain
Herbert e. Tutherly, First Cavalry, U. S.
A, will accompany the quartermaster gen
eral in the capacity of inspector general
and visit the several companies in the regi.
ment, reporting the result. The inspector
will select from each company and the
Fuller Battery thr-e musicians or privates,
and from the First brigade at large one cap
tain, one frs lieutenant, one second lieu
| tenant, one first sergeant, four sergeants
and four corporals, these selections being
determined by competitive drill and target
shooting. The fifty one officers thus selected
will assemble at Fort Ethan Allen on Thurs
day, June 20, for the state competitive drill
and target firing.
THK billiard hall of Curtis Clogston on
School street was broken into last Monday
noon and about $40 in money, a watch, and
a revolver were taken Suspicion was at
once directed towards a boy, named Ge.
raid Franklin, who has been stopping at
the Union House for the past two weeks, a
good deal of " hch time he has spent loaf.
ing about Clogston's place. When it was
learned that Franklin purchased ticket to
Boston and left on the noon train, Monday,
the sheriff at White River Junction was
telegraphed to arrest him, which he did
Deputy Sheriff Dudley went down Monday
night and brought the lad to Montpelier on
Tuesday. He was arraigned before Grand
Juror Lucia, and his case was continued
until Thursday afternoon at four o'clock.
Failing to furnish bail in the sum of $500,
he was committed to Jail.
A GERMAN jew with face pitted from
smallpox, has been victimzing the people
of Cabot, Marshfield and Plainield by rep
resenting himself to be DR.. Bemis, the eye
| cialiat When Mr.. Ramia made his trim