The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-10


ing at six o'clock, and every other evening
OF the week except Saturday promptly at
nine o'clock. Monthly meetings of the
union will be held, and at the next meeting
treasurer will be elected.
AMONG the late arrivals at the Pavilion
for more or less protracted stay are
Colonel George A. Quimby Of Des Moines.
Ia, James Gazeley and wife OF Albany N
Y, G.. Seeligson and family, Mrs. Ella Du-
rant and Miss 4. Beissner of Galveston,
Tex, Mrs f. G. Graves Of Colorado Springs,
Mrs r s. Brown of Iowa Falls, Ia, the
Vail and daughter of New York.
NJ S. STONE, state superintendent of edu-
cation, is making arrangements for, and
will attend the following summer schools. At
Barre and Morrisvlle, July 8; at Enosburg
Falls, Essex Junction, Brandon and Bethel,
July ~; at 81. Johnsbury, August II. These
schools will continue two weeks each
some OF the most prominent educators in
Massachusetts have been engaged az super
intendents-men whose business it is to
train teachers
I. w. WooD, the artist, arrived last week
and has opened I" Athenwood," his delight
full summer home. He is receiving cor
dial welcome on every hand, and his tall
and commanding form is again familiar
object on our streets. He Is engaged in
preparing the rooms to be temporarily oc-
cupied by the Wood Art Gallery for hang
ing Oho plObulcbt pdIb VI WulCu nave dlIbduy
arrived. He hopes to have the gallery
ready to open by August L.
The Boston Globe and Herald referred last
week in very complimentary terms, to Rev.
l. w. Cate, brother of Henry W. Cate and
native of Montpelier, who is one of the
| principal speakers at the Universalist Ma
tional Convention in that city this week.
Mr. Gate at present occupies chair in the
Universalist Theological School of Toxic,
Japan, and Is in this country on leave until
| October. At the recent conference of the
Japanese Universalist church he was elected
| general superintendent of all the Universal
ist churches in Japan, position equivalent
to a bishopric in this country
THE members of the committee on the
revision of the statutes, who have been at
the state house during the past four weeks
getting the copy in shape for the printers,
completed their labors last Saturday. The
Tuttle Company of Rutland has the con-
tract for the printing, and the work is being
done by G. j. Peters & Sons, Boston. Sem
ator o. M. Barber Of Arlington, Representa-
tive John Young of Newport, and F. G.
Smith of st. Adams, clerk of the board,
went to Boston on Tuesday to read the
proof and superintend the work. They
took with them as stenographer Mrs. E. A.
Mutt, who has been employed by them at
the state house. They expect to be in Bos-
ton ten days or two weeks.
Miss ELIZA NJ. WILLARD has been offered
and has accepted the position of librarian
of the Montpelier Public Library, and will
very soon assume the duties. Endowed
with special qualifications for the work,
Miss Willard brings the added prestige of a
years close application and study and prac-
tical experience in the State Library at
Albany under the direction of the we'll
known library expert, Mevil Dewey. In
connection with the acceptance of the retir-
ing librarians resignation, the trustees
adopted the following resolution: That
the president and trustees, in behalf of the
stockholders of the Montpelier Public Lii
brary Association, hereby express to Miss
Mary K. Macomber their appreciation of
her earnest and faithful services in the
office OF librarian, now terminated by volun-
tary resig nation on her part"
THE meteorological report of Northteld
station for the month of June is as follows:
Mean atmosphere pressure, 30.06; highest,
30.44, on the 10th; lowest, 2970, on the 18th.
Mean temperature, go; highest, 800, on the
10th; lowest, 41o, on the Sth; greatest daily
range, 41o on the 10Th; least daily range,
80, on the Sd; mean temDerature for this
month, in 1887, go; 1888. 63o; 1889, 62o 1890,
61o; 1891, 61o; 1892, go; 1893, 60; 1884, 64o;
1895, 660; mean temperature for this month
for nine years. go; average excess during
month, 80; average daily excess since
January /, 020 prevailing direction of
wind south, 40 per cent; total movement OF
wind, 5053 miles; maximum velocity Of
wind, 36 miles north on the I'd. Total pre-
cipitation, II inches; number of days with
.Ol OF an inch or more of precipitation, 9;
total precipitation Tin inches) for this month
in 1887, 4.12; 1888. 6.17; 1889, 5.02; 1890, 254;
1891, 204; 1892, 5.G6; 1893, 2.O7; 1894, LA
1895, oil; average precipitation for this
month in nine years, $50 inches; total de.
ticiency during month, 1.93; accumulated
deficiency since January l, 4.74; number of
clear days, III partly cloudy days, 10;
cloudy days, 9. Frost, none.
A DISTRESSING accident occurred at Ber-
lin Pond about half past four last Friday
afternoon. A party of young people from
Barre were at the pond that day for pic
mic, and most of them were on the pond.
In one OF the boats was John Mcdonald,
aged eighteen years, John Monroe, aged
twenty-four, and Miss Katie Cars WE'LL aged
seventeen. When about half way across
the pond between Stewards and Pitkin's,
the young lady and Monroe attempted to
change seats. Miss Carswell lost her bal
ance and fell backward into the water, TAX
| ing Monroe with her and capszng the boat
Mcdonald held on to the overturned boat
and was rescued in an exhausted condition,
but Mr., Monroe and Miss Carswell were
drowned in seventy-tve feet of water.
Strenuous efforts were made to recover the
| bodies that night, but they were not found
until nearly six o'clock the next day, when
they were prepared for burial and taken to
Barre, where funeral services were held
Monday. Miss Carswell was most estim-
able young lady and would have graduated
from the Barre High School next June.
She was delegate from the Presbyterian
church to the National Christian Endeavor
convention at Boston this week. Mr. Mon
roe was superintendent of the Presbyterian
Sunday school in Barre, and their untimely
death has cast gloom over the entire city.
The body of Miss Carswell was recovered
by j. Edward Winslow, that of Mr.. Munroe
by William Barclay.
THE members OF Vermont Lodge No.
2, Odd Fellows, attended divine service in
a body at Trinity Church last Sunday morn
ing, when Rev. A. II. Webb, the pastor,
preached memorial sermon for the five
members Of that lodge who have died during
the past year The services were opened
by singing " Lead Kindly Light " and read
ing the ninety-frst Psalm. Mr.. Webb took
as a basis of his remarks words found in
Ecclesiastes vii: L" A good name is bet
ter than precious ointment and the day of
death than the day OF ones birth" In re-
ferring to Odd Fellowship, Mr.. Webb said
that the order is built upon the teaching of
the sacred Scriptures, and the three links