The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11

THE daily papers of the city of James.
| town, North Dakota, speak in very hatter-
| ing terms OF a lecture recently delivered In
that city by Rev. g. W. Gallagher, his sub
ject being +" Heroes and Heroines." The
| Alert says: " The subject is an especially at
| tractive one and was well handled. Mr..
| Gallagher Is a fine and brilliant speaker,
| possessing an admirable command OF Ian
gusge. He has happy style, fund Of apt
illustrations, an easy presence, and from the
| opening to the close carries the audience
| with him. This is one of a series Of lectures
which Mr. Gallagher is giving throughout
| the state, portion Of the proceeds being
| for the bent a { of the Congregati )nal Col.
| lege at Fargo"
THE new library building, the lot on
which 1t stands, its furniture, fixtures, ETC.,
| together with the payment in full of $15,.
| 600 cash, were accepted on Monday last by
| the board of trustees of the Kellogg Hub
bard Library as a fulfllment on the part OF
| John K. Hubbard of the contract between
| the town of Montpelier and himself, en-
| tered into January II, 1894, and a legal con.
veyance of all of Mr.. Hubbards interest in
the lot and building was made to the trus-
tets. The building and its furnishing has
cost Mr. Hubbard about $4,000 more than
the contract required, so that the trustees
now hold, as trustees for the inhabitants
OF the town OF Montpelier lin the language
Of the act of incorporation) a property
worth at least $4,000, to be managed as a
munity.
AN editorial in the Neos and Citizen of
last week states some facts that apply to
every weekly newspaper. Among other
things, Editor Lewis says: THE editor of
cou utry newspaper il often censured by
| the people Of his town because items of in.
| teresJ to them do not appear in the co umns
of his paper, They apparently think that
| he ought to know by intuition all about
| everything that happ ms in the town. 1t
should be remembered that his facilities for
gathering news ace necessarily limited. He
gathers all the news he can. His eyes and
| ears are open every minute he is awake in
| his effort to catch onto something for his
| paper, but he cannot devote all of his time
to that work, because he has many duties
| in the flee that requires his attention.
| Important matters he seldom misses. 1t
is the small things that escape his notice,
simply because the facts have not come un-
der his observation and the people who are
| Interested in seeing them in print do not
| consider them of sufficient imp )rtance to
notify him."
A SUB DISTRICT meeting of the woman's
Home Missionary Society was held in
| Waitsfeld last Thursday afternoon and
evening. Devotional exercises were led by
Mrs. A. b. Enrght Rev. Mr.. Enright
| gave a cordial address of welc lme to which
Mrs A. III Webb made happy response.
An excellent paper on THE Imperative
Needs in Home Missionary Work" was read
| by Mrs. Enright, Mrs Carroll read paper
written by Mrs. Lewis of Bradford on Gan
| Ideal Member of the Woman's Home Mis-
sonary Society" Mrs. Webb made an
earnest plea for home missionary work and
| Mrs. Palmer gave an account of the Moth
ers' Jewels Home. The Importance of in
| creasing the circulation of WOmdn's Home
Missions, the official organ of the society,
was urged, as was the need of interesting
the children in mite boxes. In the evening
Rev. W. R Davenport of Barre gave an in.
structive address on "What Is a Man
Worth?' The attendance was very good.
Through the untiring efforts of Mrs. En-
right, district secretary, the meeting was
very much of success, and must result
in increased interest in the work.
| MEETING of the Board of Civil Author
| ity for the abatement of taxes was held last
week Tuesday evening. At an executive
session, held Wednesday ev .ning taxes
were abated and recommendations were
made to the City Council to refund taxes
already paid az follows: Oscar Russell and
William j. Lynch, poll tax abated, because
they were not of age; Benjamin Daley,
agent, recommendation to refund on list of
| $40; s H. o. Bosworth, Elkins Perkins
and Abraham St. John, poll tax abated,
they being over seventy years of age; FL.
ID. Gates, recommendation to refund on poll
tax and taxes on list of $12 Jacob Galusky.
tax assessed on list of So, recommended re-
funded; same A. j. Willard estate on list
of 50; William Hughes, poll tax abated, as
he paid same in Bristol Egbert +. Roberts,
same, as he paid in Burlington; Central
Vermont railroad tax abated on list Of
$40, as property is used for railroad pur.
poses; John Ewing, recommended refund
ing tax on a list of 50; j. V. Babcock, ad.
mlnistrator OF estate OF Carrie Bowles rec
| ommendaton that tax on list of SO be
abated, as there was nothing to assess; ia
nette Preston, trustee, tax on list OF seventy
five cents abated; K. r. TEayer, non
resident, and Eli Veo, a resident of North
field, tax abated; Mrs. 1. III. p. Rowell, tax
on list OF fifty cents abated: John Smith,
yer seventy, poll tax abated Carl j. Ben.
edict and o. W. Harvey poll tax abated;
James Harran, tax on list of 81 abated !;
Josiah Gale recommended that town and
school taxes on list of 1894 be refunded.
THE members of Company H have reason
to congratulate themselves on the success
of their military ball which was held last
Friday evening in the arm Try. 1t was an.
nounced that the concert which preceded
the dance would commence at eight o'clock,
but long before that time the spacious gal
lerie- were crowded by five hundred or
more people, who thoroughly enjoyed the
musical numbers as rendered by Professor
George X. White and an orchestra of ten
men. The grand march was led by Gen
eral w. H. Gilmore and Mrs. Captain A. G.
Eaton, and vas participated in by more
tudu seventy nVe couples. lnere are Few,
if any, halls in Vermont so admirably
adapted to a ball OF large dime nsions as is
this home of the Capitol Guard. Even with
the large attendance last Friday evening
there was abundance of room to para, and
fifty coup les more would not have crow ed
matters in the least Under the guidance
of floor director Sergeant W. A. Pa5tee,
and aids, P. A. Ryan, A. d. Farwell j. e.
Flanagan, r. B. Denny, K. K. Piper and
Henry Butterfly, everything moved with
out hitch Among the officers of the First
Regiment from other towns who were pres.
ent were Captain d, r. Bisbee and Lieuten-
ant K. A. Bishop of Barre, and Captain #.
l.. Howe of Mortified, accompanied by
their wives. Lieuteuants j. p. Ryan and
l.. G. Andrews from Fort Ethan Allen also
participated in the festivities. Supper was
served in the basement at midnight, with
Mrs. Alma Smith as caterer.
ARMED with warrant signed by States
Attorney Stanton, Sheriff Collins and
Deputy Sheriffs Graves and White searched
the Central Vermont freight depot last
Thursday morning. In the freight. room
they seized barrel of bottled lager and a
barrel of italian wine. The lager was
claimed by b. B. Bailey, station agent, as
his private property, and IL was ordered re-.