The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-16

frightened, but no one was injured. The
train was pulled back on the iron without
much trouble, and reached Montpelier on
the return trip very nearly on ime
AT the last regular meeting of Ivy LODGE
No "a, Daughters OF Rebekah, the following
officers were installed by the district dep
uty, Mrs. L. L. Boyce of Barre: Noble
Grand, Mrs. Mary l.. Sanders; vice grand
Mrs. Ruth Whitney; secret ary, Mrs Alice
Baker, treasurer, Mrs. Alice Bowman;
warden, Miss Annie Booth; conductor, Mrs.
Emily Roberts; II. S. of N. G. Mrs. Ada
Sherburne; L. S. of n g., Mrs. Izora
Grout; r. S. of V. G., Mrs. Eugena Booth;
L. S. Of V. g., Mrs. Fannie Smith, sup
porters, Mrs. Amelia Richardson aud Mrs
Eliza Crossett; |. g., Mrs. Ella Kent; o. g.,
Mrs Louise McGorrie; chaplain, Mrs. Emma
Robinson.
THE new year opened with a house
cleaning in the management of the Keeley
establishment at Montpelier the two most
prominent officials being suspended for
something, nobody knows just what, and
already there Is a libel s1it and the light
OF the pale and blood-clotted moon is
dimmed by the multitude of razors in the
air. But the Keeley cure continues to cure
just the same. Some people look with sus-
picion on it because it fails to supply brains
and spinal column after effecting the cure
of the liquor habit, but this is no part OF its
business Lack of brains and backbone
cannot be supplied by hypodermc in
JeCblOu' -IiuTuUtCh unzeJt6.
SOME very suggestive truths for local adj
vertisers are forcibly expressed in the fol-
lowing clipped from an exchange: "When
you read your local paper it is the account
of the dog-hght you saw, the runaway on
your street, the comment on the speech you
heard, the critique of the play you wit
messed, that you read first, and you remem-
Der what the paper says about them For
the same reason the women who spend the
afternoon in your store go home and read
your advertisement, and it is all the more
effective because they happen to know
something about the articles you are adver-
tising Why, yes, | saw those there this
afternoon, and, como to think of it, belle 70
they are good things That's their com
ment, and the next day they come down
to gn again and leave their money with
you"
The April of wooing became the Dec 9m-
Der of wedding, and the May when she
was maid was changed to the sky of wife,
hood in the case of Mr.. Charles e. Wilson
and Miss Lillian j. Smith, on Wednesday
of last week, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
q. l.. Smith, the parents of the bride. The
intimate maiden friends of Miss Smith be.
decked with becoming green and bloom the
fireside rooms allotted to the ceremony of
making the twain one flesh, In front OF a
bank of verdure, beneath bell of green
whose tongue OF white carnations was laden
with the tender messages the occasion in
spires, DR.. Seaver tied the nuptial knot, in the
presence Of the family relatives and chosen
friends A delightful reception followed, re-
freshments were served and congratulations
unconventional and good wishes unstinted
were left behind by the departing guests.
Mr.. and Mrs Wilson went directly to their
home in Jackson, Mich.
The WATcHMAN office narrowly escaped
serious damage by fire last Wednesday
morning. While Joseph Jangraw, the Of
, fee boy, was filling small can with ben
in the hasafppnt the Huin ipnitp1
The lad made desperate effort to get the
can out doors, but was obliged to drop it in
pile of papers under the folder at the head
3 of the stairs. An alarm was turned in from
box Is, and when the firemen arrived they
q found brisk blaze, both in the basement
+ and press room, and the entire building
filled with dense smoke Too much praise
! cannot be awarded the fremen for the
a prompt and efficient work they did. With
= out flooding the building with water, they
confined the flames to the localities where
they started, and thereby saved much valu
able property. The damage to the building
was very slight Several hundred dollars
> worth of paper in the basement was ruined
: by fire, smoke and water, but this loss was
covered by insurance. The presses were
: uninjured, and business was interrupted
only few hours.
= MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE CHAPTER, Daugh
+ ters Of the American Revolution, has
elected the following officers for the ensuing
year Regent, ATS. Aluduud L NbWCOuD
vice-regent, Mrs. j. G. Houghton; secre tary
Mrs. Mary B. Peck; treasurer, Mrs. f. A
Z Adams; registrar, Miss Jennie Phinney
Q historian, Mrs. II. A. Huse; chaplain
; Rev. A. n. Lewis, delegate TO the National
, Society, Mrs. H. N. Tapln. Mrs. A. o
q Cummins, Mrs w. A. Briggs and Miss Mel
d lie Barrows were elected TO membership
: 1t was vo ed to celebrate Washington's
: birthday, at which time Rev. A. n. Lewis
; will read an original paper, entitled wash
afnlW Irakgl
g the man as his contempor aries knew him
, Mr. Lewis has gathered several incidents
o and anecdotes of Washington which have
= never appeared in any biography. One Of
s these is lovesonuet which he wrote TO &
, Miss Carey; and another is song which
9 he sang TO two children of Chief Justice
e Ellsworth of Connecticut, holding them in
a his lap. II will be sung to the original
: tune. Papers are also expected from Judge
Carleton, MIR. Huse, and perhaps others.
9 The entertainment given in Blanchard
= opera house last Thursday evening under
: the auspices of the Ladies Library Guild
7 by Sara Lord Bailey of Boston, assisted by
! Miss Bessie Cary, vocalist attracted a
i good sized audience, when the many counter
Z attractions that evening were taken into
i consideration. Miss Bailey was a stranger
9 to a Montpelier audience, and perhaps eX-
Il pectation had been raised too high, but that
she was disappointment no one will deny
g While some of her selections were above
!. criticism, and while she has unmistakabe
q talent and natural genius, it is but just to
q say that she would compare unfavOrably
= with several lady readers who have been
q heard in Montpelier OF late, and that she
| | appeared more like a student from S )me
= school of oratory than like professional
>. elocutionist who stands alone upon the
{ merit of her work. There was nothing TO
= seriously offend, and nobody found fault
some were disappointed, that was all. Miss
Cary was accompanied by Professor ID. S.
, Blanpied and her selections were well re-
ceived. At the close of her third song she
T gracefully responded to persistent encore.
THE annual meeting of the directors of
: the National Life Insurance Company was
) held on Tuesday. Charles Dewey, w. G.
We .zey, w. p. Dillingham; and W. Seward
Webb we're elected directors for four years.
I The following officers were reelected
Charles Dawey, president; Edward Dewey,
vice president; George w Reed, secretary
j. G Houghton, treasurer; Joseph A. De-
! Boer, actuary A b. Bisbee, NJ. D., medical
director; Osman D. Clark, assistant secre-