The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-03


ID. Blanpied received the first prize for an
swering correctly the largest number Of
question regarding the history and geog
raphy OF the United Sta'es. The whole af
fair was a marked success. The young
ladies trimmed the chapel very prettily for
the occasion.
MRS. II. G.. DEwINa and Miss Bertha Mae,
her daughter, 90 this week to Duxbury to
reside with Mrs. Janus Crossett. Professor
George Elmore, several of her schoolmates,
and some of the ladies of the city who are
interested in Miss Bertha's talents, have pre-
sented her with a handsome sum of money,
which was gracefully acknowledged by the
young recipient.
ALL the occupants of Langdon block,
corner of State and Main streets, and of the
building in which is located the feed store
OF X. w. Bailey q Co., were notified last
Saturday that they must vacate on or be-
| fore April /, 1896. lt is currently reported
that James X. Langdon intends to erect on
these sites aud the driveway in iervening a
handsome granite block
w. g. BERRY has been appointed auditor
and cashier of the Montpelier and Wells
River railroad, this appointment taking
effect April 1. This relieves r. w. Morse,
the general freight and passenger agent, OF
a portion of his important duties. Mr..
Berry is peculiarly well equipped for the
| position to which he has been promoted and
his appointment gives general satisfaction.
THE suit Of w. A. Rice against w. o.
Standish and wife, to recover payment for a
stepping stone, was tried last Saturday af-
ternoon before Justice p. II. Hinkley aud a
! jury. IL appeared in evidence that the
stone was contracted for by Mrs. Standish
and was charged to her by Mr.. Rice. Not
obtaining payment from her, he sued to re-
cover it from her husband. The jury dis
agreed.
MISSES DELLA FAY and Addie Phillips,
| ax,I
counsel in the Boutwell, conspiracy case, now
on trial in county court, in taking and
transcribng testimony. With such a vol
ume of testimony as is being introduced, it
would be ply scal impossibility for Mrs.
#. L. Laird, the official rep ,rter, to
transcribe it all each evening for the use Of
the attorneys.
WE have received from T. w. Wood,
president of the National Academy of De-
sim, New York, the illustrated catalogue
of the SEVENTEEN annual exhibition of that
academy. 1t contains several interesting
sh jrt letters on art topics, and a half-tone
cut of the portrait of r. II. Stoddard, ESQ.
by Mr.. Wood that occupied a prominent
place at the exhibition, as did the portrait
OF William j. Linton, n. A, also by Mr..
Wood.
THE Central Vermont railroad will sell
round-trip tickets at convention rates from
all points between st. Albans and White
|
the lecture ON "Abrahsm Lincoln by
Colonel Henry Watterson in Blanchard
| ooera house next Thursday evening. Nearly
ff pupils of the Northfeld High School
have secured seats, and the attendance gen.
orally from out of town promises to be un-
usually large.
FOLLOWING close upon the affiction from
which they were still stunned, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. G. Berry were called last Wednesday
morning to mourn the death of their son
Henry, who died of Group, aged three years.
The funeral was held Thursday afternoon.
The sympathy, not only of their closest
friends and nearest neighbors, but of the
whole city, goes out in very large measure
to these afflicted parents. Their older chill
dren have also been seriously ill, but are
improving.
The return engagement of the "Prince Pro
TEN" Company at Blanchard opera house
next Monday night is hailed with delight
by all who witnessed its first production in
this city. 1t is remembered as a light opera,
full of wit and catchy music. 1t abounds
! in specialties given by number of first
class artists in this line The costumes are
attractive and the faces are pleasing to look
at. Fred Lennox us Tommy Tompkins,"
Bradbury as Gwendolin," have the most
Of the work 10 do and they do it well. The
prospects are good for packed house.
The direct and cross examination of o, j.
Copeland, late secretary and treasurer OF
the defunct Excelsior Granite Company in
the case of S. ID. Allen, assignee, against
Mrs. Sarah A. Dewey, tried in county court
| last week, brought out some facts in regard
| to Mr.. Copeland's peculiar methods OF doing
| business that made most interesting story
to some twenty creditors of the Excelsior
| Granite Company, who were present during
the three hours and more that Mr.. Copeland
was on the stand. After hearing Mr.. Cope
/ hot
the concern whose money he handled went
to the wall.
HENRY WArTERsoN, whose fame as a
| journalist has been more than rivaled as a
pu bic speaker, and who, on the occasion of
the dedica ion of the Worlds Fair" al
Chicago, was the official mouthp piece of the
| United s ates government aud electrified
the country by his magnificent address, will
give his masterpiece, The Life, Career and
! Death of Abraham Lincoln" at the Blanch.
ard opera house, on Thursday evening
April 4, 1895. As this is the only place in
which Nc. Watterson will speak in Yer
mont, IL will be a rare opportunity 70 see
aud hear one Of the most brilliant aud
gifted orators in America, and no one can
afford to miss the opportunity.
EMMA HARTr PIERCE, wife OF Hiram NJ.
Pierce, died last Friday at Winchest ter,
Mass, after long illness with heart trouble
and dropsical affection, aged forty-eight
years and nine months. Mrs. flerce was
born in New Orleans, La, June 80, 1876,
She was daughter OF Hiram and Abby
(Sawin) Hartt. During large part of her
lifetime she was resident Of Montpelier,
where she had very many warm friends.
She leaves husband and one daughter,
JOSIE aged % years; also one son, Hartt,
aged seventeen. Her remains reached
Montpelier last Monday afternoon and
were taken direct to Green Mount Gene.
terry. where brief services were conducted
by Rev. A. N. Lewis.
otis sweet to see the evening star ap
pear" Sweetest of all the planets that by
turns adorn the evening skies is Venus. In
the south western heavens even amid the
radiance of the descending suns afterglow,
the silvery sister world may be seen, long
before any other twinkler shows its light.
When the darkness has fallen, no chart
will be needed to discover where the bright
wanderer is shining zone star alone of all
the train" that CLEAN and sparkle in the
crisp spring air will Tx the Observers eye.
Venus sets now at about S;45, but among
the hills she drops earlier from view,
Night by night she will lengthen her stay
above the horizon till about the first of
June, setting AT that time about 10:30. She
will begin then what appears to be- retro