The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-31
NUMBER 81.

rest OF Garrigan, but at last accounts he was
still at large.
cit is singular, but true" says the St.
Johnsbury Republican, "that very few peo-
pie in our own state know "a little Bit
about the Barre railroad, commonly called
the Sky Route yet 1t is one of the remark
able feats of modern engineering, and a trip
over it affords half day Of unalloyed pleas
ure Offering each moment a new sensation
of delight and unfolding scenic views of un-
equaled grandeur. AS expressed by a boy
on the train, it's as much as twenty miles
up but not more than one down., and no
wonder 1t seemed so, as, in ascending dis
tance of a trihe over four miles lin direct
line), the road attans an elevation above
the city of Barre of 1,005 feet, maximum
grade being 264 feet per mile. On the route
about seventy granite quarries have been
opened, many OF which are now in active
operation, and, as the trains stop at them to
allow the passengers an opportunity to in
spect them, the trip affords much practical
knowledge as well as pleasure"
THE funeral of B. p. Cheney, president of
the American Express Company and one Of
the directors of the Central Vermont rail-
road, occurred last Monday. Brief services
were held at noon at his late home at
Wellesley, and at three o'clock, at Kings
Chapel Boston. The burial was in Mount
Auburn. Mr.. Cheney would have been
eighty years old If he had lived until next
month. Among those who attended his
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| field of Montpelier and j. W. Hobart Of St.
| Albans. The bearers, men who had been
in Mr. Cheney's employ for thirty years or
more were G. H. Babbitt of Bellows Falls,
| general superintendent Of the American
Express Company; Andrew Bunton of
! Manchester, n. H., division superintendent;
| Thomas X. Hale Of Boston, superintendent
OF teams in New England; M. W. Tandy, of
the Boston office Myron J. Pratt agent at
Concord, n H.. Henry w Drew, agent at
Montpelier. Mr.. Fifield was one OF the
honorary pall-bearers.
Mr.. f. S. ME1Gs begins work in Lester
II. Greenes drug store, August l. Mr..
Meigs is registered pharmacist, and comes
from Boston, where he has filed a respon-
sible position in the largest retail drug store
| in New England. Mr.. z. f. Greene, the
| former clerk, leaves the store to devote his
whole time to the interests Of The Lester H.
| Greene Company, recently formed to sup
ply the demand for Greene's Syrup of Tar
and other proprietary medicines of Mr.
Greene, which are meeting with such pop
ularity that more help and increased fscil-
tiles are necessary to fill the orders. con-
venient laboratory has been fitted up on the
second and third floors of the building now
occupied by Mr. Greene, sufficient for an
| output of $500 packages daily The MEM
bers of the new firm, Lester H. Greene and
j. Eli Goodenough, are thorough business
men; their remedies are put up on honor;
every package is sold on the nocure no.
| pay pan, anu II laSU year 3 sales are any
criterion, the new firm will be success.
THE business of the United States circuit
court was completed last Wednesday Will
liam Eldredge, alias " Brooklyn Slim" and
William Driscoll, alias Ottawa Irish"
were sentenced on Wednesday morning by
Judge Wheeler. They were found guilty of
robbing the post-offices at Windsor, Glover
and Morrisville, last November. Eldredge
got twelve years in state prison, and fine
Of $500, and Driscoll ten years and 5000 fine.
In the case of United States against Edwin
Fisher, for selling liquor without govern
ment license, the respondent pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to the house OF correc-
ton for thirty days, with fine of 500. The
! following cases were disposed Of United
States V. George A. Matthews, for embez-
zling valuable letters, case continued on ac-
count OF the illness of respondent; United
States V. r. B. Huntley, for establishing
private express for carrying letters, case
continued on account of illness OF respon-
dent; United States V. Ezra Hulett for sell
ing liquor without United States license,
case contnued United States " Hiram
Potter, for selling liquors without United
States license, case continued on account of
illness of respondent. The following cases
were continued: United States V. Joseph
Drohart, for selling spirituous and malt
liquors without United States license;
United States V. Albert Goddard, for break
ting into post office; United States v Loren
Green, for same offence; United States V.
James Chamberlain, for distilling unlaw-
fully; same person, for having still set up
unregistered; same person, for selling spir-
| ituous liquors without a United States
license, continued on an offer of compro-
mise; United States v. Edward Hart, alias
" Frenchy," for forcbly breaking into a
United States post-otfice, case surrendered
into the hands of the Addison county court.
An adjournment till August 20 was made
SEVENTEEN THOUSAND people crowded
into the Wild West enclosure last Wednes-
day afternoon, and about 5000 at the even
ing performance. No such crowd has been
seen in Montpelier since the visit of Presi-
dent Harrison in the fall of 1892. 1t was an
orderly, good-natured multitude, however,
and the police had little to do. Only one
J arrest for intoxication and not an accident
worth mentioning, tells the story. A gang
of pickpockets, who follow in the wake OF
! the show, reaped rich harvest j. G..
Gleason of Warren was relieved of S65 at the
! Central Vermont station, gentleman from
! Northfeld lost 500, and man who refused
| to give his name or residence claimed that
| $500 and his railroad tickets had been stolen
in one of the Central Vermont cars. Good
! judges of crowds estimated that there were
at least 25,000 people on the streets when
the parade passed through To transport
this crowd to the show grounds at Mont
pelier Junction and return was a task of
huge dimensions, but the management of
the Central Vermont railroad was prepared
LOT Jne emergency, anu accomplished ln0
job without the slightest accident. A train
dispatcher from St, Albans was placed in
the local office, and the veteran Conductor
Remington had charge of the excursion
trains, with an extra conductor for each car.
Superintendent E. w. Thompson was con-
stantly on the ground from daylight until
after midnight, and it is due largely to his
watchful care that no loss of life or limb has
to be now recorded. OF the show, it is
needless to speak in detail 1t was an
object.lesson, and the features followed in
rapid succession, with no tedious waits.
Colonel ": F.; Cody, was, of course, the
cynosure of all eyes, and was loudly ap-
plauded whenever he appeared He still
sits his splendid horse with the grace and
skill that characterized him when he en-
joyed the confidence and respect of General
Sherman and other officers, when they often
relied on his unerring Judgment as scout
in times when the army was necessarily the
advance guard of civilization. He has rea-
son to-day to be proud of the Congress Of
Rough Riders that he has gathered around
him. The street exhibition was radically
different from the perennial circus parade.