The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09
NAM secretary, Miss Mae Bullard treas.
urer, W. G. Norcross organist, Ethel

urer, w. o. Norcross; organist, Ethel
Webb.
PILLS Do Nor CuRE.-Pills do not cnre
constipation. They only aggravate. Karl's
Glover Root Tea gives perfect regularity to
the bowels. For sale by w. e. Terrill &
Co., Montpelier, Vt.
The woodwork over a gas Jet in Bethany
chapel caught fire last Sunday evening
while the service was in progress, causing
no little excitement. The blaze was extin-
guished before any material damage was
done, and the service was continued.
Mrs. s. W. CoRsE and Mrs. d. l.. San
ders we're delegates from Ivy Lodge,
Daughters of Rebekah, to the state assem-
bly, held last week at Bradford. Mrs. II.
II. Whitney, Mrs. f. e. McGorrie and Mrs.
Erastus Camp also attended the council.
SENATOR MORRILL, was among the many
callers at the WATCHMAN office. The sem
ator has been some sixty years on the
WATCHMAN subscription list, and recalls
the time when the paper was carried on
horseback through the towns OF Vermont.
THE October term of the supreme court
opened in the courtroom at the State House
on Tuesday morning, Chief Justice Ross
presiding. Judges Munson and Taft were
absent. Prayer was offered by Rev. DIR.
Norman Seaver. The first case heard was
from Rutland county.
The Montpelier & Wells River railroad
will sell round. trip tickets to Wells River
lOI pl w lEOlu hOuJpbI6r anu Cl'OO lTOul
Barre, next Friday, when James O'Nsil OF
Montpelier and James Mcdonald Of CRANKY
wreStle at ST. Johnsbury for purse OF
$4,000 and the gate receipts.
THE Montpelier & Wells River railroad is
to build a car. house on the land owned by
them between the Montpelier & Wells
River and the Central Vermont depo;s. w.
G. Edwards of Lowell is the builder,
and work was commenced last week. The
structure is to be 1872 by SO feet, large
enough to contain two tracks and four cars.
THE annual excursion to New York via
! the Central Vermont railroad and steamer
City of Lowell" from New London, Conn.
occurs to-day. Passengers can leave on the
mail train at nine o'clock, or the noon ex-
press, and connect with the steamer, arriv-
ing in New York at seven o'clock to morrow
morning. Fare for the round trip is only
five dollars.
The football season opened last Satur-
day with game between the Montpelier
Seminary and St. Albans High School
elevens, resulting in score Of 16 to in
favor OF the former. Henry Kennedy of
the st. Alb,ns team had his right collar
bone badly fractured. He was attended by
DR.. d. G, Kemp, and was able to go to his
home on the evening train.
THE Golden Fleece is magnificent hall,
in its almost unlimited capacity and its fine
acoustic qualities. There was general re-
gret when the building was devoted to
DuslueSS purposes d lew years ago, anu
there is rejoicing now that it is restored to
public uses in an improved and permanent
form. The enterprise and public spirit OF
t he owners are highly commendable.
THE docket of the October term of the
supreme court contains Ill cases, dstrib
uted among the counties as follows: Ben
nington. 6; Windhan, Z; franklin, 8; Or
leans, 2; Rutland IS; Addison, 6; Lamoille
4; Caledo 1ia 13; Windsor, 10; Orange 5
Chittenden, IL. Washington leads, with
twenty cases. No cases appear on the
docket from Essex and Grand Isle counties
THE operetta "Trial by Jury" will bt
given in the opera house, October 90, as
benefit to the Kings Daughters hospita
fund for furnishings. The announcement
that George E. White, with his orchestra
Pr fessor ID. s. Blanped and F. W. Ban
croft, assisted by the other prominent sing
ers of the city, are to render this brllian
} Operetta leaves nothing further needed III
the way OF advertisement.
A VERY enjoyable piano recital was giver
by Ferdinand Dewey of Boston, assisted by
Miss Edna Higley soprano, at Seminary
chapel on Tuesday evening, October l
Mr.. Dewey's playing was thoroughly artis
tic, and in his own composition. " Th,
Night Has a Thousand Eyes" he proved
himself composer of rare talent. Mis-
. Higley sang Rossni and Grieg number
very enjoyably. She has a well-trained
high soprano voice, and uses 1t with goot
, effect.
, STREET COMMISSIONER ROBERTS had man,
deserved compliments paid him during re
union week for the condition of the streets
under his charge. Members, both from TIT
, rural districts and from the large village
and cities, repeatedly expressed their appre
, citation Of the appearance OF Main and Stat
!, streets, and other thoroughfares on whicl
they walked or rode, To those who wer
members Of the legislature in years befor
Mr.. Roberts had charge of the streets, tn
contrast between that time and the presen
was very marked.
RHEA charmed a large audience, las
-, Monday evening, in the new and beautifu
! play OF Nell Gwynne." The play deal
with one OF the most romantic incidents il
the reign Of King Charles II. In the frs
act Rhea is dressed as an orange girl, an'
from that time on through the play, whel
, she successfully blocks the plots of tn
+ Lord Chief Justice OF England and Lor,
r Jeffreys, thereby engendering the envy ant
} hate OF the ladies of the court, the actres
was at her best and her work was gener
, ously applauded. Rhea has surrounded
> herself with good supporting company
, leaves little to be said by even captiou
critics.
The foot ball season has opened, but Mr.
Heaton's hospital is not yet ready for tn
wounded and disabled. Our benevolen
|, fellow citizen should fit up ward tempo
To many unsympathetic people, the inquir,
comes; In what respect is there any sub
stantial difference between slugginI
match and a game Of football? Football
games are won or lost as often by acts o
brutality, by physically disabling certain
. play ers-and this is done by design, by mel
| especially designated for this murderous
work-as by special skill in playing Last
season the fatalities in the gI eat games wer'
greater, proportionally, then in many of the
fierce battles OF history.
, THE examination of candidates for admis
: sion as attorneys in the courts of Vernon
was commenced at the court hou SO on Tues
: day morning and will require two days
There are sixteen candidates., and thei
names and residences are as follows: Her
bert III. Blanchard, Windsor; George III
Dale, Waterbury; aoratio W. Scott and
William w. Lapoint Barre; Thomas @
Cheney, Morrsville; Porter FL. Dale, Island
Pond; Guy H Start, Bakersfield; N. A
Norton and f. K. Miles, Newport; Fred B
Deberville and j. III. Macomber, Burling
Z ton; Willard M. Wright, Barton; DaviC
Porter, st. Johnsbury; Charles A. Maurer