The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-13
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with number OF desirable gifts.
| MICHAEL j. BAKER of st. Adams and Ed
ward Noonan were arrested last Friday
night at Middlesex for making disturb ance
by Constable M. s. Herbert and lodged in
! Jail. They were taken to Middlesex Satur-
day morning for hearing.
Hon. A. G. RAYMOND OF Stowe, whose
death was recorded last Monday, has been
a director of the Vermont Mutual Fire In
surance Company from Lamolle county
since the death of Hon. W. II. II. Bingham
He has represented Stowe in the legislature
and was prominent citizen OF that town.
JOHN e. HUBBARD has set out shrubbery
| in different parts of the lawn in front of the
Kellogg Hubbard Library that will greatly
improve the appearance Of the place. A
Japanese grass called Eulalia, that grows
| very tall and bears handsome plumes, will
be set near the front door and at the corners
of the building.
| +. W. BANCROFT delivered his song lee
ture on Irish Songs and Song Writers " in
the lecture course at Ca nbridge, Mass, last
| Monday evening, and the same lecture be-
fore the College Club in Boston on Tuesday
afternoon: He gives his lecture on Scotch
| Songs and Singers at Stamford, Conn, on
| Thursday evening.
ARTHUR G. SDMAN, the star of the Sum.
mer Shower" company. that was seen at
blanchard opera house last Monday even
ing, is natural comedian, and during the
play he furnished no end of fun in his i'm.
personation of country merchant and JUS
tice of the peace. His support was good.
The scenes OF the play are not confined to
the hay-fields and barn-yards, although it
may properly be called rural comedy.
The lecture on Life at the Quarries,"
delivered by Rev. George e. Hooker of
Barre in the vestry Of the Church of the
Messiah last Wednesday evening, attracted
fair audience. 1t was an interesting pic
tured story of life at the Barre quarries,
showing the tenement-house abuses, board
ing-house fun, conditions of labor, etc,
| gathered by the lecturer during a stay of
several weeks with the quarrymen. The
lecture was illustrated with sixty stereopti-
con views.
b. b. BAILEY, station agent for the Cen
trail Vermont railroad, has on sale round
trip tickets to Atlanta, GA, good going uu-
| I'll December 10, and good returning until
January T. 1896. Fare for the round trip
from Montpelier, $685. via New London
ami boat to New York; $40 80, all rail to
New York. From New York a choice of
eight lines to Atlanta is given, including
the Baltimore Steam Packet Company, OF
which e. w. Thompson is trafli manager.
The large telephone pole erected by
Colonel A. @. Brown at the head of State
street does not meet with the approval of
the board of aldermen because it is not
straight, and they have ordered it TAX sn
down. The board has also notified the
Vermont Telephone & Telegraph Company,
the Electric Light Company and j. S. Viles
that no poles shall be erected within the
city limits without they are first inspected
and approved by majority of the board of
| aldermen.
DR.. Hamilton of the State Board of
Health was on Seminary Hill last week for
a second time to locate the cause of typhoid
fever in that vicinity In his opinion the
disease may be caused by imperfect sewer
age, although he did not feel sure enough
| a n m -, 81.
1t is the opinion of some local physicians
that the disease was brought there by young
Eastman a student from Groton, who
worked at the White Mountains last sum-
mer, and was taken i'll with the disease
soon after he came to school.
The announcement that Frank p. Blais-
dell died last Friday of brain trouble at his
home in Plainteld will bring sorrow to his
many friends in Montpelier. For more than
two years he was messenger for Manager
ID. e. Mason in the Western Union tele-
graph Office in this city, where his prompt
and faithful service and accommodating
disposition was appreciated both by his EN-
ployer and the public. During the time he
was messenger he mastered telegraphy and
within the past year was promoted to be
night operator at Montpelier Junction. He
went to his home in Plainfield about six
weeks ago, but it was not generally known
in Montpelier that he was dangerously ill
until the news of his death was received.
THE high water OF last Saturday and Sun
day did no material damage to the electric
light plant Of Jesse s. Vies at Middlesex
narrows. A large force of men removed the
timbers above high-water line, and with
the exception Of having to remove mass OF
fioodwood that lodged in the gorge, the
work there was not impeded. The dam on
the North Branch, near its mouth, was con-
siderably damaged on the west side, and
the land owned by the Holmes estate was
badly quilted. The underpinning to the
west end of the United States Clothespin
Company's works was also partially washed
away. The rain ceased about three o'clock
Sunday morning, but had 1t continued a
few hours longer repetition of the scenes
OF last spring might have been looked for.
The waters Of the North branch and Wi
nooski rivers reached their highest point
soon after midnight on Saturday.
THE Catholic fair that closed last even
ing has been very successful from first to
last, owing in part to the hard and intelli-
gent work that has been put into it by the
committee of ladies and gentlemen who have
voting contests, notably those for the
sleigh, the parlor suit and the fireman's
badge were very exciting, but everybody
kept good natured and worked for their ia.
vorite candidates The sleigh, to be
awarded by vote to the most popular gran
ite man. went to T. W. Eagan. On this
$3.50 was realized. The $50 in gold went to
Mrs. A. s. Cotter, and the horse to Michael
Harrlgan. Miss Lillian Rivers stood the
highest, with Mrs. Meder Martin second, on
the voting for the most popular lady. and
was awarded the handsome parlor suit, on
which the society realized 5000. Antoine
Galaise polled the most votes for the fire.
mans badge, with Henry Csshsn second.
All the smaller articles were disposed of
last evening The net proceeds OF the fair
will exceed $1,000.
THE Vermont State Teachers Association
will hold its forty.sixth annual meeting in
st. Johnsbury on November 81, % and %.
This meeting promises to be the best at
tended and the most interesting that this
state has seen for many years. An un-
usually interesting set Of subjects will be
presented by the leading teachers OF Yer
mont, both in papers and discussions. A
number OF the most eminent educators in
New England will also address the meet
ings. The variety Of topics is 80 great that
the teachers Of every kind and condition
will find something in the programme dis
tinctly helpful. A committee Of local teach
ers 10 preparing series OF social entertain
ms RI thu TINA of the visitors