The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-25


secured Talbot, who was himself in an
intoxicated condition, was arrested and |
taken to city court, where he was fined S12.
The whiskey was condemned and spilled.
JOHN H. SENrER, United States district |
attorney, represented the government at |
Newport, last Friday, at hearing against |
two Cinnamon charged with violating the |
Chinese exclusion act. One of them was |
sentenced to three months at hard labor in |
the house OF correction at Rutland, and the |
case OF the other was continued. They re- |
joiced in the names of Gum Lup and Gum
Ham Lep.
THE Granite City Leader Of last week has
this to say: Either the Argus reporter or
the types in the Office of our Montpelier
contemporary must have gotten badly
twisted last week. The well-known &C
tress, Rhea, Is to appear at the operahouse
October 2, under the management of Rich
& Meder. According to the ArguS, the at
traction for that evening is Rich q Meder's
The Rear"
LADIES, don't miss Miss Wills lectures at
the Church of the Messiah. She has a
bright, vivaciouS manner, and gives clear
and careful instruction as to the prepare
ton of the most delicious dainties Those
who were present yesterday were enthu-
siastic over both the cooking and the cook.
The ladies of Montpelier will make mis-
take II they fail to attend the lectures,
Thursday and Saturday Of this week,
OFFICER DEMERITT arrested A. G. Spar
row, for intoxcation, last Friday evening.
Sparrow, who was one of the workmen on
the Golden Fleece building, had been in
alteration with another workman and
threw brick at him, cutting bad cash
over his eye. Sparrow pleaded not guilty
in city court, but was adjudged so by jury,
and was fined S19 He took the alternative
sentence Of ten days in the county jail.
OF the services of c. f. Dudley of East
Montpelier at the recent choir festival at
| nd lnh tha and Too
much cannot be said in praise Of Mr.. Dud-
| ley's efficiency as a director, or of the excel
lent drill which he gave the singers under
his instruction. Those having the matter
in charge felt much gratitied at being able
to secure the services OF conductor so well
grounded in music and so competent to rem
der the festival a success"
JAMES w. BROCK has been appointed
special administrator of the estate of the
late e. M Irish, pending the probate of the
will. Among the provisions of Mr.. Irish's
will are sum, not to exceed 1,009, for the
purchase of monument to be placed on the
family lot in Green Mount Cemetery ; the
sum of 81 900 in trust for Mrs. Lucy Irish
McCliDtock, his mother to Mrs. Ann Irish,
$500; and for the equipment of the Heaton
low, his grandchild, he leaves in trust S15,-
000 and also makes her residuary legatee
after the above legaces are paid.
THE annual excursion through the famous
White Mountain Notch to Upper Bartlett
and return will be run by the Montpelier &
Wells River railroad next Saturday, Sep
TENDER 49, Special train will leave Mont
pelier at 8: 10 A. M, Barre at 7: 80, arriving
at Woodsville at g. 30 and at Upper Bart
lett at 90 P. M; returning, will leave
Upper Bartlett at /: 80, arriving at Mont
pelier at 7: 10 P. M, and Barre at 7: 80 The
foliage OF this region is now at its finest,
and the trip is thoroughly enjoyable. Fare
from all stations on the Montpelier & Wells
River and Barre Branch railroads, $3.50 for
the round.trip Take your lunch basket
and enjoy the day.
On Friday of last week, the body OF Fred
erick j. Prentiss, who was born and lived
to manhood in Montpelier, and who died in
New York city June % last, was removed
from Woodlawn Cemetery, near that city,
to our beautiful Green Mount Cemetery,
for its final resting place in the family lot,
where are laid the bodies of his father,
Judge Samuel Prentiss, and his mother.
Had Mr.. Prentiss lived, it was his intention
to spend the past summer in Montpelier,
and it is not improbable that he would have
made Montpelier his home. There were no
services at the time of the interment here,
as the burial service was read at the time
Of the funeral In New York. Frederick G.
Prentiss, Mrs Frederick j. Prentiss and
Mrs. Hathaway accompanied the remains
to Montpelier from New York.
THE musical and literary entertainment
| day evening in aid of Rev. Father M. b
Curry's mission to America, attracted q
good sized audience. The Montpelier Or.
chestra rendered several selections, and F
W. Bancroft sang Irish songs that reused
the enthusiasm of the audience to high
pitch. 1.-The Harp That Once Thro Tara's
, Halls" Father O'Flynn," and "The
{ Wearing of the Green" were so loudly APP
plauded that Mr. Bancroft was obliged tC
, respond with an encore. Father Curry is ar
alo an1 for naarlv hQu1
he held the close attention OF his hearers
as he gave them Glimpses OF Erin a.
/, Home and Abroad" The stage was dec
grated with the Green Flag of Ireland and
. the Stars and Stripes, to both OF which the
, speaker made happy illusions.
THE Des Mones papers contain notices
of the death, in that city, September IL, OF
the wife of LIE Roy II. Ainsworth. Mr.
Ainsworth lived in Calais before he wen
; to Iowa, and has still in that locality many
! friends who will gri9ve at his loss. Mrs
= Ainsworth was born in Des Moines. She
is the subject of warm tributes OF love anC
esteem. The Iowa State Register says: "
loving wife, fond mother, true friend
most appreciated by those who best knew
: her genuine worth, has thus early gone tC
i the reward that awaits those who build Iol
Q the future as well as for the present Hel
o limited strength was untiringly given In
! selfforgetful way to the comfort OF Others
L near and dear to her, and to the closing day
born only of inward peace, she planned FOL
o the well-being OF those for whose sake she
Vt had lived" With her husband are left tive
= daughters, aged fourteen and nine years re
:. spectively.
l. A VERY valuable and most acceptable gif
Q has come to the Kellogg Hubbard Librar,
L through the kindness OF Mrs. Sarah e. r
Heath 1t comprises 800 volumes from he
/. late husbands library. MIR. Heath was
d lover of books, with special antiquarian
% tastes, and the collection given comprise
II some old and rare books, together with thu
l. standard poets, good proportion of his
1t tory, biography and fiction, and such at
, tractive works as 1.-THE Turner Gallery,
" "The Art journal, -" Picturesque Europ
I. and America" Cary's Dante's Inferno,
l. illustrated by Dore, Spofford's Library o
a Choice Literature" etc. The trustee
"a deeply appreciate the generosity of Mrs
Ia Heath, and welcome her donation as pre-
o. cursor OF like gifts, which, it is intimated
"a may soon come from other sources Tn
az library proper will not be ready for use TO
several months but October is 1.-THE dat