The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-26
W., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1896.

MIR. FREDERIC @. Brown of Meadville,
Pa, is to preach in the Church Of the Mes
siah next Sunday morning. He will also
preach at the Morse school-house, East
Montpelier, in the afternoon.
II. A. BOWERS, secretary Of the r. O.
Office Tor few days. He leaves for Scot
land in about two weeks to take charge Of
the Office Of the company there.
On Thursday afternoon, at haf.past two
o'clock, the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet with Mrs. G. B. b. Denny.
Subject, Heredity and the Drink Habit"
A full attendance is greatly desired.
GILBERT w. LUoE has recently moved to
his new cottage residence on Cliff street.
The view from this spot is delightful and
more than repays the labor and fatigue of
the steep climb necessary to reach 1t.
w. A. LORD and George w. Wing spoke
at republican rally at Moretown last Sat
urday afternoon. Mr.. Lord spoke at Fays-
ton on Friday, at Williamstown on Mon
day, and at East Brookfield on Tuesday.
A GOOD delegation FROM Montpelier at
tended the republican rally at Burlington
on Tuesday. A vivid remembrance of the
fatal termination Of similar excursion to
Burlington four years ago deferred others
from going.
Mrs. GEORGE E. MILLS was called to
Barre last week by the death of James ID.
Bartlett, ner Iauuer. MT. DarIIeI1 was
formerly resident OF Montpelier and was
about sixty-five years old. His funeral was
held last Sunday.
A SPECIAL meeting Of the city council
was held last Monday evening to consider
the petition of the proprietor of mechan-
ical exhibit to erect a tent on the city lot.
1t was voted to grant him the privilege for
four nights on the payment of $40.
ARTHUR A. BENNETT, mayor of the city
~ - N 10 "a at
Thur sday morning, called here by the i'll
ness and death of George II. Bennett, his
father. He has been the guest Of Mr., and
Mrs. j. W. Caustic since his arrival
MR.. AND MRS. FRANK LADD and son of
Springfield, Mass, are visiting in the city.
MIR Ladd was former Montpelier boy,
having learned the jewelers. trade in the
store of A. G. Stone. He is at present one
of the leading jewellers of Springfield.
CA. G. JACKSON and Mayor j. w. Cor
don of Barre will hold joint debate on the
silver question in Armory Hall on Thurs
day evening Mayor Gordon will champion
the cause OF the sound-money advocates
aud Mr.. Jackson will favor free silver.
REV. e. b. EARLE, the Baptist pastor,
will preach his farewell sermon on Sunday,
Septem Der 9 He goes from Montpelier TO
Suncook, n. H., where he will at once en-
ter upon his pastorate there. His successor
in Montpelier has not yet been secured.
JOHN II. SENTER, United States district
attorney, was at Brattleboro on Tuesday
where a session of the United States Circuit
| Court for the purpose OF naturalization was
| held. A session of the court for the same
purpose will be held in Montpelier to-day
AN extra coach from Northfeld will be
required this morning to bring the prospect
i've voters from that town to attend the
session Of the United States court for natu
ralization purposes 1t is also expected
that about one hundred will be presen
from Barre.
A McKINLEy AND HOBART flag will bt
raised this evening at quarter past sever
at the residence of G. NJ. Lyon, up Wor
cester branch. Judge NJ. e. Smile viii
discuss the Issues Of the campaign, ant
music will be furnished by the Montpelier
Military Band
THE Ladies' Auxiliary to the Younl
Mems Christian Association held a recep
ton and musicale at the Association room
last evening. Misses Mary A. Phinne,
and Gertrude Cochran and Mr. @. f. Low,
sang several selections, with Mrs. j. W
Burgess as accompanist.
The Montpelier Gun Club went to Bur
lington on Tuesday to participate in tn
interstate shooting match, to be held ther
to-day and tomorrow. The boys have beel
making some remarkably fine scores of late
and if some scalps are not dangling from
will be disappointed.
WELCOME LAMPHERE of Essex Junction
who has been working in Montpelier TO
several weeks, was arrested last Monda
evening by Officer Wood for intOXicatioI
Before Judge Smile, Tuesday afternoon, h
disclosed on a companion and was hne
S1l.5l. He will endeavor to raise thi
amount inside of the twenty.four hour
allowed.
FRANK A. BARNES, formerly with ID.
Fuller & Son, has resigned his position 8
secretary OF the Young Mems Christia
Association at Woburn, Mass, to engage
business in Boston The Corner Store, III
organ of the Association in Woburn, 81
presses in very emphatic terms its appreci
7 ton of the work Mr. Barnes has done
that city.
3 JOHN II. SENTER was at Barre la
Wednesday as special master in hearin
: on the case of Levi j. Bolster and othe
l against Jones Brothers, which was held
+ the Office of h. A, Hoar, Mr.. Hoar al
and S. G. Shurtleff, j, w. Gordon and
> A. Rowland for the defendant. The hea
{ ing was not completed, but was continue
to some future day.
THE editor of the Journal Of Educate
, pays Mason S. Stone, superintendent
!. education, high compliment in speaking
IL the recent educational meeting at Bethl
!, have | heard four state school officials in
b hours time approach the wisdom, vigC
d intensity and literary merit to which '
were treated by Mason S. Stone of Vernon
( w. w. Stetson Of Maine, Thomas
a Stockwell OF Rhode Island and Fred Gov
n ing of New Hampshire upon the ruI
school problems
It A SPAN Of horses owned by Joseph Sen
. of Williston, a blueberry peddler, becaI
IS frightened by locomotive, while standi
at the Central Vermont freight depot Ii
&. Thursday, and an exciting runaway was t
30 result. The loaded lumber-wagon was i
10 in heap in front of the residence of Dr.
~ s. Boardman and valuable shade. tree
longing TO j. G. Farwell was complete
h girdled, which is a death blow to any tn
q The horses were finally captured at t
d. Montpelier House stables, where they T
after being freed from the wagon.
"a THE board of cattle commissioners, W
y DIR. Rich OF Burlington and Dr. Moore
u veterinary surgeon Of Albany, n. Y, Ii
week inspected eighty fancy-brrd Jerr
10 mich COWS belonging to MoultOn Brothe
III at the Green Mountain Stock Farm, Ri
~ dolph. Over seventy-fve per cent OF
sd animals tested were found infected W
tuberculosis and were condemned. IL
the purDOse of the board to INSPECT the