The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-06

coast with the Jessie CouthOui Concert Com |
pany for an engagement Of forty.three
weeks under the management OF the Red |
path Lyceum Bureau.
A CIVIL SERVICE examination for the |
grades of clerk and carrier in the postal |
service will be held by the local board at
the post.office in this city Saturday, June
6. Applicants for the position of clerk |
must be eighteen years or more old, and |
for carrier over twenty-one and under forty
years. Applications must be fled with ID.
II. Clark, secretary of the board of examin-
ers, before the hour Of closing business on
Monday, May 18.
In referring to the commencement ora
| tors and honors at the Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity, Delaware, Ohio, the College Trans
cript speaks of the high rank of ninety-four
maintained by Miss Ethel Blanpied during
her entire college course. The distinction
of first honor" has been conferred upon
Miss Blanpied and she is the valedic-
torian of her class, numbering 120-a dis
tinction of which she and her friends have
| good reason to be proud.
DIR. L. G. WAKEFIELD was at Quechee,
Woodstock, Pomfret, Randolph and Brook
field last week. AT Quechee he condemned
one COW owned by ID. s. Landers, at Wood
stock and Pomfret he found no tuberculosis
and at Brookfeld he killed two cows be-
longing to Lorenzo Kibbee He also con-
demned and slaughtered six cows at Ran
dolph. DR.. Wakefield goes next Friday to
will work in Stowe next week.
THE May term Of the Supreme Court will
convene at Montpelier next Tuesday. The
docket indicates that the ter will be
short one. Only 122 cases are docketed, and
many OF these will be continued The
cases are from the different counties, as fol.
lows: Washington, "a; Bennington, 0;
Windham, 8; Franklin, 8; Grand Isle, 1 /;
Orleans, Z; Rutland, 10; Addison, IL; La
moille, 3; Caledonia, 49, Windsor, 10; Or
ange, 2; Chittenden, 8.
TIE fist anniversary of the Sunday after
noon meeting for young men was held last
Sunday at the rooms of the Young Mems
Christian Association. The theme was
"Cbrst's Life" and the following young
men spoke: On Christ's birth, John Bishop;
Chrst's ministry, Harry Cotton; Christs
character Bruce McDonald Christ re-
jected Howard Edison; Christs suffering,
w. G. Norcross Christ's death, resurrec-
tion aud ascension, George G. Pratt.
THE strike among the granite-cutters that
had been on for two weeks was settled last
Thursday night, and the men in the sheds
I of c. III More & Co. Frazier q Broadfoot
, and the Capital Granite Company went to
work Friday morning. The arbitration
committee to whom the matter was left
| were unanimous in giving the men what
they asked and the Barre bill of prices was
signed by the bosses, By the terms OF the
settlement the non discriminating clause is
! abrogated and every yard in Montpelier is
!, now union yard.
REV. FATHER D. j. O'SULLIvAN of st
Albans brother of Rev Father w. j
O'Sullivan of this city, is to deliver his cele
brated lecture on The Pope-His Rights
and Official Privileges" at Blanchard
Opera House next Tuesday evening. The
Mozart Quartette will assist and the pro
: ceeus will be for the benefit of st. Au
+ gustne's Church. The speaker has reputa
q tion as an orator second to none in Yer
a 10 10 r.ft t.ata To prnf
estants as we'll as Catholics A crowded
:, house is sure to greet him.
SENATOR THURsToN, whose eloquenc,
q charmed all who heard him in Armory Hal
n last week, remained in town last Thursda.
a and Friday as the guest of Hon. JOSEPH
/ Poland and George II. Bennett. In conver
q sation with reporter for the Boston Jour
q nal Senator Thurston emphatically repu
v dated the idea that he is candidate for tn
office of vice-presdent Of the United States
He de clared that he never wanted but on
u political position-a seat in the Unite'
: States senate-and with that position tn
u people of Nebraska had honored him.
:, THERE is some talk of disposing of tn
n town farm in Berlin and purchasing tn
" Smith farm, the last farm inside the cit
limits on the hill road to East Montpelier
. to be used as the poor-farm in future. l
10 the trade could be made advantageously &
ls the city it would seem to be desirable. Th
u farm az now located is practically inaccess
e ible during several months of the year, AM
;, when the services of physician are re
u qured there the expense is more tina
% double what il would be were the farm lC
' Gated inside the city limits. or course be
st fore such a change is made the matter Wi
SO be su omitted to the voters OF the city TO
So their approval or rejection
'; j. w. SAULT of St. Johnsbury, L. e
~ Lewis of Morrisville and e, A. Mutt, tn
. executive committee of the Vermont Stat
rs Press Association, met at Montpelier las
10 Wednesday to make arrangements for
L. summer meeting and excursion. 1t wa
thought advisable to send to each membt
rs of the association a circular letter or POI
OF tai asking them which of three propos
k tions they favored-to go TO Willoughb
"a Lake for two days, go to the seashore,
n whether, because of the press of other ma
8; ters incident to state and national can
m paign, they would favor having no excu
~ sion this year. The replies received fro
le these interrogatories will govern the exec
tive committee in its action. II it is thougl
in best to have an excursion the party will
to limited TO members OF the association, wit
or their wives, sisters and lady friends. All i
IN vitations TO outside parties will be issue
Ir- nv tha executiva cOmmittae. The idea