The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-22

anon, N. II. Funeral services were held
Friday afternoon at the home of Mr.. Dodge |
on Guernsey street, Rev. j Edward Wright |
officiating The floral offerings were pro-
| fuse including handsome wreath from |
the fellow truckmen of Mr.. Dodge.
SOME time during the month Of August |
the people Of Montpelier and vicinity will |
| be given an opportunity to hear The Boy |
| Orator of the Platte" Mr.. Bryan, the demo- |
cratic candidate for president, having ex-
| pressed a determination to speak at every
state capital east of the Missouri river dur
| ing the campaign Arrangements will be
made to have him at Montpelier before the
| September election.
w. r. BROWN of Janesvile Wis, brother
| OF Edward Brown, who was killed in the
recent collision at Montpelier Junction, has
! been in town for several days. He attended
| the hearing on the accident, given at the
State House, last Monday afternoon, by the
| board of railroad commissioners. Mr
! Brown says that his brothers body was de-
| layed in transit to Janesville twenty-four
hours by an accident on the Grand Trunk
railroad, necessitating postponement OF
the funeral.
A TIN cane is the most suggestive cam
paign novelty that has yet appeared. Bar
rows & Peck have these canes, made of
American tin, at the birthplace of McKin-
ley whose tariff bill gave birth to an in
dustry that, when fully developed will
keep at home some 500 900, 900 that has been
annually sent to England. Patriotism,
Protection, Prosperity " is the fitting legend
stamped upon the article, the handle of
which is equipped with horn that toots
for American industry.
AT the solicitation of Mrs. Newton p
Nye of Berlin, Washington county man
ager OF the Home for Destitute Children at
Burlington Mrs Julia III. Poland reports
the following collections in Montpelier to
aid in the erection of new buildings for the
Home in place of those destroyed by fire, to
wit: Church of the Messiah, $24 So; Easter
Offering of Church of the Messiah Sunday
school, $500; Christ church, SS 90; Kings
Daughters, $1,000; Bethany church, 1880;
Trinity church, $1.25-total, SS1 81.
WILLIAM EDWIN HUBBARD died early
on Tuesday morning of consumption, after
an illness dating from last February, aged
fifty-six years. He was son of the late
William B. Hubbard, a prominent meat
and provision dealer at Montpelier many
years ago He leaves a widow and two
sons-Charles S., of Boston, and William.
His funeral will be held at two o'clock
Thursday afternoon from his late home on
Barre street, and the burial will be in the
family lot in Green Mount Cemetery.
THE seventh annual convention OF the
Vermont State Fireman's Association will
convene at two o'clock this afternoon in
Armory Hall. The reports of the various
officers will be read, new officers elected,
and the time throughout the day will be
taken up with discussions of questions of
interest to firemen. The Montpelier Mill
3 tary Band will accompany the local com
t panies to Barre on Thursday to take part in
the parade and tournament, of which further
mention is made in the Barre items.
THE stockholders of the Wetmore &
l Morse Granite Company met in annual
=. meeting on Tuesday and elected Albert
. Johonnott, w. E. Adams, Fred E. Smith,
b, Thomas Marvin, F. NJ. Cory and George
: K. Taplin directors. AT a subsequent meet
ing of the directors, Albert Johonnott was
g elected presidents W. E. Adams, vice.
= president; Clarence A Gale, secretary and
e treasurer; j. C.. Houghton, j. G. Brown
o and L. Bart Cross, auditors. The six per
g cent dividend recently declared by this
company was noted last week
II LOUIS GooDNATURE was found dead in
3 his bed last Thursday afternoon. He lived
+. alone in a little room over the blacksmith
# shop of Louis Barney, at the rear of Down
q ing's livery stable, When found he had
been dead several hours. DR.. III. A. Fisk
~ health officer, pronounced the cause OF his
II death to be excessive use of alcohol. Good
a nature was stone mason by trade, and had
- resided in Montpelier for thirty years. He
~ leaves two sons and three daughters By
V order of Mayor Stratton the body was taken
to the undertaking rooms of Johonnotts &
y Hall and prepared for burial.
o REV r. w. TAYLOR of Tuskegee, Ala
y spoke at the Church of the Messiah last
- the evening in the interests of the Tuskeget
Normal Institute and Industrial School
~ This institution is the only one in the coun
u try where all the pupils and teachers are
u colored. L. was started eleven years age
N with no money, and without building o
% its own. To day it has thirty-eight build
l. ings, all built by the students. Not a dol
10 lar has ever been contributed for its sup
" port from the American or any missionary
g society, but voluntary subscriptions hav,
liant IT in funds II has ON Stu1ants.
+, THE following entries had been mad
p Tuesday morning to j. G. Brown for tn
different contests in the state fireman
10 tournament, to be held at Barre on Thurs
~ day. In hand engine contests, the Ethal
tx Allen Company OF Burlington, Torrent o
Sc Mortified, and Boxers of Burlington. Il
ne hose races Winooski Steamer, No. l, Boxer
in and Barnes No. 7 of Burlington, Voluntee
Hose Company No of Vergennes, Sta
n Hoe Company No. 2 of Burlington, and
n G. Knight Company No. of Fair Haver
=, ~ also several hook and ladder companies
,n 1t is proba ole that more dremen will gathe
81 in Barre on Thursday than at any tourns
h. ment since the association was organized.
REV. f. b. EARLE, the Baptist pastor, hs
nd accepted a call from the First Baptis
NJ church at Suncook, n II. Mr.. Earle tel
ha dered his resignation as pastor of the Mon
nn m pelier church last Sunday morning, th
" same to take effect October l next, or d
% much sooner as his successor can be IL
Stdlleu. ms cOlupdIdtlNolS w
pastorate in Montpelier, Mr. Earle has, b
'r- his earnest work, and by his upright Chri
,e, tian example, gained a wide circle {
re- friends, both within and outside Of th
In flock to which he ministers, aud, while h
ay cannot be bamed for acct pting call TO
TO- much wider and more lucrative field of se
vice, his determination to leave this eli
or will be universally regretted.
ng On Tuesday, July 2S, the Central We
III, mont railio Dad will run a combination 81
ed cnrsion and boat-ride ON the staunC
ig- steamer "Reiudeer" from Williamstow
zee Barre, Montpelier, Middlesex and Waite
or bury to Isle La Motto and Providen
Island. Fare for the round trip from Mon