The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-29

weather reports more promptly than they
can be sent by mail.
CAPTAIN II. G. LULL led the meeting for
young men last Sunday afternoon at the
citation. His subject was Come, let us
reason together" A violin solo was rem
dered by Miss Eva Clark.
HoYr's "a Bunch of Keys" to be seen at
Blanchard Opera House next Friday even
ing, is one OF the authors most entertaining
farce comedies. Miss Ada Bothner will ap.
pear as Teddy, and the Trilby sextette
is strong and taking feature.
A GRASS FIRE last Sunday, near the res
idence of s. w. Corse on Cliff street, made
lively hustling for the residents of that 10
cality. 1t was thought at one time that the
required, but the flames were finally
checked before any damage was done.
soUsA's PEERLESS BAND will appear at
Armory Hall on Friday evening, June 8,
assisted by Miss Minnie Tracy as soprano
and Arthur Pryor as trombone soloist.
This splendid band of forty-nine pieces is
| brought here through the enterprise of Mr..
r. G. Bowers, who assumes all the financial
responsibility.
THE scattered handful of prohibtionsts
in the state will hold mass con nvention"
at Capital Hall, Thursday, May Z, at two
o'clock in the afternoon, to nominate
| state ticket, presidential electors, and nine
delegates, with alternates, to attend the ma
| tional convention to be held at Pittsburg,
Penn, Wednesday, May q.
Brooks RELIEF CORPS has purchased and
presented to the Union School nine hand
some flags one for each grade-to be used
at the opening of the school in the new pa
triotic exercise called the Balch salute;
also four for st. Michaeps parochial school
The flags are two sizes, two feet by three
and three by FIVE feet, and are handsomely
mounted
The young man from Manchester, N H.,
who came to Montpelier last week to meet a
girl with whom he had been corresponding
of late, as result of an advertisement in a
Manchester newspaper, was so thoroughly
sat upon by the buxom mother of the girl,
when he called at the house, that he took
the first train for Manchester without even
seeing the object of his affection.
THE May Vermonter contains the frst of
series of four articles on the war governors
OF Vermont, with half-tone portraits of Lin
coin, Douglass, Calhoun and Webster.
Chiet-Justice Ross contributes the opening
chapter in the war series under the caption
causes of the Rebellion" Brigham Acad-
emy and the Brattleboro Wheel Club also
have illustrated descriptive articles.
EDGAR BURNHAM of Calais, lad eleven
| years oil, met with a serious accident last
Friday while playing with an old-fashioned
cross-gun and arrows. One of the arrows
| flew up, striking him in the right eye. The
ball was split in the center and the iris and
cornea were badly lacerated, probably de-
stroying the sight. DIR. G. e. Chandler did
all in his power for the young sufferer.
MISS ETHEL, daughter of Professor and
Mrs. s. j. Blanpied, is making an admirable
record at the Ohio Wesleyan University.
Delaware, Ohio Among 200 students, and
in class numbering 100, she has been
chosen as one of the commencement speak
ers. This was doubtless due in part to the
high average OF ninety-four that she has
maintained in her studies during the past
year.
REV. II. A. SPENCER, the retiring fnan-
cial agent of the Montpelier Seminary was
invited to lead the prayer-meeting at the
Seminary last Thursday evening, and at the
close OF the meeting was presented with
handsome bronze dictionary-holder accom-
panied by sufficient money to purchase a re-
volving bookcase. The presentation was
made in behalf OF the societies by Principal
Smith, to which Mr.. Spencer made feeling
response.
The Montpelier Seminary Base ball Club
defeated the nine from Randolph on Sem.
mary campus last Saturday afternoon by a
score of thirteen to six. w. T. Whelan of
the University of Vermont acted as umpire.
II was the first game of the season and no
brilliant playing was shown by either side.
The montpelier nine, however, showed that
they have material for first-class team
which will doubtless be developed as the
season advances.
AN advertisement appears in this issue of
our paper on Carrottine, the butter color,
made in Brandon, VT, that is becoming so
popular Any Of our readers who have not
tried this color can obtain sample package
by simply sending five cents in stamps to
N. s. Capen Son, the manufacturers,
Brandon, Vt. This color is very superior,
being sold in powder form and planned to
be put in butter just like so much salt
Send for sample at once.
GEORGE e. HOLDEN, secretary and treas.
urer of the state committee for the peoples
party, attended meeting of that body at
the Van Ness House, Burlington, on Tues
day. Mr.. Holden and Messrs. Ward, Beebee
and Baker were elected delegates to the
national populist convention to be held at
held at Montpelier on Tuesday. July 28
next. II this gathering is as entertaining
as was the state convention two years ago
the price OF admission, whatever it may be,
will be a secondary consideration.
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE CHAPTER Daugh.
ters of the American Revolution, met last
week Tuesday evening with Mrs. T. j.
Deavtt to commemorate the battles of Lex
ington and Concord. Miss Nettie p. Bar
rows read an account Of the affair which OK.
cited much interest. Judge Carleton gave
extracts from "Parson Weems Life OF
Washington describing the conflict. Rev
A. N. Lewis read Revolutionary "poem "
and sang the original version of Yankee
Doodle. The evening was also enlivened
by duets sung by Mrs. w. A. Briggs and
Miss Clara L. DeFord and several violin
solos by Master Fred Whittier.
LIST of officers OF the Grand Lodge, New
England Order OF Protection of Vermont
elected at Barre, April % Grand warden,
G II. Taplin of St. Johnsbury; grand vice.
warden, f. G. Rowland of Barre; grand
secretary, II. ii. Davis of Burlington; grand
treasurer, e. e. Towner of Montpelier
grand chaplain, Mrs. NJ. d Blair Of Barnett
grand guide, e. E. Sergeant of st. Johns
bury; grand guardian, Mrs. A. Arey of
Barre; grand sentinel, Mrs. #. G. Howland
OF Barre; grand trustees, G. A. Miles OF ST.
Johnsbury, Mrs.A. G. Mudgett of Barre and
+, Il. Smith of Montpelier; grand represen
tative to Supreme Lodge, G. II. Taplin of
st. Johnsbury.
In response to a call issued last week, |
large number of the republicans of Mont
pelier met in caucus at Capital Hall, last
Monday evening, to elect delegates to the |
state and district conventions to be held to-
day at Montpelier. w. A, Lord was elected |
ahuirpnan n a,..lI 4 a. H.