The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-01

Of the association. All ladies having these
interests at heart are eligible for member
ship. SO much interest has already been
manifested, there is every reason to expect
a large membership. The organization will
be governed by a board of management,
consisting OF the following ladies: Mrs. l..
B. Gross, Mrs. H. 9. Cotton, Mrs. Q. Fl.
More, Mrs. Joseph Poland, Mrs. Hiram
Deavitt, Mrs. G. 9. Pratt, Miss Ella Bailey,
Miss A. NJ. Upham, Mrs T. q. Phinney,
Mrs. G. B. b. Denny, Mrs. j. G. Hough-
ton, Mrs. g. II. Baldwin, Mrs. Clarence
Moulton, Mrs. +. A. Sherburne. Mrs. Will
Lis Chapman, Mrs. A. K. Niles, Mrs. II. w.
Clark, Mrs. e. K. Towner and Mrs G. II.
Guernsey.
THE seventh annual convention of the
State Fireman's Association will be held in
Armory Hall, Wednesday, July 90 The
annual tournament will take place at Barre
the following day. AT the latter S775 in
cash prizes will be distributed among COM
peting companies as follows: Hand engine
prizes-first, $3.50, second, $40, third, $50;
hose race-frst, $3.50, second, 500, third,
$780, hook and ladder contest-frst, $12,
second, So, third, So. There will be pa
rade at Barre on Thursday morning OF all
| companies participating, and the contests
will take place in the afternoon. A special
prize Of a silver trumpet is also offered to
| the Vermont hose company making the
| best time in the contests. This will be con-
tested for at the tournaments of 1896, 1897
| and 1898, or until any company shall win 1t
three times, when it will become the prop
erty of such company. An elegant silver
| trumpet is also offered to the Vermont
hand-engine company making the best rec
ord in the engine contest, to be contested
| for at the annual tournaments OF the state
association until any company shall win
| the same three times, when it shall become
the property of such company. No COM
panies from Montpelier or Barre will COM
pete this year for prizes. Entries must be
made before noon OF July q to j. G. Brown,
| Montpelier.
A SPECIAL meeting of the City Council
was held last Monday evening. PERMITS
sion was given Thomas Corvin to single
his house. A bill Of S20S 06 for tile, in IA
vor of George L. Blanchard, was ordered
paid. The resolution in regard to an cleo.
trio railroad was further discussed and the
same was referred to the city attorney, he
to report thereon at the next meeting.
The council voted that II the road is built
the limit Of the present permit shall be
twenty-one years; also that the road shall
be built and in operation on or before Oc-
tober 1, 1897, and that its projectors shall
give bond to that effect. 1t was decided
to call special city meeting to be held in
Armory Hall on Monday evening, July 10,
at half-past seven. The principle articles
in the warning that will be posted to-day
are: To receive the reports of the City
OOuuCll IbldllNO W plans lOT pIODOStu
city hall; to gee if the. city will vote to ac-
cept the plans and authorize the City
Council, or a special committee, to proceed
with contracts for building said hall; also
to see il the city will vote to raise tax or
issue bonds to pay for said city hall and
furnishings; also to see II the city will vote
to authorize the council to advertise for
bids for lighting the streets of the city for
one year or more, the bids to be received in
the month of August and the contracts to
take effect in the March following.
RUMoRs OF child-murder at Worcester
that have been current for a week or more
were verified last Saturday evening, wher
Martin Nokes Of that town was brought tC
Montpelier by Constable f. p. Tewksbury
and lodged in Jail, charged with the muir
der of the infant child OF Emma Jones, who
worked in the family of Mr.. Nokes. About
ten days ago male child was born to Miss
Jones, which disappeared soon after its
birth. To inquiries from the neighbors as
to what had become of it Mr.. Nokes gave
evasive answers, or declared with brutal
oaths that it was none OF the neighbors
business. Nokes is desperate character
, and his home is in wild and mountainous
part OF the town. Common report says thai
he has abused his wife since he became
enamored of the Jones GIRL and that he is
. character of whom the people stand ii
, dread. However, about week ago Crane
Juror A. B. Dugar entered complaint
|
the hands Of States Attorney Stanton. The
body of the child was found last Saturday
with its skull crushed, buried in hole al
the bottom OF bay in the barn that was tC
! have been filled with hay this week. Nokes
had been Swallowed all of last week, as II
was thought he would attempt to escape
He declared that he knew path to Canads
that no officer could follow. He was ar
rested immediately after the body wa
.. found. Mrs. Nokes and the Jones girl ar
detained in Worcester under arrest unit
their case can be given preliminary hear
ing. 1t is evident that the coming Septembe
, term Of Washington County Court will have
two murder cases to try
Hon. AND MRS. JOSEPH POLAND have re
, turned from their ten days. trip to Massa
, chusetts, and to an interviewer the Judg
gives some interesting incidents OF tn
journey. After two or three days amid thu
= classic shades and delightful scenery o
, Amherst, and witnessing the never-to-be
, forgotten sight Of graduating class q
! Smith College, visit was made to the ven
cradle town OF North Brookfeld, the home
: of both his immediate ancestors. There hi
father-the late Luther Poland-was borI
one hundred and six years ago, and hi
mother, in the same neighborhood, first saw
the light Just century since; and what II
most noteworthy of all, both these ances
trail homes are occupied by lineal descend
ants of the third and fourth generations
OSNAPtOA
mite future. Here in Goods Acre. are tn
graves Of five generations. Here stand the
gigantic old pear trees, said to have beer
planted by his father in his boyhood tn,
old ''oaken bucket" still hangs in the wei
and the cricket at the hearth-stone sing
, as sweet a lullaby as of yore. The town i
,, one OF the earliest settled in central Massa
chusetts, having a history of considerabl,
: more than two hundred years. Durinl
|, King Philips war the little settlement wa'
, the scene of most bloody work by the In
; dians. The town site is beautiful for situa
ton, and in clear day the large and -four
, ishing villages of Warren, Spencer, Oak
ham, and several others, are in plain view
In the quaint language of an early historian
, ''cattle, deer, and wild turkeys can be seel
, several miles away" Originally farming
town, early in the present century the man
ufacture Of shoes for the southern marke
,, was here inaugurated, and the industr.
gradually developed into such proportion
in later years as to give employment t,
3 thousands of workmen, and the annual out
put runs into the millions. And what 4
more and better than all-largely by rea
son of the high character OF the proprietors
- to- Il.