The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-22
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

JAMES NEWMAN of Westfeld was drowned
in the Missisquoi river last Thursday He
was twenty years old, and bright, INDUS
trious younglman.
Hon. w. II. DUBOIS OF Randolph is
seriously i'll with bronchial pneumonia DR..
Gilman Frost of Dartmouth College Is in
consultation with the local physicians OF
Randolph on his case
HIGH water destroyed the flume of the
electric light station at Enosburgh Falls last
week. depriving the village of water and
light for an Indefinite period. Kemp's
knitting. mill was also practically ruined by
the floods.
Mrs. SIMEON SIBLEY, wife OF the president
of the Bennington National Bank, died re-
Gently. Her niece, Mrs. Francis Slocum
Harrington of New York city, who came to
attend the funeral was taken suddenly sick
and died early Friday morning, just one
week after the burial of Mrs. Sibley.
The barns of Ambrose Tatro OF Ferris
burgh, with two valuable horses, were
burned last Wednesday,. Tatro and his
wife had some trouble in the morning. She
left the house and went to a neighbours.
Returning, short time after, she found the
barn on fire. The house was also on fire,
but was discovered in time to prevent seri
GUS damage. Loss, about $500; no insur-
ance.
SENATOR MORRILL, was in his seat in the
senate last week Tuesday, his eighty. sixth
birthday, as active and alert as at any time
within the last ten years When the days
session was opened with prayer, the chap
lain, Rev Mr.. Milburn, in his invocation,
made an appropriate alluson to the occa-
sion and the prayer was ordered to be
printed in the Record. In his prayer the
chaplain described Mr.. Morrill, as whole
in body; clear sound and vigorous in intel
Iect; happy in his family and in the warm,
loving esteem of his brothers in the senate,
of the people of his own state and of his
fellow-citizens throughout this broad land"
ORDERS from st. Adams have been re-
ceived at Bellows Falls to divert all traffic,
both freight and passenger, from the Rut-
land division of the Central Vermont rail-
road. This leaves the Rutland road without
business except purely local traffic. The
lease of the Rutland to the Central provides
for rentalsof $1,000 per day to be paid and
all remittances from stations to go through
the Clement National Bank at Rutland as a
guarantee of its payment. Receivers Smith
and Hayes ordered the remittances sent to
st. Adams instead after their appointment.
President Clement has within the past few
days endeavored to force the Central to re-
store the remittances through his bank
The further management of the Rutland di-
vision between Bellows Falls and Burling-
ton is problematical and uncertain. There
is some talk that the Fitchburg may as
sumo control of this division.
The Boston Association of the Daughters
of Vermont held it's annual meeting last
Thursday at Hotel Vendome in that city
Several amendments to the constitution
were adopted, among them one which en-
ables any woman born in Vermont, or hav
ing residence there Of three years, to be-
come a member of the society. Another
changes the annual gentlemen's night to
date in November to be announced. The
annual election of officers will take place in
March hereafter. Officers were elected as
follows to serve until that time: President,
Miss Helen M. Winslow; first vice-president,
Mrs. Albert K. Pillsbury; second vice.
president, Mrs. Hiram circuit; recording
secretary Mrs: Henry M; Parker; CORE
ton; treasurer, Mrs. Charles Fl. Greenleaf;
executive committee Mrs. Oliver Croker
Stevens, Mrs. Charles B. Bigelow and Mrs.
Eugene III. Eaton.
GEORGE M. FLETCHER of Moretown has
written to the editor of the Neo England
Grocer, Boston, a stirring appeal for ade-
quate coast defences. He proposes novel
plan in which the people of the country
shall have an active part. He says, in part
"Let new order be founded-The Patri-
otto Sons and Daughters of the Nations
Defences. Let the password and initiation
fee be the same, one dollar. No hamlet is
too remote, no community too small or
poor to have branch of this order. Let
the names OF the members be engrossed on
roll of honor to be handed down to pos
terity. Let the members give what they
choose, but let the minimum amount be one
dollar. Let the order be branch OF every
other order or society instead OF a separate
order, thus doing away with expense and
reaching the people quickly. Let every
church society, every lodge of every secret
order, every Grand Army Post and every
community where none of these exist Or
ganize one of these branches. Let every
minister, like Peter the Hermit of old,
preach this crusade. Let there be such an
instantaneous, universal uprising as to
electrify and astonish the world. Have as
few officers as possible: president a secre.
tary, and treasurer would, / think, be
sufficient" MIR. Fletcher suggests a badge
to be worn by members, and urges the
newspapers Of the country to push along
his scheme. In closing, he says: "My fell
low-countrymen and women, 1 call upon
you to arise and show the world at large
the faith and love of country that in you
lies. 1 inclose stamps for return of this
communication, that is first offered to you,
in case you do not care to take hold Of the
matter-for, God helping me, 1 will make
this my life work if necessary, that this
great work shall come to pass. To the
mothers of America, actual and prospective,
who of right are entitled to and should be
granted the full, free privileges of citizen
ship, dedicate this letter"