The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-13

rest of their natural lives. Crowded houses
have greeted this star combination wherever
in cities, large or small, it has appeared dur
ing the past season, and 1t is surely "star"
event for Montpelier.
N. j. NORRIS and George e. Griswold, in
the employ of the Grand Union Tea Com
pany of Burlington, were driving from East
State to Barre street, last Wednesday,
when their horse began to kick and became
unmanageable. The animal was rened
into the ditch and the cart was overturned.
Norris had his left arm broken and received
badly bI uised knee. DIR. q. e. Chandler at
tended to his injuries, and he was able to
go to Burlington the next day,
A MAD-Doa scare disturbed the quiet of
State and Main streets last Sunday after
noon. A dog belonging to Will Campbell
suddenly showed signs of rabies and was
given wide berth. The animal ran into
the Union House, scattering the people
right and left and nearly frightening out Of
her wits lady who was sitting on a sofa.
The daft creature did not attempt to bite
any one, and died soon after in the feed
store yard. 1t is thought that the intense
heat was the cause of the suddenly
developed madness.
The proximity of the hour of going to
press at which the lecture by Rev. Father
d. j. O'Sullivan of st. Albans on " The
Pope-His Rights and Official Privileges "
was delivered in Blanchard Opera House
prevents the WAToHMAN from giving the
orator and his lecture the attention they
deserved. A crowded house listened to
Father O'Sullivan, and his lecture was both
instructive and entertaining. The Mozart
Quartette George Fl. Wilder, flute soloist,
and Miss Eliza Gribbon, pianist, furnished
musical programme of exceptional merit
THE third annual public meeting of the
Adelphi and Ladies' Literary Societies was
| held in Seminary Chapel last Wednesday
| Miaa WOo6xy worth m por6i ial
address of welcome. Mr.. Ranney gave a
reading and Mr.. Weyhe solo. The ques-
tion, solved, that more harm arises
from party politics in the United States than
from immigration was discussed In the
| affirmative by Miss Atkins and Mr.. Daniels
and in the negative by Miss Eaton and Mr.,
Gordon. The board of decision gave the
| question to the negative.
GEO GE r. EHLE and Miss Emma NJ.
Cutler were married Tuesday morning at
eleven o'clock at the home OF the bride on
Barre street bv Rev. j. Edward Wright. 1t
was quiet affair, only the near relatives of
the bride and groom being present. A we'd
ding breakfast was served, after which the
newly couple took the Central Yer
mont noon express, expecting to be absent
about a week or ten days. Both these young
people are well and favorably known in
Montpelier and in their new relation they
will have the hearty congratulations of a
very wide circle of friends.
JOHN f. HOWARD of Boston is to give
three of his classical recitals, from Shake
speare, at Grand Army Hall, in this city,
May 49, 25 and 26. Hamlet" The Beau
ties of Shakespeare and Macbeth " are
the subjects of the recitals. By way of a
break in the dreary line of cheap entertain
ments, Mr.. Howard's coming will be very
welcome He is highly commended by the
dramatic critics of leading papers and by
other good judges of dramatic merit We
ask for Mr.. Howard the encouragement for
high art that other CON munities have given
in the shape Of large numbers of appreciative
listeners.
THE largest slaughter of cattle infecte
with tuberculosis that ever occurred in this
section took place last week in Williams
town. Clogstou Brothers of that place
sold two fat cows to Northfeld butcher,
and when the animals were killed one of
them was found to be honey-combed with
tuberculosis Clogston Brothers at once sent
for DR.. L G. Wakefield to come and test
their entire herd Out OF forty seven head
of cattle, including some young stock thirty
were condemned by DR.. Wakefield and
slaughtered. Every milch COW except two
was included in the number killed. This
! discovery has aroused the most serious
apprehension among the farmers of that
locality and will stimulate them to have
their herds tested as soon as possible.
The last meeting of the season of the Ep-
worth League Reading Club was held in the
League room in Trinity church last Friday
evening. 1t was distinctvely a &" Vermont
Evening"" and the exercises were unusu-
ally interesting. Mrs, A. Fl. Webb pre-
sided and read an admirable paper on
"Vermont and Her Resources" Miss Mae
Bullard read selection from the poems OF
John G, SAKE, Miss Ida Putnam had pa:
per on "The History of Vermont" -" and
Miss Belle Hargin read "The Widow
Browns Turkeys" written by the late Hon
j. A. Wing. A debate followed on the
question whether Vermont offers greater
inducements to young men than the West
Bruce Mcdonald took the affirmative and
W. G. Norcross the negative. Mrs. A. K
Niles read Else's Child" from the pen OF
Mrs. Julia G. R. Dorr, and the exercises
closed with a we'll written paper on " EN-
inent Vermonters," by Charles d. Birtel.
G. WALLACE KENT died last Sunday
evening at his home on Bailey Avenue
after an illness of only one week. An au
topsy on Monday showed that the cause o
his death was a perforation of the large in
testne, trouble that probably had beer
reaching elimination for years. Mr.
Kent was born in Calais April ID, 1876
Until February last, when he moved tt
Montpelier, he had always lived in Calais
and was universally regarded as one OF the
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