The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-12

tain fixed day (say, on Mr.. Heaton's birth. |
day) divide the city into districts and ap-
point collectors for each district who shall |
go with a wagon to every house. shop
store and office, to receive donations OF
money, dry goods, groceries and other sup
plies. This is done in many other places
take this in hand2"
Hon. FRANKLIN P. BALL of Bellows Falls,
who died suddenly last Sunday Of heart
disease in a hotel at Stratway, Ont,
was familiar figure in Montpelier. He
was a senator from Windham county
in 1892, had been a trustee of the Mont
peler Seminary for several years, and
always attended the commencement exer-
cises and meetings of the trustees. His
peculiar habit Of constantly chewing pink
made him particularly noticeable in legis-
lative halls and elsewhere. Mr.. Ball has
been honored with many positions of trust
in Bellows Falls and Springfield, where he
lived for forty years, and at the General
Conference of the Methodist Church in
Omaha in 1892 he was one of the lay dele
gates from Vermont Conference to that
body. He was sixty-six years old and was
en- route to Detroit on business trip when
he was suddenly stricken
THE party OF young men who went last
week to Alburgh for days sail on Lake
Champlain came near being the victims OF a
joke that would have been too practical for
comfort. Going up on the early morning train
the party was somewhat hilarious and
sleep for any one Of them was impossible.
just before reaching st. Albans e. E.
Towner went through the crowd and col
lected the per capita tax to pay for the
steam yacht they had chartered This was
noticed by an old gentleman sitting in
back seat, who at once jumped at the con-
clusion that he was in a car with gang of
bunco steerers. At st. Albans he tele-
graphed to Rouse's Point to have sufficient
police force on hand when the train
reached there to arrest the entire party Of
fifteen. The officers were on hand, but
the boys left the train at Alburgh and the
old man was left to explain matters to the
officers as best he could.
FOUR years ago in Washington County
Court Severino Casalini then of Barre, was
convicted of alternating the affections of the
wife of Joseph Fratini of that city and was
brought against Casalini by Ambrogio
Bianchi of Montpelier. Sheriff Bancroft
had for several days prior to last Monday
had warrant for the arrest of Casalini,
and was led decidedly lively chase last
Monday before he landed his man behind
the bars He located Casalini at the home
OF Carlo Pessero, and with Deputy Sheriff
Tuttle. went to arrest him. Tuttle guarded
the front door, while Mr. Bancroft went
around TO the kitchen, where his man was
paying devoted attentions to Mrs Banchi
When he saw that he was cornered he
made break through the rear door, and
led the officers lively race through stone
sheds and around freight-cars, until he was
finally Gollared on the river bank by John
Gerald, and held till the officers arrived.
He was handcuffed and taken to jail, where
he will be held for trial at the September
term of Washington County Court.
In a private letter to member of the
prnfasQnr II nf
New Whatcom, Washington, superintend-
ent of schools for Whatcom county, makes
some observations regarding politics in that
state that are suggestive and interesting
Among other things he says 81 am glad
but not surprised to see Vermont repub-
licans wide awake on the subject of sound
| national honor We in the West are cred.
tied with all sorts OF financial aud political
heresies, but 1 wish to assure you that the
people of the West who think are not so
crazy as the papers indicate. This county
has the reputation of being populistic, be-
cause they talk loud, and yet we elected
more than two-thirds of the county officers
against fusion Of populists and demo-
Gratis. Still, vast number of populists are
| taking the matter seriously and say they
| will vote with us this year. Many dem
ocrats are sure to vote for Mckinley unless
gold democrat is nominated. Really, the
! outlook for the national ticket is improving
every day in this state, and will from now
on. We feel to-day the state is safe" Pro-
fessor Hit was for many years principal of
the Northfield Graded School, and in the
| position he now holds has an excellent op-
portunity to feel the political pulse in that
| far-away state.
THE new one-dollar silver certificates are
| in circulation in Montpelier to limited ex-
| tent. AS the first issue Of this certificate
numbered only 10000 they will not be in
| general circulation at present. The design
is entirely different from any paper cur
rency now in circulation. On the back OF
the bill are portraits of George and Martha
Washington with large figure one in the
ter. A view of the Potomac river and
the City of Washington decorates the face OF
the bill. Wrapped in the national colors at
the left is the reclining figure Of woman,
| her right arm thrown over nude boy, and
her left hand pointing to a book in which
can be read the first article of the constitu-
ton of the United States. This is sup
posed to represent History Instructing
Youth. An amusing incident in con
nection with these new certificates occurred
at a White Mountain hotel last week. A
gentleman from Montpelier rendered the
| landlord one OF the certificates in payment
for cigars. After careful scrutiny the
boniface handed it back, saying that pa
tent medicine advertisements were no,
taken for cash in his house. On being as.
sured that it was current funds and that ht
would be glad to get CARLOAD of them be-
lore november, ne nnally SuSplClOuSly and
reluctantly accepted the bill and passed out
the change.
M. M. CUTLER died Tuesday afternoon al
Chelsea, where he went three weeks age
last Monday for treatment from DR.. Hemer
His disease took an unfavorable turn last
Saturday, and since that time there has
been no hope of his recovery. IL M. Cutler
and Mrs. George K Ehle, his son and
daughter, were with him at the time Of his
death. Mrs, Cutler is just recovering from
a long and severe illness from rheumatic
fever and was unable TO go TO the bedside
of her husband. The body was brought tc
Montpelier last night, and funeral services
will be held from his late home on Barre
street Thursday afternoon, Rev. j. Edward
Wright officiating. Mr.. Cutler was born
in Montpelier tifty-hve years ago. He was
son of Timothy b. and Freelove Cutler
! The latter, with one brother, Albert III .
and two sisters, Mary Jane and Hattie
with widow, one son and one daughter
survive him Mr.. Cutler served during the
war in the Twelfth Ohio Regiment and was
severely wounded at the battle of Lookout
Mountain At the close Of the war he re-
turned to Montpelier, where for several
years he drove a four-horse team for O. II
Cross & Son. Later for i've years he was
associated with j, v Babcock in the drug