The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-14

of disappointment, a brevet maiorship was
given him. This needed confirmation to
become valid. Hence the executiveness"
Symonds is now full major, having been
elected at the last muster. On his own re-
quest, he has been placed on the retired list.
AS one looked over the members of the
House as they assembled, last week. the
age Of the members, which has been several
times commented on, was most noticeable.
Very few, probably less than dozen, are
over sixty years old, and the great proper
ton of them are under fifty. The greater
part OF them range from twenty-five TO fifty,
and a bright and able-looking lot of men
they are. They will compare favorably with
any lot OF Legislators in the country, and
those who revle or cast reflections on the
members OF this assembly are absurdly lack
ing in knowledge OF what they are sp 3aking.
MEMBERS and their friends in town dur
ing session are invited to call at The Young
Mems Christian Association rooms during
their leisure hours. They will find a richly
stored reading room, public library, and
one of the finest collections Of paintings In
New England. The rooms are open day
and evening, and all are welcome. There
will be religious services in the Association
parlors every Sunday afternoon at half-past
four o'clock, at which time there will be an
address by some local or visiting Clergyman
or business man. There is always good mu-
ing is on State street, half way between the
Exchange Hotel and the Montpelier House.
THE state officers to be elected on Thurs.
day, Oct %, are seven judges of the SUI
preme court; adjutant general, to succeed
Gen. L. S. Peck of Burlington; quarter
master general, to succeed Gen. ". III. Gill
more OF Fairlee; state superintendent of edu-
cation, succeeding Mason s. Stone of Mont
peier; sergeant alarms, succeeding 7. G.
Phinney Of Montpelier. Under law
passed two years ago, the election of these
officials will begin at half-past two O'Clock
on the third Thursday of session, and, If
the election is not completed that day, will
be proceeded with at the same hour each
day following until all are elected.
GOVERNOR WOODBURY. advises that the
office of state geologist and curator of the
cabinet be abolished and the sergeant-at-
arms be given the custody Of the cabinet.
How would it work to revise this recon-
mendation-aboish the Office of sergeant-at-
arms and place his Office in the custody of
the state geologist and curator of the Cabi-
net? Or to abolish the Office Of chaplain
and lay upon the man of rocks, reptiles and
stuffed birds the task OF praying for the
General Assembly? AS matter of economy
and wise public policy, either of these sub
sttutes should have precedence of the re-
firing executives scheme.
GOVERNOR CIRCUIT has made the follow
ing appointments on his staff: James n
Jenne of ST. Adams, urgeon.general, with
the rank of brgadier.general; aides-de-
camp, with tina rank of colonel, George w.
Doty of Morrisville, John G. Clark of st.
Johnsbl ry, Porter II Dale of Island Pond,
Edward G, Osgood of Bellows Falls,
Charles E. Nelson of Montgomery (also in
sp4ctor of rifle practice), Calvin e. Clark of
Bradford, Alfred X. Brown Of Richford,
John Fletche of st. Johnsbury, Carroll A.
Moore of Bellows Falls, Erastus Baldwin
of Wells River, Curtis A. Hubbard of Bur-
lington and Stewart Haskell of Derby Line;
special aides-de-camp, with the rank of
colonel, Myron NJ. Parker of Washington,
d. c., Albert b Chandler of New York,
Charles A. Converse of Philadelphia, Penn,
and John j. Warden of Boston, Mass.
THE following story is told concerning
Judge Powers of Morrisville, the present
congressman from the first district: When
| Powers was young man he taught school
in different parts OF the state, and one win
ter went to small hamlet in Windsor
county to instruct the youth of the com
munity. or course, he boardsd around"
as all teachers did in those days, going
! from one place to another in the district
| The country people were in The habit of
getting up and having breakfast by candle
| light, even in the dead of winter. Young
Powers was not used to this sort Of thing,
and at the first two or three places that he
went he was invariably late to breakfast.
| This dereliction of duty, as the people OF
! the nelgnnOrnOOu considered IT, was tnOr-
oughly discussed al the center of debate,
the village store, where one old farmer,
John Champion by name, remarked several
times to his auditors that the schoolmaster
would find when he came to his house that
they did not get second breakfast for any
body, and If he didn't get up to eat with
the family. he must go without Somebody
told Powers of this, and he laid his plans
accordingly. A few days later, he went to
Champions house to board. At bedtime
he took his candle and overcoat and went
up stairs to his room. He put on the coat,
sat down and read until the tall clock
downstairs struck three, next morning. He
then went down stairs, finding it dark and
quiet, as matter OF course, and thumped
Justify on old man Champions door. When
he got Champion awake, Powers remarked
that he thought that he must have over
slept, as he was in the habit of having
breakfast about that time Champion got
up, and that morning breakfast was ready
about four o'clock, two hours before day
break; but in the course of the day the old
man called Powers TO one side and told him
he could have breakfast whenever he
wanted it on condition that he wouldn't
give it away at the store.