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

EVERY room in the Pavilion and the
spacious porticos were ablaze last evening
with electric "juice " from the plant of j.
s. Viles at Mi dlesex Narrows. Some little
difficulty was experienced in adjusting the
machinery to supply such limited amount
of light but the trial was very much of
success, and demonstrated the possibilities
locked up in the confined waters OF the
Winooski six miles away.
A REPORT was current on the street last
Monday evening that the stone-cutters of
Montpelier would go out on Tuesday morn
ing, pending the granting of their demand
for bill OF prices similar to the one in force
in Barre and the establishment of a regular
monthly payday. All The sheds were rum
ming as usual on Tuesday, and it is under
stood that the question of strike will be
settled one way or another this evening.
RoUND-TRIp tickets for fare one way will
be issued by New England railroads for the
National Christian Endeavor Convention,
to be held in Washington, ID. c. in July.
Tickets will be good, going, July 6, 7 and 8;
good, to return, up to July 10, and they can
be extended to July 81. The Vermont dele
cation will go via New London, Conn,
thence by boat to New York, and from there
by the Royal Blue line to Washington.
THE second game of basket ball, played at
the Atmory last Thursday evening between
teams from the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation ald Company H.. resulted in a
Wdlh-ONoI IOI buo Idbboi, buo sCOTb bUd0ulnR
five to one. Major o. d. Clark acted as
referee and B. g. Austin of Brattleboro,
secretary of the Young Mems Christian As.
socation in that village. as umpire. The
galleries were crowded with interested
spectators.
BIRTHDAY party will be held at the
Methodist parsonage on Hubbard street
next Friday evening, which every member
of the church and congregation is cordially
invited to attend and bring as many pennies
as they are years old The proceeds are to
be used in cleaning Trinity Church, paint
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Webb will be at home
Friday afternoon to receive any who can
not go in the evening.
WHILE FRANK e. CIRCUIT was driving
home one day last week deer in the road
near Green Mount Cemetery attracted his
attention. The animal did not appear
frigh ene' but trotted along ahead OF Mr.
CIRCUITS horses for some distance and finally
took to the woods at the rear of the Gem
etery. With d Ber inside the city limits at
the present time, northern Vermont will
indeed be paradise for sportsmen when
the close season is off in 1900.
THE Troy IN. W Observer of last Sunday
contained a complimentary notice and cut
of Maurice eastman, who, last Thursday,
celebrated his hfteth anniversary as an
Odd Fellow. Mr.. eastman formerly lived
in Montpelier He joined Vermont Lodge,
M 2, of Odd Fellows, April 16, 1876, and
was charter member with A. r. Keith and
t. G. Barrows. Soon after that time he
moved to West Troy, where he has ever
since been engaged in the grocery business.
The interior of the Exchange Hotel has
been in the hands of painters and paper
hangers during the past ten days and a
marked improvement is the result. New
carpets have been laid, many of the best
rooms have been painted and paDered, and
the Dtfipa has bpan hriUhtapa1 q nd frao ban nod
with varnish, paint and paper. When the
repairs and improvements still under con-
temptation by Landlord Davis have been
completed this well-known hostelry will be
second to none of its kind in the state.
ATTENTION is called to the call for re-
publican caucus, published elsewhere, to be
held next Monday evening at half past
seven at Capital Hall, to elect eight dele
gates and eight alternates to attend the
State Republican Convention, to be held at
Montpelier next Wednesday, TO elect dele
gates at-large to the National Republican
Convention at St, Louis; also to elect eight
delegates and eight aternates to the Second
Congressional District Republican Conven-
| ton, to be held at Montpelier next Wednes-
day afternoon
AT the annual meeting of the Young Peo-
ple's Fraternity of the Church of the Mes
siah, held last week Tuesday evening, the
| following officers were elected: President,
Miss Betsey Farwell; vice-president, Ralph
| Wylie; secretary, Miss Lucia Bailey; treas
urer, Mrs. Henry Gate; programme COM
mittee, Miss Belle Martin, Miss Julia Peck
Mrs. Fred Peck. Miss Rennie Luke and
Charlie Stoddard; fraternity committee,
Miss Grace Clarke, Miss Winnie Ferrin,
Mrs. w. E. Terrill, Miss Rebecca Wright
and Dormau Kent.
A MONTPELIER correspondent of a neigh.
boring paper is troubled about affairs in
this city. He "smells mice" in pro-
iect to unload the Golden Fleece property
upon the city. He "sees it floating in the
air" and sets forth to "nip it in the bud !"
The local papers, he says, have been re-
ques ed to " keep mum " till the scheme is
hatched and on its feet, and so on. We'll,
the WATCHMAN some time ago expressed its
| judgment in the matter of city hall and
| in that opinion, and its opinion as expressed
on other public works, it still abides. The
| city is safe in the hands of its voters.
Mrs. MARTHA RIVERS, the oldest person in
| Montpelier, died early last Wednesday
morning Of general debility Had she lived
until next November she would have been
ninety-nine years old. Mrs. Rivers had
She was the mother Of nine children, two OF
whom-Mrs Alma Smith and Miss Kate
| Rivers--are living in this city. Her funeral
was held from St. Augustine's Church last
Friday morning, Rev. w j. O'Sulliyan Off
ciating, and the burial was in the Catholic
|
been devout Catholic, and by her blame
less life and cheerful disposition had won a
large circle of friends.
THE machine for wing granite, now on
exhibition az the stone-sheds of q. FL.
More & Co., is attracting much attention.
not only among granite manufacturers, but
among all classes of people who are inter-
ested in machinery that borders on the mar
velous III. G. Patterson of New York, the
proprietor and manufacturer has been per-
sonslly experimenting the working of the
machine at the More plant and is ready at
all times to mpart information in gard
to 1t. This machine was invented by I. A.
Jackson of New York city. 1t requires
about thirty horse power to propel IL, and
the saw, which resembles a circular saw
found in any lumber-manufactory, makes
750 revolutions per minute This saw is
fitted with fifty five chilled steel teeth, in
each of which are cast two diamonds. With
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