The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-04

Ine accuracy Oh meter, which Will De VIII
lingly explained to any interested parties.
The new Office is also equipped with glass
frame gas meter, showing its interior work
ing with gas-burners OF different size and
character.
The City Council held final eeting last
Saturday evening. Licenses were granted
as follows: To H. s. Smith, to do trucking;
Norman o, Mcleod, to keep saloon; e. L.
Putney, to maintain a hack and livery
stable; Peck Brothers, to do plumbing; M.
A. Kent auctioneer; l. G. Tewks bury, to
raise a sign over the sidewalk in front of his
store on State street; q H. Griswold to
keep hotel. Bills ordered paid were: G.
N. Hunt, $685. II. s. Town, water.tub, SO;
f. H. Town, ballot clerk in 1895. S2 Argus
and Patriot, printing, S1.75; Watchman Pub
fishing Company, printing annual reports
for the year ending February, 1896, Sl53.70.
The verdant gosling who is at present
sending in secondhand and warmed-over
paragraphs to the Burlington NeDs from
Montpelier made a bluff at atte mptng to
be funny, last Thursday, and tried to dis
ciplne the WATcHMAN for an item it pub
lished the day before, which, by the way,
was correct in every particular. If the
WATCHMAN did not value its space, and II
the game was worth the powder, a
column might be filled each week in show
ing up the absurd mistakes of this tyro in
newspaper reporting. We prefer, however,
to let them go for what they are worth and
ubiilnO thO opdOc lOl oOnOAuluB WOlLu
ing.
THE ballot-clerks appointed to serve yes
terday from the various wards were: Ward
one, 9. b. Putnam, A. A. 5tebbins, John
Hill and George G. Alber; ward two,
George X. Putnam, Willis Blanchard
Charles Marvin and Dennis Ryle; ward
three, L. II. Bixby, G. G. Bancroft, Henry
Fisher aud William Rivers ward four,
Harry K. Freer, Charles H. Heaton, James
8. Haley and Ralph b. Denny; ward five,
j. G. Brown, NJ. f. Atkins, George B. Wal
ton and f. p. Carleton. The assistant city
clerks were: ward one, f. III Mcclure;
ward two, Albert III. Brown; ward three,
Harry Darlington; ward four, Charles f.
Jones; ward five, Edward Baker.
THE citizens of Montpelier have becom so
accustomed to the work of superintendent
of streets who is thoroughly competent, that
Mr.. Roberts has to 40 an unusually good
stroke of business to attract attention. The
good work done under his direction since
last Saturday morning can, however, not
well be overestimated. In anticipation of a
coming food he had gangs of men at work
Saturday opening the CRATES to the sewers,
during the high water OF Sunday. In this
connection 1t might be well to call the at
tention of those who were so sure that the
CRATES in the macadamized road on Main
street would not carry off the surface water
! to the fact that during the recent rains the
CRATES on one side of the street only were
opened. In rem m)ving the ice from the
North branch, last Sunday, Mr.. Roberts
| doubtless saved much valuable property.
He awoke Monday morning, to find the
| highway between the residence of George
w. Wing on State street and Green Mount
cemetery, and between the Kempton ice
! house and Barre Junction, packed with ice
| from two to six feet high. Extra men were
put at work, and before night Tuesday
! these highways were made passable. Mr.
/ Robarto ba1 thio with
flourish of trumpets, and without unneces-
sary expense, but with rapidity and good
judgment that was highly comm sndable.
THE attendance was not large at the quar-
terly session of the Washington County
Good Tempars' Union, held last Wednes-
day at Montpelier but the meetings were
| full OF interest to members of the order.
The morning session was open to Good
| Templars only. G. ID. Wells delivered a
cordial address of welcome, to which Mr..
Lane OF South Barre lodge responded. Re-
ports of lodges and temples throughout the
county were given and a considerable
amount of routine business was transacted.
1t was voted to hold the May union at East
| Barre, the one i'll August at Cabot and the
November gathering at Northheld. The
hall was well filed by townspeople and
visiting delegates at the afternoon session.
Hon. Frank Plumley of Northfeld, county
chief templar, presided. Prayer was offered
by Rev. X. r. Bunnell of Montpelier. The
programme as rendered consisted of music
by Montpelier lodge; piano solo, Miss Bliss
of Moscow lodge; reading, Mrs G. ID. Ed
gerton of Mortified lodge; essay Miss
Dunsmore of Roxbury lodge; recitation,
Miss Annie Mayo of Montpelier lodge read
ing, Miss Stoddard of Watsield lodge.
Brief addresses were made by Mrs. Wiley
of White River Junction, DR., S. n. Gould OF
Randolph and Hon. Frank Plumley OF
Mortified. Mr.. Plumley paid an eloquent
tribute to States Attorney Stanton and the
work he has done in Washington county
during the past five years. The Union
unanimously adopt al a resolution thanking
Mr.. Stanton for what he has done and as.
suring him of its cordial support in the fu-
ture.
In response to invitations from the h. G.
Bowers Granite Company 175 boss and
journeyman polishers gathered at the Pa
vilion, last Wednesday evening, for q ban.
quet. An elaborate menu was provided,
| which was served in courses aud during
the two hours thus pleasantly spent the
Montpelier Orchestra discoursed a pro-
gramme of popular airs. In calling the
company to order after cigars had been
reached, Mr.. Bowers expressed the pleasure
it gave the company, of which he is the head
to invite those to whom they felt indebted
to this banquet. He referred to the pleas
ant relations thai have existed between
them in the past and assured those present
that the Bowers Granite Company will do
all III ltS power 10 secure u CONTINUANCE Vi
such harmonious relations. Mr. Bowers
then introduced Alexander Gordon of
Barre as toastmaster. Mr.. Gordon pleas
antly responded to the felicitous words OF
Mr.. Bowers and called upon Mr.. John A
Way, superintendent OF the emery mills at
South Walpole, Mass, TO speak on the
manufacture of emery. Mr.. Way said that
he mad been for the past seventeen years
engaged in crushing emery, and he would
say that he did not now know what emery
is, aud he did not believe anybody else
knew. 1t is only found in Asia Minor, and
Mr.. Way described entertainingly the pro-
cesses through which it passed before il
reached the granite manufacturers hands
The Mozart Quartette then sang Annie
Laurie" responding to an encore with
Simon, the Cellarer " Alexander Math-
erson of Barre was asked to give some per
soual "reminiscences of his life as a sailor,
and II. Ii. Hartwell of Montpelier re-
sponded to the toast The granite business
is it ornamen al or monumental?" Pro
fessor S. j, Blanped favored the company
at this point with reading, My Wife''
Husband" and Fred Brien of Barre
smoke of the difference between chilled irOT