The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-19

Association are cordially invited. A fine
programme has been arranged and an en-.
Joyable evening may be expected
The Central Vermont railroad announces
2 grand excursion on Tuesday, August %,
from all points between Montpelier and
Winooski. including Williamstown and
Barre, to Fort Ticonderoga. Eight hours
OF OF the day will be spent in delightful sail
through the lake on the staunch steamer
Reindeer" going through the most inter.
esting and picturesque portion Of Lake
Champlain. The fare from Montpelier,
Barre, South Barre and Willamstown Is
$1.26 for the round trip. Special train, go.
ing, will leave Montpelier at 1850 A. M. re-
turning, will arrive at Montpelier 81 90 P. M.
GENERAL J. II. LUCIA, superintendent OF
schools, informs us that the public schools
of the city will open on Monday, Septem-
Der Z, with teachers as follows: Washington
County Grammar School, montpelier High
SohooIl-Principal S. j. Blanpied; precep-
y ttTIess. S.a Harriet e Savage; assistants, Susan
pelier Union School (grades) )-Evelyn s..
Lease, Viola j. Billings. Kate r. Terrill,
Rose Lucia, Lucy E. Rarber, Belle Witham
Jessie Varnum. Claire M. Carpenter and
Della A. Thompson. Instructor in vocal
music, Minnie Marsh in drawing, Emma
L. Dana. George w. McAllister is the
janitor.
The new comedy, 1.-THE Other Mans
Wife," that is to be produced at Blanchard
Opera House this evening is constructed for
laughing. purposes only. Mr.. Bert Coote
has in this play part similar to that he
portrayed in The New Boy the past two
years. In it he will have an opportunity to
display his inimitable drollery, keen, quick
sense OF humor and peculiar eccentricity OF
manner. Mr.. Nick Long, well known
California comedian and stage manager
OF great experience, will play the opposite
nI naNA
excellent foil for the other. Every effort
will be made by both comedians and
their company to make the performance an
enjoyable one.
JOHN l.. FUTILE, chief of police, received
q telegram last week from Deputy Sheriff
jenkins of Claremont, N H., asking him to
LOOK out for two young men registering as
John White and Charles Wentworth OF
New York, who were wanted at Claremout
and Bellows Falls for jumping board-bils
The young men were located at the Mont
peller House, and were captured after
lively chase. Sheriff Jenkins was notified
and came to Montpelier and identified the
men at once. A search of the prisoners
showed that they had $3.50 in cash and a
lady's gold watch. Rather than go to the
expense OF obtaining requisition papers, the
Claremont officer took the money and
watch and allowed the men to go.
The Central Vermont railroad has made
round-trip rate OF one dollar from Mont
pelier and Barre to Willston, where the
ory OF Governor Chittenden will be dedi-
Gated to-day with imposing ceremonies.
The exercises occur in the afternoon.
Parties leaving Montpelier on the 1915
train this morning will arrive at the GENE.
terry before noon. The first battalion of
the First Regiment, N. G. ", the Mont
pelier Military Band, the Fuller Battery
and troop Of cavalry from Fort Ethan AL
len will take part in the dedicatory services
Ex-Governor j. l.. Barstow OF Shelburne
Will be president of the day and the Grafton
will be delivered by Ex-Governor j. W.
Stewart Of Middlebury.
The democrats held a caucus last even
ing in their club room in Heaton block. j.
j. Bergin was elected chairman and G. II.
Heaton secretary. The following Justice
ticket was placed in nomination.: F. P.
Carleton, j. o. Livingstone, @. H. More, G.
d d. Heaton; John Mooney M. A. Kent, L.
Is. Brooks, w. G. Walker, 7. W. Eagan, G.
ID. Butler, A. A, Stebbins and j. j. Bergin
A committee consisting Of j. H. Senter, j.
y. Livingstone and r. p. Carleton was ap.
pointed to wait on Hon. Homer w. HeatOn
to ascertain II he would accept the nomina-
ton for town representative. Mr.. Heaton
positively declined to have his name used
because OF physical disability, and G.. f.
Lowe was nominated by accamation.
THE bids for lighting the streets OF Mont
pelier for two years from March 18, 1897,
were opened by the City Council last Satur-
day evening. The Consolidated Lighting
Company and Jesse s. Viles were the only
bidders. The bid Of the former was as fol-
lows: For tifty-one arc lights, 800 nights per
year, from dusk until midnight So, 1866 for
each additional light, $43 per year; for an all
nightrun, same number flights 1926, with
70! per year for each additional light. Mr..
Vilas' bid was $3.50, same number of lights,
hn 1T .--lss ..l-
nually for each additional light, and SO, 1875
Tor the all-night run, and $50 per extra
light per year. The Council met last Mon
day evening and awarded the contract for
two years from March II next to the Con-
solidated Lighting Company for the mid
night run at the figures named.
A STONE weighing twenty tons, drawn by
twenty-five horses, from the quarries in
Sodom, was drawn through Main street last
Thursday and loaded for Northfeld at the
Montpelier Wells River station. 1t took
three days to make the eight miles from the
quarries, and every culvert on the highway
over which the load passed was more or
less damaged. Gould some of the gentle.
men in Barre who claim that crushed stone
will not make solid and permanent road
bed have seen what impression this i'm
mense weight made between the Union
House and Hyde block it would have been
an object-lesson to them. Not the slightest
passed, and the drivers declared that six
horses would have pulled the load with
greater ease over this stretch of road than
the whole twenty-five would over a COM
mon highway. This vas a practical test,
and spoke volumes for such road. building
as the City of Montpelier has been adopting
of late.
THE concert to be given In Armory Hall
next SATURDAY. evening by the combined
Montpelier Military Band and Barre Cor
net Band will be a rare musical treat.
Fifty musicians will take part and pro-
gramme varied to meet all tastes will be
rendered. The following soloists will ap-
pear; Signor Jacq Benavente, for several
years clarinet and saxaphone soloist to the
King OF Holland, now of the Germania
Band, Boston; o. Wheaton of Blaisdells
Orchestra, Concord, N. H., flute soloist;
Walter Booth, cornet soloist late of the
West Point Military Band; W. b. Cook of
Manchester, n. H., bass soloist; Adeland
Pigeon of the Montreal City Band, tenor
saxaphone soloist The object of the con-
cert is to raise money to pay the expenses
OF these soloists, who are with the band
this week at muster, and thus assist the
band to sustain its reputation as the best
regim sntal band in the state. A canvass