The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-15

makes three valuable animals that went
" over the range " yesterday.
THE Aid Society, connected with the
Church of the Messiah, held its annual
meeting on Monday evening and elected
the following officers: President, George
w. Reed; vice-presdent, Albert Johonnott;
secretary, Clarence l.. Lease treasurer, A.
D. Farwell; auditor, Joel Foster; executive
Wright, ID. W. Temple, g. II. Ferrin, Fred
blanchard, Mrs. r. w. Hyde, Mrs L. b.
Huntington, Mrs. e. Il. Reed, Mrs. j. II.
Seaver, Mrs Fred II. Stevens.
REV. l.. L. Brennan, presiding elder of
the Montpelier district of the Vermont
Conference is to sever his connection with
the conference next April and locate on a
farm owned by him in Brookfeld Mass.
His family will go there next week but Mr..
Beeman will remain in Montpelier to com
plete his years work. A. f. Niles is TO oc.
cupy the house vacated by Mr. Beeman and
the latter will have rooms there. Mr.. Bee
mans health has not been good for some
time, but it is sincely hoped that his retire
ment from the ministry will BIS only tempo
rary.
Hon. VICTOR /. SPEAR of Braintree, Hon.
j. o. Sanford OF Stamford, Hon. Alpha
Messer of Rochester. Hon. G. j. Bell of
Walden, II. G. Williams of Coventry, J. X.
Curtis of Georgia and Prof. j. L Hills of
Bur lington, members of the state board of
agriculture met at the Pavilion on Monday
to fix dates for holding farmers institutes
in every county in the state In addition to
those now in progress at Watsfield and
Cabot institutes will be held at Thetford
December q and % and at Randolph, De-
cember %, % and "a Other dates will be
announced later.
Col. j. II. LUCIA was in Waterbury last
Saturday to try the case of Edwin Shonio,
charged with malicious mischief in breaking
| the window in the residence of Mr.. Harri-
/ nv
through it. Shonio was found guilty and
| fined with costs S25 80. He was lodged in
Jail Saturday evening by Deputy Sheriff 9.
| O. Graves and was taken by him to Water
| bury Monday morning TO give him chance
| to raise his ne and escape service OF one
hundred and thirty-two days at the house
OF correction in Rutland. He was taken to
Rutland Monday evening.
The much discussed purchase by the
city OF @. II. More q Co. of strip OF land
one and one-half rods wide, extending from
| Barre street to the foot bridge over the
Winooski was consummated on Monday.
and the $500 purchase money was paid.
| M. W. Wheelock also purchased on Mon
| day of Mr.. More for $3.50 the land on which
the city stone crusher now stands. Mr..
| Wheelock has given the city an option on
this land until March Is next, for the pur-
| chase price and interest 1t will be neces-
sary for the city to vote on this in annual
meeting, as, by provision of the charter,
J the city council has no authority to pur-
chase land unless it is to be used for high
way purposes.
THE sympathy of this community goes
out in large measure to Senator Thomas b.
Stevens of East Montpelier in the death OF
Jane Bliss Stevens his wife, which occurred
early on Monday morning. Mrs. Stevens
| has had serious illness from typhoid
fever since her return from the Boston excur-
sion, but was thought to be improving when
-, xatu Nar
and sank rapidly. Deceased was woman
of rare talents of head and heart, and was
always held in the highest esteem by very
large circle Of friends and acquaintances
She leaves one daughter, Mrs. H. M. Farm
ham of Williamstown. Her funeral will be
late home. Deceased was fifty-four years
of age.
For combination of artistic beauty and
usefulness the calendar issued this year by
the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany, easily takes the lead. With no at
tempt at fancy decoration, the name OF the
company, in attractive type, heads each
page. The pages are fourteen by eighteen
inches in size printed in red and black
with the day of the month in bold, clear
figures the consecutive day of the year ap
pearing in smaller type, in the upper right
changes Of the moon each month are given
and on the last page is printed the full
calendar for the year. This calendar wal
printed at the Office of the Vermont Watch
man Company, and the work is done in TIE
highest and best style OF the printers art
1t was designed for service and not fol
gaudy show, but will, at the same time, bt
an ornament to any office, counting-room OIL
home where 1t is hung.
A. G. BOOTH, clerk for Harry A. Slade
will probably not enter any word building
contest for some time. Mr.. Booth noticed
last spring the advertisement OF John Wed
derburn & Co., patent attorneys at Wash
ington, d. c., against whom disbarment pro
ceedings have since been instituted, il
which they offered prizes OF $1,000, trip tC
Europe, etc, for the largest number o.
words that could be built from the WORD
firm was reliable and that the offer was
made in good faith Mr.. Booth worked sew
eral months and succeeded in making nearly
Il, 900 words, enough to have made him sure
of the capital prize Of $1,000 il the advertise
ment had not been fake. This is only one
OF number OF similar offers which several
Montpelier people have learned to their sor
row were frauds, and If the post-office de
partment exclude from the mails all news
papers and periodicals carrying such fraud
ulent advertisements, as 1t now contemp
lates doing, the people OF the country these
fakirs only excepted, will rejoice.
THE annual meeting of Mount Sinai Tenn
in Armory Hall last Friday evening. The
degree was conferred upon the following
members: W. G. Berry, f. W. Stanyan anG
ii. j. NJ. Jones Of Montpelier; j. K. Smith
of Barre; j. f. Doty of Meriden, N. H.; ant
r. B. Cole and K. c. Severance OF St. Johns
bury. Prior to the comforting Of this de
gree the reports Of the treasurer and re
corder were read and accepted, and it was
voted to appropriate 800 to be distributed
among the deserving poor at Christmas
Stephen r. Colby Of Montpelier, George e
Randall Of Woodsville, N. H., and Horac,
W. Lyford OF Warren were elected dele
gates to the Imperial Council which meets
at Dallas, Texas, in June next. The follow
ing officers for the ensuing year were cleo
ted; Imperial potentate, Stephen R. Colby
of Montpelier; chief rabban, Jesse e
Thompson Of Rutland; assistant rabban, j
Henry Jackson OF Barre; high priest anG
prophet, Collins Bakely OF Montpelier
oriental guide, James M. Keenan, OF Rut
land; treasurer, Edward A. Davis of Bethel
recorder, Charles III. Heaton Of Montpelier
About midnight, at the completion OF the
work, the members adjourned to the Mont
pelier House where Landlord Sparrow had
prepared an elaborate banquet The dining
room presented very attractive appear
ance and the menu was what might be ex
pecIed at this. popular hostelry.: During
the banquet the Arion male quartette rem
dered selections which were loudly ap
plauded. The post prandial exercises were