The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-28
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GOOD road has been completed in the
reconstruction OF School street, and now
the dwellers Of that precinct bid cheerful
goodbye to the steam roller and its Internal
lulabys. Its early morning serenades have
caused many imprecations and the demon
OF smoke and unspeakabie din ought to be
chained up by an iron. clad injunction till it
Is time for the regular days labor to begin
Joy to the next community that welcomes
the modern process of road making.
OBSERVER SHAW of the Mortified signal
station sends the following data for the
month OF August, covering period Of ten
years: Mean temperature, $780, warmest
month lS92' with an average Of CO. coolest
month, 1887, with an average OF co.; highest
temperature, 81, August TO- 1898; lowest
temperature 30, August 81, 1894; average
precipitation for the month, AL inches I;
greatest monthly precipitation, 49, in 1890;
lowest monthly precipitation, 1,59 in 1889;
average number of clear days. Il partly
cloudy days, 49, cloudy days, ii. Highest
velocity Of wind, AS miles, from the west,
August 10, 1892
MICHAEL j. RILEY, the bowery Evangel-
ist, addressed the meeting for men held last
Sunday afternoon in the rooms of the
Young Mems Christian Association, and
spoke at the Baptist church Sunday even
ing. AT the latter service the church was
crowded to its utmost capacity and Mr..
Riley spoke entertainingly for nearly an
hour, giving his experience as a saloon
keeper on the Bowery in New York, and
later OF his conversion. Mr.. Riley i'm
pressed the people whom he addressed as
one who is very much in earnest, and he is
undoubtedly doing a good work and is
worthy of confidence.
The Barre railroad commenced last week
running its daily excursion to the granite
quarries in Barre. The train that leaves
Montpelier at |: 05 p. NJ connects with the
for ha rr;o on
P. NJ, returning, leaves Barre at 400 p, M,
arriving at Montpelier at 4: % p M This
affords ample time to visit Vermont's great
est industry and to take a trip over the
Barre railroad, one Of the wonders of mod
ern engineering, which reaches an elevation
OF 1,O25 feet above the city of Barre The
fare from Barre is only twenty-five cents
Tor the round trip and these daily excur-
sions are well patronized this year as they
have been in the past
JUDGE j. W. RowELL Of Randolph was in
town last Thursday to hear an application
for bail for Martin Nokes, which was pre-
sented by s. @. Shurtleff and f. L. Laird
his counsel. 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. and Mrs. Nokes were convicted of man
slaughter at the September term of Wash.
ington county court, for causing the death
of an infant child in the town of Worcester.
The supreme court at its recent session sus-
tanned exceptions of counsel to the charge
OF Chief Justice Ross at the time of the
trial, set aside the verdict and ordered a
new trial. Judge Rowell allowed the mo-
ton for bail and fixed the sum at $1,000.
which was furnished by Thomas M. Paine
g. G. Shurtleff and f. L. Laird. The case
against Mr.. and Mrs. Nokes will again be
set for trial at the September term of Wash
ington county court. Mr.. Nokes has been
in Washington county Jail little more than
year.
Mr.. AND MRS. FRED E. SMITH extend
cordial invitation to all veterans of the war,
with their "auxiliaries," to hold basket
picnic at Camp Lookout, near Mirror Lake,
Berlin, on Saturday, July 81. II is hoped
that all veteran soldiers, members of the
Grand Army, Woman's Relief Corps and
Sons OF Veterans, who would enjoy days
reunion in camp will arrange to attend.
Bring your lunch baskets well filled, there
is plenty of room on the ground. Captain
Fl. 9. Lull will be on hand prepared lin.
deed he is always ready to give an hours
talk oil his Rebel Prison Life" which has
been forcibly called Seven Months in
He'll" Other veteran speakers and singers
will be provided so that from lunch baskets,
and by song, story and "Reminiscences, the
day may mark another pleasant reunion,
and be bright spot in the lives of those
who learned to camp in 1861 to 1865, when
camping was not all fun.
The first section of the newly macadam-
lied roads for which the special city meet
ing, held recently, voted liberal appro-
priation, was completed last Saturday, I'M
der the direction of G. B. Roberts, uperin-
tendent Of streets. This section of high
way extends from the corner of School and
Main streets to the corner of School and
LOOMS streets. 1t is 708 feet long so feet
wide, with an average depth Of II inches.
1t contains %, 400 square feet or 2,489 square
yards, equal to $50 cubic yards. The total
cost OF building this permanent road was
1854 OF which S272 was for labor and men
For had nNA. vi q
road compares favorably with the perma-
nent highway that has proved so satisfac-
tory on Main street and South Main street,
and what was once one OF the worst streets
in the city during mud time is now one of
the best, and at a comparatively low cost.
Mr., Roberts gave his personal attention to
this work and it has been faithfully done.
He is now at work on the short strip in front
OF the Union House on School street, and
has begun operations on Elm street.
THE Odd Fellows and Daughters Of Re-
bekah of Montpelier, Barre and Waterbury,
under whose auspices the excursion to Yer
gennes next Saturd is to be run, are de-
voting their energies to making this a
record breaker for the season, so far as at
tendance and enjoyment are concerned.
The indications are that several hundred
tickets will be sold from these three sta.
tons, and the excursion covers points as
far north as Essex Junction, The lake trip
on the Reindeer" commands fine view OF
Queen City Park, Shelburne Bay and the
summer home of DIR. W. Seward Webb,
Cedar Beach, Thompson Point and CHM
ney Point, and also includes delightful
ride Of eight miles up the Otter Creek river
to Vergennes. s. A. Andrews, superin-
tendent of the Vermont Industrial School
at Vergennes, will take special pains to
make it pleasant for any excursionists who
wish to visit that institution. The grounds
are beautifully laid out and are open TO ex-
cursionists, This trip on Lake Champlain
is one not often made by the Reindeer"
and is especially attractive. The fare from
Montpelier is one dollar for the round trip.
The excursion train leaves at 500 in the
morning, returning at a seasonable hour,
giving three hours at Vergennes.
AMONG the books lately added to the
Kellogg-Hubbard library are the following
my Own Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang
" Trooper Peter Halket," by Olive Sch
reiner; Farthest North" by Nansen (;
Out Of India" by Kipling; Day OF His
Youth" by Alice Brown; "The Wisdom
Of Fools" by Margaret Delandi " Lad
Love-" by s r. Crockett "Quo Vadis," by
Sienkiewics; My Arctic Journal" by
Mrs, Peary; George Eliot's Works; 1.-THE
Choir Invisible" by James Lane Allen
and "The New England States" w. T.
Davis, editor. The third volume of the last
named work contains the portion devoted
to our own state, a number OF biographical
sketches, and elaborate articles from the
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