The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-11

ton of long standing, which other men of
the compass had failed to settle and over
which the persons in interest had gone TO
law. Mr.. Fosters skill in woodcraft dis
cerned 81 the ancient landmarks" and the
magnetic needle, guided by the records,
verified what seemed in him like " second
sight to the observers, but was only the
result OF an Indians native wood lore,
edged by much.practice in determining the
apparently indeterminable things OF the
forest-and seasoned with sound common
sense.
The Interstate Trap Shooting Tourna-
ment to be held at Montpelier Wednesday
and Thursday, August % and 49, is attract
ing large attention from sportsmen through
out New England. Tie programme for the
two days includes twenty events at known
and unknown angles, and for each event
there is substantial purse. All purses
will be divided by the Rose system into four
prizes at the ratio Of FIVE, four, three and
two. This tournament will be held on the
| grounds OF the Montpelier Gun Club, about
| ten minutes ride from Montpelier on the su-
burban line OF the Montpelier and Wells
River railroad. The club has there spacious
| quarters and ample room to accommodate
all whom may come. The house and plat
| form are in the shade of five large elms ex-
cept in the early morning, and are comfort
able for shooting In warm weather. The
targets are toward the northeast which
gives the sportsmen strong light on the tar
gets and not on their faces The grounds
| will be open for optional shooting on the
afternoon of Tuesday, August "a. This
tournament is enc OF eight which has been
arranged for the season Of 1897, by the Inter
state Association. Six Of these have been
held at Baltimore, Md, Richmond, Va,
Savannah, Ga, Monroe, La, New Haven,
Conn. and Lewiston, Me. One other will
be held at Portsmouth, N. H, September
Is and 16. President Fl. A. Fisk Captain
Q. A. Barrett, and Secretary and Treasurer
George b. Walton Of the Montpelier Gun
Club, are doing all in their power to make
this the first Interstate Tournament ever
held in Vermont success. A large list OF
entries has already been booked, and with
good weather this will be one OF the most
interesting events held at the State capital
during the present summer.
! SINCE the beginning of August about Q
hundred volumes have been added to tina
Kellogg. Hubbard Library. Among them
may be found the following; Through the
, THE Fairy-Land of Flowers" by Mara L.
, Pratt; prince Little Boy" by s. Weir
, Mitchell; Phronsie Piper" by Margaret
Sidney; A Little Girl Of Long Ago." by
Eliza Orne White; The Great Island by
= Munroe three by j. T. Trowbridge; " The
. Oriel Window" by Mrs. Wordsworth;
twelve stories, long favorites with children
!. quantity illustrated, edited by Grace Rhys
i |" :, The Rose Of Yesterday" by F. Marion
|
Notes." and Sketches in Lavender Blue
: and Green" by Jerome X. Jerome; seven
- volumes from the pen of Alexandra Dumas
! The Reds of the Midi" by Felix Gras
y "Three Millions" by William T. Adams
. Equality " by Edward Bellamy; The
. y Boyhood of Famous Authors" by William
. . H. RideiDg; 1.-The Able Constantin," by
!. Ludovio Halevy; The Will to Believe,
. by William James; THE Relation o
a Literature to Life" by Charles Dudley
4 Warner; The Burglars who moved Para
u dise," by Herbert d. Ward; "How to Lis
ten to Music, by Henry E. Krehbiel; " I'm
k Gle Bernac," by A Conan Doyle; "Shake
1t speare, the Boy" by William j. Rolfe
t. Cuba in War Time" by Richard Harding
= Davis; 1.-THE Landlord at Lions Head" b!
!, w. d. Howells; lone Man who was Con
1t tent" by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer,
s plants and their Children" by Mrs
:. William Starr Dana; CASTOR de Latour, ,
Is by Walter Pater Myths and Legends o
g our own Land" by Charles NJ Skinner
a Martha Washington" by Anne II. Whar
t. ton American Land and Letters b!
a Donald g. Mitchell; History of Nine
Il teenth Century Literature" by Georg
a Saintsburg; "'wagner's Heroine's,' B.
n Constance Maud; and g The American
n Boys Book of Sport, ~ n. G. Beard