The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-03

last Saturday afternoon and voted to call a
special town meeting for Saturday after
noon, November -, for the purpose OF vot-
ing a tax towards raising the money to pay
for Berlin's share of the expense of the two
bridges, or to see what other action the
town will take toward raising this money.
It is estimated that that town will be
obliged to raise q special tax of sixty-five or
seventy.fve cents on a dollar of its grand
list to pay its share of the expense OF both
bridges.
THE mid-year examinations for the Yer
mont Conference began on Tuesday at the
Montpelier Seminary and will continue
through to-day. Rev. j. o. Sherburne Of
Of examination and the other mem
bers are Rev. w. II. Davenport Of Barre,
Rev. l.. p. Tucker Of Mortified, Rev. e. M.
Smith Of Montpelier, Rev. f. W. Lewis Of
Bellows Falls and Rev. A. II. Webb of
Bradford. The presiding elders Of the
three districts in the conference, who, with
Rev. DIR. A. L. Cooper Of Plainfeld, make
up the committee on church extention, will
also hold a meeting at the Seminary to-
day.
THE United States civil service commits
sion has ordered that an examination be
held by its local board in this city on Sat.
urday, December 4, next, commencing at
nine o'clock in the morning, for the grades
Of clerk and carrier in the post-office SER
vice. Only citizens of the United States
Chn Uo o8dlulu6u. Liz hRB lulIdUlOH IOT
this examination are, for carriers, over
twenty-one and under forty; clerks, over
eighteen. Applications must be filed with
ID. +. Clark. secretary Of the board OF ex-
aminers, before the hour Of closing business
on November -, next. Mr.. Clark will fur
nish blanks and full instructions to all who
desire.
GEORGE WHEELER, Overseer of the Poor,
and Sheriff Collins were victims OF a recent
practical joke. A tramp applied to the
Overseer for a nights lodging aud he sent
him to the city farm with an order on Mr..
Cole who has charge of the farm. The
wanderer got off his bearings and brought
up at Washington county jail, where he was
admitted by Sheriff Collins and where
he passed the night in a cell. The next
morning the Sheriff inquired of the Over
seer what he should do with the man he
sent him the night before. Mutual expla-
nations of the mistake followed, and the
tramp was hustled out Of the jail in short
order and told to get out Of town.
HI arguments before the Supreme Court
in the Bennington Battle Monument case
were concluded last Wednesday. ONLY two
other cases were heard and the court ad.
%journed Thursday morning until a date the
last week in November or the first week in
December, to be announced later, when de.
cisions on cases heard at this term will be
rendered. Thei cases heard on Thursday
were State against Charles and Stephen
Hallock, arson, from Addison county, and
Frederick j. Deter, administrator OF the
will of Timothy j. Hubbard, against james
@. Shafter, Payne j. Skater, Julia R. Ham
ilton and others. 8. c. Shurtleff for orator
George W. Wing for defendant.
LEaAL proceedings nave been instituted
against Charles Smith, who resides on Der
lin side, Herbert Lawrence, Neader Mar
tin and George Sanborn OF this city for lille
gal fishing in Darling's Pond at Groton
July 4, last. These gentlemen have give1
bonds in the sum Of $500 each for their ap
pearance at the December term OF Gale
donia county court to answer to the charg,
| against them. The suit Is brought by Johl
7. Darling OF Groton who owns this trou
preserve. He is authority for the statemen
that these four men nave been given ampl
opportunity to settle for this alleged tres
pass, but as they were not inclined to do 81
he has begun legal proceedings agains
them.
AN important meeting was held at Trinit,
church, Montpelier, Monday evening, No
vember 1. A joint commission representa-,
+ the Vermont Methodist Conference and tn
Burlington District met and made arrange
!, ments for a state convention of the Epwortl
| League which will be held in Burlington
June q to 90, 1898. Several of the leadinI
speakers Of the Methodist church in thi
/ country are expected. including both lay
, include an excursion on Lake Champlain
=, This is an important movement as hithert
. the young people of the Epworth League il
a Vermont have been broken up into tw
2 2 conventions, one on the east and the othe
Z on the west side OF the mountain. Larg
! and fourishing chapters of the Epwort
League ave just been organized at Ben
nington, Burlington and Rutland.
REV. W. A. DAWSON completed last Sur
day his first year OF service as pastor Of tn
First Baptist church in this city. At tn
q morning service he gave a brief review G
i, the years work, which included the follow
ing statistics: Marriage ceremonies Del
4 formed, eight; funerals attended, eleven
pastoral calls made, 522; sermons and ad
dresses delivered, ia; prayer-meetings al
tended, 1888; Sunday-schooll sessions al
a tended, 30; received by baptism, 10; re
! ceived by letter, 5;.received by experience
3; total number OF members received, 81
; This church one year ago was aided by tn
a State convention, but has raised during tn
past year So, 129.43. At the meeting Of tn
q church held at the close Of the service las
n Sunday morning 1t was unanimously vote
to give the pastor an increase Of $500 in hi
salary. Not only among the members of hi
own church and congregation has Mr.. DE-
vison made a good impression and game
many warm friends, but his ork and SCI
Y vices have been appreciated on every hanG
u and it is gratifying to note that he is to n
main with the society and that this churc
. has given substantial appreciation Of hi
. work.
y The following is a list of the periodical
and newspapers spread before the publ
q for the free use of all, in the reading-roor
Of the Kellogg-Hubbard library: Quar-
t%erlies. - Edinburgh Review, Quarterl
Review, American Historical Review
y Monthlies .-Harper's Monthly Magazine
Atlantic Monthly Magazine, Lippir
!: colts Magazine, Catholic World, Eclecti
Magazine, The Arena, The Poultry Month
ly, Cassell's Magazine, The Forum, Tn
y Nineteenth Century, Contemporary Review
= F%ortnightly Review, Blackwood's Mags
8 zine, Munsey's Magazine, The New Ems
:; land Magazine, Macmillan's Magazine, Til
Popular Science Monthly, North America
Review, The Century, st. Nicholas, Scril
ner's Magazine, Review Of Reviews, Nj
Clure's Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Overland
Q Art Journal, English Illustrated Magazine
Chambers Journal, Pail Mall, Household
o Words, Good Words, Music, Birds, Kinder
Q garten Magazine, Art Amateur. Weeklies
J., American Architect, Argus and Patriot
Q Atlanta Constitution, The San Francisc
8 Call, Chicago Tribune, Louisville Courier
y journal, Electrical World, Forest an
Stream, Harper's Weekly, Harper's Bazai
It Harper's Round Table, Judge, Life, Leslie
Weekly, Literary Digest, London Times
London Illustrated News, Memphis Com
: mercial Appeal, Minneapolis Tribune, TIL
4 Nat;or Nam En1land Honaotaa1 No