The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-10-20

Der 10. and the remaining third on or before
June 10, 1898. The grand list OF the state Is
81, 743, 74.84, as against 81 ,746, T2.23 two
years ago The tax will give the state about
| S261 ,664.
In its write up Of the meetings of the
grand lodge Of Good Templars, held last
week in Randolph, the Herald and NepS
has the following amusing paragraph:
when the Chief Templar gave out the list
Of committees at the opening session, it in
credit to Dickens, such as A. jay of Addi-
son, U. X. Next Of Richford and Mrs. John
Tees Of Enosburg Falls Nobody respond
ed and there was q little embarrassment un-
til 1t was found that the Chief Templar had
made up his committees from the hotel
register. Investigation by representative
OF this paper showed that the names had
| been conjured up by q wicked drummer.
who somehow had got hold Of the plan In
| advance"
CHARLES STILES and Samuel Castle Of
Bondville pleaded guilty. last week, in
sault September 10 on Millie Williams
| when he was tarred and feathered and
rode on rail for repeated visits to a house
OF unsavory reputation. Two witnesses on
each side were examined to fix the degree
OF guilt for which the two respondents
should be fined. The testimony OF Williams
was very much against him. He testified
that he had served four years in the stat o
prison for various crimes. The court after
stating that like offenses were rare in the
old state OF Vermont and that communities
or mobs had no right to take the law or adj
minister justice in their own behalf even on
an ex-convict, fined the two, including
costs, S148.28.
The following officers for the ensuing
year were elected last week, at the
grand lodge, Knights Of Pythias, held at
Rutland Past grand chancellor, A. II.
George OF st. Albans; grand chancellor,
Arthur G. Randall of st. Johnsbury; grand
vice chancellor, George W. Rowell of Ben.
nington; grand prelate, @. FL. Mattox oil
Danville; grand keeper Of records and seals
OF the exchequer, l.. p. Sprague OF Bellows
Falls; grand master at arms, Frank A
George of Barre; grand inner guard, II. A.
Chapman of Cambridge; grand outer guard
j. b. Rogers OF Burlington; supreme repre-,
sentative, f. A. Field of Rutland; grand
tributes, II. L. Stillson of Bennington and
w. e. Barney of Barre grand trustee, S
Hirschfeld of Rutland.
AT the grand lodge of Good Templarl
held last week at Randolph the following
officers were elected for the year ensuing
Chauncey Ii. Hayden of Underhill, grant
chief templar; A l.. Aldrich of West Burke
grand councillor; Miss Ethelynd Gould o
Randolph, grand vice templar; Mrs. o. s
Wiley Of Barre, superintendent of juvenil,
temples; q. d. Edgerton Of North6eld
grand treasurer; William H. Matthews o
Middlebury, grand auditor. The executive
officers chose the following for the appoin
tive officers: George A Wattles OF Benning
ton, past grand chief templar; Rev. e. w
. Sturtevant of East Braintree, grand chap
lain; e. L. Kelley of West Salisbury, gran,
marshal; Mrs. H. A. Russell OF Gallu]
Mills, grand guard; Mrs. G. D. Edgerton o
Mortified, grand assistant secretary; Mis-
Mary Moore of St. Adams, grand assistan
marshal; Elmer e. St. John Of Hubbard
town, grand messenger.
To a representative OF the st. Alban
Messenger Col. E. g. Smith, president AM
one OF the receivers OF the Central Vernon
railroad, made the following statement re
garding the proposed reorganization scheme
are naturally interested in the welfare Q
the Central Vermont, but trust they will
bear in mind that there is no occasion 10
alarm in the action of the bondholders
meeting in Boston. The meeting in Bosto
was simply an expression OF opinion by tn
bondholders there present and voting O
the advisability of adopting the proposal Q
the reorganization committee. There vii
be certainly plenty of time to understan
the situation fully and discuss 1t at lengt
before anything final ia accomplished. 1t
terests Of all concerned that some final an
satisfactory solution OF the receivershi
may be obtained. I have every reason t
believe that all the employees Of the con
pany are perfectly satisfactory to every
body interested in the management. Wha
Z ever may happen, do not believe that tn
shops or offices will be changed from s
Adams and that in any event the road wi
be run substantially as 1t Is now"