The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-11-10
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and on Tuesday by Rev. w. A. Dawson.
George q. Pratt will be the leader this |
evening, Rev. Andrew Gillies on Thurs
day evening, and II. s. Cotton on Friday
evening. The leader for Saturday evening
has not been announced.
THE members of Marquis de Lafayette
Chapter, Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, met last Wednesday evening with
Mrs. W. A. Briggs. Papers were read by
Hon. Hiram Carleton, Mrs. A. o. Cum
minis, Mrs. s. Peck and Rev. A N.
Lewis. The next meeting of the Chapter
will be on Thursday, December 16, when
Rev. A. N. Lewis will give talk on ma
tional and military songs OF Colonial days,
and the anniversary of the Boston Tea
Party" will be celebrated.
Mrs. ANNA McNuLTY died last Friday
morning at the home of Mrs. Frank Daniels
on Putnam street, aged fifty-six years. The
funeral was held on Monday from ST. Au-
gustine's church, Rev. Father W. j. OSul-
Ivan officiating. For the past three years
Mrs. McNulty has been suffering from
cancer in the left side, which ultimately
caused her death. Her husband died about
ten years ago, since which time she has re-
sided with some one Of her children.
THE entertainment given last Friday
evening in the Star course of the Young
Mems Christian Association by the WEIGH
Prize Singers was disappointing. This was
no fault OF those having the management of
|
travelling through the country on gilt
| edged recommendations which, it would
seem, they hardly deserve. There was
nothing to offend in the entertainment last
| Friday evening" but the singing was hardly
what those who were present expected 1t
| would be.
| THE November number OF the VernOnter
is embelished with more than fifty half
tone plates, a large majority OF them Illus
trating the business and town of Proctor
| Other interesting features OF this issue are
an illustrated report of the recent meeting
of the State Teachers Association at Wood
stock; an article on "The War Legislation
of Vermont" written by Hon. B. d. Harris
| of Brattleboro, and an interesting sketch
OF Vermonters residing in Iowa 1t is al
together very entertaining number.
FRANKIE WHEELER was taken to the Or
phan's Home at Burlington last Friday, by
| George Wheeler, overseer of the poor This
lad has been at the Heaton Hospital for sew
eral months under treatment for spinal
meningitis. He was admitted to the Or
phan's Home under the ordinary rules gov
erning that institution. Children are taken
for three months on trial, and if everything
is satisfactory at the end of that time, upon
the payment of $50 the Home assumes their
care and management until they attain the
age of eighteen years.
CHARLES H. FULLER, formerly manager
and treasurer of the Montpelier Hardware
Company, was arrested on Tuesday on a
writ of trover issued by Judge Tyler in ia
vor of L. j. Deavitt, assignee of the COM
pany, which is now going through insol'
vency. 1t was intimated that Mr.. Fuller
was short In some Of his accounts, but this
he persistently denies. The matter was
temporarily settled by d. L. Fuller, his
father, putting up abundant collateral tC
make good any such shortage, should it be
found upon investigation that it exists.
DIR. L. e. LAwToN of the Brattleboro re-
treat, DR.. f. w. Page, superintendent Of
the state asylum for the insane at Water
bury, and DR.. P. w. Fisher of Boston went
to the county Jail last Saturday morning
where they made an examination of thu
mental condition Of Mildred Brewster. They
were accompanied by States Attorne.
Fred A. Rowland and u. 8. Stanton, coun
sci for the state in the coming murder trial
Whatever determination the medical ex
perts may have come to in regard to Mis-
Brewster, it will not be made public until /
is given by them on the witness stand.
The announcement made in another col
umn by Col. A. G. Brown, president ant
general manager of the Vermont Telephon,
and Telegraph Company, that he has sole
to the New England Telephone Compan.
all his rights and interest in the Montpelie
Telephone Exchange comes in the mature
OF genuine surprise. From very small be
ginnings Colonel Brown has built up
. splendid system, and lucrative business
= which he has sold at figure that enable
3 him to retire with a competency and EMO.
a we'll earned rest. The terms Of the sal
I are private, but the stock Of the company il
5 capitalized at $4,000 and it is understoo,
D that Colonel Brown disposed of 1t at abou
D par.
THE Randolph correspondent of the Ere
Press gives some interesting facts regarding
. the attempts of the boys in the Randolph
! High School to haze Principal M. s. Villas
This has local interest from the fact tina
. H. IL. II Ill I'll
School after the death OF Prof. 8. j. Blan
pied, until the close OF the year In Jun
last. AS result of the outbreak at Ran
= dolph, seventeen OF the large boys are un
= der suspension for various lengths Of tim
, and two Of the boys, who are the allege'
ring leaders in the trouble have been sus
1 pended for the balance OF the school year
The executive committee sustains Professo
Villas in the stand he has taken, and 1t !
!. said that majority of the citizens are ais
9 9 standing behind him in his determined at
tempt to subdue this incpient riot.
In some manner the impression go
I abroad that 1.-THE Fast Mall" billed TO
a Blanchard opera house last "Wednesday
a evening would be cheap show, and. Ii
n consequence, the audience was small
= Those who attended, however, were happi
. ly disappointed. The play is we'll con
4 structed with strong tinge OF comedy t
a Offset the serious elements The mechan
ical and scenic effects were thrilling ant
realistic, and the interest which starts at
n terrific pace, is not allowed to flag for al
! instant. The freight train of fourteen cars
with lighted caboose and locomotive carry
ing the engineer and fireman, the passag
q of the fast mail, and the scene OF the bridg
4 at Niagara Falls were all marvels OF scent
!. effects, and the play was interpreted by
, company of competent actors.
: AN act passed by the legislature of 189
: makes it necessary for towns and cities Il
build ratings or fences along dangerous por
= tions of the highways. This law took 81
l., feet August /, last, but not until one da.
/ last week has any official action been takel
' by the city council in regard to the matter
, Accompanied by Mayor Guernsey, ant
/ Street Commissioner Roberts, the member
: of the city council drove, last Friday, owe
the highway inside the city limits. AmonI
the places where 1t was deemed necessar.
8 to erect these fences was on East Stat
street, in front Of the residence of Mayo
| Guernsey, ON North Main street near tn
old Town shop, at the top OF Clay Hill. TIVE
places near the Calkins' farm up the branch
and two or three places on State street be
i low the cemetery. The street commissions
was instructed to at once put in thes
, fences, which will probably cost abou
) $500.
5 REV. j. EDWARD WRIGHT gave the ad