The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-20


pronounced by some very satisfactory,
On complaint OF States Attorney How
land. Charlton Il. Mead of Mortified and
Jules Sanctuary OF Hinesburg, attendants
at the state asylum for the insane at Water
bury, were arrested last Wednesday morn
to Montpelier. They are charged with
granddaughter in causing the death, by
scaldiDg, of Joseph Jacobs OF Rox bury, an
insane patient, as noted last week. They
were taken before Judge Smile and bail in
the sum OF 81 900 each was furnished for
their appearance at Montpelier the follow
ing Saturday for hearing. Mead retained
Hon. Frank Plumley, and 7. j. and T.. H.
Deavitt entered as counsel for Sanctuary
Az the time set for the hearing States At
torney Rowland had his witnesses on hand
but MIR. Plumley asked for continuance on
the ground that his time was entirely taken
up with the Brewster trial Judge Smile
continued the case until Saturday, May 7.
The respondents, Mead and Sanctuary are
held during the meantime in bail for 81 600
each.
In place OF the usual sermon at Trinity
church last Sunday morning, the last sun
day of the Coz ference year. reports were
read Of the work done in the various de-
partments Mrs. E. M. Smith reported for
the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society,
Mrs. j. II. Waterman for the Ladies' Aid,
Mrs. W. b. Worthing for the Woman's
Home Missionary Society, Miss Mae Bullard
for the Junior League, Miss Ethel Whit
comb for the primary department In the
Sunday-school, Henry Holt for the Epworth
League and A. K Niles for the Sunday
school. Rev. Andrew Gillies, the pastor,
gave briet retrospect Of his work, which
showed that he had preached SO sermons,
made ,120 calls, attended nine funerals OF
members OF his church, collected S436 for
church benevolences, baptized seven in
fants and 16 adults, admitted "a into the
church on probation and "a in full connec-
ton. Thirteen have removed from the
church by letter during the year, and four
by death. The present membership is 259
against 191 in April, 1897 Last Sunday
evening Mr. Gilles spoke to very large
congregation on "What Would Christless
World be Like" the last Of a most inter-
| esting series OF Sunday evening lectures.
Mr.. Gillies left on Tuesday for Springfield
to attend the annual Conference 1t is con-
fdently expected that Bishop Vincent will
heed the unanimous request of the official
board of Trinity church, and return Mr.
Gillies to Montpelier
A GENTLE, unobtrusive life was ended in
the death Of Miss Lucy W. Guernsey,
which occurred last Saturday at her old
home, corner of Cross and North streets.
For the past ten years she has made her
home there, with Mr.. and Mrs. Mark La
| zelle, who have tenderly cared for her dur
ing her last illness Of nearly six months.
Deceased was born in the house where she
died. sixty years ago last January. She was
daughter of Madison and Sophronis
Guernsey, and has lived to bury every men,
Der Of her fathers family except one brother,
@. W. Guernsey Of this city. At the time
OF the death Of Edwin M. Guernsey, her
brother, two weeks ago, she was so i'll
that the news of his death was not broken
to her. Miss Guernsey was a lifelong,
faithful member OF the Methodist church,
and was particularly active in the work of
the local Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety. She was graceful and vigorous
writer on subjects in which she was inter-
ested, and communications from her pen
have often found place in the WATCHMAN.
For more than forty years she was sue
cessful teacher, and hundreds now living
in Vermont were at one time under her
shaping hand Possessed of an unfailing
trust in Him in whom she believed, and
| tender regard for the poor and needy, up
to the time of her last illness her kindly
heart and generous hand were busy in
| works of charity and mercy. Peculiarly
appropriate seem the words of whittier:
T3a Scs hSS has; the
Her funeral was held from her late home
Monday afternoon, Rev. Andrew Gillies Of
floating, and the burial was in Green
| Mount cemetery.
ONE of the first acts OF the city council at
the regular meeting held last Wednesday
evening was to instruct Mayor Senter to
provide transportation and three days rs-
tions for the members OF Company Fl, In
case they are called upon to leave the State
A list Of supplies needed was furnished by
Captain Pattee. The following bills were
ordered paid Vermont Waterman Com
psny, printing, $20.35; F. W. Morse, coal,
1928; Joel Foster salary for March, $7916;
expenses of water department for that
month, $144.33: w. II. Lombard, use of
land for city dump. $50; Adams, Taylor 3
W. Wheelock. printing, $29.70; Consolidat-
ed Lighting Company, street lights, 1927 20;
j. S. Viles, lights for city stables and city
clerks office, $12. so; A. D. Farwell, police
uniforms, S54. Alderman Blanchard was
authorized to procure, on trial, a street
The following permits were granted: Mrs.
Amanda Newcomb, to shingle residence on
Elm street; A. P. Johonnott to build q
house on LOOMS street; j. d. Clogston, to
Davis, to do plumbingi J. H. Robinson, to
sell farm produce; E. T. Seguin, to run a
boot blacking stand near the store Of the
B. M. Shepard Company; Frank W. Du-
plisse, to do trucking and job teaming; F.
W. Nelson, to build barn on Harrison
Avenue; DR.. X. Longfellow Cleaves, to
build house on Summer street; 7. W.
Eagan to repair his house on Barre street;
Seminary base ball team, to hang sign ct
the head of State street, twenty-five feet
are played on the hill. The Electric Rail-
way Company and the Consolidated Light
ing Company were given permission to re-
move poles now in use on streets over which
electric cars will run, and to replace them
with other poles that shall be satisfactory
to the city council, and that shall be used
jointly by the companies named. Street
Commissioner Roberts was instructed to
work Ridge and Charles streets, and the
committee on streets was authorized to as
certain the probable land damages that
would follow laying out highway from
Kent street to Nelson street, and to report
at the next meeting. A petition from resi-
dents on Jay street for repairs on that
thoroughfare was referred to the committee
on streets. A petition was received asking
that city ordinance be drafted, compelling
all bicycle riders to carry lamps on their
wheels, and the city attorney was instruct
ed to draft such an ordinance. The petit
ton for sidewalk on Midldesex street and
the petition that the highway from the =esi-
dence of James Ewing 10 the Catholic
cemetery be worked were referred to the
committee on streets, as was the petition of
A. Q. Brown and 1875 others for an addition
al street sprinkler o. ID. Clark, chief en-
gineer Of the fire department appeared be-
fore the board and asked that further &C.
ton against the hook and ladder company
be suspended, as the members of that COM