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

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a public hearing was held to consider re-
building the collapsed bridge near Mont
pelier Junction.
CANTON Montpelier, Patriarchs Militant
elected officers last Friday evening for the
| year ensuing as follows: Captain, O. A.
| Stone; lieutenant, j. M. Atwood; ensign
w. s. Clark; clerk, d. l.. Sanders account
ant, d. W. Dudley.
The directors of the Union Mutual Fire
Insurance Company held their quarterly
meeting at the home Office in this city last
Wednesday. Nearly every county in the
state was represented. Only routine busi-
| ness was transacted.
JUDGE L. M. READ Of Bellows Falls was
an interested listener to the proceedings in
the Brewster trial last Thursday and Fri
| day. His broad smile and cheerful greet
ing to his many friends indicated that he
considered his "fences" in excellent shape.
AN arrangement has been made by the
Montpelier and Barre Traction and Power
Company whereby the same poles will be
used on streets traversed by the electric
railroad. The railroad Off Gals will set the
poles, and they will be jointly maintained.
HORACE w. BAILEY state fish commits
sioner, passed through Montpelier on Mon
day with 10000 lake trout fry that he has
placed in Crystal Lake, Barton, and 10000
tiny brook trout for Stone pond in Glover.
About 900 lake trout fry will be put into
Lake Dunmore in Salisbury this week.
REV. I. p FROST, former popular pas
tor OF Trinity church, has been transferred
from Baltimore, Md, to Newark, N. j. He
| resides at 981 Broad street, that city. The
Montpelier friends of Mr.. Frost expect to
hear within the next decade that the Gen
eral Conference has called him to the bish-
opric.
JOHN OSULLIvAN, the venerable father Of
Rev. W. j. O'Sullivan, died last Thursday
| at his home in Winooski. after an illness of
| from rhaumQtic trOuhlp His
funeral was held on Saturday at Winooski.
| He was well known and honored citizen
of that village. He leaves six daughters
and three sons.
LUCIEN HOWE, the efficient. prompt and
accurate night operator at the Office of the
Western Union Telegraph Company is as
sisting manager d. K. Mason on the day
work during the Brewster trial. Several
thousand words of "press" have been filed
at this Office every twenty-four hours since
the trial began.
AT the unanimous request of the Evan.
gelical church ON Berlin Side, the New
England Conference, recently held in Bos-
ton, has returned Rev. e. T. Hutchins as
pastor of this church for the coming year
Mr.. Hutchins will preach every Sunday,
morning and evening.
Rev. ANDREW GILLIEs was surprised
at his home on Hubbard street last We'd
nesday evening by several members of
his church and congregation, who, through
Rev. DR.. E. M. Smith, presented him with
handsome Heating wheel. 1t was com.
plete surprise 20 this popular pastor, but
was none the less acceptable.
DIR. G. w. PAGE, superintendent of the
asylum at Danvers, Mass. and DR.. T. W.
Fisher OF Boston, another expert on insanity
arrived in Montpelier on Monday. They
with DIR. r. W. Page of Waterbury and DR..
3. e. Lawton Of BrattleborO, will figure as
expert witnesses in the Brewster case-two
for the State and two for the defence.
THE directors Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association met last week and voted to
accept the resignation of Secretary Walter
Thorpe, to take effect May /. Several ap-
plicants for this position are In correspond
ence with President More, and if no selec-
ton is made before Mr.. Thorpe leaves q
temporary secretary will be appointed.
METHODIST ministers were very much in
evidence on the streets Monday afternoon
and Tuesday on their way to Springfield
where the annual session of the Vermont
Conference opens this morning, Bishop j..
FL. Vincent presiding. The WATCHMAN next
week will give resume Of the proceedings
and the appointments for the coming year.
The Blanpied lyceum will hold public
debate at the Union school building next
Tuesday evening. The question to be dis
cussed is whether cabinet officers should
Earle Hunt and w. Fl. Weston will take
the affirmative, and W. Philip Smith, Clar-
ence H. senter and Robert T. Phinney the
negative
A FREE, illustrated lecture will be given
at the Young Mems Christian Association
parlors next Friday afternoon at three
o'clock. Mrs. Emma Pratt Guyton, the
speaker Of the afternoon, will give another
address Friday evening at eight o'clock at
the same place. These lectures are for la
dies only, on the subject OF Health and
Hygiene"
WALTER THORPE will fill his first en-
gagement for chalk talk at Barre on Mon
day evening, May 2. Mr.. Thorpe already
has few open dates for May and June,
which shows that his interesting and in
structive entertainments are appreciated.
He will travel through New England until
September and has In contemplation q
southern trip for next winter.
The closing entertainment in the Young
Mems Christian Association Star course
will be given in the opera house next Fri
day evening by the Katherine Ridgway
Concert Company. The talent includes
Thomas, soprano, well remembered favor.
ite in Montpelier, Miss Maud Paradis, pian-
list, and Frank Kennedy. violionist.
Hon. ALPHA MKssKR. lecturer of the Ma.
tional Grange. has had printed an attrac'
tive four page programme for Children's
gramme was prepared by Miss Annie l.
Messer, the lecturers daughter, and will
be furnished at ten cents single copy, OF
! ten copies for seventy-ive cents. Ad.
, dress, lecturer Of National Grange. Roch.
ester, vt.
THE Easter sale held last Wednesday and
Thursday at the parish house by the ladies
Of Christ Church was q pleasant success
,, The rooms were crowded Thursday after
noon and evening, and nearly all the arti.
cles for sale found ready purchasers.
dozen or more ladies from the Church OF
the Good Shepherd, Barre, were presen,
Thursday evening. The net proceeds were
1 in excess OF $3.50.
HARLEY e. ANswoRTH of Woodbury. was
: ready to take the poor debtors oath last
! Friday, and was released from Jail where
l he has been for three months on a certified
. execution for debt Of $140, owing to q. j
Ufford OF Barton. The town OF Woodbury.
{ has been obliged to pay his board during
r the time Of his imprisonment, and Overseel
!, OF the poor, George Wheeler, received 9
{ check last Thursday to square matters.
WHAT might have been a disastrous blaze
o at the home of L. j. Deavitt, last Wednes
Y day evening, was prevented by the promp
8 action of Mrs. Deavtt and her son George
+ A kerosene lamp exploded in the sitting
room, setting fire to carpets and wood