The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

Miss Maud E. Ordway are to be married
this morning at the residence of Mr. and |
Mrs. Edward A. Ordway on Cliff street. |
Rev. j. Edward Wright will be the Off |
ciating clergyman and Mr.. and Mrs. Critch-
EFT will leave on the noon train for brief |
trip to Boston.
A TEAM belonging to Charles Martin was
mixed up in wreck at Barre Monday |
morning, In which the heavy stone wagon |
was wrecked by freight train striking it..
Charles Searles and Ralph Chill, who we're
unloading stone from the wagon, were
thrown off and quite badly hurt. The
wagon was left too near the track The
horses were unhitched just in time to save
them from injury.
THE sale of seats thus far has not been
large for the organ concert to be given this
evening In Bethany church for the benefit
OF the Ladies Guild. Arthur Beresford, the
celebrated baritone, Miss Lena Mae Weller,
Miss Mary Lane Dwight and W. A. Briggs
Will positively appear in a programme that
will surely prove attractive to all lovers OF
music. The talent Is of the best, the cause is
worthy and the church ought to be filed.
A. f. SPARKS, chief engineer of the James
Leffell Water Wheel company Of Spring
| field, o., L. W. Jones of the Victor Water
Wheel company OF Dayton, o., and B. w.
johnson OF Newbury were in town last
week. In company with George II. AL
mon, manager OF the Bolton Falls Electric
company, they visited the proposed site of
the dam, and were much impressed with
the possibilities within the reach of this
recently organized company.
THE county convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be held
in Trinity Church, May 26 and o. Dele
gates from local union are Miss Lenora
Witt, Mrs. L, N. Kibby, Mrs. o. Ii. Rich
ardson, Mrs. Ellen Osgood; alternates, Miss
Hattie Fisk, Miss Matte Watson, Mrs.
Daniel Emery, Mrs r. 9. Dodge; commit
tee on decoration, Miss Watson; committee
on entertainment, Mrs. G. B. B. Denny,
Miss Amy Fisk and Mrs. o. II. Richardson.
WASHINGTON County Court was in ses-
sion for brief time last Saturday afternoon
in Judge SMILES Office with Judge Mum
son presiding, and Assistant Judges Jones
and Mears present. The will case of Mary
Smith against the estate Of William Sever
ance of Cabot was heard and disposed of by
allowing the plaintiff $500. Severance left
by will all his property to his wife, except
$25 to the plaintiff, his only daughter, and
she appealed from the award Of the probate
court, which was in conformity with the
provisions OF the will.
MONTPELIER people will be interested to
know what pay the Vermont troops are now
drawing, in addition to the 81 per month
State pay Colonel Clark will receive SO, 800
per year; Lieutenant Colonel Mimms, SO, 900;
majors, So, 800; adjutant and quartermaster,
81 800 each; captains not mounted, 81, 800;
first lieutenant not mounted, 81 800; second
$28 60 per month; corporals, S25 per month; I;
and privates S22 go per month. The officers
furnish their own mess, but the non.com-
missioned officers and men are fed by the
! government.
A SILVER medal contest will be held in
/ Trinity church on Thursday evening, May
26, in connection with the Womans Chris.
tian Temperance Union Comfy Convention
which occurs Thursday and Friday May 26
and 27. This contest will be an attractive
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are students at Montpelier Seminary and
the teacher of elocuton, Miss A. Jennie
; Palmer is training them for the occasion.
Professor and Mrs. Lawrence, Miss Jessie
Lawrence, Miss Cordelia W. Frost, Miss
Clara 1. DeFord and Miss Edith j. Metcalf
will furnish music for the evening.
The annual meeting of the directors of
the Mechanics Building and Construction
Company was held on Tuesday in the office
of DR.. ID. G. Kemp. The reports of the
officers showed that the mortgage debt has
been entirely wiped out, leaving the houses
owned by the company free from all encum-
brances. DR.. d. G. Kemp, +. w. Morse,
j. III. Lucia. G. II. Shipman and George l..
Blanchard were elected directors. f. A.
Dwinell, A. d. Farwell and Ii. G. Gleason
constitute the financial committee. The
directors held subsequent meeting and
elected DR.. ID. G. Kemp. president; @. H.
Shipman, vice'president T. j. Deavitt, sec
retary and treasurer; j. H. Lucia, collector.
, THE Chicago Eyening Post of recent
date, in commenting upon the many plea
ant things said in that city of late about
Vermont and Vermonters, and the aston
ishing number of Green Mountain boys who
have sprung up there since Admiral Dewey g
victory, says: "Unhappily we are not all of
US permitted to boast Of Vermont blood and
OF our former neighbors, the Deweys, but
we may rejoice that the first real hero of
the war was a man who did not find it nee
essary to do preliminary fighting with his
I.-Nv ,.ANl- L-A& al. -
, same earnestness OF purpose that was to
mark Bennington field of victory or Molly
, Stark widow"
I THE theater OF naval operations is world
i wide, and an intelligent understanding OF
l the course OF events requires constant
brushing up OF the readers knowledge OF
geography. The common-school atlas is
= = apt to be deficient in details, but the news
2 2 papers and the map publishers are supply
q ing the deficiency in prodigal reproduction
: OF the remote corners of the earth. Among
. the best and most convenient Of these is a
. o war atlas Of sixteen large maps, reproduced
from Rand. McNally & Company's Map of
the World. by the Chicago Retort and Fire
J, Brick Company, and issued TO their custom
q ers and friends. Charles A. Reed, former
!. well-known Montpelier business man, is an
! active member of this firm, and the WATCH
i MAN expresses its obligation for copy Of its
T timely and valuable publication.
The report circulated last week that the
city, through Mayor senter, had refused
! aid to Mrs. Wheeler, mother OF Jack
y Wheeler, in shipping her household goods
u to Montreal was wholly without founda
, ton. Mayor Senter sent word to Mrs
!. Wheeler, that the city would pay the freigh
o charges on her goods. II she wished them
= sent to Montreal, in the event Of her son 60
/ ing to the front. Wheeler has returned tC
Montpelier and there is no occasion fol
II the city rendering aid to this family, bu
y some Of the absurd stories that were cur
: rent last week in regard to this matter re-
II lected upon the generosity and patriotism o
y Montpelier and its official head. Montpelier
8 is able and willing to render aid where it il
d needed for the families Of any who have gone
= out az soldiers, and in no case will the
families of such brave men be allowed Il
8 suffer.
IS The purpose of the Vermont Baptist Sun
D. day-school convention, to be held in th
3 Baptist church in this city on Tuesday ant
y wednesday, May 81 and June l, is educa
70 tonsl. With this thought in view pro
10 gramme along educational lines has beel
10 prepared. George X. Somerby OF Boston