The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-26

| Inc IellOW VINO broke Jail in Barre Friday
afternoon, was captured the same evening
in this city by Officer Demeritt, who noti-
fled the Barre officers. While awaiting
their arrival the officer took his man to the
police station where he guarded against the
fellow making second escape by placing
his burly form between the prisoner and the
door.
There are always people in every com.
munity who do not know what belongs to
leges accorded to more intelligent citizens
never fail to abuse them. In this class
would be placed those who obtained beer at
the city liquor agency and left the empty
bottles scattered on the Baptist church
lawn Sunday night.
Willard harrington, counsel for Jack"
| Powers, has filed exceptions in the case
tried this week in franklin comfy court,
in which Powers was convicted of COM
picity in the robbery of the Richford Saw
ings bank last November. Powers ad-
dressed the court in his own behalf, declar-
| ing his innocence. The case will probably
not come before Supreme court until the
| October term.
Sale OF reserved seats for the musical festi-
val at White River Junction commences
there on Thursday. Parties expecting to
attend from this vicinity should order at
once. as there will be large sale the first
day for the Messiah" night Friday, May g.
| OIu6rb CHn 10 lblI ~ bul6b DOCK store or
sent to A. M. Hall, White River Junction.
Programme circular giving full particulars
can be had at Ehle's book store.
Stephen Doten, a well known character
In and around Montpelier for many years,
died Monday evening at the home OF Fri s.
Gunnison in Berlin, aged seventy years.
| Mr.. DOten never married, and for many
years has worked as a farm hand in this
vicinity. He was q kindly, good natured
| soul, who never made an enemy, and his
quaint way of expressing his opinion OF
men and things will not soon be forgotten.
A team from Vermont lodge of Odd Eel.
lows will work the second degree at the
institution OF the new lodge at Williams
| town Thursday evening Hiawatha lodge OF
Barre will work the first and St. Albaus
! lodge OF st. Albans the third degree. A
special train will leave Montpelier for Will
Jamestown over the Central Vermont rail-
road at 30 in the evening, returning in
time to take the night express north at $50
A. NJ.
The Montpelier association OF Congrega
| tional ministers is in session today at the
rooms of the Young Mems Christian As
sociation. The programme for discussion
includes the following themes: How far is
it true that our churches are overlooking
the poorer classes?" Rev. P. p. Womer,
Williamstown; SIS our denomination hold
ing its own in Vermont?" Rev. j. j. Good
Of the pulpit toward the popular amuse-
ments of the day2" Rev. DR.. N. Seaver,
Montpelier; "Can a business man apply the
Golden Rule?" Rev. E. s. Fiske, Montpe-
lier; "The higher life its meaning, method
and results" Rev. H. L. Hartwell, Cabot;
"The problem Of church unity" Rev. Will
liam Ganley of Woodbury..
Rev. w. R. Davenport, presiding elder of
| the Montpelier district, asked the Yer.
OF Ia of
port, to release him from that position, be-
cause OF the i'll health OF his wife. The
pastors on this district held meeting Fri.
day evening and voted unanimously to re-
quest Bishop Mallalieu to appoint Mr..
| davenport presiding elder for another year,
with the understanding that he is to have
all needed assistance in the work and va
cation Of two months, to be taken whenever
he desires. The result Of this meeting, an
nounced in open conference, was received
with applause. In further appreciation of
Mr.. Davenport's faithful labors substan-
tial sum OF money was raised in less than
five minutes and presented to him.
Miss Mary A. Danforth, a returned mis-
sionary from Japan, spoke in Seminary
chapel Sunday evening, under the auspices
of the Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety. Her theme was "What a Mission
ary Does" Miss Danforth was in the city
OF Nagoya, Japan, during the terrible earth
quake OF 1891, in which TO- 900 people we're
instantly killed, 100000 others injured,
| 10000 houses destroyed and 500, 900 people
rendered homeless. Her story of the thrill
ing experiences through which she passed
at that time profoundly impressed her hear
ers. Miss Danforth has rare powers of de-
lineation and her address throughout was
eloquent, pathetic and at times humorous.
The assertion of one OF the bishops of the
Methodist church that the mantle of the
| lamented Frances e. Willard has fallen
| Maa nanfnrfh 10 avi tly oil
| ed.
The historic Langdon house, known in
| later years as nicholas Manor" was burn
ed to the ground Monday noon. CentralVer.
mont section men were burning old ties
beside the track Monday morning, the grass
caught fire and the flames soon reached the
| old and deserted house. The loss is nomi.
nal, as the work Of tearing down the struc-
ture was in progress. The fire department
| was called out at one O'Clock to protect ad-
joining property, and extinguish the grass
lire. which had spread to nearby hay
stacks. The burned building was once
considered palatal residence. 1t was
built in 1912 by James III. Lsngdon, father
OF James r. Langdon, and was occupied by
him at the time OF his death in 1881. Later
1t was occupied by Anastasus Nicholas.
One. OF the two .baystacks containing
about thirteen tons of hay was all ablaze
when the tiremen reached the scene. They
attached the hose to hydrant in front OF
the Pavilion, running about 600 feet of hose
to the fire through the Central Vermont
railroad bridge. Their efforts were direct.
ed to checking the flames. which had al
ready covered about five acres of grass
ground, from spreading to the adjoining
Langdon farm buildings, railroad bridge
and engine house. In this they were sue.
cessful.
In June, 1896, a man named F. e. En-
sign, representing a cigar concern in
Springfield, Mass, obtained mileages OF III.
A. Bowman of this city to the amount OF
$11 0l. Mr.. Bowman has since had an OK.
tensive correspondence with EpsigD, bat
has been unable to obtain any remunera.
tion. Mr.. Bowman, although having long
since given up hopes of ever getting any
pay for the mileages, has in the meantime
kept his weather eye open. in the event
that Ensign should again visit the city.
He was rewarded on Saturday, as the
slippery gentleman drfted into the
city that evening, on this occasion as the
representative OF a clothing house in Chi.
cago. Ensign, however. did not manifest
any yearning to call upon the ticket broker
whom he had buncoed in the by-gone day
Mr.. Bowman set out in quest OF the delin.