The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-01-04

| enough, superintendent; w. q. Andrews,
assistant stpsrintendent; H. w. Gate, treas
ureri Miss Hattie Peck, secretary; Mise
Nettte Wade, assistant secretary; Robert
Bliss, librarian; Leon Smith, assistant IL
brarian; l.. j. Hathaway, pianist; Miss
Bertha slayton, assistant pianist.
THE officers of St. Peters Court, Catholic
Order OF Foresters, elected last Wednesday
night are: Chief Ranger, A. Gafeise; vice
chief ranger, j. J. Bergin; financial secre-
tary, j. K. FlannigaD; recording secretary,
w. N. Theriault; treasurer, NJ. f. Heating
medical examiner, DR.. M. r. Mcclure;
trrstees, John EmmOns, Frank Driscoll
Thomas Crowley; marshal, Israel Crapo.
AT the annual meeting of Vermont lodge
OF Odd Fellows, held last Wednesday oven
ing the following officers were elected for
the year ensuing: Noble Grand, W. b.
Worthingi vice grand, V. W. Slayton; re-
cUrdiDg and permanent secretary, Ed ward
Baker; treasurer, II. o, Kent These with
the appointed officers will be installed this
evening by the district deputy grand master.
UNION services will be held during the
week of prayer as follows: On Tuesday
evening at Bethany church, this. evening at
the Baptist church. On Thursday evening
the regular prayer meetings at the Baptist,
Methodist and Congregational churches will
be held, on Friday evening a union prayer
meeting AT Trinity church and union
meeting will be held at Trinity church next
| Sunday evening
| signal station furnishes the following
meteorological summary for December,
1873: Mean temperature, 20; highest tenn
perature, 56o, December 30; lowest temper
ature-24o, December IA; total precipitation.
1 B inches prevailing direction of wind,
south; total movement of wind, 1893 miles;
maximum velocity OF wind, 80 miles an
hour, December 27; number of clear days,
8; partly cloudy days, 8; cloudy days, 20.
THE best laid schemes o. mice an men,
gang aft a-gley" A week ago last evening
there was total eclipse Of the moon. The
| WATCHMAN had ordered cut OF a diagram
| illustrating how an eclipse is caused, and
had prepared an article on this particular
subject and the general matter OF solar and
lunar eclipses The cut appeared at this
office two days after publication of the last
issue OF the WATERMAN. AS having a gen.
eral interest the article Is printed in this
weeks issue, on the second page.
AT the annual election of officers of Mont
pelier lodge, Knights OF Pythias held last
Thursday evening the followingwere chosen
for the year ensuing: Chancellor Command
or, j. W. Caustic; vice chancellor, Frank
L. Pratt; prelate, Frank Wing; master OF
work, Will Greene; keeper of records and
seals, William Canning; master of ex-
chequer, George r. Ehle; master OF finance,
Norman Savage; M. OF A., G. w. Luce;
trustee for three years, w. e. Terrill.
These officers will be installed on Thursday
evening by District Deputy M. G. Nichols
of Barre. A district meeting will be held
in Montpelier on Thursday evening, Janu-
airy 10.
The following meteorological summary for
the month OF January for eleven years is
furnished by W. A. Shaw, observer at the
Northfeld station: Mean temperature, 15o;
warmest month, 1889, with an average OF
24o; coldest month, 1893. with an average
of 80; highest temperature, 61o, January 2,
1890; lowest temperature, -26o, January 4,
1893; average precipitation, 2.96; greatest
monthly precipitation, 4 SO, in 1888; least
monthly precipitation, 81 inches in 1896;
greatest amount of snowfall in any twenty
four consecutive hours, 90 inches. January
%, 1888; number Of clear days, d; partly
clound days, IL; cloudy days, 10; prevail
ing direction of wind from the south; high
est velocity, "a miles an hour, January 10,
1890.
In its report of the funeral of Senator
Morrill, at Montpelier on Monday to Free
Press says: This distinguished party came
here as testimonial Of the nations regard
for the fallen statesman but this was no
more noticeable than the tribute paid TO
their fellow citizen by the residents of Mont
pelier. Every prominent citizen was at the
service of the whole State and had every
detail Of a hard days work perfectly ar
ranged and carried it out with precision
and dignity which not only showed their
devotion to a friend but added to the i'm
DreHSlVeneSS OF tnb OCcdslOns Inc HOBI no.
ticesble feature was the courtesy shown the
Vermont visitors. Not a resident of the
city was allowed to enter Representatives
hall until every visitor who desired was
given a seat In the chamber"
AT meeting OF the directors of the Hea-
ton hospital, held on Monday evening the
following resolution was unanimously
adopted and the secretary was directed to
place the same upon the records of the cor
poration: "The directors OF Heaton hospital
express their sorrow at the death of their
late president,l George e. Taplin. Hell was
a wise helper OF the founder of the hospital
in the work of its establishment, and has
been since it began most efficient in his du-
ties as the president OF the corporation.
He has done the most OF any man or men in
active direction Of the work of the institu-
ton and his decease is the greatest loss 1t
could sustain. His friends, who were all
who knew him, have not only suffered a
great personal. loss and the hospital lost its
most efficient friend, but the city OF his
birth has lost citizen second to no other
in all that makes common welfare"
THOMAS STAFFORD. OF the granite firm OF
! Stafford & McGlynn, died on Tuesday
morning at his home on Barre street, after
brief Illness with pneumonia, aged fifty.
: three years. Mr.. Stafford was born in Ire
land but came to this country when he
was a mere lad. He has been engaged in
: stone business in Montpelier for the past
. | 6lRuU years. Llo iodNCo WiuOWt Oho oOh
, Philip, brother, Patrick in Portland, Ore.
= and two sisters, Mrs. Ann Dooling of Wor-
cester, Mass, and Mrs. Sarah McMannus
d OF Boston. Mr.. Stafford was man who
made friends wherever he went and hi
= death is regretted on every hand. He wai
a member of the local granite manufac
!, turers association. Funeral services viii
> be held this morning at half past sever
. . from st. Augustine church, Rev. Father
. w. j. O'Sullivsn officiating, and the body
y will be taken to Thomaston, Me-, for buria
i besides the remains of his first wife.
l. THE annual conclave of Mount Zion Com
r. mandery, knights Templar, was held IL
d Masonic hall last Friday evening when thu
@ following officers were elected: Eminen
q commander, Stephen R. Colby; generals
4 simo, Asahel Ii. Bell, Randolph; captain
# generalissimo, Clarence s, Whittier; senio
warden. Frank ID. Dewey; junior warden
Fred W. Morse; prelate, Rev. A. N Lewis
4 treasurer, William A. Briggs, recorder
y Charles III. Heaton; standard bearer, j
Il Frank Hunter; sword bearer, Charles NJ
:, a Whitmarsh, Northfeld warden, William
=, ~ G. Berry; captain third guard, Ziba IL M!
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