The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-04


Thomas b. Yale died September "a at Co.
lumbia, Texas. Funeral services were
held at the Congregational church, Berlin
Corner, at three o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Rev. DIR. Norman Seaver of Montpelier
offlclated.
A stated conclave OF Mount Zion Com
mandery was held Friday evening at the
asylum in Union block. Several knights
from out OF town attended. The order of
the Red Cross was conferred upon l.. M.
Greene OF Bethel and @. W. Hayward OF
Randolph.
An illustrated lecture upon 1.-THE Passion
Play at Ober.Ammergau in 1900," Is to be
given in the Church OF the Messiah next
| Sunday evening at seven o'clock, by Rev.
j. Edward Farrow. The public generally
are cordially invited. A collection will be
taken for the benefit OF the lecturer
Prot e. Everett and family, who for so
many years have spent the summer in their
cottege in Berlin, returned home September
%. Owing to the illness Of Mrs. Everett,
| they travelled in the Wagner private car
Alaska, attached to the noon train, reach,
ing New York the same evening.
Capt. A. j. Mower, a representative citi-
zen of Calais, was arrested Monday by Depu-
| ty Templeton on information filed by the
states attorney charging him with cruelty
to animals. 1t is alleged that he improp-
erly treated COW belonging to him which
had broken her leg, In county court his
| Ddll WAS 0Xeu az GZUU winch was Iurnlbn6u
by I. j. Deavitt, his attorney.
Mrs. Mary j. Phelps OF Moretown, who
has been i'll from heart trouble and typhoid
fever, who was brought from there Sunday
in the ambulance to the Heaton hospital,
died this morning. She was seventy.four
years old. Two sons and three daughters
survive her. The remains we're taken to
Moretown this afternoon where the funeral
will be held Thursday afternoon.
II Tavlor 1aw otubapt In tha offic
OF Senter x Goddard, has received from
his brother sample ears OF corn raised at
his home in Hartford, Kan, this season.
The ears are said to be OF average size.
One OF them is twelve inches long, ten
| inches in circumference and there are
twenty-one rows OF kernels to the cob. The
corn crop in Kansas this year is reported to
have reached $40 000, 900 bushels.
At the meeting OF the Washington Coun-
ty Veterans Association held in this city
Saturday afternoon, it was voted to leave
the matter Of the Associations part in the
| Dewey celebration to committee which
will confer with the State committee Tues
dsy and arrange for the position the veter-
ans will occupy in the parade. The Wash
ington county veterans do not entertain
any OF the ideas held by the New York
veterans in regard to precedence over any
other body.
Maj Ira H Evans has returned from New
York, where he stopped on his way back to
his home in Austin, Texas. He was called
back here by the news that a sister had
died at his home and that his wife and her
brother would arrive in this city today from
Austin with the remains, which are to be
buried in Berlin. Five years ago while
Maj. Evans wss spending bis vacation in
this vicinity he performed the same sad
rites in behalf of a brother who also died in
Austin.
Several members OF Thomas Wildey En-
nf Odd Fa1lnUo tfan ad ha dia-
trict meeting held Friday evening at East
Barre. The Patriarchal degree was worked
by Granite Encampment OF East Barre and
the Golden Rule degree by Excelsior En-
campment of Randolph. About one hun
dred Patriarchs were present. The Daugh-
ters of Rebekah at East Barre provided an
elegant banquet. The Central Vermont
train was held at Barre until twelve o'clock
for the accommodation of the Randolph
and Montpelier parties.
The following meteorological summary
for the month of September just closed is
furnished by w. A. Shaw, observer at the
Northfieid signal station: Mean temperat-
ure $40: highest temperature 500, Septem-
Der 18; lowest temperature 26o, Septem-
ber 16; total precipitation, 19 inches; pre-
vailing direction of wind, south; maximum
velocity of wind, 80 miles an hour total
movement of wind, 69.4S miles; number OF
clear days s, partly cloudy 8, cloudy days
16; light frosts September and IA; killing
1rosts, September 10 ana rs.
Following is the schedule Of classes at
the Young Mems Christian Association this
season: For men, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, at 4: 80 P. M; boys, Tuesday and
Thursday at $50 P. M, and Saturday at
10: 80 A. M; girls Monday, Thursday and
Friday at 4: 30 P. NJ ladies' class to meet
three afternoons per week and business
and professional mems class to meet three
mornings per week will be formed il ten
apply. Next week at the hours scheduled
physical measurements will be taken and
exercise prescriptions given to those enter
ing class.
The fall and winter time tables on the
Central Vermont and Montpelier & Wells
River railroads, went into effect Monday
The only change on the Central Vermont
that affects Montpelier people is the train
that has left at sos P. NJ now leaves al
300 P. M. The leaving time of trains on
the main line of the Montpelier & Wells
dation in the forenoon now arrives at II :25
! instead OF 1850, and the mail train in the
afternoon now arrives at 800 instead OF
$40. Suburban trains for Barre over this
road now leave Montpelier at GAO, 9:45 and
1870 A. M; 3:l5. 4:30 and $50 P. M.
The twentieth annual meeting of the Yer
mont branch of the Woman's Auxiliary
opened two days meeting at Christ
church last evening at half past seven with
a sermon by Rt. Rev. A O. A. Hall OF Bur.
lington, On Wednesday morning the Holy
Communion will be celebrated at seven
and nine O'Clock in the morning, and at ten
business session will be held. Prayers
for missions will be said at noon OF We'd
uesday, and in the afternoon second bust
ness meeting will be held. At half past
seven Wednesday evening comes the mis-
sionary meeting in the church, and at nine
O'Clock reception at the parish house.
Henry Libben OF Barre, who recently
was forced to part with quite sum OF
money in the way of fines because of hav-
ing been apprehended by the "spotters" in
the act of selling liquor at the Commercial
house, was broughtinto county courtMonday
on information filed by the States attorney
charging him with contempt OF court.
The case arises from the fact that Libben
was convicted Of being in the liquor busi'
ness at that hotel in defiance of the injunc-
ton which was issued by the court against
il at the time Charles johnson, the former
proprietor, was convicted for the same mis-
demeauor. The case is set for hearing be-
fore the court OF chancery next Saturday
afternoon. Libben's bail was fixed at $500