The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-08-01
through the Lapgdon property and con-
nocts Main with Elm street.

nocts Main with Elm street.
Meetings of the board of agriculture will
be held during the week of August 10 to 49,
as follows: Bradford Monday; Craftsbury,
Tuesday; Brandon, Wednesday; Ludlow,
Thursday; Wilmington, Friday Chester,
Saturday National Master Asro n Jones
OF Indiana, and John Gould of Ohio, will
assist the board
d. G.. stoughton has sold the celebrated
| trotter "Quo Vadis" to II. A. Slayton OF
Barre for $3.50. This horse won in ten races
last season, winning first money in seven
and second money in three events. He was
bred by Homer W. Vail of North Pomfret,
and was sired by Queechee Lambert, dam
| by Gen. Knox.
Voting in Montpelier at the September
election will be by wards. Three polling
places will be provided. Wards / and g
3 and 4, and B and 6, will have union
voting place. This will be the first time in
Freeman's meeting, in the history of Mont
pelier when the votes have not all been
cast In one place.
Rev. E. r. Hutchins, pastor of the Evan
gelical church, was unable to be present
July %. as he was unexpectedly called
away to preach at Hardwick, where he
baptized nine persons. Rev. Mr., Norris of
Barre preached at Montpeli in his stead.
Mr.. Kendall of Hardwick. exhorter of the
Evangelical church at Montpelier, is hold
ing meetings in Hardwick, and is having
great revival.
In closing pleasant notice Of Prof. e. @.
Ham, the new principal of the Montpelier
High school, the Vergennes Vermonter says:
During his stay among US he materially
improved the school and brought it up to
high standard OF efficiency, and his place
will be hard to fill, Both Prof. and Mrs.
Ham have become very popular in social
circles and with all with whom they came
in contact and will be much missed in the
city"
While Mrs. Arthur Bailey was calling on
Mrs. f. A. Bailey, who is i'll with typhoid.
Friday afternoon, she met with curious
and painful accident. She was sitting near
stand on which among other articles was
bottle OF carbolic acid. Without any
warning the cork flew out of the bottle and
the cork burned her face badly and she suf-
fered intensely until DR.. w, l.. Goodale ar
rived and dressed the burn.
Rev. G. o. Judkins left on Monday for
a well earned vacation Of four weeks. Dur
ing his absence 1t is expected preaching
service will be held Sunday mornings.
Trinity church will be closed Sunday even
ings during the month OF August, while the
building Is wired for electric lights. Mr..
and Mrs. Judkins will 60 first to the home
Of the latter in Yonkers, n. Y. Until Au-
gust Is that will be Mr.. Judkins' address,
after that until September l he will be at
Bristol, N. FL.
M. A. h6nt was elected chairman ana ID,
@. Shurtleff secretary of the Democratic
caucus, held Saturday evening in the grand
jury room at the court house, to elect nine
delegates to the Democratic county conven-
tion to be held at Montpelier, on Wednes-
day, August l. The following were unani-
mously elected: M. A. Kent, II. @. Shurt.
left, @. A. g. Jackson, j. 81. Senter. P. j.
McAvoy, John Mooney, Mitchell Minard,
f. p. Carleton and Louis Jereau, No other
| business was transacted.
! Responses are coming In rapidly to invi-
tatiOns sent out for the reunion and picnic
Of the Washington County Jurors for the
last March term, to be held Tuesday, Aug
ust at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Batch
elder, near Sabin's pond in Woodbury..
Even from towns in the county remote
| from Woodbury. come assurances that
| jurors will answer present" when their
names are called, and the affair promises
| to be very much OF success. Minor de-
tails are in the hands of Benjamin Gates,
deputy county clerk.
Hon. S. L. Griffith OF Dandy and Hon. Q.
P. Smith of Burlington passed through the
| city Monday on their way to Groton. Mr..
Griffith said he was to meet Fish Commits
sioner j. W. Titcomb OF st. Johnsbury at
Groton and is to allow the commissioners to
strip the trout his preserves there to the
amount Of 1,0O0,0 900 eggs, which are to be
cultivated at the State hatchery at Rox.
bury. Mr.. Griffith said it would require
about three weeks time to do the work
which is OF delicate nature, as great care
has to be exercised in stripping the trout in
order not to fatally injure them.
Because Of the breaking away of the tenn
porary coffer-dam across the canal on the
eastern side OF the dam at the Bolton Fails
plant, the electric car line was tied up from
eight to eleven o'clock on Monday. The
damage done was quickly repaired corsid
ering the nature OF the work, and 1t is moi
likely to be repeated as it is expected thai
| fha mo ru Un ha al xUin he
completed this week. This was the third
time this coffer-dam had been washed
away. Those passengers who were patient
ly waiting on board the car stalled neal
the Montpelier House bore the joking Of
passers by with good humor.
The Montpelier Association of Congrega
tional ministers meet Tuesday at the Youni
Mems Christian Association building, will
some fifteen or more clergyman present
An interesting and instructive program
had been arranged for the occasion and thu
papers read were as follows: "What Il
Higher Criticism and what should be the
attitude of the Church towards it9" Rev
8. r. Drew, Waterbury; "What Is Churct
federation land what are its practical re
sults?" Rev. ID. l.. Hilliard, Cabot, read b,
tism," Rev. A. j. Eastman, Chelsea
"What should be the minister's attitude
, towards the business, social and educa
: tional interests Of the community" Rev
Dr. w. q. dazen, Northheld.
Joseph N. Gorop, formerly OF Montpelier
died Sunday night at the Soldiers Home a
Bennnigt n. Before the civil war Mr. Gorol
J lived in Montpelier and had a shoemaker
I shop where the meat market of Stone
} Brothers now stands. He was one of tn
, first men to enlist from Montpelier, in Com
pany f, Second Vermont regiment, q com
pany raised by Col. r. V. Randall. H
, served through the war as a sharpshoot
or, returning to Montpelier, where he live
until 1872, when he moved to st. Albans
: vived by four children. Mr.. Goron was al
!. unusually intelligent and well read mau
and after he moved to st. Albans was yer
active In local politics. He went to tn
, Home in December last.