The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-03

| singers are retired whose choir service Ia
noteworthy-Mr W. A. Briggs, whose en-
| tire term OF service in one church exceeds
that Of any one now living in Montpelier,
and Hermon ID Hopkins, who has served
| more consecutive years in the same church
than any one singer at the capital. The
latter name has been on the choir list for
| almost half century, the father havin q
| served some tweuty-seven years and the
| son some eighteen or nineteen years.
w. A. Shaw OF the Nor hfield weather
bureau furnish es the following data for the
month of January for the past twelve
years: Mean temperature, 1902; warmest
mouth, In 1889, with an average Of 24o; cold
est month, in 1893 with An average uf 60;
highest temperature, 61o, Jannaty 2, 1890;
lowest temperature, PC, January 4, 1893;
| average precipitation, 2 86 inches; greatest
amount of snow fall in any consecutive
twenty.four hours, % inches, January 25
1888; highest velocity of wind, "a miles an
hour, January 13, 1890 average number OF
clear days. o. partly cloudy days, II; cloudy
days, 10.
A Troy, N. Y daily of a recent date gives
a column report of "Kris Kringle" ban
quet given by the Bible class OF the State
street Methodist church of which Rev. An
drew Gill es, formerly OF Montpelier, is
pastor. The banquet was given in bonor
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Gilles, aud among the
gifts presented them on this occasion were
study lamp, fernerv, Morris chair and
purse containing $500 in gold. The at
tending exercises and addresses gave evil
dence OF the perfect harmony existing be-
tween pastor and people.
Although disappointed in several speak.
er5 announced, the members Of Brooks
Post held rousing camp fire Friday even
ing in Grand Army hall Orrn Daley pre-
sided. Old war songs, including Tramp,
Tramp" "The Battle Cry OF Freedom" and
"Marching Through Georgia" were sung.
AftAA In
MED by Miss ulia Blair; Miss Lucy Wood
ward recited "The Veterans Funeral
Hymn" Col. J. H. Lucia read "Bennie's
Reprieve," Postmaster Shedd gave a chap
ter of unwritten his ory of the war that was
intensely interesting, and brief remarks
were made by Allen Cooper of West Ber.
lin, III. @. Lull and w b. Worthing. Mrs.
w. b. Worthing read An original poem
written by Mrs. w. II. Waterman. The at
tendance was good and the exercises were
thoroughly enj )yable.
A hearing in the case of II. B. Wedge
against r. 9. Bowers and g. w. Wing be
gan Monday afternoon before Hon. Frank
Plumley of Northfeld as master. T. K.
Gordon appears for the plaintiff and g. W.
Wing for the defendants In 1896 the
workmen OF the Staples Granite Company
quit work because they were unable to oD-
tain their pay. The com pany made an as
signment to the workmen of the contracts
Daniel Emery, who was then operating a
polishing mill and was a heavy creditor Of
the company, through his attorney, 7. K.
Gordon, issued writ of attachment against
he work in progress of construction at the
company's sheds and the writ WAS served
by Deputy Sheriff Wedge. The workmen,
o protect their claim, put their business in
to the hands Of Messrs. Bowers and Wing,
who make the collections upon the finished
contracts and receipt for the work that s
shipped. To straighten out the tangle the
| officer making the attachment brings suit
against the receivers while the real issue is
the determination as to whether the claim
OF the workmen or that OF Mr.. Emery
against the company holds precedence.
The papers have teemed with illustration
and explanation for months past, and still
there is misapprehension and misunder.
standing as to the time when the nine.
| teenth century ends and the twentieth be-
! gins, as was shown by suggestion to the
JOURNAL that the bells of the city he rune
at midnight OF December 81 in commem
Grafton of the death of the old and the birth
of The now century. The present century
will end with the passing OF this last second
| of time Of December 81, 1900, and its sue
cessor will begin to mark time with the first
second of time OF January l, 1901. The
| wear one was obviously ended at midnight
| December 81 of that year. The first 10C
years Of the Christian era were completed
not January /, but December 81, A ID. 100
If one has counted out 80 cents towards 6
dollar, the count is not complete and the
dollar made up till the 100 cent is fully
added to its companions so with a cen
tury of years. When the Tooth year ha;
fully run its course, at midnight of Decem
Der 81, the century is complete, and in the
present instance the sands of the 10Th cen
fury will not run out till midnight of De
cember 81, 1900, and then no doubt Hi
Honor, the Mayor, will set the bells of thu
city a-jngling, and may our somewhat pre-
vious friend be here to listen.