The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-03

mendation, ana no was one OF the after
dinner speakers whose remarks had the
compliment OF attention that was not all
conventional. Major VII aatley aspres to a
| place in the regular army, and he is ad
mirably fitted for the duties OF soldier n
the opening he seeks does not at this time
present itself, he will take up the profes-
| sion OF a civil engineer, for which he has
DEVELOPED a native aptitude.
There will be no Sunday services in the
| Church of the Messiah during the month of
| July. The vacation of the Sunday school
| will include August also. Rev. j. Edward
Wright is to attend the Harvard Summer
School OF Theology, July 2-19, which COW
ers a course OF forty.hve lectures on the gem
eral subject of the Christian Minister'S Re-
| lation TO Social Que ,tlons, and visits to a
number Of the charitable and penal institu-
tions in Boston aud vicinity.
The Gulf House at Wiliamstown Springs
| will continue this summer under the pro
prietorship and management OF Landlord
E. j. Gale. The house Is new, one OF the
most desirable for summer Wis tors, ihas all
modern Improvements, ia well furnished
and well kept. The locality is picturesque,
and Mr.. Gale has spared neither labor nor
expense to render IL attractive. No more
interesting place in Vermont for a summer
vacation.
w. A. Shaw, observer at the Mortified
signal station, furnishes the following me.
teorologcal summary for the month OF
June just closed: Mean temperature, 64o;
highest temperature, 95o, June %; lowest
temperature $40, June II; total precipits-
ton, 2 81 inches; total movement OF wind,
5.580 miles, maximum velocity of wind
81 miles an honr, June %; thunder storms,
June 3, 4, 6, 7, Ia, 20, %, %; number of
clear days TO- partly cloudy days 13, cloudy
days 7.
One of the jurymen on duty at county
court was at the Central Vermont station
fr1a fnrr al - hf 1anf hfar
and lady friend. When they stepped off
the train the juryman took his daughter by
the hand and kissed her heartily. Then he
turned and offered the same salute to her
companion, but she drew back with shy
smile, and still desisted even after he re-
peated the offer with a roguish twinkle
The tableaux amused those who witnessed
L. M. Hays OF Essex Junction was in the
cityTuesday to confer with the band manage
ment in regard to perfe citing the arrange
ments for the proposed street fair. Mr..
Hays when told OF the action and propO@ al
of the band in the matter at its meeting
Monday evening, said he was willing to
give the band two-ffths OF the gross gate
receipts of the fair, provided that the band
would raise the $1,000 guarantee fund among
the merchants and work for the interests of
the fair. He said in his opinion the $500
would cover the expenses OF the fair, fenc
ing in the city lots, erecting booths, em-
ployment of attractions, etc.
The following data for the month Of July
covering period Of fourteen years, is fur
nished by w. A. Shaw, observer at the
North6eld signal station: Mean or normal
temperature, 66o; warmest month in 1887,
| with an average OF 70o coldest month in
1890, with an average of $50; highest tenn
perature, $50, July 8, 1897; lowest tempera.
ture. ao July 12. 1898; average monthly
precipitation, 8 81 inches; greatest monthly
precipitation, 804 inches in 1897; least
monthly precipetatiop, 80 inches IN 1888
| highest velocity OF wind, As mics an hour,
July IL, 1900; average number OF clear days
4, partly cloudy days, 16, cloudy days, g.
Paul Durant, formerly OF Montpelier but
now rising young attorney OF Columbus,
Wis, is visiting in town for week He is
connected with law firm in Milwaukee
and will reside there in the future. Paul
is a we'll remembered "kid" OF a generation
rising In this city dozen years ago, a mer-
curial little chap OF whom something out OF
the ordinary was predicted, and this some
thing is developing, in a very satisf ictory
manner, in successful career in the law.
| Paul gets warm welcome in the city OF
his eventful boyhood. That smile which
nature copyrighted abides with him, and
reappears on some reference to days not 30
very auld lang syne,
At a meeting of the Montpelier Military
band held on Monday evening it was voted
not to sign the contract to engage in getting
| up d bJTbbb lhlT lUT Olu IlOu6 w W6bh hh
drawn up by Messrs. Hays and Mcmahon
Of Burlington. This contract appears to
be one sided, the bands interest in any
thing but the expenses being uncertain.
1t was voted, however, that the band pro-
ceed with the fair scheme provided Messrs
Hays and Mcmahon would sign contract
which the band should frame, one Of the
stipulstions Of which should be that the
band should receive twofifths of the gross
gate receipts and that the merchants con
tribing the $500 guarantee fund should
have the selection Of the attractions.
A competitive examination for the ap
pointment to the cadetship al the United
States Military Academy at West Point wal
held at Burlington on Friday afternoon. Al
a result OF this examination Representative
d. j. Foster has appointed Paul r. Man
chester OF Pawlet to the cadetship and made
Joseph E. Gee Of Rpton, the alternate
Manchester marked 100 in each OF the five
subjects In which he was examined. Mr.
Manchester ls a son of DR.. II. e. Manches
ter of Pawlet. He is pleasantly remem
bered as one OF the pages in the State Sen
ate in the legislature OF 1898. The present
cadet from this district will graduate IN
June, 1902, and Mr.. Manchester will be re
ceived on the following July.
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