The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-08
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Bisohp Andrews, who presided at the
meeting, did not, however, announce
the amount.
Simeon Bowen was arrested on Thurs
day evening by Chief Demerritt,. In
court Friday Bowen pleaded guilty to
the charge of a breach of the peace
and his fine and costs amounted to $12.
In the absence of the necessary coin
with which to liquidate his claim to
the state, he will sojourn for seventy
two days in the house of correction.
Bowen is a young man but has fight
ing blood in his veins, for, as he was
passing out of the court room he cast
goo-goo eyes upon the young witness
es summoned against him which bod
ed no good to them.
Hon. William Chaplin of Middlesex
was in town +, i1ay. In renewing his
subscription for the Waterman Mr..
Chaplin remarked incidentally that he
had just sold one hundred acres of
land, but still owned over 1000 acres
in Vermont. He also owns an orange
grove in Florida from which he has
| recently received consignment of
oranges that he is putting on the mar
| llet at good prices Mr.. Chaplin is
one of the "Old Guard of subscrib-
ers of which the Waterman is justly
| proud.
The postmaster at arlington has re-
| Ceived word from Washington To the eff
| feet that the Burlington p1st-oflice has
| been made the pay Office for all the rural
| carriers IN the State There are about
sixty routes in Vermont, eighty per cent
| of the applications Ion routes having been
| granted. OF that number about thirty
| five are IN the congressional district i'm
! which Burlington is located. Heretofore
| tine carriers have been paid from Wash
| ugtOu ana they did not receive their
money uutil about the middle OF the
| month following the time work was done.
| Under the new arrangement they will he
| paid about the first of each month. 1t is
not yet known when the new system will
| 90 into effect.
The following data for the month of
January, covering a period of four
teen years, is furnished by w. A.
Shaw, observer at the Mortified
signal station Mean or normal tenn
perature, fifteen degrees; warmest
month i'll 1889, with an average of "A
degrees coolest month in 1898, with
an average of six degrees; highest
temperature, 81 degrees, January 2,
1890; lowest temperature, 30 de.
| greeS, January /, 1875 greatest
amount of snow fall in any twenty.
four consecutive hours, % inches,
January %, 1888; highest velocity OF
wind, "a miles an hour, January13,
1889; average number of clear days,
5, partly cloudy days II, cloudy days
| 10.
j. VI. Boutwell, of this city has submitted
to f. M. Brownell, chief of police of Bur
| lington, plans for memorial watering
| trough to be erected in Battery park
| The memorial is in honor of Alexander
| whose fame as the sire of fast horses i.
said to have been equal to that of Baron
| Wilkes. Alexander was the father of f. f.
| Knott, Goliath, Burlington Boy, Darrell,
| and other horses of that class and because
of suffering from an incurable cancer Mr.
| Brownell had him killed on Christmas
day. The plan for the fountain wa.
made by Oliver Matthews, Mr.. Boutwell,.
assistant. 1t is neat in design being
| cube of Earre granite 3X3 feet sqnare by
3 IL feet i'll height. If the plan is adopted
as is probable the trough will be cut
| from Barre granite the edges cut in
moulding, with the inscription, "Alcan
der lSS4-1902," on panel on the nortf
side of the trough.