The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-18

by Haunting a State championship
streamer TO the breeze from the flag
staff on the tower of the seminary
bui lding.
AS an example of the fantastic and
remarkable variety of weather fur
nished by Vermont, comparison of
that experienced Monday and that of
eightytive years ago is interesting
On June l6, 1917, this city experience
ed a severe cold snap, the ground
freezing to depth of several inches
Some of the visiting mayors were much
interested i'm the marble product of Yer
mont and visited several buildings in the
city where it is used as finish They
pronounced the SwantOn marble used at
the National Life Insurance Compauy's
building as among the haudsomest they
had ever seen.
Montpeliers busy days" begin
Wednesday with the district convention
i'll the morning and afternoon and the
annual meeting of the Vermont Press
association at the Pavilion in the
evening. During the afternoon the
meeting of the Vermont local option
league will be held at the local head
quarters.
man, who walked iuto the city from
W1ightsviile today, said there were sec
llbllS VI IOdu Wt-Iltu Oul so IIOTOu4nlN
that they never could be replaced aiOug
the same liues they formerly occupied.
He also said some of the farmers in that
locality have suffered great loss by the
Hood washing away beyond redemption
large tracts of their lana.
1t is suggested to the writer that if
the ladies of the different churches
wish to increase the funds in their
treasures they have a golden oppor-
tunity to do so by getting up chick
EN- or turkey dinner on Wednesday and
Thursday, as On those days the ca
pacity of all hotels and restaurants
will be taxed to the utmost
a. G. Blanchard, manager of the
Montpelier Beef company, is enter
prislng in supplying meat to his Gus
toners despite washouts and railway
wrecks On Monday afternoon he
made arrangements to have car of
meat set off at Waterbury and sent
double teams there to bring the meat
to this city during the night.
The next annual enoampment of the
G. A. r., Depar ment of Vermont. VIII
probably he held in Rutland next winter,
as IL is hardly probable that so large a
number of eopiC.could be accommodate -
ed at Ludlow, the home of DepaI tmeut
Commander Hathorn, it being the rule
to hold the encampment in the home
tow IL of the department commander.
Charles Lawrence sustained pan-i
Patch q Company S quarry, in Sodom,
of which he is the manager. He fell,
striking his right wrist on q shal D
piece of stone, infiicting severe
wound and severing two arteries He
was obliged to drive eight miles be-
fore he could have his wound dressed
Supreme Court clerk. NJ. Z. Smile of
this city, has been appointed by the court
as a commissioner in the case of state VS..
Jas. b. Donoway, the defendant being
Addison county's 'tates attorney. who is
charged with neglect of duty and petit
tions having been signed with the court
asking for his disDarment. Hon. Joel {
Baker of Rutland has been appointed
prosecutor.
Col. A. G. Brown asks that we cor
rect paragraph in our report of the
G.. A. r. campfire referring to Mr.
Huse's remarks in which that gentle
man told "hatchet story that the
writer credited to Col. A. c. instead
of Capt. S. +. Brown. The writer
is stranger in a strange land but
trusts to learn the faces end names as
fast as possible.
Mrs. F.. II Plaisted of this city was visit
ing at the home of A. A, Owen at Wrghts
vine on Sunday evening, when the house
was carried away About ten minutes be
fore the house was broken up by the flood
John Dillon and wife, rs. Plaisted auC
Mr. Owen conducted Mrs. Owen. who is
| blind, through the rushing waters to
place of safety just in season to see par
of the house and furniture float dowr
stream.
Miss Ruby N. Heaton left Tuesday fol
| Brandon to attend the MARI iage on ThurS
day of Miss Madge Thayer of that place
and Cliioon NJ. Heaton her brother
| Those from this city, who are al { al
| tend and will go to Brsudon on Weduel
day, are: Charles w Adams, Ray w
Huse. Frank A. Goss, Clifton NJ. Heaton
". and Mrs, NJ. F. Atkins, Miss Nellie
| field. Mr.. and Mrs c. III. Heat On anC
Fred ID. Long.
The game of tenuis has been of unusua
interest to the students of Montpelier
| Seminary this season. In the tournament
for the school championship just closed
sixteen students entered the lists The
rule governing this cont est was the bes
| two out of three games in the ,prelimiuar
les and three out of five in the fiuals. VI
| to the semi-6nals the cham DonshiD Law be
tween Charles A. Wing. Prof Hamiltor
aud Milo Turner, but in the fuals Mr.
| Wing carried off the honors.
The season for the Montpelier Sem
mary ban team closed with Fridays gam,
although the team may PLAY the Natlona
Life team next Monday, Manager Wing
says the team has been successful fiuan
cially. 1t highly appreciates the support
| il has received from the tOwnspeOple
The second team is playing the X A, c
team on the campus this afternoon. Thi
team has made an exceptionally good re
cord this season, having won all the five
games played.
Among the men prominently con
nected with Hon p. w. Clement.
management locally are five Smiths
This may be another instance Of
Percy's figuring. The Smiths are {
numerous body in the State, and a
like begets like, in the usual cours
of things, the local option candidate
may be hoping to attract to his stand
ard the entire tribe and thus win th
day. But there are Smiths anC
Smiths.
Letter to Murray. Kent.