The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-04-02


her late home, Friday afternoon, at
two o'clock.
AT regular monthly meeting of Laf-
ayette Chapter, ID. A. r., was held
on Saturday afternoon with Mrs. @.
A. Gale on Barre street. In the alb
sence of the regent, Mrs. Briggs, the
vice regent, Mrs, Cummings, presided
There was good attendance and the
occasion was very enjoyable. The
topic of the meeting was Child life
in Revolutionary days. and Mrs.
Shipman and Mrs. Moulton presented
able papers on the subject. A Revo-
lutionary alphabet was another fea-
ture of the program. Refreshments
were served.
Quite a number from the local Y.
M. c. A. are planning to attend the
State convention of the Young Mems
Christian association of the State to
be held at Burlington, April II, 18,
and 10. Several prominent speakers
from this State, New York and Can
ada have been engaged to take parts
among whom are Senator william P
Dillingham;, of this city, Senator Red
field Proctor of Proctor, Gen. o. o.
Howard and Hon. William J. Van
Patten Of Burlington, Frank H.
Brooks st. Johnsbury, Mr.. Robert
Weidenall of New York and O. L.
Williams of Montreal. The conven-
tion will open Friday evening, April
18th, with a business mems banquet
at the Van Ness House.
Jesse Harvey, Secretary Fleetwood IS
engrossing clerk, is getting near the
end of his work of transcribing the
acts of 1902. When he began work
Monday 120 bills remained to be cop
led but as these are mostly made up of
the familiar "To pay the sum here
in named" and "To legalize the grand
list" kind it will require but few
days to complete the task. When fin
ished the acts will make book of 720
pages. In 1900, 4S0 pages, and in
1898, GAO pages were required Mr..
Harvey has done his work with ex,
quisite care and the volume when
! completed will compare favorably
with some of the best specimens of
pen work of years past. Gov. Nc
Cullough, Lieut-Gov. Stanton and
| Speaker Merrifield are expected here
on April IA to affix their signatures to
the various bills.
A meeting of the Sunday school su-
perintendents and teachers of this city
was held in the BaptisU vestry, Tues
day evening. About twenty-five were
| present. Rev. E. M. Fuller of Bur-
Sunday School Association presided at
the meeting and outlined briefly the
methods of State Sunday school work
and the plan for the future. The
speaker had had communication
through the mail with State Sunday
school agents of twent! three States.
1t was voted to organize an inter
UNCONVENTIONAL union of Sunday
schools in this city and the following
committee was elected to prepare a
constitution and bylaws to be submit
ted to the officers and teachers at a
later meetlng.' The committee was as
follows: Rev. Guy Q. Lamson, G. H..
More, G. d. Wells and Wallace G..
Andrews.
Walter E. Ranger, State superin-
tendent of education was in Middle
bury on Saturday and aided in the
organization of an Addison County
Teachers association Mr.. Ranger
is deeply interested in movements of
this kind because where county asso-
Citations exist the interest i'll town
teachers meetings is increased there
by. Last year only seventy out OF
the 246 towns in the State held these
meetings. Mr. Ranger has also learn
ed that county association is val
liable ally where county educational
meetings are to be held. One of the
very few active associations in the
State is in Lamoille county and on
the occasion of meeting there last
year under the direction of Superin-
tendent Ranger, he found that the at
tendance was about doubled by the
interest of the county association.
For this reason Mr.. Ranger would
like to see the teachers of every Sec
tion of the State organized.