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1)1? s mm BY W. W. PKESCOX- MONTPELIER, VT., WEDNESDAY, JTJNE 27, 1883. VOL. 78. 1002. 3VO. 37. Montpelier & Wells R. R. R. Taking Effect June 25, 1882, Tidliis lcave Montpelier an fotlowm Mall at 8.00 A. M Exrows at 1.39 r. t.. Mlzedat 4.1(1 v, M. arrlve nt Wells Rlver at 9.40 A. M,, 3,10 r. 7.3J r. M. JVafns lenve Ili7 Jfft'cr os followit! Mlied nt 4.(10 A, m., Accnmmodatlon at 10.01 A. V., Mall at 4.00 P. arrlve at Montpelier at 7.15 A. M., 11.S0 a. ., 5.M p, u, Tralns leavlnf! Montpelier t 8.00 A. M. and 1.S0 p, u. make cloee connectlons at Wells ltlver for all polnts In the White Mountslnst also fnr Boston and all Inteinie cUate polnta. w. A. 8TOWELL, Superintendmt. F. W. MORSE, Gentral Panenger Agcnt, Central Vermont Railroad. Commencing June 25, 1883. Tratni Golng South irtll Xcare Montpelier as followa : 8CF. n m 'MAIL, from St. Albans and Burlington .JJ a, llli for Concord, Manchester, Nashua. Wor cester. Lowell, Fltchbure, Boston, Sprlng field, ew lyndon and New Vork. ntn o m T.tMtTEOEXrUKSi, from Montreal, Oit ,UU d, III, rtensbnrR and the West, for Boston. via Lowell. and New Vork via Sprlngfiold and New London. 7.35 12.20 n m MtXEI). from t. AU.an, Rutland and J. III. Burlington for Northfield. , m NIGIIT EXrHESS. from Montreal, Os Oi III. densburc and the lVt for Roswn via ihjwpii ann rnciinurn, y ihkuciu, ,,cw London and New Vork, and all polnts In New F.ntfand. Sleeplni Cars to Sprlng fleld and Boston via Lowell. Traln (lolna Xorth and Went: A 0(1 o m NIOUT EXl'RESS. from Roton and New l.tu a, III, York for Montreal. Oudensrmrq and the West. Sleeplng Car to Montreal. 0 0(1 n m AOrOMHOHATIOV, from Northfield for O.oU d, III. Burlington, Rutland aud St. Johns. 0 At, 1 m I.OCAL F.XPRF.SS. from White Rlver B.1D a. III. .innctlon for Rnrllnzton.St. Albans, Rich ford and Ronses Polnt. 3.45 p. m, T)AY EXl'RE". Leavea Boston via Vlt.hhnrcr at 8.00 b. m.. via lowell at 9.00 a. m.. New London at 5.00 a. m., Snrlnefleld at 8.00 a. m.. for Burlington. the West. Drawlng Room Car to Mon treal. 4.301 .lunctlon for Burlington, fit. Albans, Og- densbnrg and jionireai. Trln lonve for Barre at 7.00 a. m., 10.45 a. Throueli Ucketx to Chlraso and all polnta West for aale at tho prmiinn! Mniions. .1. w. TIOH tRT, Oeneral Superlntendent, . W. CUMMrNO. Oennral Paiieer Asent. IIAXKS. IIIIPT NATTONAT, 11ANK. rot-nmcc llloo.k. . J. A. race, l'resldenti J. C. llonshton, Cashler. rONTPET.lKTl A.VTNO' 1IANK AND TniTKT noMPATfr. ravs inte'-est on rteroiw, IlomerW. llcatnn, l'reslilenti A. W. Ferrln, Trensurer, omce ln llnpon'i Hlorlt. South Maln Street. KriTiunRii. Oflloe over Rlxhv's irwt ptore. State Ptreet. Q. K. IIUNT, Room 6. Unlon Rlock. WHITOKY. omceend rwldeora in Freneh's Illook, South Maln Street HOTETjS. BIKllTnAV TIOTTSK, StAtfl Rtreet. Open for Xm. nigni trains. (jnargee rewRonnnie. Chester Clark, rroprtPtor. -j- -'f lfon. Lalelv Ttrlltlcd. Carrtafre to KJ all lialns. Livery connetmi. Irl'h .fe Rparrow, rroprletors. DAVItlOl TIOTKT. Klft-lai.s ln everv re JL (pect, Onroslte C. V. R. R. tt!"i. T. O. llalley, Proprletor, INSU11AXCE. . XTATIOVAT, T.TTK. Safe. ouM. nltntll. Oeo. W. Rced, Becrettrv: Chas. Dewev, Presldent, TT. HinTOAl, FIRE INS. CO. I'rompt and v rellhle, Ja. T. SaWn, See'vs W.Il. 11. ninsham. I'res't, J T, flT, 14K. Oenernl lnuramv. Agents. The V. bet stock companleflrepresented. rost-ofneIllock, piTKTN & UUSK Offlce ln rost-ofilce Ulock o. T.. HOTT, Attorney at Law, I'lalnlleld, Vennont, TTKATIl Sr OARI.KTHV. XX Oraoe In Sahln's Illook, B011U1 Maln Street rIIAltl.ES W. I'OIlTKIt. VJ Offlce ln ITnlon Rlock, State Street, H. KKSIP. Ijiw and collectlon office wlth 8. C. Shurtlefl, zivimir. TrAVII,IOV T.IVKHY. rirst-clasa tpams fur- JL nished for au occaftlons. rnces reasonable. DW. III7TI.KYH T.TVK.ItV. Feed and Board. lne Stable. Teams of all descintlon. Ilead of State Street, MISCELTjA 2fEO VS. TT MWE & SOS. Te Deolers and flrocers. XX Cotfee roastol on the premlses. TT f. KMEHV, rrorkerv. Glasa Wr, Carpetw, . Curtains, Room Paper, ete. StAte Street. TT K. ST.AYT4JN'. Statloner. linnkseller and News XX. dealer. Rlalto Block. Statfl Street. t AltMKNTi) madn as thev shonld lk- hv Woolsr. X Brothers, Merchant Tallors. EstaWUhed ln 1866, A A. MKAT. dealer In Watch, .lewelry. 811 ver andriated Ware, Toys and Fancy Gnnos. Unkra Block, TV DKWKT. Oeneral llardwam Store, X. Near the Amerlean IIouso. JOH l'ltlNTINO of all klnds neatlv and prompUy done at reasonable r tf. Send for eatlmates to WATOHMAM A JOCENAL Offlce, r II. S)N.MontrUerCrckersand Con. fectlonery. " The best In the state." Maln Street, E.N- SOOVILI,. Furnltnre. Reed's Block, Maln Street, JJAHLOW, 1'botographer Ellla Block, Stata Street, ilvtrtintmmts. SUMMER MUSIG BQQKS For Summer Resorts, )rs, tt U undQubttiUu a oontl plan to taieicUh you to the tutnmfrhnmeateell teteeted tet 0 mutie Vooxsor For HliiKln, tak e : GEMS 0F ENGLISH S0NG. The best nitscellnneous selectlon of pop'nlar songs', wlth MINSTREL SONGS, OLD AND NEW. (J2 Boarda. JJ.M Cloth.) Best and onlv collectlon of v..o wonu.wiue, ranious riantatlon, Jubllee and Mln BEAUTIES 0P SA0RED S0NG. ($1 Boards, (3 M Cloth.) Artmlrableasseml.laBenf the naumi lyncs, 1'iauoor urgan accouipanlment, l or A-iiij-inir, taKot MUSI0AL FAV0RITE. Itl Iloards, J2.S0 Cloth.) New and very well cbosea collectlon of J'lano l'leces of rnedluin dllllculty, OHMS OV RTKAUS'J. 1 Ench 2 Boards, SJ.60 GKMH OV T1IK J)AN41K.( Cloth. The very brlRlitest plano miislo publUhnl, pewrliitions of tlilrty In I'roK niiil Nelirly Iteiuly; A GRAND B00K 0F WAR S0NGS. For Camp Flrci) and all U, A, K. mcetlngs, l.ook out ror in Aiiy book malled, iotpaUl, for rctall ptlce. O. Ditson & Co., Boston A I I InUrested ln the phvnlcal, moral, and splrltual ni-l. linnrovement of unurtunate humanUv, should Cpun jacts. tov tUe JJome Jnitltule Journal 1 year. K. 1), llAUTttn, BearBbutg, lleunlngton County, Vt. jt$itfcftmmt G gjonmnl. WKDNESDAY, JUNK 27, 1883. JiOcnl Itcms. rnicKS on buntlng rcdnced ot Webster's. WAlutANTni) kld glovcs, laco or button, nt Wobstcr's. Try odb of tbe icarrantcd seylhea sold by C. . Graves, Watorbury. Bisnoi' Hotkl for gftle or to icnt, from ono to ten years. Apply to II. Faloa. Just tlilnk of itl The glorious Fourth !9 comluR nnd H1I9 town Is nsleop. Tlioro wl bo fow boya wlth ilre-crnckers and tliat Is nll. How long wlll lt be beforo thoy wako tip? AVell, lf you don't colebrato, you canbuy goods cbeap. Tliey nre maklng very low prlces to reduce stock at Wobstet's. Go and-seetbe summor gouda and prlces. Geohoetown, N. Y January 18, 1882. Mr. E. P. Carpenter, 'Worcester, Mass. Doar Slr The organs you sent me I bavo sold, and are both glvlne tho best of tiatlsfaction. They havo been examlned by 1'rofessor Wood of Maratlion, tho wellknownorganlxt and teacher f slnglng classes, and also by Professor D.t vis, orgauist of Cazenovla, tbe best we have, and pronounced to be the nc jilus ultra of or. gans. I myself, as n tuner and repairer of or gnns and planos, mnst confess lliem to bo of very superlor workinanshlp, toucli and tone, as rvcll as swectncss and quallty of tho same. Wlshlog you an Rbundance of success, I re. raaln, Yonrs very respcctfully, Clark E. San ford, George A. Alnswortb, Williamstown, Vt., general agent. Cnrrent Mcutlon. Xo stamps will be requlred on bank checks after thls week. Notice the change in tho railroad tlmo tables on thls page. "The Counthv Wekk" chlldren may bo expected July 21, to remaln tlll Jnly G0. The meeting in Wrlghtsvillo next Sunday af- ternoon may be expected to begin at two o'clock, The work of setting the telephono poles be- twcen Montpelier and Burlington has beeu completed as far as Uichmond. Ir you have not paid for your 'Watchman you will greatly obllgo the publisber by dolng so at your carltcst convenlenco. Twelve of the graduatingclass of St. Johns bury academy are to enter Dirtmouth; ono goes to Wcslcyan and one to Williams. 1t ls now reported that there ia no truth ln the recent statement that the Canadian Pactfic railroad had purchated the Southeastern. II. W. Love of Itutland is discharged by Jus. tice Bailey's declsion in the blackmall caee. whlch ls the Inst onependlng agalnst hlm. Hkv. Geoiioe S. Gueiinhky will preach in East Calais next Sunday, July 1st, at 10:30 A i., and at Calais at ono o'clock in the after noon. At the Champlain Assoclatlon of Universa. lists held ln Fletcher last Wednesday and Thursday, there was raised for missionary work in Vermont S107.5G. Kutland Keview: "MIss Ilemenway pro- poseB to rent quartera at Kutland, buy type and prlnt the next nnmber of the Vermont Gazetcer herself with the aid of our local historians." Manv of the interestlng detalls relatlng to Lafayette s visit to thls state have been gith ered up by Hon. K. P. Walton and embodled in the Governor and Council compiled by him On and after Monday, July 2d, a single do- mestic postal money order may be issued for any arnount from one cent to one bundred dollara incluslvo, and the existing rates will be reduced. Joel Potnam of Cambridge has a black hen whlch wlll beat Colonel I'orter's of North inenora, navmg lald four mammoth eggs measuring respectlvely 8J by 71 inches, 7J by 03, 8 by OJ, 74 by G.I. Who can beat thls? The ladies society of the Church of the Mea eiah will glve a lawn party thls (Wednesday) evening, the 27th, at the grounds of Mrs, II, Ileath on Barre street. Music begina at eight. Admisslon filteen conts. Ice croam and cake filteen cents. Kuitor IlAKitis of the Indcz objecta to liav lng hls paper sold out by hia brother editors wlthout hia consent, and eays he is going to stay. We are glad of it. There ls a fleld In St, Johnsbnry for a good, independent paper and the Index has got a good start. The tlmo for depositing Vermont Central bonds and Vermont & Canada ptock wlth the Amerlean I.onn and Trtist company, wlth a prlvllege of securlng lnterest from Aprll 1 on the bonds of the Consol'dated Hallway Com pany of Vermont, to bo issued July 1, has closed, Laht gprlng bIx Rochester fellows atterapted to tsr and feather a certaln Brlnk ot unaavory reputatlon in that locallty, Brlnk'g wife ended the aft ray by ponrlng hot water on the boys, and at the late term of the Windsor county coort they were fined from fivo to twenty dol lars eash for the assault. Amo.no the prizea awarded at Dartmouth col lege last week, the Grlraes prlze of SG0 for gen eral lmproToment durlng the course was given to John W. Gordon of West Bolton. Honora ble mention waa made of A. L. Fuller of Ver shire for excellence in Greek and of K. A. Bay ley of Newbnryin mathematlcs. MiDDi.F.iiunv Collego commencement Is next week. The ptlnclpal featurea of the pro gramrae aro as followa ! Sunday, baccalau reate by the prcsident; Tuetday evening, prize epeaking; Wednesday, 8:S0 a. m., meeting of assoclated alumnl; U:S0, graduatlng exorclsea, followed by the lnaugural addressea of I'ro fessora Katon and Voster; evening, concert by Blaladell'a orchoatra, and eclolsts. The publleher of the Watchman wlshea to make due acknowledgementa tothe presa of the state for the very appreclative roannor in which tho change and enlargement ot hia paper haa been notlced. Every nowspaper whlch has reterred to the Bubject has dono bo in very eompllmentary terma, wlth the eolltary excep tlon of the Aru, and ita reason for not dolng eo ls too obvious to requlre corament. CONsiBKitAiiLE Indlguatlon waa felt among tho Btudenta oii Semlnary Hlll becauee n member of tho graduating class, F, L. Goodspeed, of East Warren, waa not allowed to dellver hia oration wlth tho rest at the commencement ex erelses. The reason glvon by the faculty is that he would not cut lt down aa requested, but tho young rnan'a frlenda Bay that he had cut it down onco and that it had been nccepted and commlttcd to moinory beforo tho flnal al- terntlon was proposed. We rcgret that any thing of tho klnd should have marred tho closlng oxcrclses. The commisslonors ln the caso of tho Cen tral Vermont railway vs. Wolla Ulvor rallway havo reported that tho defondant road shall take tho Centtal Vermont parlor and baggago cars on the Saratoga and Whito Mountain line, but dcny tbat part of tho petltlon asklng that tho lattor road connoct with the Central at Montpelier. Tho defonso aBked for a con, tinuance nnd tho caso wlll bo heard June 29. Tiie annual mootlng of tho Central Vermont railroad company was held at St. Albans, last Wednesday. The number of dlroctors was ro ducod from fltteen (which has heretofore been tho numbor) to seven and tho followlng wore clected tho same gentlemon belng dlrectora of the Consolldated railroad company: Joseph Illckson ot Montreal, general mannger of the Grand Trunk railroad; B. I'. Choney of Boston, James 11. I-mgdon of Montpelier, W. II. II. Blngham of Stowe, Ezra II. Uakor ot Boston, John Gregory Smlth and E. C. Smith of St. Albans. Quite a numbor ylelded to tho exhllaratlng lnfluences of tho clrcus or eomothlng worso last Frlday and tho cooler waa well fllled by nlght. The followlng partles made up the company: Stephen Burgin and Wllllara Thayer of Montpelier, IUchard I'reston of Berlin, Wil bur J. Gould of Wrlghts Mills, Frnnk Laundry of Williamstown, Elmer J. Coff rln of Water. bury, James W. Brown of Calais, and F. Hub- bard of St. Albans. I'reston nnd Hubbard were brought before Justico Clark Frlday even' ing and tho rest on Saturday mornlng, All pleaded guilty and paid the regulatlon flne of S9.01. In tho pressure of many thlngs last week we forgot to hand ln our congratulatlona to our conteraporarles of the Windsor Journal in vlew of thelr success in issulng thelr centennlal edl tlon. The Journal In its general conduct has falrly earned a titlo to a hundred years ot ex. Istence, and when lt really rounds the centen. nlal stake, lf it is as olcan and readable, as true to the interests of tho people as lt has been, will find well wishers in its second one hiindred' years' course. Our nolghbor of the Frecman Impeachos the accuracy of some of its historlcal statements nnd hopes that by tho tlmo it ls really one hundred years old lt wlll have a true hlstory of itself wrltten. The fortieth annlversary of St. Johnsbury academy occurred lastwoek Thursday. The Latin salutatory was dellvered by John C. Koss of St. Johnsbury and the valedictory by Geo, I. Leonard of Bellows Falls. Tho graduating class numbers forty-elght. The alumnl meet ing in tho aftornoon waa attended by a large number. Rev. E. T. Falrbanks gave a hlstor ical address and M. P. Woodworth personal reminiscences. Tho clans tree exercises were an address by James F. Sklnner of East Wlnd sor Hill, Conn.; " Prophecies," by Mary R Thomas of Iludson, N. II.; "Last Will and Testament of the Senior Class," by Annette A, Parker of Lyndonville. Ez-Governor Falrbanks gave the class and frienda a banquet at Athen mum uall in the evening. . - BuATTLEnoiio correspondent Sprlngfield He- puhllcan : " The politlcal cauldron beglns to bubble. Tho great flght here will be for con gresslonal represontatlve. Grout and Poland are now laying the wires and appear most promlnently; but lt ls predlcted by those who ought to know that nelther of them will be the cliolco. There nre several dark horsea in thia and several other countics, and lt would not be surprislng, it Brattleboro carried off tho prlze. The present llentenant-governor, it is said, would accept the governorship, but he la un popular wlth the eoldiers, and many think he could not bo nomlnated ; but lt ls too early yet to make predlctions." As an examplo of utter "prevlousnesa " commend us to thls corre spondent. The smallest politlcal rlpple haa not yet disturbed the second dlstrlct. The citlzens ot the town of Cabot wlll celo brate the one hundredth annlversary of theset tlement of that town July 4th. The day will bo nshcred in with a salute of nine guns and rlnging of bells in honor of the nine first eettlers of the town. At ten o'clock there wlll be a parade of the firo company; at twelve o'clock, m,, two guns wlll be given ln honor of Mlss Cabot, from whom the town was named; at half past one the afternoon exercises will com mence with muslcbytheband, after whlch will follow the oration by Hon. E. P. Walton of Montpelier; at four o'clock there will be a street parade, potato and sack race L. P. Cole, manager. A national salute of thirty-elght guns wlll be given at sunsot. At eight o'clock tbero will be a torchlight procession, headed by the band, to be followed by a grand display of fireworks, after whlch a promcnade concert will be given in villago hall. Music will be furnished by the Marshfield cornot band and also by the Danville cornet band. Tmt trial of Louis Merchant for the murder of Wllliam Morgan nt Barnet ln September, 1881, began at St. Johnsbury last week Mon day, Merchant Is a Frenchman, nbout sev onty years old, and has been a flghting man. The dllllculty betwoen the two men arose over a little beer blll which Morgan owed Merchant. Dr. S. T. Brooks, a physician at St. Johnsbury, who was present at the post mortem examlna tlon of Morgan, refused to glve hls oplnion as to what caused hia death, claimlng tbat thia would be glvlng expert teetlmony wlthout ex tra pay. Tho court, Judge Ross, committed him to jall for contempt and be soon concluded to anawer the questlon. The other pbyilclans, who were presont at the post mortem, escaped commltment by saying they had no oplnion. A little past mldnlght Wednesday nlght, tbe jtiry roturned a verdlct of not guilty. Stato's Attorney Blodgott was apslsted by Hon. II. C. Bates. The respondent's counsel were Sena tor Ide and W. P. Stafford of Hoston. T. J. Deavitt of Montpelier has rccently procured penslona as followa: Horace Yarring ton, Strafford, S14 a month, 8800 arreara; John Bannlstor, Northfield, Sl a month, 8810 arrearB; Captaln Lemuol M. Hutchlnson, Wor cester, 88.50 a month, 81830 arreara; Tlmothy Drlnkwater, Middlesex, 81 a month $950 ar reara; Lewis W. Fllnt, Williamstown, 84 u month, 8801 arrears; Ellen M. Ttittle, Holyoke, Mass., 830 a month, 8125 arrears; Dunean Mc Kay, East To)sham, 84 a month, 8888 arrears; Ira Carpenter, Brookfield, 84 a month, 8850 nrrfara; A. A. I'ratt, Plainfield, 830 a month, Sl450 arrears; A.bert French, Barre, 84 a month, 8850 arrears; Carloa E. Clark, Cabot, 81 n month, 8850 arrears; K. C. Buttoifield, Morrisville, 84 a month, 8815 arrears; Doxter M. Jones, Williamstown, 81 a month, 8884 arreara; Wllliam B. Marsttm, Chelsea, 88 a month, 8801 arrears; Charles II, Itlch, Chelsea, 82 a month, 8125 arrears; Ell T. Marsh, Colo rado Sprlnga, 80 a month, 81,420 arrears; A. G. Sutton, Orange, 81 a month, 8828 arrears; Tiancls Clark, North Duxbury, increase from 88 to 812 a month; Otla G. Mlles, Montpelier, ila month, 8051 arreara; James E. Stearns, Groenfiold, N. II., 824 a month, 81,720 arrears. The namea of porsona promlnontly engaged :i honorlng Lafayetto durlng hls stay ln Mont pelier wcro aB followa: Chlof raarshal, Colonel Joseph Wigglna, asslsted by Adjutant Calvln V inslow, Captaln W. W. Cadwell and Samuel Goss, Esq, Mllltary Washington Artlllery, Captaln Joseph Somorby, a company indepen dent ot othor mllltary organlzatlona, and ncrv Ing as the governor' s guard; Montpelier Llght nfantry, Captaln Danlel Baldwin; Berlin In- tantry, Captaln Taplln; and a company of Montpelier lnds nbout tourtcen years of age, Captaln Eliaklm P, Walton. To tho boya was apslgncd tho post of honor, as body guarda to the genoral nnd hls suite, and they rccelved hls thanks and compllments. The entertaln- ment was at the Pavlllon, thcn kept by Solo mon Mann. The followlng toast waa glvon by Lafayetto: "Vermont, Montpelier, and tho Green Mountalna, from whlch waa early echoed and vallantly supportcd the republican cry for Independence and freedom may its happy re sults be more and more enjoyed by tho sona of the Green Mountalns." Lewis Colt.eoe commencement at North field occurred last week. The baccalaureate was preached by Rev. I. P. Bootb Sunday. Tho junlor exhlbltion Wednesday evening waa as followa: Plano solo, Mlss Rumrill; declatmv tlon, "A True Ilero," C. K. Mellen; duot, Mrs. J. B. Johnson, MIss Bertha Ober; decla matlon, "Pyramlda; not all Egyptlan," M. L. Chandler; aolo, MIss Ober; dcclamatlon, " The Curse of Rcgulus," II. B. Ilersey; oration, "Tondencles, Politlcal, Religiouaand Social," F. S. Parker; oration, "TheCitlzen Soldler," N. L. Sheldon. Tho exercisea were interestlng and creditable. Al the suppor of the Alpha Slgma Pl society Wednesday evening, about twenty-five were present and a very pleasant tlme was reported. G. R. Mlneractedas toast. master and rcsponses were made by Esqulrea George M. Flsk and Frank Plumley, Captaln Rnmbaugb, past-cadets Thomas, Dorr and Sheldon and by Cadets Mellen, Nlckerson, Sheldon and Ilowe. Oratlons by the graduat ing class on Thursday forcnoon were as fol lowa: "The Progress of Inventions," W. C. Ilowe; "Ilypatlan," G. R. Miner ; "The New Western Civillzatlon," wlth valedictory, J. M. Holland. After conferrlng of degrees, Rev. J. Edward Wrlghtof Montpelier dolivered an address on the aubjoct, " Is Seelng Believ lng?" In the afternoon, the usual military exercises were given on the parade ground. In the artlllery drill, one gun was manned by tbe past-cadets and the other by the under class men, and it waa remarked that the gradu- atea were a match for the others ln points where elmply skill and precision were requlred, although they had had no practlce slnco graduating. Commencement week concluded wlth a hop at Armory hall Thursday evening. The meeting of tho trustees was adjourned to July 10th, when the questlon of removal to BftttleJwio will probably be decided. The degjetiUD.ififc)n;erred upon General a of NSw'lork, and tnatof A.M., ln course, upon Professor J. B. Johnson. Vlce- Preeldent Hathaway and Colonel George N. Carpenter were in town durlng the week. Personal. Colonel J. J. Estev and famlly have ar rlved in Europe. Mit. F. A. WooDimiixJE of Vergennes leavea ln a few days for Moorhead, Mlnn. Hon. E. P. Walton is to dellver the oration at the.centennlal at Cabot, July 4th. Colonel L. K. Fuller and famlly wlllspend tbe warm montbs at Chesterfield Lake. oenator jcstin b. SlouitiLL attended com mencement at Cornell Unlverslty last week. " Gov." Geo. E. Eaton, who has been vislt- ing at Danville, has returned to Troy, N. Y, Senator Edmunds ls vlsitlng places of ln terest in Oregon and Washington Terrltory. D. W. OuERCiiOMiiiE, formerly of Saxton's Rivcr, is now prlncipal of Worcester academy, Colonel Kittredge Haskins of Brattle boro wlll dollver an address at Dover on the Fourth of July. E. L. Bicielow has been appointed inspector general of Vermont dlvislon Sona of Veterans with rank of major. Georcie H. Richmond, edltor of the Xbrtk field Al'tcs, is away on a ten days' vacatlon, vis- lting frlenda ln Brooklyn. Frank Plumley, Esq., of Northfield will de llver an address at the Fourth of July temper ance celebratlon at Lyndonville. Princii'Al W. H. Commings of Bradford academy ia taking a carriage trip wlth hia fam. ily through the northern part of the state. Professok Myron Ward of Putney, por. tralt palnter, haa juat arrived homo from Paria on hts return from Egypt, where he went two years ago. Senator U. S. WiiiTCOMiiof Chittenden, waa kicked by a horse the other day and eo serl- ously Injnred that he remained Insensible for about two houre. He is now all right agaln Dr. Joseph Drapeii, auperlntendent of the insane aBylum, la ln attendance upon the an nual meotlng ot the national associatlon of Buperlntendents ot insane asylums, which is held ln Newport, R. I. Senator Morrill who has just celebrated hls seventy-thlrd blrthday, at the explration ot his present term, in 1885, will have served tblrty years ln congress, twelve ln tho house and elghteen in the senate. Chauleh P. Jovcn, Bon of Colonel Joyce, now of Washington, graduated on the 18th Inst., from Professor Young's classlcal school of that city. He dellvered the " Salutatory " and recelved the " Pickney " medal for sthol arehlp. Stkphen W. Dorsev of Btar route fame, wns born at Benson ln 1842, Iie had in part the benefit of a publlo school educatlon, hia youth belng passed In alternate montha otlabor and Btudy, At the age of sevcuteen he eml grated to Oberlln, Olilo. Tiie exact age of Lucy Flsh Curtls of West Randolph, who dled on the Klth, was ono hun dred years, nlno montha, fotirteen days. Sho haa slx chlldren livlng, tho oldext belng nearly elghty years and the youngost lltty-flvo years of age, all ot whom attended her funeral. Du. Hknrv P. Strono of Belolt, WIs., dled In that citv June -Olli, atter slx weeks' of In tenso suITerlni:. Dr. Sirong waa a natlve of Brownington, Vt., and was for few yoars a medtcal htudent In the ofllco of Dr. liublee In thls villago. He had borne a distinguUhed part ln the nffalra of hia adopted clty and stato and his death la deenly lamented there. IJo was u brother of Wllliam B. Stroug, presldent of the Atchlson, Topeka and Santa Fe rallway, also well known ln Montpelier. Dr. Stroug s age was flfty-onu. Montpelier. A nooi) number of our cltlzena attended tho exercises at Burlington yesterday. Tiie Sundav-school of Chrlst church wlll be suspended durlng the montha ot July and August. Mlis. W. G. Amhif.wb of Johnson, better remembered aa MIss Fannlo Sabin, has been vif lting nt ner om nome. Miss Rotii Juwett went to Burlington last Thureday to nttond a party given to one of her cinssmaies atworiuampton. Mlta.T. V. ItRDP'iRr.t) pntortalneil a lnrce num ber of ber lady f rlends at a vory enjoyable tea party last Thursday evening. So amall n number eathnred nt Canltal Hall last Thnrflday evening that the reading by rroiessor nuxioy was given up. Mk. ANIi Mlts. J. W. Ellis havo been ln Massachusetts for a week. Thelr daughter, MIss Lulu, wlll return wlth them. J. P. Mkkon's halr dresslnc room and Dan Fleld'a bllllard room at the Pavlllon present a very noat nnnearanco. havlne been refltted and palntcd. A i'LAtform has been bullt beslde the rnll- road track near James R. Langdon's rosldonce for the convenlence of those who want to get on at tnis point. Manv wlll reeret to loarn that Mrs. T. O. Bnilev has decided to luave Montpelier. Sho wlll tako up her rcsidenco ln Boston about the lst ot beptemDer, Bisnoi' BI8SELL omdated at Christ church Sunday and four were confirmed at the morn. Ing servlce. The Blshop was the guest ot Rev, II. F. Hlll durlnc hls stav. T. J. Riciiahdson of D.ivennort. Ia.. ono of the publlshers of the Davenport Democrat, has ueen in town tuis week. Mr. ttlcnardson ls a natlve of East Montpelier, A SLlcniT fire ln Marv Ann Hazzrd'B houso on the Berlin slde. called out the fire deoart- ment rriaay torenoon, but the llames were ex- tinguisnea neiore tno arrlval oi tue engine. Miss Guacie IIir.L celebrated her seventh bltthday last Thursday, nbout thlrty-four of uer matea oeing present. A rlde in tno uig wagon was an enjoyable loature oi tiie day. Some verv fine sneclmens of slate have been taken from the Sabln quarry and the prospect Is favorable for the company. Fred E. Smlth has used slate from thls quarry on hls houae Messiis. MomtlLL. Colllns. Carter. Lawrence, and two or three other cmoloves of the Lane iMKDuiHctunng company, start to-uay on o tlsnlng trip for a few days at Maquam Bay, swanton. E. H. Alleh is nbout to closo ud hls work for E. R. Sklnner, havlng recelved a very favora ble offer to travel for 11. J. Kendall & Co. of hnosburgh Falls, the proprietors of Kendall's opavin vjure. The annual June drill of Co. II took placo at tneir liall last baturday. Quartermaster General Ide waa present and exnressed hlm self na hlghly gratlfied wlth the condltlon of me company, Tiie Flrst National Bank has declared a seml-annual dlvldend of five per cent, and the Montpelier National Bink a seml-annual dlvl dend of three per cent, both payable on and uuer j uiy M. There was a verv nrettv floral dlsDlav at ueiuany cnutcn aunoay, due to tne euorts oi Mrs. E. N. Scovllle and J. V. Babcock. A not plant called a hibiscus sent ln by the former waa greatiy aamired. C. A. Sandeus seems to take the lead on creen poas thia season. so far as heard from iie nau Bome oi nls own raislnir for breakfast Sunday mornlng, thus getting ahead of Cap- tain aieaa oy one meai, Professor A. N. Wheelock, well remem bered in thls vielnlty as the former prlncipal of Barre academy, has been ln town, the guest "ii. ). mncrou. iie eang m tne cnoir ac tyiirisi cuurcn on stinaay. Postal connectiona at Wine Road. N. II, were broken on Mondav so that mall for Malne and eastern MasMichusetts can no longer be lorwaraea at noon, but remalna here untll the aepariuro oi tne nlgtit traln. A union temDerance meetln? wlll ba held 1 tho vestry of Bethany church on Sunday, July lst, at half-past seven o'clock r. m., nnder the uuspicesoi tne womans (jnrlstlan rempe: ance union nnd (jood Templara. John B. Doitis' clrcus d cruwu ou rriany, ano all seemed to be well Biiti-ned wltli tho enterta nment furnUhed bile the show is not nn larirn na anmn vnt t nas some very attractive features. Alice Day, the woman who aold that stolen team to B. P. Young, mention of whlch was made in Tiie Watchman at the tlme, has been convlcted of complicity ln the larceny of the same, at tho Caledonia county court. Tiie entertainment given bv members of the various gradea of the Unlon School at the hall last evening waa well attended and hlghly en joyed. After the recltatlons there were char ades, tableaux, and a social good tlme. Ension T. G. Dewey came home Thursday for a brlet stay. He has been on the llagshlp Kearearge connected wlth the Atlantlc Squad ron, and has been as far south as Yenezuela, but haa been transferred to the Coast Survey. Mit. W. C. D. Ghannis. prosldent of the Union National Bank of Chicago. and hls fam lly were at tho Pavlllon over Sunday. Mr. Grannla Ia a brother of Mra. T. P. and Mrs. S. P. Rodfield and a former resident of thls vlllage. The Baptiat Sunday.school gnve a concert Sunday evening under the dlrectlon of the su perintendent, J. H. Burpee. The programmo conslsted of music. recltatlons and class exer cises and waa performed ln a very Batlsfactory manner. The membera of St. Jean Baptlste society, with thelr famllles and accompanled by Rev. Father O'Sullivan, had a plcnlc at Berlin pond yesterday. The company numbered about one hundred aud twenty-rlve and a yory pleasant tlme ls roported. Rev, II. F. Hill leavea to-day for Chicago to attend the summer school for advanced study in Hebrew at Morgan Park, near the city. He wlll be away about a month but regular servlces will be held at Christ church durlng hia absence. LorriE, a young daughter of O. T. Dodge, waa run over last Frlday at the liead of State street, but escaped very Berloua lnjurv ln a manner almost miraculous. jHst as tho wheel was to strlke her, James Bowera lltted it up aud bo saved her from belng crushed. T. C. Clark, who has been at the Pavlllon wlth conductor McAlIlster slnce the accldent last fall, leavea thia week to run on the White Mountain traln betweon New York and tlia White Mountalns via Sprlngfield and White Rlver Junctlon. Mr. Clark haa mado many frlends during hls stay lioro and ho wlll re celve a warm welcome whenever he may glve Montpelier a call. A mkktino was held at Bethany chapel Sun day aftornoon for the purpose of orgaulzlng a Young Men's Chrlstian Associatlon, but owlng to the snittll number who appeared to be Inter ested In the project, it was decided to ad journ untll the second Sunday in September, when It ls hoped that a sulllcleut number wlll take hold of the mattor to ensure success. There la rer taluly a Held for such an organizatlon in thls villago and much work that ought to bo done. Thomas II. Cave of tho Watchman oillce, and E. II. Aller, bookkeoper for K. R Sklnner, wore on a fishlng trip limt week, niHklng thelr ho.tdqimrteis at Uike Vlow House, St. Albans Bay, They reporta good tlme and plcuty of llsh, Tlioy recommond thls house, and Its gentlemanly proprletora, Messra. Bassford and I'hompsou, to those vlsltlng the lake. It ls sltuated wlthln five mlles of, and connected by telophone with, the villago of St Albans, and ls located near the best bass and plckerel fish lng grounda of Lake Champlain. " Pollv" Giiiard's wlts sorved hlm a good turn last Thursday and secured for hlm a good dlnner wlthout any further trouble than n penurlous use.of the truth, whlch to hlm la no embarraasiuent, Golng to M. E. Smllie'g houso about noon, he told Mrs. Smllle that her hui bmd had Beut hlm thero wlth orders for her to get hlm a good dlnner. Mrs. Smllle, though somewlmt susplclous, fell into the trap and nrovldcd hlm wlth the deelred nutrlment, en joying meanwhlle the futues of hts muscnlar breath. When tho man of the houso arrived and a little llght was turned on tho matter, lt was fortunate for Girard thathe was elsewhoro. Thls ioke now passea Into hlstory along wlth tho "half-paBtBeven" one and meala wlll no more be cooked to order for lmpecunloug ltin eranta at that houso. Tiue floral concert held nt tlin vestrv of the Church oftho Messlah last Sunday evening was well attended and the exercisea wero qulte Interestlng. Recltatlons from n dozen or mnro nuie onea dre?setl ln white, and decorated wltrt the llowerB thev renresented. were nnnromiate and well rendered. The motto " We Work for God formed of fiowera of dliterent colora was suapended over tho plattorra. Mlsses Nolllo Hyde and Belle Mead sang a dtiet, Mlases Evelyn Loase and Loule Clark gave recltat!on8 nnd Rev. J. Edward Wright epoke brlefly. TllE fnnst nt St M, tl, TUnttat was dnlv observed at St. Augnstlne'8 church latt Sun day Rev. Danlel O'SullIvan. who ofuclatei m the absence of Rev. J. M Dnglno, preached in tbe mnrnlng on tho llfo of St. John tho Hap tlst, ln Engllsh. In the evening the sermon was dellvered In French, the membera of St. Jean Baptlste Society attendlng In a body, In regana. Alter servlcethe society returneu to thelr hall, whnre the followine resolutlons were unanimously adopted: "Tltera, Kev. Danlel tVSulllvan haa especially been put to Creat trouble, and has spent much tlme In prepanng a sermon to be dellvered to tue rrrucu penpio oi tno conerezaiion, uu, 11 herean. Wfi. thfi St. Jean TianMata SociotV. have llstened to sald sermon wlth pleasnre and profit; Itesolved, That tho thanks of tho society bo extended to Rev. Danlel O'SullIvan for hls able and approprlate sermon. lieiolveil, That a copv nf these resolutlons be forwarded io ratnor u uulllvan, and that tho same ue in ecrlbed on tho recorda of tho society, and a copy furnished each paper ln town for ptibllca tlon. Per order, Peteh G. Dewev. C. S." Auditor Powell was In town Mondav John Hubbard returned Saturday frnm hls fiUilng and luintlng trip in Malne E. F. II. Gary of tho Boaton Law School was In town over Sunday II. M. Pierce, the efllclent head clork at the post offlce, ia taking a well- earneo. vacatlon Hon. Josepn Voland was in Middlebury last week MIss Kate Balley has been ln Cambridge, Mass., for tho past week, vlsltlng Mra. Thompson. .. .Edltnr At- Kins spent bunday In Poughkeepsle, N. Y Rev. A. D. Barber wlll start next week on trin to Iowa Tho Calerfonian nneaks hlghlv of the slnglng of Mrs. W. A. Brtogs at at. jonnBDury uarroll King and lt, u. Brown returned last week from Harvard and will spend thelr vacatlon at home A. D. Peck haa resumed hls dutles at the post-ofilcf, atter a vacatlon of three weeks C. M. Cushman, the popular clarlonetlit, went to numngton yeaterdav to asslst tne Rutland band.... Fred E. Smlth was chosen oneof the deputles to the General Cnnventlon at the DIo cesan Conventlon of the Eolecopal church.... A. G. Trulan ls expected to return from hls vacatlon to-dav MIss Dora Wells returned vesterday from her yenr's study at WelleSley lAJuegu. ycraont 3Ielhodlst Seinluarr. The annnal lecture on Tuesday evening be fore the iEthetlc Society was dellvered by Rev. J. W. Hamllton. D D.. nnd waa llstened to by a fair nudience. Whlle not as profonnd as some, lt abounded In popular hlta and telllng lllustratlons. His theme was " Placed and Misplaced People." The central thonght of the lecture seemed to be that we should find our place and then fill lt. The factof emlnence nccldentally secured by some should not pre vent us from Beeking emlnence whlch shall be legitlmately secured. Whatever our calllne, we should have a Bvstem conslstont with right princlples. A system found, It should bo taorked. The measure of a raan's work and usefulnesa is the measure of the motlve and power by whlch he ls moved. Two thlnga are necessary ; an lnward, lntelllgnnt, paislonate and pure Impulseand anoutward power, super natnrally snpplementad. The oxaralnatlona came on Monday and Tuesday. Thoy were usually qulte fair and showed the real knowl edge whlch the Btudent had of the snbject. In most instancea thoronph work had evldently been done and a good preparation made for future acquisitiona. Some of tbe teachera are certainly superlor intructors and have special abillty for Inspirine the studenta wlth a love of enthualasm for thelr studies. On Wednesday at one o'clock the alumnl had a dlnner at the Amerlean House. Over sixty sat down to the well-loaded tables. At the closo of the dlnner, Rev. T. P Frost, presldent nf the alumnl associatlon, called upon Revs. J. O. Sherburne A. L. Ooper, Hon. W. P, Dil llnehara and Revs. G. E. Smlth and W. R. Davenport to represent the five decades In the hlstory of the school. Manv Interestlng rem iniscences were recalled. Revs. Beeman and J. O. Sherburne spoke concernlng tha pro posed seml-centennlal celebratlon in 1884. By that tlme it waa hoped tbat tbe debts ot tbe school would bo entirely canceled, endowment raised to tho full sum of 850,000 and the 11 brary and npparatus of the school vastly In creased. To dotbls, much work would be nec essary, the residences of the old alumnl found. the neeis and prospocts of the school presented to them, etc. The regular buslnesa meeting of the alumnl waa held ln the parlora above. Re organlzed hy electlne T. P. Frost presldent, Mary A. Pomeroy vlce-nresldent. George E. Smlth fecrotarv, and Hattie M. Newcomb treasnrer. Elected T. P. Frost, W. R. Daven port, L. O. Sherburne, Mary A. Pomeroy and Clara I, Bemls toserveas members of the pro posed alumnl library associatlon to be Incor porated under chapter nlnety of the geneial statntes. Two from the faculty and two from the trustees were also to servn aa members nf sald associatlon. Elected J. O. Sherburne, W. F. Rocheleau, J. M. Hltt, Mrs. Danlel Dorches ter and Cbarles W. Wilder to o-operate with a likecommlttee from tho trustees for the pur po.e of arranging fnr the appropriato celebra tlon of theseml-centennial. Wednesday even ing occurred the prlze speaklng. Tho chapel was llterally packed, and there were from slx to seven hundred present. The selectlons were good, nnd, as a whole, flnely rendered. Careful study had been given, tho splrit of the author caught, and the requlslto self-possession and vlvid porsonation secured. Nearly every plece was good and some were extra. The prlzes In declamatlnn were taken by Luther C. Freeman and Herbert S. Eaton, and the prlzes In recltatlon by Jessie E. Ashley and Lettln C. Ilalstead. Commencement proper occurred on Thursday atten o'clock. The hnnse waa well fllled and good attention was paid throughout. A long acqualntanee with commencements showed the productions toaveragemuch hlgher than usual. Some were of decided literary merit and evinced wide reading and careful thought. Thero seemed to be less of hombaat and more of Bense, less of rbotorical fllghtn and more of cnndld reasonlng. The artlcles were, however, crude and Immaturo, as all such productions must of necesslty be. The order of exorclsea was as tollows : IMano Trlo, Orerture to " Semlratnlde," Roulnl, Mlsses Wyman, llalste.1, Mr, lladley. Plano Solo, Concert Mazurka, " Three Graceg,"..LaDge. Ml Newcomb. Lnt'n Salutatory Herbert I.. Oale. Wolcott. Essay " UndercurrenU." Allce K. Klnney, Montpelier. Oration " Thls Llfe the Dawn ot our Exlatence." lluel O. Cauipoell, St. Albans. Essay ." Co-educatlon," Llzzte M Mlller, Middletown. Conn. OraUon "The l'ollcy of Sllence." Edftar A, flondnough. Montpelier. I'lano Solo, "l'olonalse." Op. 40. No. 1 Cboplii, Mlu llull. OraUon " The Betrothal." Luther C. Freeman, Esnex Juncllou. Kmy our Servanta," LlUUn A, Lane, Montiw.ller. Easay ' T Iie Velled Utnioat," Dell A. Cuiumlnes, Montpelier, OraUon " lmpresslons." Morton L. Hall, llakerstleld. I'lano Solo, " Valse ilo Concert," , Maltel. Mlss Daley, OraUou "EvoluUou." Frank L. tiocKtspeed, East Warren. tsaay " Close Observatlona," Mlnnle R. Hwazey, Monttieller. Essay,,, , ..."True Manhol," wlth Valedictory, Brlle 1). Bllss, Calais. Plano Duett, ' La Chasso Iurernale," Koelllnc. Mlss lutey.Mr. lladley. Presentallon of Dlplomus, Class Song, AwardlDg of l'rlzrs, llenedlctlon, Kxcused, Tho mathomatlcal prlze was awarded to Joslo S. Flsk, the Uitln prlze to Llzzle M. lllck ford, and tbe scholarshlp prlze for ceuernl 1m provoment to Fred A, Hlllory. The llornl dec oratlona on the stage were nbundant and in good taste, and tho other decorations nnd gen eral arrangementa worthy of apeclal mention, Durlng tho past year the Instltution haa mado great progress in nearly every respcct and seems to have eatered upon a cureer ot greatly lncreased usof ulneaa. n