Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-03-21
About Town.

selection of Good Friday for the annual state fast
In onr advertising columns this week will be
found an announcement concerning dress-makng.
Miss Drew does her work to the satisfaction OF
her patrons.
REGULAR communication Of Aurora Lodge,
No. %, +. & A. NJ, will be held at Masonic Hail.
on Monday evening, March 26th at half-past
seven o'clock.
As THE band concerts for the past two or three
weeks have not been very well attended, it has
been decided not to hold any more of them until
after the close of Lent.
THERE quite number of dentists from all
parts of the state in town to-day for the purpose
of forming state dental society. The prospect
is that the meeting will be a large and success
full one.
TEMPERANCE meeting will be held at Village
Hall on Sunday afternoon at five o'clock. Let all
come out and have glorious meeting At seven
o'clock Rev Mr.. Fulton is announced to speak
ON temperance at Trinity vestry. All interested
are invited.
MIR. +. c. GILMAN makes a capital display of
wagons carriages and seighs in the store in Sa-
bins block, recently vacated by c. II. lIeaton.
Mr.. Gilman's reputation as a carriage manufac
turer is second to that Of no one in the country,
and parties DESTROYS of purchasing would do well
to inspect his stock
THERE will be sociable held at the Reform
Club room on Saturday evening next, and owing
to the scarcity of room, it is respectfully asked
that all children and ladies, who not to aid in
the work of the evening, will remain away from
the club room, in order that the boys " may be
the better accommodated.
WE are glad to learn that the Farbairn fam
lily of Scottish Vocalists have decided to give two
of their popular concerts in this place Friday and
Saturday evenings of this week Although strang-
to our people, their concerts are wonderfully
popular elsewhere, and we bespeak for them full
house, as they richly merit.
WE have experienced another edition of win
ter the past few days and none too mild a dose,
either-the thermometer ranging in close vicinity
to zero during the mornings. Seighing is at
discount, and wheeling at a premium. There is
vast amount of snow to get rid of, however, before
we can find bare ground in all directions
THE celebrated spaulding's Bell Ringers and
Ladies Conet Band are to give one of their ever
popular concerts at Village Hall, Wednesday,
March 2Sth. They have reduced their tickets to
twenty-five and thirty-fve cents and certainly
will be greeted with a full house. Go and hear
them Seats can be secured at Phnney's book
store.
The stores and business places will be closed
this afternoon the occasion of the funeral Of
Dr. Lord. President Buckham will preach the
sermon, and remarks will be made by Professor
Noyes, of Dartmouth College. Among those who
are expected to act as pall-bearers are Governor
Fairbanks, ex-Governors Smith and Stewart, and
Hon. W. II. IL. Bingham and George Brad
shaw, Esq.
l.. T. SEAvER has fitted up a neat dnng-room
at his place in Union block, and is now ready to
furnish meals to the hungry whenever they are
wanted. No pleasanter place can be found for
lunch purposes and we are sure parties will
find everything neat and clean, and quite to their
liking. just drop in and :" take bite" He will
furnish tea, coffee oysters etc,-and the oysters
will be neither stale nor " canned"
OUR postmaster strife came to a sudden end
last week by the re-appointmento of Captain CLARK,
the former incumbent. 1t appears that the Cap
tans commission as postmaster expired March
10th, while almost every one supposed that it ran
until May GOTH There formidable papers
signed for other parties, but they were not sent
To Washington before the necessity occurred for a
re-appontment and so the Captain had clean
walk over
His many friends will be sorry to learn that
Colonel c. b. Wilson has decided to sell his drug
gst business, though they will be glad to learn
that he does not intend to leave town at present.
The new firm of Bixby Il Wilson is composed of
Nessrs. Freeman and H. Roger Bxby and Charles
c. Wilson, who are thoroughly conyersant with
the trade and have done business for many years
in the same establishment. They are, as most of
our readers already know, worthy Of all confidence
The lecture by General W. W. Grout, on Rob
ert Burns, last Wednesday evening, was not very
largely attended, owing probably to the fact that
there was temperance meeting here on the same
evening, besides several society meetings Those
who were present at the lecture however, concur
heartily in pronouneing it an excellent one, and
well worth hearing. The General is a very good
speaker, and handles his subject in skilful man
ner, and we regret that he could not have been
greeted by Il full house.
DIR. ALFRED CLARK wishes to call the atten-
ton OF the public to his improved invention in
the manufacture OF rubber plates for artificial
teeth, producing such a uniform adaptation to the
mouth that they will not drop when eating OF
speaking. lie inserts none but 5. S. Whites best
teeth on the best rubber or celluloid Prices to
correspond with the times. Temporary sets five
dollars each, permanent sets ten dollars each,
until May LIST, 1877. Filling and treating diseases
Of the mouth a Especially. Good satisfaction guar
anteed to all who will favor him with theil
patronage.
The Lane Manufacturing Company ofthis place
have just brought out new shngle and heading
machine that is II decided improvement upon the
leading machines of that class now in the market
and is pretty sure to become very popular witt
manufacturers Of shingles and heading through
out the country, The construction is simple ant
substantial; the operation is smooth and free
the arrangement Of the machine makes it an cas-!
and safe one to run; the capacity is as great an'
the quality of work fully az good as the hes
shingle mills now in use The feed works hav
quick return motion without the use of weights
racks, cams, gears, sliding boxes or other objec
tionable features. The prices are very reason
able and workmanship first-class