Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-01-09

About Town.

About Town.
JUPITER was in conjunction with the sun last
Friday.
Tur heavy storm Of Friday made the evening
train about two hours late.
TUE ninety mine cent store has failed Liabili-
ties, about four thousand dollars
A NEW train has been put on the Central road
an accommodation going north Mt eleven A. NJ
Tnr bank elections were held yesterday, but
no change was made in the officers Of either bank
Tue "Mother Goose" party at Mr.. French
last night was largely attended and highly en-
joyable.
Tue IMPERIAL PAdopA TEA COMPANY sell the
choicest tea, in iive-pound parcels and upwards
at wholesale prices
SOMEBODY has figured it up, and finds that on
an average Of years the nth Of January is the
coolest day in the year
The third of the Pavilion assemblies is post
poncd from this Wednesday evening to next Tues
day evening" January 10Th.
f. c. GILMAN makes speech in our advertising
columns this week His carriages and sleghs are
the best-his workmanship can not be beaten.
T. c. PHISSEY has fine line of diaries and
waltons Registers for 1875 also large stock Of
box papers, which he is selling Mt bottom prices.
j. G GRlGds has some splendid bargains to offer
at his store in Waterbury. Boots aud shoes, rub
bers, over,hoes. etc. for all. Read his adver-
tisoment
II you want stereoscopic views just write to or
call on H. f. Slayton in Ellis block, State street
lie has good lot of them; side picture frames,
etc. tive him call.
Ar the town meeting called ON Saturday last
Mr. Dennison TAFT was elected Overseer of the
poor in place of Mr. Caldwell, deceased The ap-
pointment is good one.
MIR PlrLLirs' suging-class meets tomorrow
Thursday evening, at hai-past seven, in Hub
bards Hall Let all who purpose joining the
class be there ON that evening.
4 REGULAR communication of Aurora Lodge,
No. %, Free and Accepted Masons, will be held
at Masonic Hall, on Monday evening, January
18th, at half-past seven o'clock.
rHE dry-goods stores, with one exception have
begun to case up at half-past six o'clock We
hp re that one crceptiOn will do the square thing
and fall into rank with the others.
The total number of deaths in Montpelier du-
rim. the past year was forty-fve. Ofthese twenty
were males, and twenty-five females; nine were
husbands, seven were wives four were widowers.
and seven widows.
Ira HurcHlNsoN. of Barre, was too full of spirits
on Sunday night, and got into the river, where lie
was found by an officer He was put in Jail, and
had trial ON Monday, at which he held that he
brought his rum with him
MIR FRED BANCROFT leaves this week Friday
for Boston, where he is to further pursue the
study Of vocal music under the direction of Mr.
George l.. Osgood. Christ church choir can i'll
afford to lose " Fred, and he will be pretty gen
orally missed "about town" Abundant success
to him in his study.
THAT sociable at Mr. Fifeld's on Thursday
night was well attended and was a pleasant occa-
sion. The operetta entitled The ring and it,
keeper" was presented by Mr. Fred Bancroft and
The plot is q very amusing one and the presen,a-
ton of it was excellently carried out.
rnr IMpERiAL PAGoDA TEA COMPANY invite
the attention of connoisseurs and all lovers OF
black tea to II line of the choicest Formosa
Ooung Teas, Gold Dragon Chop in boxes foi
family use, just received per Pacific mail and
overland" which they offer at wholesale prices
Give them call as it is seldom such fine teas
can he procured.
TEMPERANCE rallies were held saturday
aud sunday evenings, at Village Hall Michae
Holden of Rhode Island, was the speaker. III
was net by crowded houses, and there WIS mucl
inter 1t manifested Mr.. Holden is n good speaker
aud has done II great work for the cause since hi
reformation We trust his efforts here will b
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mercury $1,000 III "eh.y-n'e ues'eeS pe''" N,''
several Gays injury anu August '"'''''S '''o"
one hundred degrees ana over
ON Wednesday evening next we are to have
lecture at the village h"'i oy Professor "eS'f'l
of Nor"leh University Inns gentleman Is
Nwede, ana If inilS competent 10 treat MS SUI
Jeet-' "ii'll'seS oil the ora world ana the ne"
i" the satisfaction Oh hlS auuiehce' fro'i
%"hce al tue SYNOPSIS OIL MS lecture we hhu t'l'
he has material suiilcent Tor an interesting ana II
strncnVe lecture "epespeaA lof MN luli nous
TnE severe weather of the past few days is a
most, If not quite unprecedented. Certainly ii
older people in town say they eau remember I
colder weather Ga Sunday morning mercul
stood at about twenty degrees below zero, on Mo-
day morning Al twenty-five degrees below al
on Tuesday morning it stood thirty-eight degree
below. This is decidedly as cold as we care
have il. aud a recurrence of our late pleasau
ness would not be at all unsatisfactory