Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-09-24
Travellers Guide.
About Town.

next ohOoatn evening VI irlnlty cnurcn.
EITHER Rev Mr.. Hill or Rev Mr. Graves is to
occupy the desk Of Christ church next Sabbath.
STONE has watch which is a real curiosity.
The dial is Illuminated in some way so as to show
the time in the night as well rs day
NoricE the change of time on the railroads
The mountain trains have been taken off and the
night express is about an hour and a half later.
QUITE number of people from this vicinity
are awaiting themselves OF the low excursion rates
to Montreal and Quebec, commencing to-day and
ending Saturday.
GEORGE L. TApLIN has added to his stock OF
dry goods a complete line Of worsteds including
Germantown wool and Shetland floss All will be
sold at the lowest prices
A REGULAR communication OF Aurora Lodge
No. 20, Free and Accepted Masons will be held
at Masonic Hall on Monday evening" September
Goth, at half-past seven clock Work on the third
THE next regular meeting of Brooks Post, Grand
Army of the Republic will be held next Tuesday
evening It is hoped every comrade will be pres
ent as important business is to come before the
post.
THE weather for the opening Of the county fair
this wednesday, morning was unproptious
enough, heavy, drizzling rain setting in about
eight o'clock We trust for better weather to-
morrow
WE are pleased to learn that Adjutant General
Peck, who suffered from slight hemorrhage
from his lungs last week. is reganng strength
daily He will remain in the Adirondacks during
the winter.
THE ladies will be interested in Hinkley &
Bests advertisement Of Bortree's duplex corset.
They certainly tell good story about it, and this
house is too reliable not to state the facts. We
predict rush for it.
DRs. WOODWARD AND JAMES in amputating
the leg of James Wade had their hands poisoned.
those of the former badly and of the latter
slightly. They getting better and no serious
consequences are apprehended.
THERE is considerable activity in the butter
market, Slayton purchased last Saturday about
two hundred and fifty packages, paying from
twelve to fifteen cents for diaries and fir IN ff-
teen to eighteen cents for fall made.
THE second annual excursion of the Montpelier
4 Wells River railroad through the White Noun
tain Notch takes place Thursday of next week
Fare for the round trip 81 80 from all stations
Train leaves here at eight o'clock a. NJ.
The Mendelssohn Q iintette Club of Boston, as
sisted by the popular vocalist Miss Fanny Kellogg,
will give concert at Village Hall, on Friday
evening, October Sd. Tickets fifty cents. No
extra charge for reserved seats For sale at
Phinney's bookstore.
We call the attention Of our readers to the adj
vertisement of the "Rhyston mangle " in another
column. This excellent invention on exhibit
ton at the late state fair, and awarded sill
yer medal. Send to L. A. Whiston No. Herald
building Boston, for a circular.
BY postal regulation which has been in force
for the past two months, printed statements, bills
etc, can be mailei in an unsealed envelope for n
one-cent stamp. No writing other than the legit
innate bill can be placed upon the statement. No
such words as "pease remit can be inserted,
neither can recepted bill be sent.
Hon. DANIEL BALDWIN and Colonel ?. jew
EFT were the delegates from the Church of the
Messiah in this village To the ordination OF Rev.
b. Green over the Unitarian Congregational
society in Brattleboro, which took place last
Wednesday. Rev. j Edward Wright delivered
the address to the people
DURING the services in the Church of the
Messiah last Sunday morning, which were con-
Quoted by the Rev Charles A. Allen, he gave
torate here which covered the first five years Of
the society's life. Mr. Wright will continue this
review next Sunday morning. with some refer
ence to his own pastorate, which completes its
tenth year on that day.
wELL-INFoRMRD gentleman, referring to the
manner in which some Of our farmers pack their
butter for shipment to market, comments as fol-
lows: Farmers should understand that no
matter how good an article is if sent To market in
sloveny way, it will not attract attention. and
must be forced off at q low price. Western folks
have found this out, and now sending theiI
butter in tip-top Style much so that in many
instances it ranks ahead Of some Of the Yer
mont product"
On Sunday evening william Tuly Haven, aged
forty-six son of the late Rev Kittredge Haver
OF Shoreham, died very suddenly at Bishop
Hotel, OF apopexy. Mr. Haven had been for six
teen years a travelling salesman for a boot ant
shoe firm in New York city, but for the past few
months had been stopping in town with hi
nephew, Mr.. F. II. Bascom. In 1872 Mr.. HaveI
lost his wife and daughter, and since that tint
he has seemed TO be badly broken down, and ha
been quite irregular in his habits. His remain
will be inferred in Shoreham to-day.
w
man, the accident to whom was noticed last week
died Saturday morning and his funeral was he'll
at the American House Sunday afternoon Rev
N. Fellows, pastor Of Trinity church preaching
That he was held in high esteem by his comrade
on the road and by the young people of the tow
was attested by the large attendance. The of
GERS Of the railroad deserve great credit for the
unwearied care and attention to his wants The
paid the expenses of his sickness and the funer
expenses, in fact, left nothing undone whic
could in any way conduce To his comfort.
THE Sunday schools of the Church of the Me
siah and Of Christ church Of this place united
picnic excursion to Queen City Park last sa
urday. The company numbered about two hu
dred and the trip proved much more pleasa
than the forbidding weather OF the forenoon pc
mitted them to hope. Shortly after one o'clo'
the clouds broke away, and the lake and
shores, and the distant mountains were glorious
illumined; and the beauty of the bright sce
was enjoyed the more from its contrast with d
rain and gloom and chill OF a few hours befoi
No serious accident marred the pleasure Of /
occasion. Even the high sounding adyerti'
ments had not prepared the writer to find I
park 30 admirably adapted to the needs Of {
cursionists in all weathers.
THE Boston Opera Company again present
Pinafore last Thursday and Friday evenin
The hall was packed on both evenings-on Thu
day by our townspeople and on Friday by peo
from out of town, for whose accommodate
special trains were run the railroads. !
success of this operetta Is somewhat phenor
nal, for it is equally enjoyed by the prof
sional and amateur musician, and by
sisters and his cousins and his aunts."
music is light and the plot thin, yet Pinafore
brimful Of pretty melodies which please the
ana become fixed in the memory. No better {
dence of this can be found than the fact that
most every one we meet is singing hummlng
whistling some one Of its morceduS. The comps
which presented it here is good one, and Il
gave 1t IN nearly complete as was possible "
such limited stage accommodations While
the parts were filled creditably, Captain {
coran, Sir Joseph Porter X. g. b.. and I
Deadeye were particularly good. Mrs. Carte
30 well known in musical circles here that
unnecessary TO state that she filled the bill
Josephine, and that she was repeatedly encor'
NEVER RErURN.-lt Ia said that one on
every four real inyalids who 20 to Denver,