Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-07

OuTEeHt MtutiOUs
GOOD bargain is offered on piano at
Planfeld.
SEE advertisement OF desirable mill site for
sale in Middlebury.
JUDGE REDFIELD went TO Boston yesterday,
where Mrs. Redfeld has been some weeks.
HIGHWAY and schoo-tax books for sale at this
Office, at a very low figure. Call and see them.
THE regular meeting of the Knights of Honor
occurs this "wednesday evening. Every mem
Der is wanted.
DON'T fail to read the excellent Fast day proc
lamation of Governor Proctor, and to heed its in
functions would be still better
ONE of the best furnished photograph galleries
in the state for sale at very low price. For par
ticulars address Box $40, Montpelier, Vt.
THE senate has confirmed the appointment of
Thomas l.. Prentiss, formerly of waitsfeld, as
consul at Port Louis, transferring him from Sey-
chelle Islands.
WE learn that Mrs. and Miss French have de-
cded to give possession of their residence about
the first OF May, and take rooms and board at
the American House.
PARTIES desiring show bills, programmes, or
flyers would do well to send for our prices before
ordering elsewhere, for we have made great re-
duction on such work
MIR JOEL FOSTER, JR, assignee of the bank
rupt estate of Ira Trow, offers for sale large
and well stocked farm in the thriving town of
Barre. See advertisement
ADAMS leads the column, as usual with a fine
assortment of new goods He is a square man,
and strives to suit his customers in quality style
and price Read his announcement.
THE last assembly of the season was held at
the Pavilion Tuesday evening. About forty-five
couples danced out the old, and many more will
hail the advent of new season, when winter
comes again
THE alarm OF fire at quarter past nine Mon
day morning caused by the burning out of a
chimney of Mrs. Kate Rivers house on Elm street
The damage was slight and the fire extinguished
before the arrival of the engines.
AT Sayton's Montpelier butter market, Satur-
day, sixty-five packages of butter were bought
Price for good, twenty-five cents; fancy, twenty
seven cents fifty-eight packages of sugar were
bought. Prices eight to nine cents.
THE trains on the Central Vermont railroad
were much delay ed yesterday by mud slides the
down express mail train over two hours near the
Harlow bridge in Mortified, and the up express
mail about three hours in Hartford.
MONTPELIER post-ofiice has been designated
as a French international money-order office,
Money can now be sent from this office to any
post-ofllce in France, Algeria, England Scotland,
Ireland, Germany, Switzerland Italy and Canada.
WILLIAM CARTER, clerk for l.. S. Whitcomb,
while taking bath at the Pavilion, Saturday
evening, fell asleep and would have drowned had
not the attendants, thinking he had been in the
bath unusually long, gone into the room and res
cued him.
C. H. BECKETT of Williamstown and o. H.
French Of Hartford are the Vermont members Of
the committee of the junior class OF Dartmouth
college to represent the class in rhetoric before a
committee Of the trustees OF the college at COM
mencement
The attention Of secretaries Of masonic lodges
is called to our stock Of masonic blanks, consist
ing in part Of dimits certificates of membership,
petitions for the degrees, and membership reports
of committee, etc, which we can supply at a low
price. Send for samples
WHILE Mr.. Alexander Dingwall was at work
on Dudley new stable last Saturday, the staging
gave way and he was severely injured. II was a,
first thought his ribs were broken, but it proved
not to be the case. He is now being cared for at
his home in East Montpelier. No lasting injury
is anticipated.
THE Barre people who do not attend the pres
entation Of the " Octoroon by DIR. Jay Ward
Pardos company next Friday evening, and they
will be few will miss what is well worth seeing
We speak from personal knowledge of the ability
OF many of the actors They have played twice
at Marshfeld to full houses
WE have received from William T. Bowdtch,
GAO Warren street. Boston, his new catalogue of
seeds, plants and bulbs. lie not only has an ex-
tensiye seed store but green houses also provided
with every facility for growing and testing seeds
or course he sells none but the best. His reputa-
ton is second to none in his line Of business
DEACON H. +. CLossoN of Thetford is promptly
out with his new catalogue of fruit and ornamen
tai trees, shrubs plants, bulbs, seeds, etc. He
has hardy as well as choice varieties, and oui
ladies have uniformly good luck in ordering fron
him. lie also furnishes the wonderfully popular
Orange county white potato. Price, sixty cent
per peck.
Miss REYNOLDS, OF our grammar school depart
ment, was called home on Tuesday by dispatcl
announcing the sudden and dangerous illness o
her father A second dispatch before she lef
brought the sad intelligence of his death. lie re
sided at Norwood, st. Lawrence county, New
York, Miss Fannie sabin takes Miss Reynolds
place in her absence.
FRANK BUTTERFLY was before Justice VIM
on Saturday on a charge of keeping intoxicatin,
liquors with intent to sell, as disclosed by tn
search of his premises of which mention wa
made In our last issue He was found guilty an,
fined $40 and costs amounting to SIT go, whic
he was directed to pay within twenty-four hour
or go to the work house at Rutland.
A MARsHFIELD lady who signs herself Love
OF Good Order" sends us the following: 81
this place as in others, no doubt, the " balmy day
of spring" are sgnalized by the congregation c
idlers on the piazzas of the hotel Sunday aftel
noon and evening. All church-gong people an
respectable citizens must discountenance the hab
Of loahng in public places. 1t Is becoming que,
ton whether this may not eeitimately be pre-
hibted by the enforcement of the nuisance law
FIVE prizes of s25, 500 sl5, $40 and 50 ar
offered by two trustees Of the University of Vel
mont and State Agricultural College to Vernon
boys not over seventeen years old for the 6y
largest yields of corn on one-eighth acre and 6y
prizes OF the same amount for the largest yield
OF Early Rose potatoes, Entries must be mad
before May 1st and the highest prizeman in eac
class will be given free scholarship In either ii
academic or scientific department Of the stat
university
Ar the meeting OF the school district at Mon
peer Center, Monday evening, March 30th a vol
was passed, that excluded all religious seryic
from the school-house. A Sunday-school an
preaching service instituted by a committee fro
the Baptist church in Montpelier had been held
the house since the 25th of May 1879 The hou
had been warmed and lighted by friends In Il
neighborhood. without expense to the distriC
During this PERIOD besides the school, about for
addresses and sermons had been given, La
Sunday commodious hall near the school-hou