The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-04
Montpelier.


week and will return Saturday.
Mrs. WARREN HosMER OF Chicago is visiting
with her sister, Mrs. S. L. Howe
Mr. AND MRS. D. w. DUDLEY are expected
home from the West next Friday.
Mr. AND MRS. MAHLoN TAPLIN are expected
to-day on visit to their son, II. N. Taplin.
REV. LORENZO WHITE, formerly principal Of
the Methodist Seminary, has been in town
MRS. CHARLES A. BURNHAM OF Burlington
is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Henry Oviatt.
THE banks and traders of this village will
hereafter allow only eighty-five cents for trade
dollars.
A PARTY of about hundred will have a
clam bake and basket picnic at Beniamin's
Falls to-day.
Mr.. AND Mrs. II. s. LOOMS started yester-
day for Saratoga, where they will remain two
or three weeks.
AN elegant piano cane Monday for Miss
Fannie fifield and there will doubtless now be
music in the air"
A LAWN tennis court has been arranged on
the Pavilion lawn, and this popular sport is
having quite a rage.
A COMPANY from the Fifth Avenue Theater
of New York will present the Galley Slave at
Capital Hall, July 30th.
In the absence Of the rector of Christ church,
the service was read last Sunday by Charles
dewey ana FRED T.. smith,
Miss SADIE, daughter of George L. Nichols,
celebrated her eleventh birthday by having
ride in the large band wagon with a number
of her young mates as guests.
MRS T. P. REDFIELD attended commence
ment exercises at Dartmouth last week and is
now visiting at Stanstead, p. @.
WILL SULLIVAN formerly of the Argus has
a lucrative position in newspaper Office in
Lincoln, Neb, and is doing we'll
PATRIOTISM seems to languish in this village
and there will be no public celebration of any
kind to-day, not even horse trot
Mr.. AND Mrs. ROBINSON, who have been
visiting at Harry Boutwells, returned to their
home in Cleveland, Ohio, Monday.
IT is currently reported that w. A. Lord and
Mrs. Lucy Young were married and started on
their wedding trip last Saturday night.
BURNSIDE BAILEY and George Shepard rode
up as far as Concord n. H., in private con-
veyance. sending the team back from that point
by freight.
THE Beedle and Prindle Pleasure party will
appear at Capital Hall next Wednesday even
ing. A western paper says that they "gave
one OF the best entertainments of the season."
FRANK H. BAsCoM leaves this week for Al
exandria Bay, n. Y, resort among the Thou
sand Islands, where he is putting in a new
drug store, with his brother who resides there
THOSE who have suffered so much from the
heat in Capital Hall will be glad to know that
some ventilators are to be put upon that an
cient structure with view to make it more
comfortable.
Hon. B. F. FIFIELD and family will 90 to
Block Island soon, for the summer. They will
be joined there by Governor Smith and family
of st. Adams and Mr.. and Mrs Martin Kei-
logg of New York.
A TEMPERANCE meeting was held at Bethany
Sundav "a in
attendance, DR.. A. Clark presiding. Addresses
were made by Rev. E. d. Mason pastor of the
Baptist church, and John G. Wing, Esq.
I. !. CHENEY, wife and daughter OF Boston.
are expected at the Pavilion to-day Nh
Cheney has the reputation of being the richest
man in Boston, his wealth being variously es-
timated at from SIG 900, 900 to $40, ,000, 600
PROFESSOR J. O. GOULD will give his class
reception at the Pavilion Thursday evening of
next week. The children will have the floor
from to $3.50, after which there will be gen.
eral dancing with F. +. Bradish as floor di-
rector
AT the annual meeting of the trustees of the
Washington County Grammar School held last
Friday evening Charles Dewey was chosen
president, Fred f. Smith, secretary and Hiram
Carleton treasurer. T. C. Phinney and W. W.
Prescott were elected to fill vacancies in the
board.
A FIRST. CLASS hall has long been needed in
this village and Asa Blanchard proposes to
supply this want He will Sit up good hall
on the second floor of his new block at the
head of State street. which will be sixty by
ninety-five feet and have seating capacity Of
nearly eight hundred.
THE students have all returned from their
various schools. Among those who have ar
rived during the week are Edward L. Smith
from Yale, Burnside Bailey, George Shepard,
Fred Dieter and Charlie Thompson from Har-
yard, Miss kittie Bailey from Boston, and Miss
Lulu Ellis from Bradford academy.
The peaceful quiet of Monday evening was
somewhat disturbed by an encounter Just
through the arch. Levi Keith of Barre met
one OF the Tacy boys and after some words
about debt, assaulted him. A large crowd
assembled, but before an officer gotithere it was
all over and the parties had business elsewhere.
No arrests.
DURING Mr.. Brackets absence from the
house on Saturday, there was left at his door
two bundles, one of which contained a volume
of Hollands poems, present from the gram
mar school to Miss Sturgis; the other a beau
ful piece of silver and crystal ware of UNIQUE
design, for himself The recipients express
their thanks.
Mrs. HORACE S. WADE of Boston, who WAS
at the Pavilion recently, is supposed to be the
only living descendant of Ethan Allen. Her
maiden name was Sadie Allen. she was born
in lrasburgh, and the hero of Ticonderoga was
her great-uncle. She has many relics now in
her possession which belonged to her illus
trious ancestor.
COMMANDER GEORGE DEWEY Of the United
States Navy arrived in town Saturday and is
the guest of his brother, Edward Dewey He
was able to leave Malta about two months ago
and has spent considerable time in London, but
is not yet entirely recovered from his recent
severe illness. After short stay here, he ex-
poets to go to Portsmouth, n. ii.
LAST Wednesday six small BOYS were play
ing on piazza attached to the Camp block on
Elm street and extending out over the river,
when 1t suddenly gave way, precipitating them
fifteen feet into the river below without any
ceremony. As the water was quite low, they
struck upon the rocks, receiving many severe
cuts and bruises, but for wonder no bones
we're broken. A boy who was wading in the
water below was buried in the debris but came
out all right. The neighborhood was quite ex-
cited for time, the screams of the boys and
the cries of the aifrghted mothers filling the air
w. o. STANDIsH has been home from SPRING
field, Mass. Mrs. S, j. ThuTston is visiting
In Sutton, n H...,.T. c. Clark left for New
York, Saturday. Speaker Martin was in
town over Sunday. Rev. d. L. Miller de-
liyers the address at Barre to-day. IA g.
Irulan Is on duty again., Ensign I. g.
Dewey left Monday. Kate Bailey returned
Monday from her visit to Boston. James r.
Phelps of Boston was in town yesterday.
Charles I. Sabin is expected home from Europe
next week. Mrs. c. w. Bailey and Mrs
Simeon Dewey are quite i'll.
ABOUT 1856 an English orphan boy about fif-