The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-08

vacate his house on Main street, and occupy |
the one just purchased.
Rev. JOHN CURR1ER, who was stationed
here by the Methodist conference in 1888, just
fifty years ago, preached at Trinity church
last Sunday. He remarked in the course of
his sermon that he did not see single person
in the audience who listened to him during his
pastorate at that time
THE Moorhead, Mimi, Evening Ne,os of
July 2Sth has the following Misses Jennie
Barton and Carrie Clark of Montpelier, Ver-
mont, spent the day in the city. They were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs William Clapp and
George o. Webster their classmates in the
Green Mountain state They have been teach
ing the past summer in Minnesota."
EDWARD L. SMITH Of this village. who is
spending his summer vacation at Roxbury
with Deacon w !. Simonds, while fishing for
trout recently captured turtle that weighed
fourteen pounds, the largest one of the kind
ever found in the vicinity and of the species
described by Thompson AS the swapping or al
hgator turtle. G. b. W. and some other let
tiers were marked on it's shell and dated 1882.
MANY hearts we're saddened last Thursday
by the announcement of the death of Kate E.,
daughter of DIR. j. L. Macomber She was an
unusually bright and winsome girl and there
is large circle outside Of the immediate rela-
tives who will sincerely mourn her loss. She
was among the best scholars of an exceptionally
good class in the Union school and graduated
in 1882 Her untimely descease casts deep
shadow over her home.
POLICEMAN ORDwAY arrested George L. Rod
ney OF Montpelier and James Graham of Mont
real last Sunday for intoxication. They were
brought before Justice Clark Monday, disclosed
on an unknown friend, and were each fined the
usual 80 and costs. Rodney was again ara
rested, on complaint of his father, for assault
and battery and was sentenced to pay fine of
S2493 or spend one hundred and forty-one
days at the house of correction. George w.
Wing became security for the payment Of
the fine.
SHEET of paper has been handed to us
which was made in this village by c. Burbank
in 1904, as is shown by the water mark. 1t
was taken from the account book of Eben Nc
Dowell by his son, Samuel T. Mcdowell now
OF Columbus, Ohio. and in his seventy sixth
year Among the names found among the old
accounts in the book are Hillory Currier, John
Knapp, Dutton, and Hubbard. Some of these
names will be recognized as having continued
among us until the present time
THE condition of the streets in this village is
| such as to call for a protest from everyone who
uses them. They seem to be in poorer repair
even than those out in the. open country.
| Ihey are so rough that 1t is almost unsafe to
| drive even at moderate rate of speed and the
| outlay OF a considerable sum of money Is
| urgently demanded. Each succeeding street
| commissioner seems to be deferred from max
ing the necessary outlay by fear that he will
the streets are growing worse. Will not our
present street commissioner take hold of the
matter in earnest and at once?
MRS. SUSAN E., wife of the late Orrin
| Pitkin, died at her residence on Main street,
on the 1st inst, aged seventy-four years. Mrs.
| Pitkin was a native of Westmoreland n. H.,
| and in early life married Mr.. Elihu Whitcomb,
| uI In in txpp rs
| thereafter. son, born to them during this
| period-Mr. John Whitcomb--is now respected
citizen OF Waltham, Mass. Some thirty years
| ago Mrs. Whitcomb became the wife of MIR.
Orrin Pitkin, since which time she has been a
| well-known and highly esteemed member OF
our community, acting well her part in all the
relations of life. During her residence in
| Montpelier she has been member OF Bethany
church, and her Christian activity and useful
ness continued until approaching infirmity and
disease gradually dried up the fountain of hel
busy life.
ONE of our we-known and highly esteemed
residents prepared himself for the collection al
church last Sunday bv putting silver quarter
| in his vest pocket When the plate began Il
approach he reached for the quarter but, al
| luck wonld have it, there was also penny IL
the same pocket and it seemed very obtrusive
1t had apparently monopoized all the room
for, tumble round as much as he would, hi
could find nothing but that Inflated penny
Now the plate is drawing nearer and still
nearer and it seems as though every eye wa
upon him to see how much he would give. ON
final desperate tumble was made, but in vail
and so with a sink-through-the-floor look h
dropped in the penny After that he could no
put his finger in his vest pocket without hittin;
the quarter. Moral: quarter in the plate i
sometimes worth two in the vest pocket.
REV. D. E. MILLER preached at st, Johns
bury last Sunday. Frank Kendall has re
turned and is again behind the COUNTER.
Conductor McAllister was at Windsor las
week. .... Clerk Stickney of Ludlow was il
town last Wednesday,. &c. w. Parmenter i
in Boston. Ned Thayer has been in town
In. W. Frink and wife spent Sunday i
Brookfield.. -. Miss Eta Thompson of tn
WATcHMAN force is away on her vacation.
c. De +. Bancroft returned Monday fror
Highgate Springs, Thomas Dewey has re
turned from Nantucket. Hon. Joseph Pc
land is at Barnet for two or three days.
Dr. Kemp went on trip to Mount Mansfiel
} last week. Principal Bracket has gone
Massachusetts,. =. Miss Helen Burpee has bee
visiting in Chester. Miss Florence Wing wer
, to Boston last week to visit friends.