The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-12
Montpelier.

H. C. WEBSTER leaves tomorrow for the New
York market.
J. H. BURPEE is at home again after quite an
extended western trip.
THERE was pleasant tea party at the house
of L. Bart Cross Saturday evening.
Mrs AND MRS. JOHN B. THURsroN are in
Boston this week, going last Saturday
EVENING preaching will be resumed q. Trim
ity church next Sunday at seven o'clock
MEssRs c. w. PORTER, L. Bart Cross and
George E. Taplin were in Boston last week.
MISS MAGGIE HARRIS, who has been at work
for S. G. Woolson, left for Burlington yesterday.
MISSES MARY REED and Ruth Jewett leave
to-day to pursue their studies at Northampton.
w. L. ADAMS and family left for Boston
Monday, where they will spend couple Of
weeks.
GEORGE P. DEWEY is away on two weeks
vacation, having started directly from the
muster.
MISS ANNA CHANDLER gave party to some
of her friends last evening, as did Miss Carrie
Ellis also.
MISS HELEN DEWEY left last week for OF
tawa, Canada, where she will attend school the
coming year.
OLD Mr.. FITCH, who has been a town charge
for many years, died last Thursday and was
buried Friday.
MISSES EMMA lNGRAHAM ana Ettd thompson
Of the WATCHMAN force have returned from
their vacations
THE funeral Of Thomas Eagan, who died on
Sunday, occurred yesterday forenoon at the
Catholic church.
EDWARD L. SMITH started yesterday morn
ing for New Haven, Conn, where he will begin
his sophomore year at Yale college.
MONTPELIER will contribute its quota to the
state fair this year, Some went yesterday and
more will attend to-day and tomorrow.
THE Sunday train has been taken off and
those who depended on the Sunday Herald fol
their good reading are now left in despair.
AT meeting of Brooks Post, Grand Army
OF the Republic, appropriate resolutions were
adopted on the death of Oscar n. Webster.
I w. w. NEwcoMB, who is with A. G. Stone
| has been at his home in Brattleboro some time
sick with typhoid fever, but has now returned
in good health.
| AMONG those outside of Company II who
took in the muster last week were Colonel Fred
f. Smith, Hon. Charles Dewey, and Arthur
Ropes of the WATcHMAN.
A REGULAR commupication of Aurora lodge
| No %, Free and Accepted Masons will be helC
at Masonic hail. on Monday evening, Septem
ber 18th, at half-past seven o'clock.
THERE will be home missionary concert a
the Baptist church next Sunday evening. Mrs
| Mason will make remarks upon her work IL
! the South. All are cordially invited.
LEAvITT's MINsTRELs are booked for Capita
Hail. Saturday evening, September 22d Thi
company gave an entertainment here last win
ter which was very satisfactory to the larg,
audience in attendance
STREET commissioner John L. Tuttle is doin,
a commendable work on the highways. Stat
street has been greatly improved by the grave
spread thereon and Main street is now receiv
| ing the same treatment.
A SLIGHT fire caught in Orange Fified'
house yesterday forenoon in the room occu
pied by him as an office, but was speedily dis
covered and extngui>hed Some valuable
papers had n narrow escape
L. GLEASON started Monday for the Bos
ton and New York markets to buy his stock o
goods for the fall trade. He will return tn
latter part of this week and will make his an
nouncement in our next issue.
WEare indebted to W. A. Wheaton of 81
Paul, Mimi, for late copy of the. Ponce
Press, giving full account Of the reception eX
tended by that city to President Willard of tn
Northern Pacific, and his party.
PRESIDENT PORTER Of Yale college and
Phelps of Burlington were at the Pavilion las
week Mr.. Phelps has given regular instruC
tion in law at Yale during the past year, and
spoken OF as very popular among the students
d. c. SLOAN has purchased Of o. d. Scrbne
the building now occupied by the latter, an
will occupy 1t soon. Mr.. Scribner will probabl
remain in trade, hut will remove to some othe
location. The price paid for the propert
was S4 800.
ALL the elements for a frstclass strike o,
listed among some of the boarders at Keml
tons last week, bnt the matter at issue wa
amicably arranged without resorting to extrem
measures. All his patrons are highly please
with Mr.. Kempton's table.
The Troy Times says there is town In We
mont that has only one policeman, and tlf
: every night the church bells are rung at inte