The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-12-26
Current Mention.

REV. HOWARD +. HILL expects to hold re-
ligious services at wrights Mills on Sunday
next, at half-past two o clock p. M.
The Vermont State Spirtualist Association
will hold their quarterly convention in town
hall, Rutland, January 25th, 2eth and 9th.
GENERAL STEPHEN THOMAS is to speak at
the installation of officers Of Stowe Post, No.
30, G. A. R., at North Calais, Saturday even
ing, January .. All are invited.
THE sons of Vermont residing in Chicago
are to have their annual banquet on the 18th
Of January. Mr.. f. G. Keith has been elected
president OF the association for the ensuing
year.
LUDLOW TRIBUNE: "The Green Mountain
Freeman sdvertises for a boy to learn the
printers trade-one accustomed to the care of
cattle Evidently the assistant editors OF that
sheet are a hard lot to manage"
THE annual meeting of Mad River Valley
agricultural society will be held in the hotel
hall in Waitsfeld, Thursday. January 8, 1884,
at one ocock, p. NJ, for the election OF officers,
and the transaction Of other business.
CLIPPER: There is to be a law that man
who borrows a newspaper because he is too
stingy to buy one shall be guilty Of misde-
meanor, and be confined in the county Jail till
he planks down one years subscription.
THE Norwood lumber property has been
turned over to Receiver Rich of the St. Albans
Trust Company for the benefit of depositors.
he has mortgaged it for S27, GOO to pay off that
~ rho a.
wait for their money.
The Brattleboro Retormer, which we have
come to regard as one of our best exchanges,
issued a Christmas number last week, the
product of home talent, which was highly
creditable. The Ph@nt1 is plainly becoming
very jealous of the Reformers success.
REFoRMER "The versatile Colonel Hooker
is not one Of the men who, when they get
down upon their backs lie there to cry about
it. He comes up smiling already, to observe,
in effect, that his canvass for the place of
senate sergeant-at.arms did not turn out as
he expected, and he never expected it would"
SOME papers in this state semi-occasionally
give notice that they will not appear the fol-
lowing week, in order to give the editor q
chance to celebrate the fourth of July, have a
vacation, or enjoy the holiday season." A
paper which will do this is usually one which
would not be missed particularly il it did not
appear at all.
IT is reported that an accommodating Orange
county girl recently escaloped some oysters.
She had never done any such work, but on be-
ing applied to for that purpose said she would
try, and thereupon she took each separate oys-
ter and cut some scallops around its entire cir
cumference, and on accomplishing her task
(three pints) declared there was too much
work in it, and she would not do it again
THE Press company of Philadelphia is the
publisher of the Weekly Press, political jour
nal that is earnestly republican and faithfully
represents tie vigorous, intelligent, progressive
republican sentiment of the country. 1t is
great deal of extra matter for its agricultural
and home departments is especially prepared
for the requirements of its subscribers Send
for sample copy.
The seventeenth annual encampment OF the
department of Vermont, Grand Army Of the
day, January 80, 1884, at three o'clock p. NJ,
and continue until Thursday, January 81, at
nine oclock A. NJ. A campfire for members OF
the eneampment and invited guests will be
held Wednesday evening, commencing at half
past six, when addresses are expected from
prominent comrades of this and other depart
ments.
ONE OF the moguls, with a car attached, has
been over the entire line of the Central Yer.
mont road from st. Johns to Windsor, and into
every place on the road where it is necessary
to run an engine. The purpose of the trip was
to make sure that there was no piece of track
on the road where the moguls could not go Oh
very large, and it becomes necessary to trim
off the cabs somewhat to prevent interference
with buildings platforms, etc, in certain 10.
calities.
| On the 21st, at Richford, Rev. George Fl
Bailey, deacon, was ordained to the priesthood
by Bishop Bissell assisted by Rev. DR.. A. H.
Bailey of Sheldon, Rev. Messrs Rogers of St
Albans, Hill of Montpelier, Atwell of Newport
Davidson of Frelighsburg, Smith of Sutton and
Lummis of Glen Sutton. The sermon was
preached by Rev. Howard F. Hill on "God's
message" with an address to the candidate
The church is new and neat structure, moi
yet consecrated, as a small debt yet remain.
upon it,
A CIRCULAR from the postmaster-gener in
structs postmasters to exchange three and six
cent stamps and stamped envelopes for other
Of different denominations. Postage stamp
will be exchanged at their face value; STAMPED
envelopes at full current rates, rs shown il
schedule Of January /, 1883. Stamped envel
opes bearing printed cards or special requests
as well as ordinary stamped envelopes, are Il
be exchanged; also stamped envelopes, tina
bear printed addresses. Stamps that are can
celed, mutilated, defaced, or from which tn
gum has been removed, or that are 80 damaged
in any way as to bear the appearance OF havinl
been used, or stamped envelopes that are not IL
perfect condition, cannot be exchanged,
OUR West Topsham correspondent writes
"Lsst Saturday David Keyes, an old residen
of this place, was found dead In the road abou
one and one-half miles from here. The circum
stances OF his death, as nearly as can be ascer
tanned, are ~ follows: He left home about tw
O'Clock p M, to go TO Aaron Sanborn's after