The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12
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beautiful glass water set last Friday.
THE fall term of the graded school closed
last Friday and the winter term will open
next Monday.
HARVEY WILEY has moved into the north
part OF the Parker house, recently vacated
by j. G. Fletcher.
SERVICE at eleven o'clock, according to
the winter arrangement, began in our
churches last Sunday.
l.. N. HOWE sold miscellaneous lot of
goods on the corner by auction Saturday
evening. He expects to go West soon.
A FAIR will be held by the ladies of the
church OF st. John the Evangelist, opening
Monday, the oath, and continuing through
the week
A VILLAGE meeting is called for tomorrow
(Thursday( evening, to see II the village will
instruct the trustees to employ night
policeman.
A MASQUERADE and dress promenade will
be held in Concert Hail. Thursday evening
of this week. by the young people of the
Episcopal society.
THE fall examination OF teachers will be
held in room number 7, graded school build
ing, on Saturday of this week, opening at
half-past eight A. NJ.
THE hotel has passed into the hands of
the new landlord, j. G.. Fletcher. Mr.. Nor
ris has moved into his house on the corner
of Central and South streets.
AN examination of candidates teach
er's certificates will be held at the graded
school building by the town superintendent
of schools on Saturday, the 10Th instant
AN oyster supper will be held at the
Methodist vestry this wednesday, even
ing. Also sociable at Howe's hall by the
young people of the Congregational society.
MRS ELIZABETH COOLIDGE died at the
residence of her niece, Mrs. Frank Houston,
uat Funeral hp1
at the house Monday morning, Rev. w. S.
Hazen officiating. The body was taken to
Barnard for burial.
A RECEPTION and entertainment will be
given by the senior class of the graded
school at the school building on Friday
evening of this week. The graduating class,
which numbers five, will each have an es-
say and music will be furnished by the SEX
tet band. About one hundred invitations
have been issued and a pleasant time is an
ticipated.
THE following are lately-elected and in
stalled officers of the Good Templars' lodge:
Worthy chief templar, G. d. Edgerton;
worthy vice templar, Mrs. G.; w. Clark;
worthy secretary, Frank j. Wiley; worthy
financial secretary, Susie Kent; worthy
treasurer, j. G.. Coburn; worthy chaplain,
Frank Plumley; worthy marshal, Frank
Morse; worthy guard, Katie Robbins; wor-
thy sentinel, Charley Clark
FRANK PLUMLEY, ESQ, returned Sunday
morning from his campaign work in Michi-
gan. He has made speeches i'll thirty-two
towns and seventeen counties and Travelled
two thousand seven hundred miles in the
state to keep appointments. AT all but two
of the places he was the principal or only
speaker, and the aggregate number of per-
sons in his audiences was over tifty-tive
thousand The principal towns in which he
spoke were Pontiac, Huron, Ionia Lapeer,
East Saginaw, Big Rapids, Muskegan, Man.
istee, Battle Creek, Coldwater, Ann Arbor,
Hudson and Lansing. At Lapeer and Inlay
City his audiences numbered about six
thousand each. At East Saginaw there was
were limited only by his ability to make his
voice heard. He spoke first at Ridgeway in
blacksmith shop to about one hundred
and his last speech was made at Lansing,
November 3, to an audience of three thou.
sand. Judging from press notices, his work
was very successful and satisfactory.
MISS MARY CHASE of Morrisville is spend.
| ing the vacation with her sister, the precep
tress. - Mr.. Morrill, Gilman has re.
turned from Boston. - William LegieI
| has gone to Barre to work in the wooden
mill. - Mrs. NJ b. Jones leaves to-day
| wednesday, to spend the winter in Phila-
delphia. Her daughter, Miss Minnie, goes
to Waterbury. - Mrs A. w. Denny
and daughter returned from Boston Satur
day and c. N Whitmarsh came up Friday
| - Mrs. Moore of Waterbury is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Prudence Denny. -
Fred Metcalf is attending dental lectures in
Boston. -W w. f. Baker, Esq. has ar
main for the present He is much better
and still improving. Mrs. Baker and hel
mother leave this week for visit of a few
| weeks with relatives at Oxford, n. III. 80
E. S. Stebbins and family start to-day fol
Florida to spend the winter. - DR.. anc
hn1a IN, oil
days last week. Mr.. and Mrs. A. A
Morse have been visiting in Waterbury anC
will return this week. - Mrs. j. p
Davis goes to Castleton on Thursday to visi
her mother.
East Montpelier.-All who are inter
ested in having singing-school at the Cen
ter are requested to meet at f. w. Orms
bees hall next Saturday evening at sever
o'clock. Professor Ober of Waterbury il
expected to be present. - The ION tn
Stairs " circle will meet at the home of ID
III. Dodge next Saturday at two P. NJ. Al
| friends and members of the &. l.. 5. &. ar
invited. The ladies will please bring thei
thimbles. - The piano recently bough
by III. b. Woodward is the fifth musical in
strument purchased at the Center since TIL
first of June. - Charles o. Ormsbee o
Letcher, Dakota, eldest son of Il. w. Orms
bee of this town, mentioned a few month
ago as having gone into the mercantile bus
mess, has taken Miss Jennie Helder of BE
lott Iowa, as partner. They were married
on the 10th ult. - II. a. Gould arrive,
last Saturday from Marthas Vineyard
where he has been spending few month";
for his health. - Emma Bass, who ha
been here several weeks, has returned t
her home in Braintree.
PIainfield.-O. w. Cree is very sick wit
pneumonia. - Mrs. Ira Stone spraine
one wrist severely last week. - Mr.. Ir
Page rode out last Monday, the first tim
after several weeks severe sickness. 60
Mrs. Mary Kidder has gone to live with he
daughter in New York for the winter. -
The Good Templars of the county hold thei
county union in Kinney's hall next Friday
the 14th. Lecture in the evening in tn
Methodist Episcopal church by Rev. f. W
Culver of st. Johnsbury. - Plaintiel
cornet band are to have promenade col
cert at Slayton's hall next Saturday even
ing, the 10Th. - Mr.. f. III. Dewey {
Williamstown has recently closed a Yer
successful term of writing school here.
Waitsfield.-Professor Starr entertaine
the curious people in this vicinity four ever
ings by his eXpositions of Spiritualisn
- j. S. Newcomb has built an additio
to his carriage shop and put in new steal
engine, - The Congregationalists wo
morning and held Sunday-school in the
teacher being present. - Rufus Buckli
has let his farm TO Charles Belts and Ia
moved into part of the Willard hous,
u.ttia II Rrau0 10 laorpipo, th.. N, II