The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-02
Montpelier.

plars hall tomorrow evening.
THE spring term of the Vermont Methodist
seminary begins next Monday.
THE ladies OF Christ church meet at Fred L.
Smiths residence tomorrow afternoon.
THE Methodist ladies gave pleasant sociable
at the residence Of G. Fl. Cross last Wednesday
evening
be held at Trinity church vestry next Sunday
evening
THE noon express from Wells River on Thurs
day was detained two or three hours by
wash-outs.
THERE is to be new sugar festival at Trinity
church this wednesday, evening. Supper will
be served from six to nine o'clock.
THE ladies missionary society Of Bethany
church will meet with Mrs. C. L. Perrin to-
morrow afternoon, at two o'clock.
CITIZENS can obtain inventory blanks at the
town clerks office, at the office of George W.
Wing, or at the residences Of the listers.
The choir OF Christ church are preparing
some excellent music for Easter, which will
probably be rendered by double quartette.
Mrs. TERENA K, widow Of the late Harvey
Guernsey, died of apoplexy at her home on
Friday last, at the age of sixty-eight years and
seven months.
A MEETING Of the Methodist Preachers AS
socation was held at Trinity vestry Monday
ference Entertainment"
WHILE r. w. Warren was leaving the yard
OF Rev. J. Edward Wright last Wednesday
morning, his sleigh broke down and Baldwin
street extension was thereby suddenly trans
formed to the milky way"
THE house occupied by David R. Gray, near
Wrightsville, took fire from defective stove-
pipe in the garret one day last week. The
flames we're extinguished by the prompt action
Of the neighbors before any considerable dam
age was done.
For several months past boys in the vicinity
of j. w. Brooks storehouse, near the foundry,
have broken glass in that building. The guilty
ones are known, and some of them have al
ready borne the expense of repairing a portion
of the damage
The annual communication of Aurora Lodge,
No. %, Free and Accepted Masons, for the
election Of officers for the ensuing year, will be
held at masonic hall on Monday evening"
April 7, at seven o'clock. A full attendance is
earnestly desired.
YOUNG peoples meetings at the Baptist
church began last Sunday evening, and are to
be six o'clock Sunday evening, for the present
An unusual religious interest is manifested
among the young.
THE little child of Henry Biggs, five years Of
age, died last Saturday of p,rtlysis resulting
from a severe attack of diphtheria, some weeks
since. The circumstances attending the case
make it particularly sad, and the afflicted
parents have the sincere sympathy OF friends
and neighbors
AT the Berlin street school-meeting, last
week, a committee was appointed to see what
arrangement could be made with A. g. +. Jo-
honnott for the purchase of their tannery, out
buildings and lot. If the district makes the
purchase, it will build new school house and
some tenement houses.
AGREEMENT has been made for the purchase
by the society of Christ church of the S. B
Colby house, now occupied by Mrs. A. P. Hib-
bard. The building stands next to the church
premis es, and after undergoing thorough re-
pairs will be used for chapel and parsonage.
The price paid is "a 600.
THE shed of the house occupied by Louis
Ducharme took fire last Friday evening from
C ais in some ashes which had been deposited
| there in the morning. An alarm was sounded
| and the fire department called out, but the
| flames were extinguished by neighbors before
the engines could reach the spot.
| THE State House fence was adorned last
Friday with the nets taken by the officers from
| the fishermen at Hog Island, near Swanton,
| the day previous. The two nets were consid-
erably more than long enough to drape the
| fence its entire length and were hung from the
| pickets to dry. Both were in good condition
| and their value is estimated at about 5000.
THE listers held their first meeting yesterday
morning, for the purpose of organizing and
preparing for the work Of taking the lists
| They intend to make record of all dogs
owned in town, in order to better enforce the
| law relating to dog licenses. After May 18th
| the possession of an un licensed canine subjects
| the owner to a fine of Sl5, and the dog to cap
ital punishment.
| +. w. THOMPSON has been appointed eastern
| passenger agent of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railroad, with headquarters at Boston
| Atr hos for tD1a fpa
cling agent for the Central Vermont, has held
a similar position on the Canadian Pacific road
| and his promotion is well merited. The best
| wishes of his friends in Montpelier are extended
to him in this new capacity
THE gaudy zouave uniforms worn by Cal.
lenders minstrel band on our streets Satur
| day afternoon, the music and the exhibition OF
skill by the drum major, in his manipulation.
| OF the baton, served to attract large audience
| to Capital hall in the evening. The entertain
| ment there afforded was superior in MANY re-
| spects to anything in the minstrel line which
Montpelier people have witnessed In lonl
time. The programme was varied and pleas
| ing, the singing good, and the jokes fresh.
SINCE the Central Vermont time table was
printed on our third page we have received 6
notice of change as follows: A mixed trair
now leaves here for Roxbury at 655 p. NJ
| and the evening mail train south is now twenty
| eight minutes later than before, 10 :5S insteaC
train for the north now goes at 6:45 and ih'
| second at 9:25 A. NJ. 1t will be seen that tn,
management have restored what was formerly
known as Halls train, which will be grea
convenience to its patrons.
LETTERS uncalled for at Montpelier post
office, March 30, 1884: Ladies-Mrs. Charlie
Brown, Miss Mary A. Callahan, Myrtle NJ. Mar
tin, Miss N. j. Martin, Miss Addie Paige Mrs
G. N. White. Gentlemen.-G. N. Annis, A. T
Dana, Norris A. Edgerly, Lyman Farrar, L
Farrar, George Fifeld, A. b. Harrington, w
+. Macomber, M. NJ. Peters, Z. f. Robinson
X. L. Smith, Allen Smith, N, p. Taplin, Johl
wilkins. Parties applying for any OF the abov
must say advertised" and give the date
j. S. PECK, Postmaster.
A PERSON giving her name as Myra Smyth o
Marshfield presented check of S. ID. Holliste
for $3.50 for payment at the savings bank o
Thursday Edward f. Blakely, to whom tn
check was presented, WIS suspicious of the gen
uineness of the signature and was advised +
refuse its payment. The woman took the chec
to the NJ Montpeer national bank and Telle
Martin, who was alone at the time, at one
discovered the forgery, and likewise refuses
its payment. Mr., HOLSTER has since seen tn
check and delares that it was forged.
MEssRs C. A. BARNARD, d. G.. Field, Ere
Camp and Fred Hayden formed themselve
into committee on sidewalks, last Saturday
and, after taking up collection to secure som
additional help, supplied themselves with tn
necessary tools and organized raid upon tn
sush and ice on the sidewalk in front of tn
Willard residence. The result was very graf
flying to those who have had occasion I
"wade by that place, and we take the Ill
erty to tender the thanks of the community I
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