The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-05

noon and evening, November eth Supper
will be served from six to seven o'clock
A full attendance is desired at this meet
ing. Gentlemen are specially invited.
ETHEL GRANT, who afforded our people so
much pleasure by her exhibition of fancy
skating at the opening of the Golden
Fleece" goes to Toledo next week to give
an exhibition at the opening of one of the
largest rinks in the West.
GEORGE ALMoN of the Montpelier tele-
phone exchange is spending weeks vaca-
ton in visiting the Club" 1t was his in
teution at the time of his departure Monday |
night to "take in everything" Georges
capacity is something phenomenal, but we |
doubt his ability fulfil his expectations this
time.
PROFESSOR TowNsHEND, teacher in reading |
and elocution at the Vermont Conference |
Seminary, was called away quite suddenly, |
last week, on account of his fathers Sc |
rious illness. His class in elocution will |
be thrown up for the remainder of the term, |
and his reading class will be under the di- |
rection of Professor Terrill. |
"CARR1E b. GUPTb and Herbert e. |
Flint, two of our best young people, were
married last Thursday at the residence of
r. 7. Dubois in West Randolph, in whose
family Miss Guptil has had a home since the
death of her mother at Bethel" So says
the Herald and Ne,cS. Mrs. Guptil and her
daughters, Misses Kate and Carrie, formerly
lived in Montpelier, and all are pleas
antly remembered here
j. S. WILKINS, formerly general agent of
the Mutual Life Insurance Company OF New
York, has been rendered the general agency
at San Francisco of the Connecticut Mutual
Life Insurance Company. Mr.. wilkins has
also been offered a desirable position in Bos-
ton, and Monday he went to Boston and
Hartford to consider the second proposition.
1t is probable that he will leave the first of
next week with his entire family for San
Francisco.
III. S. BoUTwELLs valuable mare which
was stolen from Mr.. Towns barn last week
Thursday night was found on the East
Montpelier road headed for home, with no
halter upon her head. A cut upon one leg
| left well-defned trail and the thieves evil
IDENTIFY abandoned her on this account. a.
short distance from where the mare was
| found there were evidences that several
horses had been hitched to the fence and
wagon tracks were numerous.
WE were recently told OF singular CO.
| incidence which will be new to many OF our
| readers. Our townsman, Denison Taft, as
all will remember, was the builder of Beth
| any church. In tearing down the " old
| Brick church ~ previous to the erection of
the new edifce Mr.. Taft found in the corner
stone silver plate which bore an inscrip-
| ton telling that the stone was laid with APP
proprate ceremonies. June 6, 1919, at ten
o'clock A. NJ. Mr.. Taft was born at ten o'clock
in the forenoon of June 6, 1919.
LETTERS uncalled for at Montpelier, VT,
| post-ofce November /, 1884; Ladies-Mrs.
Cara Brown Mary Bennett, Miss Emma
| Shipman, Miss Alice NJ Dodge, Miss Linda
Emerson, Miss Linne Emerson, Mrs. Mary
Jones, Mrs. George Knox, Mrs. Mary Will
ley, Mrs. Helen l.. Wilson. Gentlemen
L. l.. Bruce Harry w. Bean NJ. j. Biglow,
d. b. Dwinell, e. w. Gillette, E. Il. Greene,
Lafayette Silver, Seneca e, Smith, III, j..
| West, John b. Wright, DIR. A. Voldi. Par
ties applying for any of the above must say
advertised and give the date
GEORGE W. WING, Postmaster
AT the close of the rink Wednesday even
ing, the Sherman band went serenading un-
der the direction of the young gentlemen of
Burlington who were present at the opening.
The Pavilion, THE WATCHMAN Office, j. w.
Brock Ex-Governor George n. Dale, Gen
eral p p. Pitliin, l.. Bart Cross, Hiram At
kins and 7, r. Merrill, Jr., were each fa-
vored with a call, and in each case the visit
ors were rendered as warm a reception as
the time of night and the complete surprise
of the favored ones would permit. For our
share of the pleasant remembrance we
hereby extend to the Shermans and their
associates our most sincere thanks. Their
| visit to Montpelier on this occasion will
tend to greatly strengthen the social ties
formed between Burlington and Montpelier
people by the Fourth of July celebration OF
THREE Tuerk water motors have been SCI
up in this village during the past week il
THE WATsHMAN and Argus and Pdtrio
printing establishments, and &. IL. Cross &
Sons bakery. These motors are very sim
| pie in construction. Power is obtained by
the discharge of water from the feed pip'
through an opening, whose greatest diane
, ter is eleven-siXteenths of an inch int
| small buckets ON the outer edge of an up
right wheel A governor attachment regu
lates the size of the stream according to th
amount of power required. A single motto
runs all of the machinery in either of th
above-named establishments with perfec
, | ease. When the Main street pipe was laiC
a branch pipe was laid across the street int
the alley between the bakery and K. n. SEQ
| Wills store. The pipe ended with L, on
! arm of which led in the direction of Mr.. SEQ
| yill's store and the other toward the bakery
The men forgot to plug the first opening
D | and when connection was made to tn
t bakery, Saturday, and the water was turne
=. on, the stream boiled up through six feet q
earth and quickly flooded the alley maxim
= | things very lively for a short time and add
r ing one to the list of amusing incident
a | which have occurred in connection with tn
new system.
/. HARRY LOWE and Miss Clara, secon
i daughter of the late j. Warren Bailey, wer
: united in marriage at the home of tn
brides mother at five o'clock last Wednesda
: afternoon. The ceremony was performe
by Rev. Mr.. Hincks and was witnessed b
a select company of the more immediat
y relatives and friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Low
were the recipients of a large number {
o beautiful and valuable presents suppl,
g mented by the best of wishes from thei
l. many friends. The happy pair left on tn
Chicago express that evening for an eXtende
Is wedding trip. Among the gifts presente
a were a silver framed mirror, from Mrs.
Y w. Bailey and Neddie; bronze lamp, Flo
h renee and b. b. Bailey; beautiful sofa pi
low, Alice Lowe; check for $780, Mrs j
n Warren Bailey and Miss Ella; four-dii
j. mond ring, Mr.. and Mrs Henry Lowe; GU
y glass berry dish, silver standard, Ernes
}, and Charles Lowe; clock, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. Mallory; oil painting, Mr.. and Mrs. i
G. Brigham silver and gold card receive
y Mrs. W. f. Braman; large family Bibl'
!, Mrs, A. l.. Carlton; cracked glass bee
;, pitcher and six cups, Mrs. f. Henry Powell
two oil paintings Il. w. Bailey; silver vas
u Misses Gertrude and Alice Drew. I'll
bride was presented with diamond ear o
"a naments by the groom, and both receive
s, other valuable presents so numerous as
y render special mention impossible.
(, THE Golden Fleece was taken by assau
III Wednesday evening, but left golde
shower in its stead. Long before the tim
he for opening the building was thronged /
y visitors and when Mr.. Wright arose to mal
ot for Manager Guptil his address of welcom
TX one thousand persons were in the galleri'
I'd and in the seats ranged along the sides
the great hall. The building has been full
es described in former issues of this pape
ne In its completed condition it in nowise di
~ nfatf.N xtfhf f.h had hAa