The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-09
Montpelier.

MR.. WRIGHT expects to preach In the Morse
East Montpelier, next Sunday
afternoon.
THE mission band of the Baptist church will
meet with Miss Helen Burpee on Saturday, at
three O'Clock 2. NJ
THE ladies' Shakespeare club are to enter
tain few invited friends at the Church OF the
Messiah this evening.
THE usual Fast day service at the Church of
the Messiah will be held on Friday evening at
hslf-past seven o'clock.
THE post-ofiee will be open Friday, Fast
day, from eight to ten In the forenoon and from
four to six in the afternoon.
THE children OF Christ church Sunday-school
will meet at the church Friday afternoon, at
four o'clock, for carol practice.
THE dry goods and millinery stores of the
village will close at six o'clock, Wednesday
and Thursday evenings until October 1st
THE spring term of the Vermont Methodist
Seminary began on Monday. There promises
to be larger attendance than year ago.
THE ice has passed quietly out of Winoosk
river and the Worcester branch, with but
slight rise OF the streams, the mass having
crumbled and melted away very gradually.
THE capital musical and social club meets
with Miss Edith Adams tomorrow evening
Arrangements will be made at that time for
social assembly at the Pavilion next Monday
evening.
MRS. A. P. HIBBARD is to fit up her house on
St. Paul street, near the Baptist church, for
boarding house and will move there with her
boarders at the expiration of her lease of the
Jacob Smith premises.
THE Union school opened on Monday with a
good attendance There are upwards of sew
enty children in Miss Sweets primary depart
ment. The term will last twelve weeks, clos
ing the week Of June 29.
SERVICES are held at Christ church each day
this week. The service to-day begins at four
O. clock the remainder of the week, it begins
at half-past ten o'clock in the forenoon. Com
munion service will be held tomorrow.
A LARGE number appeared before the exam
lining committee of physicians In pension cases
Regular examinations are held each week, and
a day Is largely devoted to that work by the
physicians.
MRS. F. |. PITKIN, Miss jamie Kimball and
George H. Wilder are to assist the Christ church
choir on Sunday in the rendering of the Easter
music F. w. Bancroft comes home for Easter,
and it is hoped that he also will sing with them
at that time.
THE ladies of Christ church will have an
Easter fair at Capital hall next Tuesday after
noon and evening. Ice cream and cake will be
served, fancy articles will be on sale, and vocal
and instrumental music and other entertain
ment will be afforded.
THE annual convocation of King Solomon
Royal Arch Chapter, No. 7, for the election of
Masonic hall on Thursday evening, April 10.
| at half-past seven. Annual meeting of Mont
pelier Council at seven o'clock.
THE state committee of Young Mems Chris.
tian Associations have issued invitations to
members and friends OF the Montpelier asso-
citation to meet members Of the International
committee at the Pavilion parlors this evening,
af n tn haQ Of not
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier post
Office April 8, 1884 Henry R. Cutler, D. R.
Coleman, Louis Drown, Lester Gould, George
| jackson and w. X. Miles. Parties applying
| for any Of the above must say advertised, /"
and give the date. J. S. PECK, Postmaster.
JOHN c. CAVE, formerly an employe Of this
office, and now foreman OF the Old Colony
| short visit, the first for seven years. His
many acquaintances are much pleased to see
| "Jack," he always proving himself genial and
popular with the boys.
THE Baptist, Congregational and Methodist
churches will have union Fast day service in
the Baptist church at eleven o'clock Friday
| forenoon. The sermon will be delivered by
Rev. Mr.. Hincks. There will also be special
service of Bethany congregation in their chapel
| on Friday afternoon at three o'clock.
| ]. @. ADAMS has recently purchased a new
drop bottomed Berlin coach for use in the place
Of the old hack as public conveyance. The
| purchase was made in New York city and the
carriage arrived here on Saturday. 1t is finely
| furnished, the interior being trimmed with
heavy crimson satin and broadcloth.
J. D. CLoUGH has sent us notice of an old
| fashioned Sem. hill candy-pull" which TOOK
place at Lindsay lodge, Boston, on the even
| ing of March 81, and at which there were
present thirteen ladies and gentlemen who
have been connected with the Vermont Metho
/ lot iuor ooha -,
years.
THIS office received the first message from
| Cabot, yesterday afternoon, at twenty minutes
past four clock. The central office at that place
is at Farrington's store, distance of twenty-ont
miles from the Montpelier central, and by tht
first connection conversation was carried OF
| as easily as between parties within half-milt
of each other.
THE many friends OF Will Sullivan, formerly
connected with the Argus and Patriot but now
of Lincoln, Neb., will be glad to learn that al
the recent meeting of the Lincoln Typograph
ical Union he was elected the delegate to repre-
sent that body at the meeting OF the Interna
| tional Typographical Union, to be held at New
| Orleans, La, in June next.
The HOLMAN OPERArIc COMEDY CoMpAN,
will appear in the musical comedy, Bubbles,
at Capital hall, Friday evening, April IL. The
individuals composing this company have beer
noticed by the press where 1t has appeared In
| very HI tterlng terms. Two hours OF solid en-
joyment, of mirth and music, of sunshine anC
| no shadows, laughter and no tears, Is the prom
ise Of the company, and it is certainly worth
the admission Zee of thirty-five and fifty cents
On Monday the new boot and shoe store O
g. B. Walton Co. was opened for the trans
action of business. Mr. Walton is we'll knowI
In this place as being young man of excel
lent business characteristics, having been fo
| some time connected as book keeper with tn,
Montpelier Carriage Company, and more re
Gently with d. L. Fuller 4 Son, and is deserv
ing OF success In his new enterprise. Mr. Wal
ton has secured the services of Horace Marvin
| as clerk.
SOME of the ladies of Christ church, unde
the direction of Mrs w. f. Vail and Mrs. c
A. Best, have made very handsome quilt
which will be disposed of at their fair mex
Tuesday 1t is composed Of "blocks" o
silk and satin, of varied shape and color, which
were furnished by Mrs. Best and Mrs. Vail
and ornamented by different ladies' Som,
are painted and others beautifully embossed
with needle-woIk of different designs. HI
must be fastidious indeed who could not en-
joy sweet sleep with such covering.
A NUMBER Of ladies from different societie
purpose giving sociable at the Pavilion mex
Monday evening, for the benefit of the Mont
pelier public library. They, feeling assured o
the hearty good will of our people for thi
public necessity, invite every one who care
for the general good or credit of our town h
show the same by attending this sociable an,
paying twenty cents IL any prefer stay
ing away tO coming to the pleasant time OF
fered them, they can do so at the same price
Cushman's band will be In attendance from