The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-31
Montpelier.

MISS EMILY EATON mas returned from
Canton. n. Y.
COMMANDER GEORGE DEWEY will be given
the command of the United States steamer
Pensacola.
THE afternoon price of admission at the
Golden Fleece is fifteen cents, with or with
out skates.
REV. T. p. FROST has been in attendance
upon the Methodist centennial exercises at
Northfeld this week.
w. A. BRIGGS, assisted by Mr. Hadley
gave very pleasant organ recital in Semin-
ary chapel last Wednesday evening.
THERE promises to be large attendance
of visitors from Burlington at the Golden
Fleece New Years day and evening.
LUTHER NEwCoMB is spending the hol-
day season in Montpelier, having a brief
vacation from his medical studies in New
York city.
A BACKUs water motor and Tuerk mo-
tor have been placed in the store of Will
lam Miller, and there have been several tests
of their respective merits.
Mr.. AND Mrs. |. Il. MoULToN left Monday
morning for st. Augustine, Florida, whittier
Mr. Moulton goes to look after business
interests of a personal nature.
THERE are tifty-two pupils in the depart
ment of instrumental music at the Vermont
Methodist Seminary this term. There are
eighty three in the vocal class.
JAMES LEE was arrested for drunkenness
Christmas day. On appearing before JUS
tice Clark he disclosed on f. r. Stevens.
Nine dollars tifty-one cents settled the bill.
GEORGE GoURLEY has moved his family
from St. Johnsbury to Montpelier, and,
work for the Lane Manufacturing Com
pany.
CHRISTMAS concerts were held at most of
the churches Sunday evening. Singing,
recitations, responsive readings, and re-
marks served to make up the programme of
each concert.
A STATED convocation of King Solomon
Royal Arch Chapter, No. 7, will be held at
Masonic hall on Thursday evening, January
l, at half-past seven o'clock. Regular
Council meeting at seven o'clock.
THE second German of the series will be
attended at the Pavilion tomorrow evening.
AS previously announced, Mrs. G. w Bal
ley and Mrs. b. f. Fifeld will act as ma
irons, and II. G., Brown will lead.
THE state library commission met in this
village on Saturday. The object of the
meeting was to organize and get into work
ing order. Gov. Pingree was informally
chosen chairman OF the commission.
THE governor, lieutenant-governor and
speaker of the house of representatives met
at the secretary of states office, on Friday
last, to compare the original bills which be-
a.
with the engrossed bills, and affix their
official signatures to the latter.
II was announced Sunday that the ladies
of the Methodist Episcopal church would
hold socable at the residence of Mrs. ID.
l.. Fuller. On account of sickness in Mr..
Fullers family, it will be held at Alfred w.
Bailey's residence instead this Wednesday,
afternoon and evening. All are invited.
The annual meeting of Bethany church
will be held in the chapel this evening. At
the annual meeting of the First Congre-
gational society, held Monday evening, the
members of the prudential committee were
unanimously reelected, and other officers
were chosen, mostly the same as last year.
AFTER January 1st and until April 1st,
Loomis George E. Taplin, ID. w. Temple &
Co., III, c. Webster, L. P. Gleason & Co.,
Howe & Wheatley, c. A. Best, w. f. Vail,
Washburne 4 Co., Mrs. z. A. Standish and
III. Benton will close at six o'clock every
evening, except on Saturdays.
The play of Enoch Arden" given by
the New York Criterion Company at Cap
ital hall, Monday evening, was thinly at
| tended. Those who We're present say that
the company was thoroughly good one and
the play of a high order. Most of the spe-
cial scenery which the company brought
could not be used on account of its length.
CAPITAL LODGE, No. 9l7, Knights of
for the year ensuing: Judge Hiram Carleton,
dictator; I. G. Phinney, vice-dictator; o. n.
Cross, assistant dictator; Orrin Daley, re-
porter; ID. S. Wheatley, financial reporter;
Il. ID. Blackwell, treasurer; c. III. Shipman,
| guide; Il. III. Cave, chaplain; George Blair,
guardian; George A. Peck sentinel.
PINAFoRE will probably be given in
Montpelier Wednesday and Thursday even
ings, January 14th and 10Th. The company
will begin their stage rehearsals this week.
| OF Miss Barrell, who is to sustain the part
of " Little Buttercup," the Boston Journal
says " Miss May G. Barrell, as Buttercup,
captiyated the audience by her good singing
and ludicrous ways. She is an excellent
singer and her makeup was very amusing
ATKINsoN's COMEDY COMPANY will give
the laughable play of " Peck's Bad Boy" at
Capital Hall Friday evening The New
| York Herald says: "There is great
deal of genuine fun in " Peck's Bad Boy, ("
| played last night at the Comedy Theater
by the Atkinson Company. The pranks OF
| the boy kept large audience laughing al
most continuously for woand half hours. -
Concerning this company, Manager Pratt
has card in another column.
j, III. BURPEE was presented, at Christ
mas time, with an elegant chair valued at
some 500 by the employees of the Montpelier
Carriage Company. The gift was left at his
residence during his temporary absence,
and he was therefore unable to formally
tender thanks. AT his request, we would
say that it was a most pleasant surprise,
and will be treasured even more for the
kindly feeling which prompted the givers
than for its actual value in dollars and
cents.
A SAD accident, seemingly the result OF
negligence, occurred at the Riker place be-
tween this village and the cemetery Saturday.
The children OF Fred Beach, who was killed
at the plater's shop last summer and whose
widow has since married one Hunt, were
left alone in the house by the mother The
fire proved insufficient TO keep them warm
and the tive-years-od boy tried TO I'LL the
stove with wood. In doing so his clothing
caught fire and he was burned so severely
! that he died Sunday morning The other