The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-05-13
Montpelier.


MRS J. EDWARD WRIGHT expects to leave
for New York today, for an absence of about
three weeks.
A CARLOAD of fine horses was received
from Lyndonville last week by the proprie-
tors of the Fair Vale stock farm.
THERE will be preaching services at
Wrightsvlle next Sunday Mt two o'clock
P. NJ. conducted by Rev. T. p. Frost.
DR.. c. A. BArLEYs office and W. o. Stan
dish's meat market have recently been con-
nected with the telephone exchange.
FIVE shares of the stock of the Montpelier
Savings Bank and Trust Company have been
sold since the first of April at S200per share.
THOMAS WILDEY Encampment, No. II,
l. o. o. F., will meet at their hall Friday
evening of this week. Work-second degree.
A NUMBER of Burlington musicians have
signified their intention TO be present at the
musical festival which is to be held at the
Golden Fleece next week
THE annual memorial sermon before Post
Brooks, G.. A. r., will be preached by Rev.
T. p. Frost, at Trinity church, Sunday morn
ing, May oath, at the usual hour.
MEssRs. LOWE & Son have in their store a
machine for roasting coffee which is run by
Berlin water power. The mechanical ar
rangementis is original with the senior partner.
EDWIN ALFRED, infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs A. G. Trulan, died on Thursday last.
The remains were taken on Saturday to
Whitefield n. H., Mr.. Trulan's home, for
burial.
The proprietor of " the handsomest gro
Gerry store in town imparts some valuable
information to the readers of THE WATCH
MAN this week in his advertisement on the
eighth page.
WE are informed by one who ought to
know, that upon East State street, between
Main nd GaIn Of liNrn hx-
actual count, forty children under thirteen
years of age.
THERE was a small audience at Capital
hall, Friday evening but Murray & Murphy
afforded abundant entertainment for those
who were present and kept the house in
continual uproar.
The name of j. w. Brock was on the list
sent in by Senator Morrill, for appointment
ON the federal building locating committee.
BY whose influence was it dropped and f.
II. Bascom's substituted?
ANOTHER disgraceful row took place on
Elm street Saturday afternoon, three
drunken rowdies using the person of the
fourth on which to exercise their muscular
powers. There were no arrests.
THE Woman's Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary Society of the Baptist church will
| hold a prayer-meeting at half past seven on
Friday evening after which barrel will be
packed to send to Spelman Seminary.
III. III. SCRBNER has been confined to the
! house for several days with rheumatism.
| His place at the organ in Christ church
was filled on Sunday last by Mrs. Osgood,
| teacher of instrumental music at the SEM
| mary.
THE drop" curtain for Blanchard's opera
house has arrived. The subject is a sunset
scene from a balcony in Venice. 1t was
painted by L. Mazzonovich at Niblos the
atre, New York, under the direction OF
Thomas W. Wood, the well-known artist.
A MATCH game of base ball was played
on Seminary Hill, Saturday, by the clubs
of the Vermont Methodist Seminary and
Goddard Seminary Only five innings were
played, the score standing at the close
twenty-seven to ten in favor of the Goddard
nine.
A NUMBER of the friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. G.. Smith rendered them pleasant sur
prise at their home on st. Paul street last
evening, the eighteenth anniversary of theil
marriage. The lateness of the hour makes
it impossible to give any particulars in this
issue
THE first annual meeting of the Clefs, fol-
the election of officers and the transaction
of other important business, will be held al
the residence of j. A. Wing, Esq, Friday
evening. All who were members of the
Pnafore company are requested to bt
present,
streets first families surprised their parents
Monday by telling them that they had beer
playing with a striped chipmunk" Tn,
astonished parents did not have to ask i
the stripes were black and white in order Il
assure themselves that the children had no
been molesting muskrat,
THE following is a list of the letters un
called for at the Montpelier (Vt) postotfc
May 10, 1885; Ladies-Nliss Lettie Bruce
and Hattie NJ. Sherman. Gentlemen-D
Bean, NJ. w. Freeman, a. NJ. Pope, f. l.
Wood, Ira Whelcher and Kimbal NJ, Wall
ing. Parties applying for any of the abov
must say " advertised " and give the date
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
The race for the Montpelier postoflice ha
begun and petitions are being circulated il
the interests of A. A. Mead and f. Ii Bas
com. This movement seems to us decided
! premature and we hope it will fail. Tn
postotiice has never been used in any wa
for partisan purposes and this is postmaste
Wings first term. He is running the otlic
in business-liSe manner, entirely salts
' factory to all patrons, and should be a.
lowed to serve out his term.
I The festival rehearsal, last week Wednes
day evening" was decidedly the most enjoy
able and profitable of any yet held I'll
chorus numbered one hundred thirty-eigl
: voices and displayed much enthusiasm an
spirit in the performance of the musi
placed before them. Tonight is the tim
| set for the last rehearsal before the festiva
The stage has been erected and the chorll
will be assigned the seats which they wi
retain during the entire convention, 1t
especially desirable that there he large al
tendance this evening, and all who hav
been at any of the rehearsals are urged I
be present..
Mr. PATRICK BRoDIE, fathcr-in-law
Andrew Hodgdon, reached his ninetiet
, birthday last Saturday, May 9th. Mr.. Brodi
n has been a resident of Montpelier for severi
, years, and for some time past has made IN
home with Mr.. Hodgdon. He was born
Ireland, and came to America betwee
q thirty and forty years ago. During the pa'
. winter his health has been quite poor, bl
I with the return of warmer weather he Ia
: so improved as TO be able to visit about tn