The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-11-25
Montpelier and Vicinity.

yesterday.
REV. T. p. FROST preached at Bradford
last Sunday.
ARTHUR G. EATON is clerking in the First
National Bank.
OUR merchants are preparing to display
their Christmas goods.
Mr.. AND Mrs. S. l.. HOWE have returned
from their extended western trip.
Mr.. F. r. STEVENS and Ned spent last
week in Boston and Springfield, Mass.
DURING the past week the Boston polo
team has won two games and lost two.
Mrs. NJ. A. LADD and Katie have gone to
Springfield, Mass, to spend the winter
LEVI T. MALLORY shipped ten tons of
poultry to Somerville, Mass, last week.
HENRY LOWE & Son are moving into their
new quarters in the Blanchard building.
REV. E. d. MASON is to conduct the serv-
ices at Wrightsville next Sunday, beginning
at two P. M.
ARTHUR, son of Edwin Lane, has been
engaged temporarily as clerk in the Mont
pelier post-office.
THE Golden Fleece will be open for gen.
eral skating tomorrow (Thursday) after
noon and evening.
THE Burlington Association polo team
will play the Golden Fleece club on Friday
evening of this week in this place.
A. G. STONE and family are at Mr. Stones
home in Claremont, N. H., where they
have gone to spend Thanksgiving.
THE Sidney P. Redfeld house, now occu-
pied by DR.. H. S. Boardman, has been con-
nected with the telephone exchange.
Mr.. A. A. HADLEY went to Burlington on
Friday to assist in the dedication of the new
organ at the Berean church in that city.
MEDAD WRIGHT has been spending the
past two weeks at Onset Bay, Mass, where
he has built fine house the past season.
LANEsBoRo, on the line of the Montpelier
g. Wells River railroad, has been connected
with the Montpelier telephone exchange.
THE woman's missionary society is re-
quested to meet with Mrs. Mason for a
prayer-meeting next Saturday at three P. NJ.
Miss MARY EMERY, MD, is visiting at her
fathers, having come on last week from st.
Paul, Mimi, where she practices her pro-
fession.
THE fall term of the Vermont Methodist
Seminary closed on Friday of last week.
The winter term will begin Monday, De-
cember 7th.
THE post-ofiice will be closed throughout
the day, tomorrow, excepting between the
hours of eight and ten A. NJ. and four and
six o'clock P. NJ.
THE fair to be held by the society of the
Church of st. Augustine opens next week
Tuesday. 1t promises to be an event o
much Importance.
Miss ANNA j. CHANDLER gave large
drive whist party at her home on Mair
street last evening. Invitations were ex
tended to forty persons.
Mr.. ASA BLANCHARD has kindly giver
the use of his new opera-house for a series
of four entertainments for the benefi. of the
Montpelier public library.
JOHN r. SEAvER has purchased of C. H
Heath lot on the new road leading from
he is soon to erect residence.
UNION Thanksgiving services will be hel'
in the Baptist church on Thursday fore
noon at eleven o'clock. 1t is hoped tha
there will be a large attendance.
NINE tons of poultry were shipped TO
Boston from this station by the specia
poultry train over the Montpelier & Well
River railroad last week Friday.
THE Montpelier military band will 500
be favored with the desirable acquisition @
French horn, and it is possible that tw
will be added to its Instrumentation
The Washington County Grammar an
Montpelier Union Schools have recess dun
ing the present Thanksgiving week. Wor
will be resumed on Monday morning next.
Work on the new state library buildin
has been suspended for the winter. TIL
foundations have been carefully covered i
such a way as to keep them uninjured b
the action of frost.
THE New York san says that I" A Russia
Honeymoon is worthy of entering int
the series of plays, for the time, that hs
made the name and the fortune of the Mad
son Square Theatre"
EXCAVATIONS are making for the foundi
tions of a house to be erected by Mr. f. 1
Blackwell on the lot lying between tn
Academy bridge and the residence of L
!, l.. Fuller recently purchased by him.
DON'T forget the boys in blue " and the
dance at the Golden Fleece this (Wedne
day. evening. They are bound to civ
every one a good time The whole bill
: only S2. Supper served at the Capital CAT
CONDUCTOR FRANK FLINT returned c
Saturday night from his southern trip, aft
an absence Of six weeks. Besides atten
ing the convention of the National Coz
ductors' Association at Louisville, he visite
Jacksonville, Florida Washington and Ne
York.
The surviving members of Companies
and ID, Second Vermont Regiment, wi
hold their annual reunion in this place ID
| cember 18th, with headquarters at the Mon
pelier House. All surviving members
. these companies are earnestly requested
be present. For further information addre,
L. ID. Savage, secretary, Waitsfeld, Vt.
AMONG the arrivals at the Pavilion, Mo
, day and Tuesday, were John V. Hall, A.
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