The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-23
Montpelier and Vicinity.

Hon. L. P. POLAND was in town last
Monday.
F. w. BANCROFT is spending fortnight
in Boston.
Do not fail to attend the village meeting
next Saturday evening.
Mrs. SARAH REYNOLDS, with her family,
will soon go to Orange, n. j., to live.
Miss GERTRUDE r. MEN ECKE has returned
to her position as trimmer in Best's millinery
store.
THERE is visible improvement in trade
in this vicinity and indications of good
fall business.
Miss HATTIE EMERSON gave an address in
the Methodist church, last evening" on mis-
sion work in Florida.
REFERENCE was made to Ingersoll's an
nounced lecture in several of the churches
last Sunday morning.
MISS JAMIE KMBALL gave an enjoyable
musical party at her home on Elm street
last Thursday evening.
Mr.. GEORGE E. EATON, formerly of the
Danville star and now one of the owners of
the Troy Press was in town last Monday
The work of excavating for the founda-
of the new state library still progresses
The locality is not an attractive one just
now.
IT is reported that the Methodist society
refused to allow the removal of the vestry
settees to the Golden Fleece for use at the
Ingersoll lecture last Monday evening.
A PIPE connecting with the Montpelier
system of water-works has been laid up the
branch road as far as the sand-bottom
bridge" terminating in a hydrant at that
point.
WE are in receipt of a pamphlet contain
ing Memoirs of Judge Samuel Prentiss of
Montpelier, VT, and his wife, Lucretia
(Houghton) Prentiss," with good likenesses
of both.
Mrs. EMMA l.. FREEMAN and Mr.. George
W. Leslie went to Newbury, yesterday
morning, to attend the funeral of their
father, George w. Leslie, who died on
Sunday.
THERE is a partial eclipse of the moon
tomorrow morning, commencing at one
o'clock and ending at twenty-five minutes
past four. OF course everybody will be W
to witness it.
Hon. JAMES l.. MARTIN of Londonderry
has been invited to deliver the historical ad-
dress at the legislative reunion, in October.
and it it is quite probable that he will ac-
cept the invitation.
MONTPELIER was not largely represented
at the Old Orchard excursion last week, but
quite a number of tickets were sold at this
station to people from Barre and other
nelghboring towns.
ERNEST LOWE met his first defeat in
bicycle-racing at Waterbury last week.
There We're two other contestants and the
race was won by Fred Sherburne of Barre
Lowe taking the second money
EDWARD L. SMITH and Charles o. Scovill
returned to Yale College yesterday G. G.
King leaves for Harvard tomorrow and c.
j.. Hubbard and c. NJ. Thompson return tc
the same college on Monday next.
THE Golden Fleece will be open for ska.
ting Thursday evening, with music by the
band. The floor has been excelently pre-
pared by patent process, and skating will
thereby be rendered more enjoyable thar
ever.
Mr.. w. A. BRIGGS, who had been out o
town for few days and intended to hav,
reached home Saturday night, was unavoid
aDly detained, ana Bethany church had n,
organist last Sunday morning. Mrs. NJ. q
Kinson played the organ in the evening.
AT two o'clock this afternoon mattel
game of base ball will be played upon TIN
Nicholas meadow by the Z" Daisies and tn
Lilies clubs composed entirely of Mont
pelier business men 1t will be very anus
ing and ought to be witnessed by larg
company.
On Saturday last, his SEVENTEEN birthday
Jabez Baker was presented with an elegan