The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-11
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WATcHMAN, and accounts can be paid to him.
THE junior class of the high school will
give an exhibition at Concert hall Friday
evening OF this week.
THE town auditors will meet at the saw
ings bank next Monday, to examine the ac-
counts of the town officers.
AN exchange was made last Sunday by
Rev. 1. p Booth with Rev. Mr.. Smile, pas
tor of the Universaist church at Richmond.
| A HORSE owned by G.. A. Tracy, which
would have been twenty-five years old in
June, died few days since. He was fine,
large animal, and has been held at high
| price.
Mrs. MIRIAM WESTON sister of Mrs Ira
Beard, died last week Wednesday, at about
half-past five in the afternoon, and the re-
mains were taken to Randolph on Sunday
for burial
A socIABLE will be held by the Meth
odists at II. Il. Browns this "wednesday
evening The Episcopalisns will also hold
one at DR.. Nichols Thursday afternoon
and evening
The Odd Fellows from this town who at
tended the Grand Lodge at Montpelier last
week, were j. l.. Abbott, G.. G.. Bates, p. ID.
Bradford, j. p. Brooks, K. w. Colby, J. X.
Egerton and E. Huntley
MIR. PLUMLEY delivered an address before
the Franklin County Good Templars Union
to Nottingham on professional business,
expecting to return Wednesday.
LIST of letters uncalled for at Mortified
| (Vt.) postOffice February 10th, 1885: Rebecca
w. Emerson, Mrs. Mary Manard, Mrs. Sam
uel Wales or Miss Quinby, and Peter West.
j. III. CIRCUIT, postmaster.
PosT JOHNSON, g. A. r., meets at Grand
Army hall on Saturday evening of this
week at eight o'clock. Comrades U. w.
Chase and j. 7. Cogswell, the delegates to
the eighteenth annual state encampment at
Rutland last week, were unable to attend.
Mrs. I. p. jerks Is still very sick, her
disease having now dropsical tendency.
Mr.. A. w. Wilder is confined to his house
with heart and lung trouble. Mrs. G. T..
Reed, Mrs. j. l.. Moseley and G.. H. Rich
mond have been suffering with severe colds.
T. A. WILEY has been appointed freight
agent for this station, In place of G. A Webb
resigned. For the present j. w. Jones will
act as clerk. During the past week the du-
ties have been performed by DR.. Howe, as
Mr. Jones was confined to his house with a
rheumatic difficulty.
CLARENCE STEELE moved last week from
the Fletcher house on Pleasant street to the
east half of Mrs. Davis house on the corner
of Vine and Pearl streets, recently occupied
by II. S. Thresher. The latter has broken
up housekeeping his two children going to
| live for the present with relatives in Brain
tree and Massachusetts.
THE Masonic Relief Association, of which
j. X. Egerton is the secretary, added eighty
members to its roll in the month Of January
and twenty-one applications for member
ship were received last Saturday. The in
crease is attributed to the plan adopted last
year of grading the amount of the assess
ments according to the age of the members
THE report that the Charbonneau broth
ers had moved to Canada proved to be only
half true. Mr.. G. u. Charbonneau has gone
\ Montreal whpra he ia work q his
trade, but Mr.. e. Charbonneau remains, and
will continue business at the old stand
The rumor that both had left the business
here was probably based on the fact that
both wentto Montreal to attend the carnival.
THE young people of the Universalist So
ciety are preparing cantata, entitled r.
E. Porter, or The Interviewer and the
Fairies" which is one of the finest cantatas
ever presented here. 1t was given in Rox-
bury, Mass, year ago, to crowded houses
and was repeated twice by request of the
public. Notice will be given more fully
later as to time, etc. 1t is under the direct
charge of Miss Lila Rumrill.
THE ladies of the Congregational church
will hold their bazaar on Tuesday of next
week at Howes hall A hot dinner will be
served from half-past twelve to two o'clock
P. NJ. Fancy articles, French candies, corn
balls, ice-cream, and cake will be sold. In
the evening there will be an entertainment,
A Ballad in Black" in charge of Miss
Helen McClearn, beginning at forty-ive
minutes past seven. Admission, ten cents
dinner. twenty-five cents. All are invited.
AT Good Templars hall, Friday evening,
the officers given in last weeks issue were
installed by Lodge Deputy n. w. Gilbert to-
gether with the following appointed officers:
w. r. S., Mrs. Frank Plumley; w. l.. S., Mrs.
G. H. Richmond; w. A. s., Luna Clark; w.
d. NJ, Della Farnham. This week the
lodge meeting will be on Saturday evening,
on account of the school exhibition, and a
large attendance is particularly desired, as
business of unusual Importance will come
up for action.
A FIRE was discovered in the basement
under S. +. Judd's store last Thursday af-
ternoon, about three o'clock, in the room
sometimes called " Five Points" Prompt
action by Mr.. Judd and c. f. Russell put
out the fire just in season to prevent disas-
trous confiagration When first discovered,
the flames were at work on box of papers
and some dry woodwork, and could not
have been burning many minutes. AS the
room had not been entered for fifteen to
eighteen hours, the only explanation seems
to be that matches were ignited by mice
or rats
MRS. EMILY l.. MCLAUGHLIN of Boston
will deliver "A lecture, under the auspices of
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
in the Methodist church, next week We'd
nesday evening, at seven o'clock. Subject,
" Barriers to Success" The members of the
union take great pleasure in announcing a
lecture from Mrs Mclaughlin, as she is a
lady of rare talent and one of the most elo-
quent and convincing speakers of the day.
The lecture will be free, and it is hoped the
citizens generally will avail themselves of
an opportunity to hear this favorte temper
ance speaker.
THE delegates to the Washington County
Institute of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, to be held at Waterbury
next week Thursday and Friday, are Miss
Lizzie NJ. Knapp, the president, and Miss
Edola j. Sheldon, the secretary, er oticio,
Miss Minnie p. Moore, Mrs. w. S. Hazen,
Mrs. G.. Il. Reed, Mrs. ID. ID. Field Miss
Mary McClearn; alternates, Mrs. q. b. b.
Denny, Mrs. Charles Dole, Mrs. f. X.
Jones, Mrs. j. G. Cady and Miss Eve ID.
Whittemore. An address will be delivered
before the institute, Thursday evening, by
Mrs. Mclaughlin.
The following account of the campfire at
Randall's hotel at the Center, on the even
ing of February Sd, was kindly given us by
one of the Grand Army boys: In spite of
the cold weather the campfire given by
Post johnson was well attended by an APP
preciative audience. The exercises opened
with prayer by the post chaplain James
Evans, after which Commander w. w.
Holden made a few well-chosen remarks
and introduced the principal speaker of the
evening, Captain III. G. Lull of Montpelier
For an hour and a half Captain Lull enter
tanned his listeners with the story OF his
prison life at Andersonville and Florence,
giving also illustrations of army life, and
1auphable anecdotes Comrade James Evans