The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-09
Montpelier and Vicinity.

o. w. CHASE is at work in S. w. Corses
new photograph gallery.
Mrs. GEORGE A. PECK will give a drive
whist party Friday evening.
Miss MARY REED of Sterling, Illinois, is
visiting at her grandmothers.
REV. T. p. FROST will preach at Wrights-
vile next Sunday at two o'clock P. M.
THERMOMETERS registered from eighteen
to twenty-five degrees below zero in this
village yesterday morning.
MONDAY evening, December 81, is the date
for Denman Thompson as Josh Whit
comb" at Blanchard Opera-house.
The children of Christ church parish will
meet at the rectory this "wednesday even
ing at seven o'clock to rehearse carols.
THE Womans Home and Foreign Mission
Society will meet with Mrs. A. j. Roberts
on Friday afternoon and evening. All are
invited.
INVITATIONS have been issued by Mrs.
George C. Shepard to a large tea-party, to be
held this afternoon from half-past three to
six o'clock.
HOMER RIGGS, special pension examiner,
been returned to Vermont, and his present
address is Middlebury.
REV. j. p. DEMERITT of Bath, N. H.
preached at Bethany church last Sunday
morning, and Mrs. M. c. Kinson served
very acceptably as organist.
THE annual election of officers of Post
Brooks G. A. r., occurred last week Tues
day evening, and the installation will take
place the first week in January.
A DOLLS tea-party graces one of II. c.
Webster's show-windows. 1t seems to be a
"goose" party, and the scene is all the
more attractive for that reason.
HENRY I. MOORE expects to close his
business relations with the Argus ana
Patriot Office about the middle Of next
month and will go to Boston to live.
THERE will be special convocation OF
King Solomon Chapter, No. 7, at Masonic
hall on Friday evening" December IL, at
seven o'clock. Work on Royal Arch degree
PHIL C. MOWER, Henry T. Moore, Bert
Welch gave a drive whist party at the
dining-hall of the Golden Fleece last evening
G. b. f. PALMER, well-known as a legis
lative reporter, has taken position as pri
vate secretary and stenographer to Super
intendent w. A. Stowell of the Boston &
Lowell road.
HIRAM ATKINS returned from Washington
Saturday evening. 1t is understood that nC
important official changes were accom-
plished this trip, but that several will bt
made in the near future.
HARRY G. DEwING has moved from tn,
George Wheeler house, near the JAIL to tina
recently fitted up by Dennis Lane, between
the residence of T. r. Merrill and thu
Colonel Randall house, on Elm street.
THE annual meeting of the Montpelie
military band will be held Saturday even
ing The present efficient leader will doubt
less be reelected, since any change in tina
Office in the bands present stage of progres
would be likely to prove disastrous.
THE management of the Central Vernon
railroad will run special Christmas poul
benefit of Vermont dealers. AT Montpelie
poultry will not be receivable later thai
eight o'clock Friday forenoon, the 18th.
Mr.. BEEcHER lectures upon The Reign o
the Common People " at Blanchard Opera
house tomorrow evening, and seats are nov
on sale at the Phinney bookstore. TIL
lecturer is too well known to need that an,
words of praise should precede him. Every
body ought to hear him.
SHERIFF f. III. ATHERToN of Waterbur,
has thus far appointed as deputies for Wash
ington county A. NJ. Jackman of Barre
A. G.. Prentiss of Moretown, N. b. Rogers
of Cabot, L. w. Avery and e. w. Howe O
Northfeld, II. w. Lyford of Warren and Joh
L. Tuttle and ID. w. Dudley of Montpelier
MONTPELIER admirers of Margaret Mathe
will be pleased to learn of the popular sue
cess she is achieving in the character c
Juliet" at the Union Square Theater i
New York. She has already given the fift
eth consecutive performance of Rome
and Juliet" and by December 25th wi
have given the seventy-ffth.
WALTER A. DUTToN, who has efficientl
filed the position of assistant county cler
here for some time, has gone to his HON
in South Walden to spend few weeks. /
l.. Laird will succeed him in the count
clerks office. Mr.. Dutton was admitted t
the bar at the last session of the suprem
court and will soon begin the practice of Law
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelie
(Vt.) post-ofiice December 3, 1885,
Mary A. Ford Willie H. jackson
Mrs. Joseph Goyette, j. H. Jones,
Mrs. III. II. Holt, q. d. Newell,
J. w. Hapham, Thomas Peletie
John Herley, q. ID. Smith
Parties applying for any of the above mui
say advertised and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING. Postmaster.
THE second of the series of band assen
blies will be held at the Pavilion Monds
evening of next week, and the rest will
held regularly once in two weeks thereafte
The attendance Monday evening will doub
less be much larger than at the first of I'll
series, as the experiment has been found