The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-12
MOntpelier and Vicinity.

Montpelier ana Vicinity.
THE Highgate campers returned home last
week.
Mr.. AND MRS. F. 1. PITKIN are in camp at
Massawippi.
PETER MITCHELL is to spend few days
at Falmouth Heights, Mass.
THERE were no services at Bethany and
Christ churches last Sunday morning.
F. L. EATON, cashier of the First National
Bank, has been on two weeks vacation.
MRS. A. l.. CARLTON has been visiting
friends at North Hyde Park for a few days.
Mr.. AND Mrs. A. j. SIBLEY left for Sara
toga Springs last evening, to stay for brief
season.
REV. ARTHUR HovEY of Stoneham, Mass,
preached in the Baptist church last Sunday
morning.
Mrs. BENJAMIN KING and son of Cam
bridgeport, Mass, are visiting friends in
Montpelier.
THE mission band will meet in the parlor
of the Baptist church ON Saturday afternoon
at four o'clock.
NSUllE lIOul lhiS pldtC WCht W
st. Albans, last Friday, to see Buffalo Bill's
Wild West show.
THE weekly open-ar concert of the Mont
pelier band will be given opposite the Pa
vilion Friday evening.
THE fall term of the Washington County
Grammar and Montpelier Union Schools will
begin Monday, September 7th.
Hon. CHARLES DEWEY and family, Mrs.
E. ID. Hyde and daughter and Miss Belle
Fifield are at Old Orchard Beach.
THE remains of Miss Lucy E., daughter of
A. r. Hancock of St. Adams, were taken to
Worcester for burial ON Saturday last.
Mrs. MARY DEWEY of Cambridge, Mass,
is visiting her brother, Hon. e. p. Walton.
Miss Clara b. Dewey is expected tomorrow
Mrs. ORRIN DALEY, Mrs. ID. l.. Fuller and
Miss Olive Guernsey left last Monday for
Old Orchard Beach. They will be absent
two or three weeks
THE Montpelier base ball club came home
from Bethel, hast Wednesday night, borne
down with the burden of a thirty-to-ten de-
feat by the Bethel club.
THE commissioners are laying a water
pipe on State street. from the Main street
main to the Riato bridge, for the benefit o.
business places on the north side of the
street.
Hon. A. C. MAY of Milwaukee is, with his
family, visiting at Mrs. G. w. Willard's
Judge May was resident of Montpelier
while pursuing his studies for the profession
of law.
Hon. N. A. PLYMProN, formerly chair
man of the democratic state committe,
in Massachusetts and General Butler
right-hand man in his political contests, wa'
in town Monday.
r.. r. RIKER was taken suddenly i'll las
Thursday, and for time it was not though
possible that he could survive more than
few hours. When last heard from he wa
more comfortable,
Miss MARY A. PHINNEY has just begun
course of instruction in vocal music witt
Mrs. Anna Granger Dow, one of Boston
finest sopranos, who is spending the sum
mer at Burlington.
REV. e. ID. MASON, having been in Ney
York part of Friday and Saturday, vii
speak of his observations with reflection
appropriate to the death of General Grant
next Sunday morning.
Hon. E. p. WALTON has gone to Bennine
ton to attend meeting of the Battle Monu
ment Association, to be held there to-day
for the purpose of deciding upon the desig
for, and location of, the monument.
A wELL-DREssED lady called at the STAN
window at the postoiiice, the other day, an
enquired If envelopes of all kinds were keI
there and If they had them with stamps OF
Neither of these questions was particular
astonishing, but the next broke the cler