The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-10
Montpelier.

vacation and is again on duty.
GEORGE I. SPEAR of Braintree was regis
tered at the Pavilion Monday.
MRS GEORGE w. REED is expected to re-
turn from Dansville, N. Y, to-day.
WARREN CoFFRIN has gone to Bristol,
Conn, to go into business with his brother.
Mrs. j. X. BARNEY will speak in the Bap- |
tist church next Sunday morning. All are |
invited
Mr.. AND Mrs. s. L. HOWE were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Hobart at,St. Adams
last Sunday.
SUNDAY evening services will he omitted
in the Church of the Messiah from this date
till September.
FIVE ladies were baptized and received
into the fellowship of the Church of the
Messiah last Sunday
j. +. DUTToN, formerly of Marlboro, Mass,
is now located here in charge of the Singer
sewing-machine business.
CHILDREN's SUNDAY will be observed in
the Church of the Messiah by special SER
vices next Sunday morning.
THE mission band of the Baptist Sunday
school will meet on Saturday afternoon at
three O'Clock in the church parlor.
CAPTAIN j. w. CLARK has sold his fine
herd of Jersey cattle, twenty-seven in num-
Der, to G. G. Warren of Waterbury.
F. Y. DE LoTTINvILLE, who has been for
some time in the employ of Juan De Col
laines is now barber at the Pavilion.
Mrs. j. X. BARNEY of Providence, r. l.,
will lecture on temperance at Trinity church
next Sunday evening at half-past seven
O'Clock.
REV. j. II. HINCKs has accepted an invi-
tation from the faculty to act as member
of the examining committee at Dartmouth
the last of the month.
GEORGE HANCOCK of st. Albans, grand
son of Crsman Hancock of this place, is
member of the advance guard of the Yer
mont colony in Dakota.
THE service in the Westinghouse at
Wrightsville, next Sunday afternoon is to
be conducted by Rev. j. Edward Wright,
beginning at two o'clock.
THERE is to be meeting of the Woman's S
Christian Temperance Union at the resi-
dence of ID. l.. Fuller this wednesday,
afternoon at three o'clock
THE band concert, last week, was given in
the courthouse yard. The square in front
of the Central depot is the spot selected for
the concert tomorrow evening.
THE Golden Fleece team has made sew
eral proposals to the Pioneers of Burling-
ton to play a return game of polo, but have
not yet received favorable reply.
F. w TUTTLE, formerly of Montpelier,
has hung out his " shingle " in Vergennes.
Mr.. Tuttle was admitted to the bar in 1881
and has been in practice the past three years
in Dakota.
Mr.. BRIGGS gave pleasant organ recital
at Bethany church at the close of the SER
vice Sunday evening. Among the selec-
| tions given was Schubert's unfinished SYM
! phony in minor.
Miss CLARA E. GARY, formerly of this
place but now of Charlestown, Mass, re-
ceved the degree of NJ. ID. from the medical
department of Boston University at its re-
cent commencement.
THE twenty-sixth recital will be given in
Seminary chapel, next Friday evening, by
Miss Hattie Newcomb, pianist, assisted by
Miss Josie Edwards, soprano, and Mr.
George II. Wilder, flute.
THOSE Taxpayers who would avail them
selves of the three per cent discount on
their town tax can find the collector at the
store of d. l.. Fuller & Son until June 10Th
when the time expires for making the de
duction.
THERE was large attendance at the rink
| Saturday evening, and the weather was
especially favorable for roller skating The
Golden Fleece will be open again this week
on Saturday evening, with the band in at
tendance.
Miss CLARA CUsHMAN, who has been fol
five years missionary in China, spoke tC
the students at the Seminary, Saturday
| evening, on the subject of " Missions il
China" She spoke also at Trinity churcl
Sunday afternoon.
REHEARsALs of " The Musketeers " ar,
held two or three evenings of each week anC
it is hoped that the opera will be ready fol
performance by the first week in July. TIL,
part of " Gontran," tenor, will be sustained
by Mr.. f. w. Bancroft.
LOUIS RIVERS who was resident o
Montpelier several years ago, was murdered
by horse-thieves in Oregon last week anC
his body is now on its way to this place
Mr.. Rivers was a wealthy ranchman ant
has relatives in this place
The third of Mr. Engels musicales bio
graphiques, arranged for Friday evening
has been postponed on account of the oc
currence of the entertainments at that time
The date at which the musicale will b.
given will be duly announced
Mr.. AND Mrs. j. EDWARD MILLER of Port
land, Maine, have been spending few day
in town, the guests of Hon. Charles Dewey
Mr.. Miller will be remembered as a forme
principal of the Washington County Gram
mar and Montpelier Union Schools.
Hon AND Mrs. w. II. II. BINGHAM an,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Atkins were among tn
guests of Mr. and Mrs. b. b. Smalley at tn
celebration of the twenty-tifth anniversar
of their marriage, which took place in Bun
lngton last week Thursday evening.
THE friends of Bert Waterman in this VI
Cinty Will be pleased TO learn that tn
members of the Sherman band and of til
Howard opera house orchestra, of which h
is leader have recently presented him
silver-mounted violin bow as a token of eS
TEEN.
THE annual June drill of Company II oC
ours next week Tuesday and will probabl
take place on the Seminary campus. Ad
jutant-general Ide will inspect the company
The boys have been drilling faithfully fo
some time past and will undoubtedly pas
, muster"
FURTHER particulars state that Miss Mar
Burnham, notice of whose death was pul
lished last week, was suddenly taken wit
acute brain trouble, which made her d,
: lirious, and that she had been in this cor
dition sixteen days when death ended ht
sufferings.
THE Lake Megantic fishermen returne
Tuesday with four tubs full of the speckle
beauties, which weighed, all dressed an
cleaned, one hundred eighty-seven and ont
half pounds. Their " catch " was an emo
4 nous one, and they are well paid for the
excursion to the unbroken wilderness.
LOUIE, daughter OF ID. +, Clarke, is teach
ing the district school at the upper end
Berlin Pond. While strolling over the hill
S with friends one day last week, she can
over which she fell. One knee was iniure
by the fall and Miss Louie was obliged I
e go about ON crutches for few days aft'
4 the accident
: A GAME of base ball at Bethel, Saturda
n between the Bethel nine and the Vernon
: Methodist Seminary nine, resulted in vi
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