The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-02
Montpelier and Vicinity.

THE village schools begin next Monday.
j. w. SAULT of the st. Albans Messenger
was in town last Monday.
Mrs. GEORGE B. WALTON is recovering
from her recent serious illness.
The September term of the Washington
county court opens next Tuesday.
Miss HATTIE TRoMBLEE is teaching school
in Middlesex, near Mount Hunger
Miss LILA ID. SLACK has finished her en-
gagement in the Montpelier postoffice
S. p. REDFIELD is packing up his house,
hold goods, preparatory to leaving town.
Mrs. S. j. THURsToN has gone to Frank
lin Falls, n. H., to remain for the present.
BETHANY choir was assisted on Sunday
by F. S. Hopkins, tenor, of New Bedford,
Mass.
Mr.. BANCROFT gave musical party at
his home on north Main street last Monday
evening.
Mrs. f. /. PITKIN is taking vocal lessons
in Burlington of Mrs. Anna Granger Dow
of Boston.
CHARLES A. OwLER has been appointed to
the position of head usher of the Blanchard
opera house.
MAHLoN TAPLIN of Boston has joined his
family here, and is spending few days at
his mothers.
Mr.. AND Mrs. j. f. BoswoRTH of Leb-
anon, n. H., are visiting their brother, s. II.
o. Bosworth of this place.
IN atn
City Park, Burlington, in attendance upon
the meeting of the State Association of
Spiritualists.
COMPANY H returned from muster last
Saturday morning. Several members OF
other companies of the regiment spent the
day looking about town.
ROBERT WHALEN, engineer on the Barre
branch, has purchased of the n. p. Brooks
estate the house on Baldwin street formerly
owned by Rev. C. S. Smith.
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM T. DEWEY of Cap
ital Guard was officer-of-the-guard on Thurs
day at the annual muster, and Captain o.
D. Clark was officer-of-the-day on Friday.
Mrs. T. T. RANNEY, Miss Corrie Daley
DIR. II. L. Whitney and Herbert Dutton CON-
prise the quartette choir of Trinity church.
and Edward S. Luce presides at the organ
PROFESSOR f. III. HOWARD, late instructor
of Latin and Greek at the Vermont Methodist
Seminary, has gone to fill a similar posi-
ton in an institute at West Williamstown,
Mass
ROBERT LAMONT, formerly of the firm OF
Clark K Lamont, harness makers Successors
to ID. I. Knapp, has opened shop in Barre
E. A. Roleau has gone into the employ Of
Mr.. Clark.
Miss MAUD MILLER, who appeared as
"Dora " in the "7-20-S" comedy here last
week, is daughter of Joaquin Miller, the
poet, and this is her first season on the thea
ter boards.
Mr.. AND MRS CHARLES II. SHIPMAN and
children went to Boston, Saturday night, tc
visit friends in that city. Mr.. Shipman will
return this week, but his family will remain
two or three weeks longer.
Miss ANNA j. CHANDLER, who has been
spending some time with relatives in Phila-
delphia, is expected home this week. She
will be accompanied by her cousin, Miss
Jennie Simpson of Peekskill, n. Y.
WILL PRATT, formerly of Montpelier bu
at present a resident of Knoxville, Tenn, IL
in town visiting relatives and friends. Mr.
Pratt has good position as clerk in one o
the prominent hotels in Knoxville.
THE Montpelier postotiice has been with.
out postal cards for nearly two weeks
although a supply was ordered by Postmas
ter Wing about month ago. Other offices
in this vicinity are troubled in the same way
The sale of seats for the Bohemian
Girl" opens at the Phinney bookstore to
morrow Thursday morning. A limited
number of seats will be reserved for Mont
peler people. The prices are within the
reach of all.
THE reunion of Company I, Eleventh
Vermont Volunteers, will be held at Memo
rial hail. North Calais, instead of S. III
Fosters grove, as heretofore announced