The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01
Montpelier.

Mr.. WRIGHT is to preach in the Morse
school-house next Sunday afternoon.
G. Il. RoLEAU goes to st. Albans next
Monday, to work in the Messenger office.
For a copy of the New Orleans Tines
Democrat we are indebted to Mr.. A. o. Cum
minis.
UNION Fast day services will be held at
Trinity church Friday forenoon at eleven
o'clock.
MONTPELIER has larger grand list in
proportion to its population than any other
town in Vermont.
THE services in the Westinghouse at
Wrightsville, next Sunday afternoon, are to
be conducted by Rev. e. ID. Mason.
THE sugar orchards of this vicinity may
look for their usual Fast day visit from the
young men of this village on Friday.
THE several dry goods and millinery stores
will be closed at eight o'clock every even
ing except Saturday until October 1st.
THE ladies of the Unitarian society will
give a sociable at the Pavilion next Tues
day evening, April 7. Ice-cream and cake
will be served.
THE children of Christ church Sunday
school will meet this wednesday, evening
at the rectory, at seven o'clock, for the last
rehearsal of Easter carols.
THERE will be game of polo next Friday
evening at the Golden Fleece, between the
Crescents of st. Albans and the Golden
Fleece club of this village.
A STATED convocation of King Solomon
Royal Arch Chapter, No. T. will be held at
Masonic Hall on Thursday evening, April
2, at half-past seven o'clock.
MOST of the church choirs are rehearsing
for Easter, and it is probable that the musi-
cal portion of Sundays services will be un-
usually fine and interesting.
THE ladies' sewing society Of Bethany
church will meet with Mrs. III. ID. Hopkins
Thursday afternoon. 1t is hoped that a
large number will be present.
THE New Golden Fleece club goes to Bur-
lington tonight for a match game OF polo
with the Mascots. Tomorrow night they
will play at st. Albans with the Crescents
of that village.
THE Longmont Colorado Ledger of Feb
ruary q contains very tlattering notice of
lecture by Mr.. j. r. Brackett, formerly
principal of the Montpelier school, upon Lit
erature as fine art"
IT has been decided to extend the present
vacation of the Montpelier Union and
Washington County Grammar Schools to
two weeks, and the spring term will there
fore begin Monday, April IL.
SOME twenty-five members of the Rebekah
Lodge of Odd Fellows visited their neigh
bors at Northfeld, Wednesday night. Ar
rangements are making for the observance
|
April 26.
ARTHUR FELT caused the arrest of Henry
Bennett, big, good-natured negro, last
week. on complaint of an assault. The
affair originated in boyish scutfie and Felt
was unable in court to show any bruises.
Bennett was fined two dollars and costs.
THE following are the current wholesale
prices in the Montpelier markets: Butter,
10 to 21c per pound; cheese, II to 12c per
pound; eggs 15c per dozen potatoes, 40
cents per bushel; beef, &c per pound; pork,
81 to &c per pound; veal, 3 to Az per pound
chickens, 10 to 16c per pound.
THERE is to be sociable at Trinity ves-
try this wednesday, evening One of the
pleasant features of the occasion will be
character mpersonations of the Ladies of
the White House from Mrs. Washington to
Mrs. Hayes Cake and coffee will be served
and pleasant time is expected.
The remaining services for holy week at
Christ church are follows At the
chapel rooms on Wednesday, at four o'clock
p. NJ; holy communion in the church on
Thursday afternoon, at half-past two; Good
Friday at same time and place; on Saturday
in the church, at four P. M; Easter day, Sun
day-school festival in the church at four P M
THE ladies of Christ church are to hold an
Easter sale at the Golden Fleece next weel
Thursday Among the attractions to bt
offered are mentioned a full bridal party OF
dolls, an " old woman who lived in shoe,
a gypsy kettle, with tables of useful anC
fancy articles, supper, and play, will
characters chosen from our own young
people.
THE public examinations at the Unior
School, last Friday, were well attended b,
citizens and members of the prudential
committee, and We're creditable to botl
teachers and pupils. The singing exercises
under the direction of Mr.. n. III Thompson
attracted especial attention and gave graft
flying evidence of the advancement made il
that direction.
Mr.. BRIGGS return, last Sunday. to hi
position as organist of Bethany church wa
very generally welcomed. During the year
of his residence in Montpelier his absenc
from the church has been very rare and hi
long vacation was justly earned From
selfish motives, the people OF the societ
any length of time.
THE following is list of the letters un
called for at the Montpelier (Vt.) post
office March 2S, 1885: Ladies-Mrs. w
M. Gould, Mrs. NJ. r. Robinson and Mari
Young. Gentlemen-M. 7. Calkins, b. b
England, Henry Krumm, Charles Perry e.
Will b. Rood. Parties applying for any G
the above must say advertised" f" and Civ
: the date. GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
AT a meeting of the stockholders OF tn
Montpelier National Bank, held on Satui
day last, it was unanimously voted to rt
duce the capital stock OF the bank S6OOOt
, The meeting was the largest ever held b.
the bank, and the action taken seems
: meet with popular approval. A Telegram
received Monday noon from the comptrolle
Of currency announced his approval of tn
course of the stockholders and that he woul
forward the necessary certificate at once.
THE experiments with electric lights q
| Cross & Sons bakery, last week, were nc
I as satisfactory as were hoped, and the gentle
men who were here to superintend the mat
: ter have returned home. The fault seem
: to have been the inability to obtain suff
| cient and steady power from the moto
: which was used to run the dynamo. Messr,
Perry and Canning are confident that the
e can furnish a motor which will do the worl
9 and as soon as they can construct il the e>
periments will be repeated.
FUN in solid chunks " is promised [
=, those who go to Capital Hall next Monda
: evening to see the Days in " Vacation, q
!. Harvard rs. Yale" and, judging from thei
. first appearance here, there is little doub
that the promise will be fulfilled Fc
}, uninterrupted mirth and merrment few,
i any plays, are better suited TO furnish
= source. The company is stronger than at il
first appearance, one of the principal re-eI
n forcements being another DAILY. This make
s five of that well-known family, who sustai
. the principal characters in " Vacation"
n THE senior proprietor of the Montpelit
, House is fond of "a joke and has sometime
II been known to be the author OF one himsel
}, One day, recently, he was approached by
: commercial traveller, who did not know
-, his relations with the house above nameI
VI The drummer asked " Ed which hotel
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