The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
MOntpelier and Vicinity.

Mrs. A. G. VAIL is at the Isle of Shoals.
Miss STMsoN's dress-making shop will be
closed for a month.
Hon AND Mrs. II. E. ROYCE of ST. Albans
were in town Monday.
Hon. B. F. FIFIELD and family leave to-
morrow for the Isle of Shoals.
OWING to another engagement, there will
be no band concert this week.
REV. c. B. MOODY of Barton preached at
Bethany church Sunday morning.
Mr.. A. j. LANG, business manager of the
ST. Adams Messenger, was in town Thursday
REV. j. F. RHoADEs of Barre is to preach
in the Church of the Messiah next Sunday
morning.
Miss MARY L., daughter of Mrs. Emma
L. Freeman, will enter Wellesley College
in the fall.
f. III. BAscoM and son left yesterday for
the Thousand Islands, and will be absent
few weeks.
REV. S. c. HAYFoRD will preach at East
and North Montpelier on Sunday next at
the usual hours.
HIRAM ATKINS and f. F. Kim ball are at
Camp Watson, which was opened for the
season yesterday
Mr.. AND Mrs. w. NJ. RAMsDELL of Brook
lyn, n. Y, are visiting relatives and friends
in Montpelier and vicinity.
A LARGE party of Bethel people visited
the capital yesterday. Much of their time
was spent in looking over the state-house.
WE are frequently asked the address of
the publishers of General Grants book. 1t
is "Charles L. Webster & Co., New York
City"
REV. E. ID. MASON will preach a sermon
especially for young people at Wrightsville
next Sunday at two o'clock P. N. All are
invited.
Mr.. STANFORD MITCHELL of Boston is to
conduct the services in the " old meeting
house " in Calais next Sunday afternoon at
one o'clock.
Hon. l.. G. HNCKLEY of Chelsea DIR. II
A. Cutting of Lunenburgh and Mr.. j. Z.
Harris of the Burlington Clipper We're in
town last Friday
j. Q. NEWTON is soon to build a new house
Seminary Hill, and work has already been
begun upon the cellar. Frank Hoyt has the
contract for the job.
CHARLES WYMAN of st. Albans was in
town on Wednesday last, on his way to
Chelsea, his former home. He made the
WATcHMAN Office a pleasant call.
SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL of Ottawa,
Canadian minister of finance, accompanied
hy bic MI
tary, spent Sunday at the Pavilion.
ID. G. NICHOLS is preparing to erect a
dwelling-house on a new street leading
from Barre street, just above the residence
of e. f. Hutchins to Seminary Hill.
THE members of the Dudley family, rela-
tives of ID. w. Dudley and about sixteen in
number, had pleasant picnic at S. II. Fos-
ter's grove, in North Calais, Thursday.
MIR. AND MRS. GEORGE A. PECK and chill.
dren left for Old Orchard Beach Friday
Mr., Peck will return some time this week
but the rest of the family will remain longer
The publishers of the Century magazine
announce that one of its next numbers will
have profusely illustrated article descrip-
tive of the marble industries of various
towns in Vermont.
GEORGE YATTER, formerly of Montpelier
but for the past ten years resident ol
Manchester, n. H., comes to Montpelier
this week to assume charge of the Pavilion
tonsorial establishment
The selectmen of Waterbury have let tc
George III. Guernsey of this place the con
tract to build a Howe truss bridge over the
Winoosh river, in place of the one recently
blown down. The cost of the bridge will
be $500.
LAWRENCE PRESTON, who is held in $500
bail for selling liquor at Harper's Ferry Va
without United States license, leaves this
week Thursday for Harper's Ferry and will
appear for trial at Wheeling, West Virginia