The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
Montpelier and Vicinity.

montpelier anu vicinity.
PORTER DALE has returned from his west
ern trip.
THERE was no service at Bethany church
Sunday morning.
COLONEL r. r. RIKER has entirely recov-
cred from his recent illness.
REGULAR services will be resumed at
Christ church on Sunday next
Mrs. w. T. BURNHAM and son of st. Johns
bury were in town over Sunday.
Mr.. BRIGGS gave pleasant organ recital
at Bethany church last Sunday evening.
Mr.. AND Mrs. d. L. HOUSE of Beebe
Plain, ?. O., have been visiting in town.
CHARLES LAFoUNTAIN has closed his en-
gagement with Messrs. Babcock & Barnard
THE Mission Band will meet with Mrs.
Mason on Saturday afternoon at four o'clock.
MASTER NEDDIE STEVENS is spending
few weeks with his aunt, Mrs. F. T. Currier,
at Enfield, n. II.
COMPANY H left at nine o'clock yesterday
morning for the st. Adams muster The
ranks are nearly full
THE band will give their usual open-air
concert on Thursday evening. The place
is not yet decided upon.
FERRIN & JoHoNNoTT, grocers, have dis
solved partnership and the business will be
continued by Mr. Ferrin.
SPECIAL AGENT CURRAN and family have
returned from Newport, where they have
been stopping for some time past.
Mrs. c. w. LEARNED of Brooklyn, n. Y,
formerly Miss Mary Drew of Montpelier, is
visiting relatives and friends here
REV. HOWARD f. HILL expects to preach
in the Irasville school-house, in Watstield,
next Sunday afternoon at four O'Clock.
Mr.. CHESTER w. MERRILL of Cincinnati
and Mr. James c. Davis of New York city
have been in town the past week, visiting
friends.
AN architect is expected here this week,
to examine the site recommended by the
local commission for the proposed govern
ment building.
Miss GERTRUDE DREW and her aunt, Mrs.
Alice Drew of St. Adams, leave this week
for Minneapolis, to visit relatives and friends
in that vicinity.
REV. NJ. ID. WILLIAMS, assistant secretary
of the Vermont Domestic Missionary Soci-
ETY., will preach at Bethany church next
Sunday morning.
REV. E. X. CHANDLER, DID,, pastor of the
Broadway Baptist church in Cambridge,
Mass, preached in the Baptist church last
Sunday morning.
GEORGE II. RoLFE, George Blanchard
Harry Cutler Charles Smith, Will Pratt and
George Whitney will act as ushers in the
new opera house.
Hon. WILLIAM p. DILLINGHAM of Water
bury will deliver the address at the Mao
River Valley Agricultural Fair in Waits
field, September Sd.
Mr. f. G. WHITNEY of the Mortified
Nelcs made us pleasant call on Saturday
Mr.. j. f. Harris of the Burlington Clippe
was in town Tuesday.
PERSONS who send obituary resolution
for publication in this paper are reminded
that our regular charge for inserting thu
same is ten cents per printed line
THE MISSES EATON, who have been spend
ing some time at the Pavilion, and hay
made many friends during their stay, hav
returned TO their home in South Boston.
Mr.. f. w. BANCROFT gave a pleasan
theater party Tuesday evening in honor @
his friends, Mr. Baird of Chicago and MI
Hopkins of New Bedford, who are visitin
him.
THE prices of tickets for the performanc
at the Blanchard opera house this (Wedne'
day) evening, will be one dollar, seventy
five cents, and fifty cents, according to Ii
cation.
MAJOR HENRY Nj. PAIGE of the First Vel
mont Cavalry, now of the firm of Huntoor
Paige & Co., Paterson, New Jersey, wit
his family, spent the past week at Josep
Poland's.
Mr.. j. G.. HoUGHToN of Stamford, Conn
a brother of Mr.. j. G. Houghton, was
town last week. He was at one time a
assistant clerk of the Vermont house
representatives.
TWENTY carloads of excursionists frol
the line of the Lamoile railroad visited I'll
capital yesterday. They were accompanie
by the Hyde Park banda young but fiou
ishng organization.
AT the close of their concert, Thursds
evening, the members of the band we
made the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Wi