The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-11
remainder of the summer season at the
Fabyan House and vicinity.


Grand LODGE which meets at Boston during
the latter part of September.
REV. G. b. SPALDINa preached an able
discourse in Bethany church Sunday morn
ing and Rev. l.. II. Elliot, secretary of the
Vermont Bible Society, in the evening.
THERE is to be an excursion from all
stations on the Missisquoi railroad to Mont
pelier for the benefit of the Berkshire and
Enosburgh bands Saturday, August 14th.
CHARLES A. SMITH, who has been for the
past year with Woolson Brothers, will leave
Monday for Worcester, Mass, where he
will enter the establishment of Lytle & Co.,
tailors,
Miss FANNY PALMER, who spent the
winter in Washington, has made brief but
welcome visit among her numerous friends
in Montpelier. She returned to her Boston
home on Monday.
A TOTAL eclipse of the sun will occur
August 10, visible in this section, however,
only as very small partial eclipse. 1t will
begin at sixteen minutes past six A. NJ. and
last twenty-five minutes.
Mr.. AND Mrs. L. w. SHEDD of Topeka,
Kansas, have been visiting in town several
days They went to Richmond on Monday.
Mr.. Shedd is manager of the American In
vestment Company at Topeka.
Mrs. WALLACE, wife of Ex-Governor
Wallace of Indiana and mother of General
Lew Wallace, author of Ben Hur," is to
deliver lecture in Montpelier some time
during the month of September
EDWARD DEWEY and family returned on
Monday from Cushing's Island, Portland
Harbor Maine, where they have passed a
three weeks vacation. Mrs. DIR. Dewey
and Mrs. Greedy remain at the sea-shore.
THE annual military muster will be held
August oath to 2Sth at Burlington this year.
Our company Capital Guard) have been eff
ficiently drilled, are in excellent uniform
and promise to stand high in the regiment.
THE Vermont Marble Company of Rut-
land lately had part of their property in
sured in the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
Company for S126,000 which is almost the
largest policy ever issued by that company.
-Rutland Herold
OSCAR E. BURNHAM's dwelling-house and
out-buildings in Worcester were destroyed
by fire last Friday. The insurance on the
property, amounting to $3.50, in the Union
Mutual of this place, was paid within
twenty-four hours.
GEORGE WHITNEY, P. G.. of Hillsboro
lodge of Odd Fellows and present G. P. of
Washington encampment of Manchester,
n. H., is visiting with Robert Whitney, his
brother. Mr.. Whitney was formerly resi-
dent of Montpelier.
CAPTAIN MEAD says he has not withdrawn
from the contest for the postmastership, and
he proposes to stick until the matter is de-
cided He claims to have the names of a
majority of the democratic patrons of the
office on his petition.
CAPTAIN PRIDEAUx and wife of the Saliva
ton Army have commenced housekeeping
in the Slayton tenement on Berlin street
Two young sons of Staff Captain Gray ar
rived last week. The army will attend a
hallelujah banquet at Northteld on Friday
evening
ONE of the attractive summer resorts on
Lake Champlain is the " Hotel Champlain y
at Maquam Bay The hotel is an excellent
one in all respects and has every mod
tlu SCtHtll INV
Grating air, pleasant drives, boating, fishing
etc, are among the attractions.
REV. ROBERT FULTON CRARY, rector of the
Church of the Holy Comforter, Pough
keepsie, n. Y, held services at Camp Wat
son last Sunday and will otficiate next Sun
day 1t is also expected that Rev. II. f
Hill will be present next Sunday, as well as
the Sunday following, August 22d.
A MAN named Alexander, living neal
Worcester, attempted suicide by nearly al
the fashionable methods on Monday. DR.
Templeton of Montpelier was speedily sum
moned, and by means of witty ruse calmet
the would-be suicider and left him in pleas
ant meditation on Hamlet's soliloquy.
A PARTY consisting of Mrs. l.. p. Gleason
and children and the family of Colonel FREQ
E. Smith of Montpelier, the family of J
Elliot Smith of New York. Hon. Georg
Nichols and family of Mortified and other
are in camp this week at Berlin pond
The place is named Camp Lookout"
TEN young people left for Highgat
Springs Friday, intending to spend weel
or ten days at Camp Owler." The part.
( comprised the following: Mrs. DR.. G. A
: Bailey and daughter, Misses Woolson, Da
mon, Alice Drew and Kate Park, A. G
Eaton, G. f. Lowe, Ii. ID. Hopkins, Jr., ant
j. G. Brown.
COLONEL A. b. JEwETT having accepted
the position of vice-president of the 81
D Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad Com
t pany, the duties of superintendent of tn
Vermont division of the Boston & Lowell
railroad will be performed by Mr.. w. A
Stowell until further notice, with oflic
, at Woodsville, n. II.
THE organ of the Salvation Army, pull
Q lished in New York, announces that tn
Q capital of Vermont has been captured
by detachment of that organization.
: also prints communication from Burline
, ton, in which it is stated that "we have
: hard devil to fight here" We haven't tn
slightest doubt of it.
= G. w. SKINNER began moving his stock {
: goods into his part of the Babcock drugstor
" Tuesday. The combination of the jewe
n the drug and the soda-fountain is of exec
n lent promise. With the tokens of health oil
p one side, wealth on the other and happ
p ness fountan-head in the middle, Babcoc
& Skinner will do well.
D Ex-MAyoR CLYMER of Reading, Penn
D sends us the following: "Onions inhale
: cause sleep, rest and repose, The soldie
on his march and the exhausted iron worke
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