The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-10
Montpelier and Vicinity.
G. II. SHIPMAN is in Boston.

g. III. SHIPMAN is in Boston.
THE Barre social was attended by about
seventy couples
GEORGE A. KNAPP is clerking at the
Phinney bookstore.
The Brennan Theater Company are play
ing for the third week in Burlington.
THE Mission Band will meet with Mrs.
Mason at three o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Hon. H. H. POWERS of Morrisville and j.
H. Mimms of st. Adams were in t own yes
terday.
Hon. AND Mrs. B. f. FIFIELD are absent
ington.
ATTENTION is called to an item in the
state news column relative to the proposed
Soldiers Home.
CAPTAIN III. G. LULL will speak at the
Grand Army campfire in Warren next week
Thursday evening.
On two mornings of the past week, Friday
and Saturday, mercury fell to more than
thirty degrees below zero.
MR.. WRIGHT is to speak in the Church of
the Messiah next Sunday evening upon A
Hundred Years of Temperance
AT Putnamsville next Sunday afternoon
at two o'clock, in the school-house, Mr..
Wright is to hold religious service.
THE Golden Fleece polo team will COM
pete for prizes at the Burlington carni-
val next week Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings.
Mrs. S. C. SHURTLEFF, Mrs. w. E. Adams
and the Misses Phinney give whist parties
the present week. the first two named hav-
ing two each.
The ladies of Trinity church will give a
loan exhibition and supper at the vestry
this afternoon and evening. All are cor
daily invited
FRED M. SHELDON, who has been at work
for the Union Card Company during the past
two months, has gone to work on the Vermon
Sentry at Swanton.
REPORTS from Mrs. A. d. Lane continue
favorable, the latest being that she had
reached Palatka safely and is fast regain
ing health and strength"
THE call for meeting to consider thu
practicability of holding another musical fes
tival was not largely responded to, and NJ
definite action was taken.
A TEACHERS INSTITUTE for Washington
county will be held at Northfield Februar,
oath, 25th and Goth. Programmes will b.
distributed at an early day.
THE senate committee on public build
ings has reported bill favorably to chang
the limit of appropriation for the publ
building at Montpelier to S125,0O0.
II. j. EDsoN of the main Office of tn
Western Union Telegraph Company in Bos
ton was in town over Sunday, being absen
from his duties on a months vacation.
LOVERS of innocent and instructive amust
ment will find something in that line at tn
"school of inquiry" to be held at Chris
church rectory this week Friday evening.
Mr.. j. G. HoUGHToN, treasurer of tn
National Life Insurance Company, is in a
tendance, as a representative of his con
pany, upon meeting of the Boston Unde
writer's Association in that city to-day.
NEIL BURGESS will appear at Blanchar
Opera-house Wednesday evening, Febrl
AIRY SfIH, III MS pay, w luO
Bedott." His previous performances
Montpelier will be his best advertisement.
| QUITE party from this place will pro
9 ably attend the winter carnival at Burlin
ton next week. The fare will be only ST..
a for the round trip, and tickets will be GOO
n from Monday, February 18th, to Monda
, the 22d.
n AT the recent auction sale in West Fai
/. lee of the late Smith Ely's effects clai
. against Ely Goddard and Cain for 81
Il was sold for 81, and a $4,000 claim for 81
both bid off by General Stephen Thomas
! Montpelier.
r The Montpelier Snow-shoe Club will no
It meeting this evening at seven o'clock
|. the Savings Bank, TO see what action {
r club will take in regard to the invitati
" extended to them by the Burlington Goa
IS ing Club to participate in the carnival ne