The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08

charge and all are invited to be present
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
(Vt.) post-oflice September 4, 1886:
Miss Miss Hattie H Miller Miller, aaef J. e. PEPPER Iqea"
Mrs. Emily Reed, D. Kendall Smith t2),
Nell L; Wilson, George S, steadman,
$. Harvey, Denis G. Wheeler.
Parties applying for any of the above must
say advertised and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
THE Sabbath-school convention and pic
mic appointed for August 31st at the Sum-
init is postponed until Saturday, September
11th. Most of the schools along the line of
the Montpelier e. Wells River railroad will
be quite largely represented. The Cabot
cornet band and singers from different
towns are to furnish the music. Revs.
Frost, Harris, Swinnerton, Clough and
others will instruct the people by short adj
dresses, and all, both old and young, will
have a part in making it an enjoyable
occasion.
Two little fellows, sons of partners in a
thriving saddlery- hardware business in
Montpelier, were playing together in the
dirt the other day. firing of their sport,
they were about to enter the home of the
older boy, when it occurred to him that his
ITechltu llIllb lace IllBnI De ulrUN, anu he IN
quired of his playmate if such was the case
The child, who is still in short dresses, ex-
amined his features closely for a moment
and then exclaimed Why, Ned, don't
see a bit of dirt, but your face is just covered
with tly-specks."
Mrs. AGNES L. VAILLE, now of Phila-
delphia, formerly Agnes Goodrich Of Orange,
VT, has been visiting friends at her old
home and in this vicinity during the past
week. Mrs. Vaille is a musician of no or
dinary ability and is at present superintend-
ing the publication of book, of which she
herself is the author, on the cultivation of
the voice. OF this book and its author the
Daily Times of August 18th, published at
Buffalo, n. Y, where Mrs. Vaille has re-
sided for some years, has an extended and
exceedingly complimentary notice.
LAST Thursday afternoon as George Gero
was driving near the foot of Clay hill his
horse became frightened and unmanage-
able and Mr.. Gero was thrown from the
wagon against a stone post. He was badly
cut and bruised in various places, his nose
was broken and his jaw badly fractured.
DIR. Charles e. Chandler was called and the
unfortunate man was properly cared for.
The injuries are not thought likely to
result seriously and Mr.. Gero is doing
well at present. His escape from instant
death is somewhat remarkable, considering
| all the circumstances.
A PLEASANT event for many of the citizens
of Montpelier was the celebration on Mon
day evening of the fiftieth anniversary of
the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
Campbell Mass was held at the Church
of st. Augustine and the event was also
made joyous by large gathering of friends
at the residence of the venerable couple.
! Tokens of love and esteem were numerous
and everything testified to the kindly feel
ing which is cherished toward them by
the people of Montpelier where they have
resided for so many years 1t is to be
hoped that they may live to see many more
happy anniversaries of the day.
Mrs. S. E. DEWEY, for thrty-one years
past highly esteemed resident of Mont
pelier, died of pneumonia at the home of
her granddaughter, Mrs. j. L. Martin, in
Brattleboro, on Sunday last, after very
brief illness. Mrs. Dewey was the third
wife of the late DIR. j. Y. Dewey, for several
| years president of the National Life Insur-
ance Company, and mother of Mrs. Edward
Dewey of this village by her first husband.
She was seventy years of age in July last.
| Funeral services We're held at Christ
| church in this place at ten o'clock Tuesday
morning, Rev. Howard F. Hill, rector, Off
cating, and the remains were taken to
Green Mount cemetery for burial.
THE twelfth annual meeting of the state
Woman's Christian Temperance Union will
! be holden in the Methodist church in North
field on Thursday and Friday of next week
! The programme cannot be given in full at
this date, but will appear next week. On
Wednesday, the 18th, the executive commit
! tee, consisting of the general officers, presi-
| dents of counties and state superintendent
of departments, will hold morning and
afternoon sessions, preparatory to the work
of the convention. The delegates reception
will be given by the Northfield union at the
residence of DIR. p ID. Bradford on Wednes-
day evening from eight to ten o'clock
Thursday evening, at the church, an address
will be given by the national superintendent
of the scientific temperance instruction de.
partment, Mrs. Mary III. Hunt, who has be.
come so widely known through her great
work for the national scientific temperance
instruction bill, and its passage by which SO
grand victory was won for the temperance
| cause. On Friday morning Mrs. Perkins
president of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, will deliver her annual ad.
dress, and Friday evening the convention
| will close with an address by Mrs. Mary A
! Livermore. The public are cordially invited
to attend all the meetings of the convention
especially the addresses above alluded to.
PURSUANT to call issued by the republi
can town committee, some three hundred
voters assembled at the Golden Fleece Fri
day evening to nominate a candidate fol-
town representative. The name of j. c.
Houghton was the only one presented to the
| caucus, although there were other candi
dates for the Office in the field Half al
hour was allowed for parties to ballot fol
nominee, and when the box was turned
only one hundred forty-tve votes had beer
cast. j. G. Houghton had one hundred two
j. w. Brock eighteen, Joel H. Lucia thir
teen, l.. Bart Cross nine, and there were foui
scattering. Mr.. Houghton in happy man,
ner thanked his friends for the honor con.
ferred. The town committee was instructed
to confer with the democratic town com
mittee and prepare justice ticket to be
| supported by the two parties. - The
democrats of Montpelier met in caucus al
the same time and for the same purpose in
the grand jury room at the courthouse The
names of w. A. Stowell, Henry Lowe and
ID. p. Clarke were offered as candidates
and ballot resulted in the selection of Mr.
Stowell, who received fifty-one votes against
twenty for Mr.. Lowe and eighteen for Mr.
Clarke. - A call was issued Friday by
| the anti-Edmunds republicans to meet In
caucus at the grand jury room Monday even.
ing to nominate an anti-Edmunds republi.
can as candidate for town representative
it being understood that Mr.. Houghton
| would favor the reelection of Mr.. Edmlnds
| The room was filled at the time appointed
Tor the caucus, and after organizing, the
| name of Stephen Thomas was nrasanta1 NV