The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-07

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meeting in the Dewey school-house on the
Northfield road next Sunday at half-past
two P. NJ.
THE past four days have been extremely
warm, the mercury ranging from ninety-five
to one hundred degrees in the shade
each day.
e, S. LUCE was the solo cornet-player OF
the Citizens band of Waterbury last Mon
day during the engagement of the band at
the Richmond celebration.
Hon. E. j. HARTsHoRN and sons and
Mrs. Charles G. Eastman of Emmettsburg.
Iowa, are expected to arrive in Montpelier
this week on a visit to friends here.
ONE person was received by baptism at
the Baptist church last Sunday. The Sun
day-school gave a temperance concert at
half-past six p. NJ. to celebrate the Fourth.
Hon. AND Mrs. A. G. ScoTT of Kearney,
Neb, are visiting at Mr.. j. w. Ellis Mr..
Scott is a son of the late Hon. Jacob Scott,
formerly of this place, and nephew of
Mr. Ellis.
The ladies of Trinity church will give
lawn sociable on Friday evening at the resi-
dence of Mrs. ID. L. Fuller. Ice-cream and
cake will be served from six to seven o'clock.
All are invited.
ABOUT one hundred tickets to Northfield
were sold at the Central depot Monday
morning, mostly to parties going to attend
the dedication of the new chime of bells in
the Catholic church there.
T. X. MERRILL, Jr., and G. NJ. Cush-
man expect to leave soon to fill their sum-
mer engagements as musicians at the White
Mountains. Mr.. Merrill will go to the
Crawford House, as heretofore.
AMONG the recent arrivals at the Pavilion
are Mr.. and Mrs c. M. Dyer Miss Nettie A.
Day, Worcester, Mass; F. L. Nepolitane,
Toronto, Ontario; r. NJ. Wright and Miss
A. G. Wright, Easthampton, Mass.
BRIDGET MCGOWAN, wife of Roger Nc
Gowan, died at her home on Berlin side
Monday, aged fifty-fve years and nine
months. Funeral services will be held at
the house this wednesday, afternoon at
two o'clock.
ACCORDING to their usual custom, Woolson
DrOJHerS Will lnlS year leHiier W uHelr ell-
ployes brief vacation and complimentary
excursion to Highgate Springs. The party
will leave Montpelier Friday morning OF
next week and return on the following
Monday
Mr.. c. G. COVE, principal of the Monson
(Mass.) Academy, was in town on Monday.
The academy building was destroyed by
fire some four or five weeks ago, but new
building, costing $25 900, is to be erected this
summer and will be ready for occupancy in
November.
The story circulated by some that the
Montpelier band played for the Henry Peo-
pies Theater Company last week for five
dollars is entirely erroneous. The band
played four evenings and received thirty
five dollars, and it's services were only re.
quired for half an hour each evening.
Mr.. REUBEN HATCH, who for severa
years was in the boot and shoe business or
Main street, died last Friday at Waupaca
Wis. He went from Montpelier to Wiscon
sin, where he had lived ever since. Ht
died, after long and painful illness, at the
house of his son, James NJ. Hatch, clerk o
| Waupaca county court. He leaves a wift
in the West and two daughters in Vermont
SCHOOL in Montpelier district No 6 MARY
NJ Dodge, teacher) closed June Goth. Schol
ars having no marks during the term: Mel
lie A. and Hattie NJ Harpan and Arthur E
and Minnie NJ. Perkins; having no tardy o.
dismissal marks: Libbie E., Nellie A. an,
Hattie Nj. Harpan, Minnie M. Perkins
Rhoda j. Sanders, BERTHE F. Chase, Herman
j. Carr, Arthur 4. Perkins and Roy X Clark
THE military band will give an out-doo
concert near the Pavilion on Friday even
ing, July o. Programme as follows:
March, Colonel Rounds. .Apelles
Overture Stradella. Fotow
Gaop, In duce Jubilo. Bohn,
Selection, III Trovatore Nerd
Minuett Bocherin
Gavotte' our Little Nestngs iest
American overture (by request). Catlii
E. r. MEADER has opened his new billiar
parlor in the dining-room of the old Mont
pelier House, which has been fitted II
especially for the purpose and is very al
tractive in appearance. Three tables, il
laid in many-colored woods, have been pu
in, and they are highly ornamental. Their
will probably be barber-shop on the sam
floor before long. The floors above are re
tanned by Messrs. Irish * Sparrow for us
as dormitories.
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelie
(Vt.) post-ofiice July Sd, 1886:
Mrs. HELEN A. Grain, Miss Ida NJ. Robnso
Miss Josie A. Conway, Edward S. Brooks,
Miss l.. A. Darling, w. h. Dewell,
Miss Katie Hoffman, Fred l.. Gray,
Mrs. NJ. A. Hbbard, James Hurley,
Mrs. g. W. johnson, g. Jacobs.
Miss Nellie o. Mead,
Parties applying for any of the above mus
say " advertised " and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
THERE was no formal observance of Ii
dependence Day in Montpelier, but til
horns and fire-crackers were freely use
Saturday and Monday, and Monday evenin
there were numerous displays of fireworl
in different parts of the village. About OF
hundred persons went to Lyndonville Sa
urday and some two hundred eighty to Barr