The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28

absent several days on their wedding trip.
SIXTY persons from Montpelier went on
the excursion to weirs last Friday. The |
special train had one hundred fifty pas
sengers by the time it reached Wells River
The WAToHMAN office was favored with
pleasant call from L. Bixby of Chicago,
treasurer of Berry's American tourist
agency, yesterday forenoon. He is visiting
his old home in Fayston.
THE Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
will meet in Trinity vestry at seven o'clock
Friday evening, and the Willing Workers
are to meet at Mrs. II. G. Websters at two
| o'clock in the afternoon.
OsMAN BARNEY, while at work on the old
Watchman building Monday forenoon, fell
from the second story to the first, receiving
several severe bruises, none of which are of
a serious nature, however.
j. j. PRATT has been appointed agent for
Vermont of the Schubert Lady Quartette
Concert Company, and the people of Mont
pelier will be favored with one of their ex-
cellent concerts the coming season.
WE had a call on Monday from Mr.. r. r.
Root of Dubuque, Iowa, who was for fifteen
mont Central railroad. He is now con-
ductor on the Milwaukee & st. Paul railway.
REV. AND Mrs. T. p. FROST are to start
this week on vacation of probably about
four weeks. During the absence of Mr..
Frost it is expected that his pulpit will be
supplied by Rev. Mr.. Merrill of Enosburgh
Falls, Rev. L. H. Elliott and Professor
Bishop.
w. H. TERRILL, who has been for some
time professor in the Vermont Methodist
Seminary, and is a brother of Miss Flora NJ.
Terrill, the present preceptress of the
Washington County Grammar School, has
been elected principal of the high school at
Athol, Mass
SOME excitement was caused Tuesday
morning by two runaway milk-teams, in
one of which was little child not over four
or five years of age. The teams, owned by
G. NJ. Hale and f. w. Bugbee, both started
from near the Wells River depot, but were
stopped by Officer G. A. Smith without
damage.
Mr.. AND Mrs. JOHN T. BLoDGErT, Esq.
of Providence, r. l., are stopping at the
residence of Mr. j. S. Wheelock in Berlin,
whose wife is an aunt of the former. Mr.
Blodgett is member of the bar of Rhode
Island, and he comes here on business with
the probate court concerning the will of the
late w. s. Merrill.
THERE is to be union Sabbath-school
picnic at the Summit, on the Montpelier &,
Wells River railroad, Wednesday, August
4th, several towns joining A general good
time is expected. There will be songs and
recitations by the different schools and
probably music from the Plainfield and
Marshield bands.
FIVE members of the Salvation Army
commenced a series of meetings at the
Armory rink Sunday afternoon. OF course
their street parades attract large crowd of
hoodlums, and good many attend the
meetings, which are to be, for an indefinite
period, held each weekday evening and
three times each Sunday.
f. f. BRADIsH went yesterday to Burlng-
ton to assume the charge of the Burlington
Office of the Commercial Union Telegraph
Company, having recently received an ap-
pointment as local manager for that city.
: Mr.. Bradish is an unusually fine penman
and young man of good business capacity,
and Montpelier friends will wish and ex-
pect for him success in his new position.
If the weather is pleasant Thursday even
{ ing the band will perform the following
, programme at the Pavilion
Medley of Irish Airs Beyer
, Serenade, The Polish Mother Heinemann
baritone solo The Vision Brooks
March, Mother Hubbard Sousa
There will doubtless be large attendance
at this concert.
c. NJ LYON attempted to shoot cat with
an old musket one day last week. The gun
burst at the breech and the stock was blown
to bits. Some of the powder was blown
D | into Mr.. Lyons eyes and he was slightly
bruised by the shock, but he will probably
suffer no permanent Inconvenience from
D., either injury. To those who have seen the
gun it seems miracle that he was not in
stantly killed.
MANY and desirable improvements are
being made in and around the Capitol build
ing. New boilers and steam-pipes are being
put in, the roofs of the dome and tool-houst
Y are being repainted and the shade-trees
in the yard are being trimmed. Work or
the new state library building is rapidly
}, progressing. The walls are completed
and the making and laying of fire-proo
floors is now prominent feature OF the
y work.
THREE changes in the corps of teachers
will be made during the present vacation
These are caused by the designations o
Misses Chamberlin, Webster and Guernsey
. Miss Chamberlin has been called to teacl
elsewhere at larger salary, and Miss Web
! ster is forced to leave by reason of il
health. Miss Evelyn, daughter of Johr
4 Lease has been chosen to fill one of the va
y y cancies, though she has not yet been as
Il signed to room. Other appointments will
soon be made.
IS LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
o (Vt) post-office July "A, 1886:
Miss A. L. Bacon, Ddou Dandelin
Miss Hattie Davis, Louis Deipin,
. MISS l.ettie L. Darling, H. ID. Emerson,
Mrs. William Kent, John S. Gifn
a Miss Lizzie Wheeler, John A. Hoitt
FRANK Jove ). Avsenio Henry King
{. W. Brown, Joseph Parker,
20 NJ o. Burr, George Reed,
- Charles l.. Corey, Charles Smith,
y Soi. John i. Cox, George Sargent
Miles Cooper, w. Sunburg
Parties applying for any of the above mus
: say advertised" and give the date.
q GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster
}. AS c. E, Peters of Willamstown was
q driving around the corner of Eastern
q avenue and State street, last week Thurs