The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-24

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REV. w. S. HAzEN of Northfield preached
at Bethany church Sunday in exchange
with Rev. Mr.. Hincks.
| A SIDEWALK is being laid from the Arch
! bridge to the Bradshaw tenements on Ber-
lin side, near "Athenwood."
II. w. KEMProN is enlarging his ice-house
opposite the Pioneer shops, preparatory to
| laying in the winters supply of ice.
GEORGE II. WILDER is announced as the
| flute soloist for a concert to be given at IRE
mont Temple, Boston, in December.
THREE carloads of people went to Barre
! by special train Saturday evening to attend
the performance of Robert Emmett"
UNION services will be held at Trinity
church Thanksgiving day at eleven o'clock,
A. NJ, with sermon by Rev. f. ID. Mason.
MISS EMILY EATON expects to spend the
winter with friends in the West She will
! leave Montpelier about the middle of De-
cember
A THANKSGIVING service is to be held in
| the vestry of the church of the Messiah this
! wednesday, evening at half-past seven
o'clock.
IT was Miss Edith Adams, and not Mr.. F.
! w. Bancroft, who assisted Mr.. and Mrs.
Mimms in the musicale at the Pavilion Sun
day evening.
Mrs. GEORGE G. HALE of Nashua n. H.,
/ has returned to Montpelier to remain
through the winter with her daughter, Mrs
George l.. Lane.
II. e. SLAYToN has leased the store in
Walton's block formerly occupied by ID. w.
! Temple & Co., and will move his stationery
stock there soon.
THE Montpelier post-otlice will be closed
Thanksgiving day excepting between the
hours of eight and ten o'clock A. NJ. and four
and six o'clock p. M.
BELvA LOCKWOOD addressed good-sized
audience at the Opera-house Saturday eve
ming and everyone enjoyed her lecture.
She is one of the very best lady speakers
ever heard here.
THE appearance of moccasins in the shoe
store windows is suggestive of a revival of
interest in snow-shoeng at the capital and
this wholesome amusement bids fair to have
a great rage here this season.
ABOUT ten tons of Thanksgiving poultry
were shipped to Boston over the Vermont
Central from this station and carload from
Barre. The poultry train over the Wells
River road took seven tons from here and
thirty-fve tons from points along the line
of the road.
THE annual meeting of the ladies' library
guild will be held in the parlors of Bethany
church, Wednesday afternoon. December
1st, at half-past two o'clock. An election of
officers for the coming year, and other i'm
portant business is to come before the meet
ing and all members, and others designing
to become members, are earnestly requested
to be present.
THE first social assembly of the season
will be held at the Pavilion Friday evening,
| with music for dancing from eight O'Clock
until twelve by the Montpelier orchestra
of five pieces. The affair is gotten up by
some of the young people and they hope
for large attendance The bill will be
$1.50 per couple ahd the invitation extended
is general one.
ADDITIONAL arc lights will be hung at
| tbp nj Rarrp and Hnhbar1
on State street opposite the residence of
Charles Dewey, on West Mechanic street
and on Seminary hill and if experiments
with lights of less power prove satisfactory,
they will be placed at the corner of Elm
and Winter streets and other points where
light is at present equally insufficient.
"MAcK " and " Billy" are familiar names
to parties accustomed to obtain teams at
the livery-stable of ID. w. Dudley, and to
many others. Mr.. Dudley, who had sold
both horses some months since, found them
Wednesday in the hands of jockeys, bought
them back and sent them to the land
where good horses go. He owned Mack ="
some fifteen years and Billy" twenty-five
years.
THE Central Vermont railroad issues this
announcement of Importance to local fruit
dealers and others. Commencing December
2, fruit and perishable merchandise for
stations from White River Junction to st.
Adams, inclusive, if left in the freight Office
in Boston before five o'clock each Thurs
day afternoon, will he shipped in a warm
car at 1880 p. NJ, and arrive in Montpelier at
two o'clock A. NJ, on the following Friday.
WHEN the ballot-box was turned at the
democratic caucus Saturday evening, two
hundred twenty-five votes fell out. One
was for ID. u. Clarke, two We're for Rev. III
f. Hill, forty for Henry Lowe, seventy-two
for Captain \. a. Mead, and one hundred
ten for Frank II. Bascom. letter from
Hon .Iobp II Epl1oNvs N Mr. Rospof
the subject of the latter's candidacy for the
post-mastership, was read and the caucus
ad djourned.
LOREN AND CHARLES MAGooN of Orange
We're arrested Monday by Deputy Marshal
Fisk of Burlington, assisted by Deputy Col
lector Lills of Brattleboro, charged with
illegal distilling. The apparatus and some
manufactured cider brandy is said to have
been found on the premises. The prisoners
were brought here this afternoon, and as we
go to press they are having hearing before
Commissioner George Il. johnson of Bur
lington, District Attorney Haskins prose
cutting.
" ROBERT EMMETT " was well attended Fri
day evening, Notwithstanding the storm, and
both the drama and the lecture were much
enjoyed by those present The respective
parts were creditably sustained, the lecture
was exceedingly interesting, the audience
appreciatiVe and everything seemed con-
ducive to the success of the entertainment,
which, it gives us pleasure to state was
attended with good results financially to
the Young Mems Catholic Union, under
whose auspices the play was brought out.
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
(Vt.) post-offce, November 20, 1886:
Miss Abbe l.. Bean, Arthur Il. Aldrch
Miss Mary T. Clarke, f. t. Bowman,
Mrs. Jane Cox, Adm Brown,
Mrs. Jennie Emerson c. Caben,
: Miss Elsie Hampton, i. j. Dillon,
Miss Alice Jones, Elisha Iurd,
Miss Abbe Kimball (2) II. A. Jones,
Mrs. McDermott, John Lyon,
Mrs. Emma Perry Henry Mathews,
Mrs. G.. W. Rowell, John q. Pag,