The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-15
Montpelier and Vicinity.

AN unusual press of matter this week
necessitates the abbreviation of town cor
respondence to considerable extent.
Hon. L. p. POLAND was in town Saturday.
REV. T. p. FROST preached at st. Johns
bury Sunday.
ATTENTION is called to Miss Meineckes
announcement in the business notices.
II. A. HUsE and son, Montpelier, were
registered at the Adams House, Boston,
Sunday.
Two hundred persons from Montpelier at
tended the union Sunday-school excursion
at Owls Head Saturday.
Mr.. WRIGHT is to conduct the services in
the Westinghouse at Wrightsville next
Sunday afternoon at two o'clock.
EDITOR SWAIN of the Bellows Falls Times
and senator-elect from Windham county
was in Montpelier for short time last week
A oUARTETTE choir under the leadership
of f. w. Bancroft will furnish music at the
Church of the Messiah during the legsla-
| tive session.
THERE was an interesting missionary con-
cert at Bethany church Sunday evening
under the direction of the Young Ladies'
Missionary Society.
Hon. JOHN BAILEY of Wells River, senator
elect from Orange county, and Representa-
tive-eect T. G. Keyes of Newbury were in
Montpelier Thursday.
Mr.. w. B. Cox, "a Brooklyn, n. Y, artist,
who is spending several weeks at Wheeler's,
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pleasant call Thursday.
MEssRs. II. c. BATES and T. c. Fletcher
of st. Johnsbury, senator and member-elect
respectively, were in town on Thursday
seeking boarding-place for the session.
A. w. FERRIN, Harry Cutler, Fred j.
Deter and j. G.. Brown are on horseback
tour through the White Mountain region
having left here in the early part of last week
Mr.. WILLIAM j. RHEEs, chief clerk of the
Smithsonian Institution at Washington, ID
c., and Mrs. Rhees have been the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Cummins for a few
days past.
NEXT Sunday there is to be an excursion
to the Tip-top House, Mount Washington,
from Montpelier. Tickets will be sold al
$3.50 for the round trip, with the number
limited to three hundred.
SUNDAY evening services at Christ churcl
will begin at seven o'clock until fhrthel
notice, and we are informed that services il
the other Protestant churches, excepting the
Baptist, will begin at the same hour
Miss MARY A. PHINNEY has been engaged
as teacher of music in the Union and Gram
mar schools in the place of Professor n. ii
Thompson, who resigned at the close of las
year to accept similar position in Massa
chusetts.
c. NJ. CUsHMAN, solo clarinetist of tn,
military band, has finished his summer en-
gagement at the White Mountains and re
turned to Montpelier, and Leader T. II
Merrill, Jr., is expected home the first o
next week.
Mr.. j. G. EMERY showed us yesterda,
morning a basket of potatoes taken from
one hill in the garden at his farm. They
were of the variety known as White Lilies
nine in number, and with an aggregat
weight of eight and one-fourth pounds.
MRS. A. n. BLANCHARD of this place ha
been in camp at Highgate for few days
and the last time that she went fishing sh
made the biggest catch of the season-no
in numbers, but in dimensions. 1t was
pickerel--an old resident-weighing fouI
teen pounds and measuring thirty-nine ant
one-half inches in length.
A. ID. LANE left last evening for Ho
Springs, Arkansas, to test the healing
powers of the famous spouting waters. Mrs
Lane is at present at the Fabyan House, bu
will go to Palatka, Florida, about the frs
OF December If the state of her health a
that time will admit of her doing so. He
children will remain here with relatives.
IT is not probable that the new electric
lighting system will be ready for operation
much before the 25th of the month. Tn
) delay is largely owing 70 the inability of tn
3 company to get the water-pipe here at tn
time agreed upon by the manufacturers
/, The building is ready for occupancy, the dy
namos, lamps, cut-offs, etc, have arrived
l and the motors are finished and ready to b.