The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-14

place of Miss Nette Gale, recently removed
from town.
Mr.. BRIGGS gave pleasant organ recital
in Bethany church at the close of the mis-
sionary concert Sunday evening.
REV. j. o. SHERURN will conduct services
at Wrightsville March Is, at two P. NJ, and
at the Center one week later-March %.
THE "willing Workers " of Trinity
church were entertained at the parsonage
last evening and given a supper by Mrs.
Sherburn.
THERE is to be a socable at the Unitarian
vestry Thursday evening, with readings
from Dickens by members of the Shake
speare Club.
FoRTY-sIx young friends of Lena and
Maud Crossett gave the young ladies' sur
prise party at their home on Wednesday
evening last.
j. V. MORROW has been a sufferer for nine
weeks past with hemorrhage of the lungs,
the result of wound in the right side
during the war,
ATTENTION is directed to the announce
ment, which appears elsewhere in this issue,
of the annual meeting of the Montpelier
Public Library Association.
H. II. SCRIBNER has sufficiently recovered
from his recent illness to appear upon the
street, but is advised by his physician not
to resume teaching at present.
ONE of the most delightful and largely at
tended drive-whist parties of the season was
given by Mrs. A. j. Sibley at the Pavilion
on Tuesday evening of last week.
News was received here yesterday that
the widow of the late Judge Poland
and her sister, both residing in the same
house in St. Johnsbury, have died of pneu-
monia.
"THE CAROL is the title of a new Sun
day-school service and song book, of which
several copies have recently been purchased
for the use of the Sunday-school of the
Church of the Messiah.
ELEAzER f. DODGE and family and Will
lam Dodge have gone to Toledo, Ohio, to
assume charge of store purchased for them
by Eleazer's brother Ed" who has been
for several years on the police force in that
city.
DIR. BoARDMAN's horse undertook " GO
as-you- please " proceeding the other day
and as result came in contact with Le-
lands milk-sleigh, overturning it and dis
trbuting the lacteal fluid promiscuously
upon the street at the point of collision.
A DISTRICT convention for all chapters of
the Order of the Eastern Star in this part
of the state has been called to be held with
Rob Morris chapter, No. "a, at Masonic Hall
Montpelier, Tuesday evening, March 90 at
seven o'clock. 1t is expected that the grand
officers of the grand chapter of Vermont
will be present.
! REPUBLICAN district convention for the
second congressional district to elect dele
gates to the national republican convention
at Chicago, will be held at Montpelier the
5th day of April, at ten o'clock A. NJ, the
day after the state convention, so that the
same delegates can act at both conventions
| if desirable.
A BERLIN reader of the WATCHMAN re-
sents the statement, which recently ap-
peared in the local items from that town, to
the effect that the Berlin church was just
out of debt for the first time in many years .
and the request that it be corrected is
hereby cheerfully complied with. Our in
formant states that the church had not been
| in debt for many years prior to that just
! ended.
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
(Vt.) post-office March u, 1888:
Mrs. Carlos S. Bach, Z. ". Child,
Mrs. b. l.. Bartlett II. II. Howard,
Katie Herbert, Elon L. Hersey,
Miss Emma Moore (2), Frank Ludlow,
sIsas Mss May I~ssi Simmons, co CON- H. Hf O. Peabody
Charles A. Alexander, Chas. Smith.
| Fred Cavendish,
Parties applying for any of the above must
say advertised and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
TWELVE months of constantly-increasing
suffering terminated in the death, on Nor
day, at half-past ten A. NJ, of Carlton T., sol
of II. G. Webster. Bright's disease and en-
argement of the heart were the cause O
his death. Carl was bright, good -natured
lad of sixteen years. and large circle o
friends will mourn, with the afflicted family
his early demise Funeral services will bt
held at his late home on Elm street thi,
afternoon at two o'clock.
THE Willing Workers ~ of Bethany
church, a mission band of young ladies'
gave most interesting missionary concer
on Sunday evening Japan was the subjec
and the physical geography and the histor,
of the empire, with accounts of missionary
work there, were entertaningly given
Members of the band of " Willing Work
ers appeared in Japanese costume, CAV,
the " salaam" to perfection, and, in thei
answers to questions propounded TO them
brought out many interesting facts concern
ing customs and manners in the "Sunris
Kingdom The details of the concert wer
arranged by Mrs. A. G. Vail.
w. II. II. BUCK of Middlesex, badly
crippled soldier and poor man, on Satur
day morning last visited Montpelier ant
drew a pension of $36 at the Montpelie
National Bank, put the money-S35 in bill'
and 81 in silver with nine cents which h
had in his pocket in change-into brow
cloth bag tied with red string. He visite,
the store of S. S. Towner & Son, and fron
there went to the shop of Lewis Nor
mandin, at the Berlin end of the Arcl
bridge, and back to the store of Putnam
Marvin. Somewhere ON State or Mai
streets he lost the money. If the fnde
will leave the money at this office it will b
! pa1 10, lao