The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-27
Montpelier and Vicinity.
!. A. REED of Chicago is in town.

j. f. CURRAN has moved to East Liberty
street.
"NED" SMITH is home from st. Johnsbury
Academy.
Miss NELLIE HYDE left for st. Paul Sat-
urday evening.
ERNEST NILES is clerl1ing in the store of
Marvin & Sherburne.
Mrs. II. A. HUsE and children are visit
ing relatives in Randolph.
FRED SHEPARD is expected home from
East Hampton, Mass, this week.
L. E. TowNER and II. A. Cobb will start
for Chicago on Monday afternoon next.
MARGARET. wife of John Mack, died at
her home on Monday, aged thirty years.
A. G. Brown and Fred Carr are in Crafts
bury this week putting up a new telephone
line.
SUNDAY evening services at the Church of
the Messiah will be discontinued during the
next two months.
A. c.. Brown is entitled to the honor of
flag in Montpelier.
THERE will be a covenant meeting at the
Baptist church on Thursday afternoon at
half-past two o'clock.
PRESS of convention matter this week
necessitates general and quite extensive
abbreviation of town correspondence.
w. G. BERRY goes to the White Noun
tains for the summer on Monday next and
Mrs Berry expects to follow week later.
Mrs. o. p. FOSTER has moved from Kents
block on Elm street to her farm in Wolcott,
and her son and daughter have gone to live
with her there.
THE local st. Jean Baptiste Society will
be largely represented in Nashua tomorrow
at the national convention of French
American citizens
Mr.. II, L. WALKER of Burlington, the
efficient instructor of music in our public
schools, will pass the summer in Europe,
sailing next Saturday.
THE bookstores of George w. Wilder, d.
F. Long and H. f. Slayton will be closed
every evening at seven o'clock, except Sat
urday evenings, beginning June y.
The local Young Peoples Societies of Chris
tian Endeavor will have union meeting at
the Baptist church next Sunday evening at
half-past five. The meeting will be adj
dressd by Rev. A. McGeorge.
II. NJ. PIERCE has purchased the coal busi-
ness of f. II. Stevens and will have an
Office in the store of S. S. Towner & Son.
Hirams extensive acquaintance with Mont
pelier people will help to bring him liberal
patronage
REV. Mr.. HINCKs left on Monday for
Connecticut to attend an anniversary meet
ing of his college class. Prior to his de-
parture he was presented with draft for
$405, the gift of a large number of Mont
pelier friends and well-wishers.
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
(Vt) post-office June %, 1885,
Miss Addie NJ. Cameron Mrs. Emma J. Wilson,
Mrs. Henry f. Deming, Vim. Floyd,
Miss n. f. beware, c. NJ. Sawyer,
Josephine Farr, f. c. Taplin,
Mrs, VIM. Robinson,
Parties applying for any of the above must
say " advertised " and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
THE Military Band is to furnish music for
the convention to-day, though it will un-
fortunately be compelled to do so short
handed" Solo-cornetist Blanchard is i'll
with tonslits, Solo-clarnetist Cushman was
in Tunbridge yesterday, and it was uncer-
tain whether summons to return would
reach him, and Piccolo- player Wilder left for
Boston at l2;l0 this morning.
THE bulletins in the WATcHMAN office and
Phinney bookstore windows, during the
national convention, though they did not
always reach us as promptly as could have
been desired, were read with no less in
terest by very considerable number Of
citizens. The bulletins of Saturday were
mostly furnished by the courtesy of j. w.
Sault of the st. Albans MESSENGER who has
the thanks of all readers.
THIS is the programme to be performed
by the Montpelier Military Band on the
Pavilion lawn this evening;
%ysTure f6ss and Peasant iSgsss sSpps
Fantase, Happy Thought tuba soop Baseier
Romance, The Polish Mother ...... Heinemann
Medley; Gems Of Scotland ",,,.,.,....,.. .Cayaln
'','' 80 Mr. + j. Roberts ,'i''''''
March, Our Colonel ......,,..,.....,..Mi Missud.
AT the republican caucus held Friday
evening James w. Brock, Clark King Fred
f. Smith, II. Roger Bixby, w. II. Hama
ford and John II. Seaver were chosen dele
gates to the state convention which meets
here to-day and l.. Bart Cross, j. H. Lucia,
j. f. Curran, G. Def Bancroft, G. w.
Guernsey and III. n. Taplin to the district
convention. The following were appointed
to serve as the town committees: II. A.
Huse, G. f. Collins, q. Def. Bancroft, G..
Q: Ramsdell, Oughtney Jangraw and o. ID.
Clark.
REV. j. II. HINcKs closed his labors as
pastor of Bethany church on Sunday last,
preaching in the morning a very impressive
sermon upon the text found in Second
| Corinthians xiii; IL, Finally, brethren,
farewell. BE perfected; be comforted; be
of the same mind; live in peace: and the
God OF love and peace shall be with you"
The responsive reading at this service in
cluded Psalms 1872, 133 and 134 and the Scrip
| ture lesson was the last chapter of First
! Thessalonians The communion of the
| Lords Supper was observed in the after
noon at three, and at this service five chill
dren received the rite of baptism and one
adult united with the church by letter.
The travelling portion of the public
should note with care the numerous changes
in the leaving-time of trains on the Central