The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-28

Mr.. AND Mrs. DAN FOSTER of St. Adams
were in town visiting relatives during the
past week.
THE meeting at Wrightsville next Sunday,
at two p. M, is to be conducted by Rev. j.
Edward Wright.
Miss MAUD WHITNEY will succeed Miss
Addie Slack as clerk in Wilder's music
store.
GEORGE w. WELLINGTON of Middlesex
has bought j. p Knapp's place on Barre
street for $1,000.
THE illness of Willie Fields has assumed
the form of pneumonia and is at present
considered dangerous.
ATTENTION is hereby directed to the very
interesting letter from Hon. Joseph Poland
published in another column.
SIx.HANDED euchre was enjoyed at Morton
Marvin's on Thursday evening and at A.
o. Cummins' Friday evening.
Miss GERTRUDE MENEcKE is in New
York, and Miss Louise Meinecke is visiting
friends in Waterbury in the meantime.
GEORGE WHEELER of the Union House
has been quite ill during the past week
sufficiently so to be confined to his bed.
Mr.. SoLoN LAWRENCE of Barre has leased
the Riverside and will succeed Mr.. II. c.
Fullerton in the management of the house.
Mrs. A. II. BAKER, accompanied by her
daughter, Miss Anna, has been visiting at
the home of her parents in Waterbury for
several days past.
tho plotbiar ~ will ,nova into
his new store in the Opera-house building
this week. and expects to be ready for
business Saturday.
THE operators at the Montpelier Tele
phone Exchange answered four hundred
seventy calls on Friday, and it was not an
unusually busy day either
ADDRESSES to the children of the Sunday
school will be given in connection with
service of sacred song in the Church of the
Messiah next Sunday evening.
FRANK ATKINS of Poughkeepsie, n. Y, a
nephew of the Argus t Patriot, and very
pleasant and agreeable young gentleman,
was in town over Sunday, visiting relatives
c. Z. CLARK of the United States navy,
accompanied by his wife and two daugh-
ters, arrived at the Pavilion Monday being
called hther by the illness of his father, j.
! ID. Clark.
To the prayer-meeting of the Bethany
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor, held regularly on Friday evenings
at half-past seven o'clock, all young people
are cordially invited
TIMOTHY MCQUEENEY of Barre has bought
for 800 the interest of Messrs. Stafford
and Carey in the Capital Granite Company
and has leased the house on Guernsey
avenue recently vacated by f. f. Dodge.
Mrs. w. H. CocHRANE, mother of Will
lam II. Cochrane, with the National Life
Insurance Company, has rented the south
erly part of George o. Strattons house on
Hubbard's meadow and will move in at an
early day.
SANGER's Comic OPERA appears at Blanch-
ard Opera-house four nights in April-the
11th, 10Th, 18th and 18th. Their repertoire in
cludes " The Mascot, -" Olvette" -" Chimes
of Normandy" Mikado," Girofe Giro
fla and the Bohemian Girl"
Mr.. AND Mrs. f. d. HYDE gave drive
! W WLlob I'dity 4hohNdN cNthlhS, 4hl' anu NhIS
A. ID. Farwell entertained friends last even
ing in similar manner and Miss Anna
Chandler has given invitations to attend a
whist party at her home tomorrow evening.
The eighth private assembly at Union
House Hail. Thursday evening of next
week, will take the form of grand fancy
dress party" with j. G. Smith as floor man
nd Ohxrn md ha,, MpVt-
as aids, and the Montpelier orchestra to fur
nish music.
T. j. DEAvITT has presented the Grand
Army Post at Hardwick large framed
picture of the Soldiers Home at Washing
ton, including the presidents summer resi-
dence The Hardwick post was the first in
the state to indorse Mr.. Deavitt's efforts to
establish a Soldiers Home in Vermont.
THE services at Christ church for the re-
mainder of Holy Week will be at four p.
NJ. Wednesday; Thursday, half-past ten,
with celebration of the holy communion
Friday, at seven p. NJ, and Saturday at the
same hour The Easter day Sunday-school
festival will be held at four P. NJ. The offer
ing of Thursday will be for Jewish missions.
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
(vt.) post-ofiice March 26, 1888;
Maud Andrews, George Daniels,
Mrs, James v Bailey, Dwight Eddy,
Mrs, ii. A. Gregg, &, W. Marron
Mrs. NJ. A. Keith, Lorenzo MaZa (2),
Clarence j. Ainsworth, Heman Straw
M A. Curtis,
Parties applying for any of the above must
say advertised " and give the date
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
On Monday Proprietor Viles of the Pa
vilion placed an order with s. S. Towner &
Son for thirty-four oak chamber-sets, with
marble tops, to complete the furnishing OF
the hotel made necessary by the recent ad-
dition to its capacity. 1t is understood
that the furniture now in use in the rooms
on the fourth floor will be promoted " and
that the new stock will be placed on that
floor
A SUBSCRIPTION paper is being circulated
in Montpelier to raise $50 to purchase the
great picture of the Battle of Gettysburg
for Post Brooks. Mr. T. j. Deavitt declined
to sign the paper when presented TO him,
saying he would sooner buy the picture and
give it to the post himself than to consent
to pay $50 for picture that retaled for $40
and which had been offered to him for ST..
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