The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-25

turned from the repair-shops at Lake viii
lage, N. II.
THE weeds are growing in the State street
coasting track and interest in the whole
some sport seems to have entirely died out.
A DRIvE-wHIsT party was given by Miss
Emma Cutler at her home on Barre street
Friday evening. John Adams and Julia
Mead secured the prizes
A TOTAL eclipse of the moon will occur
on Saturday of this week, beginning at 1891
A. NJ. and ending at 500 A. NJ. There will
doubtless be a large attendance.
PORTER II. DALE of Minneapolis was in
Montpelier the latter part of last week on
his way to Richmond, p. @. His visit was
an occasion of pleasure for friends in this
place.
The bailiffs have instructed the Electric
Light Company to burn the street lights in
future until eleven P. M, instead of ex-
tinguishing them at ten, as has been done
in the past.
THE district school entertainment by the
young people of Bethany church was well
/
snow-storm. The net receipts were in the
vicinity of $40.
LOCAL thermometers registered from 800
to $50 below zero Sunday morning and
from 23o to 26o below Monday morning. A
piercing wind increased the inclemency of
the weather Saturday.
In mentioning last week the appointment
of Mr.. j. E. Curran as life insurance
agent, it should have been stated that the
appointment was to the general agency of
the New England Mutual.
AT the assembly concert tomorrow even
ing the military band will give, with other
pieces, selection from Erminie, Suppes
overture, " Poet and Peasant" and splen-
did march composed by Mr.. c. H. Ptkin.
Two children of Henry Moore pearl,
aged six years, and Arthur, aged eleven
years., have died the present month of
diphtheria-one on Thursday, January 8,
and the other on Wednesday of last week.
YESTERDAY was the " blusteriest " day of
the winter to date, and the four or five
| inches of light snow which fell during Mon
day night was blown into great heaps
| Though not intensely cold, it was, neverthe-
less, an extremely disagreeable day to be
out of doors, and few were.
THERE will be a campfire at Capital Hall
tomorrow Thursday evening, to begin at
half-past seven sharp, under the auspices
of the Grand Army of the Republic, the
Wonan's Relief Corps and the Sons of Vet
erans. The exercises will include singing
and recitations and an address by General
| w. w. Henry of Burlington.
A TYPE-sETTER, in the report of the
dairymens meeting at Montpelier, turned
"Capital " Hall into " Hospital " Hall.
But as the thermometer in the hall during
most of the sessions stood at 46o, the type
settlers statement was not so far out of the
way, after all. 1t was a sort of preparatory
hospital hail. in fact.-MeSSenger.
THE Snow-shoe Club, at its meeting last
week Wednesday evening, elected these of
ficers for the year ensuing President, A.
w. Ferrin; vice-presidents, c. p. Pitkin, NJ.
f. Atkins; secretary, j. G.. Brown; treas
urer II. M. Cutler; drill captain, F. |. Pit
kin. Three new members We're admitted,
making the total membership siXty-two.
Mrs. LAURA PARKER, aged eighty three
years, widow of the late e. p. Parker of
Washington died of pneumonia at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. l.. b. Huntington,
shortly after five o'clock yesterday morning.
| Funeral services will be held at Mr.. Hunt
| ingtons at $3.50 A. NJ. tomorrow, and the re-
mains will be taken to Washington for
burial.
BESIDES the engagement of Myra Goodwin
at Blanchard Opera-house, February 2lst,
are announced those of Miss frankie Kemble
and fine supporting company Thursday
evening, February 9TH in the Irish drama,
"Sibyl. Romance of Dublin Lights, and
of Lift & Davis in Human Nature" Mon
company will be accompanied by band
and orchestra.
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
(Vt) post-otiice January %, 1888:
Miss Arelina Barney, Toney Gardner.
Miss Mamie Busford, Wallace Heyford,
| Sadie Robinson w. l.. Mason,
Mrs. Emma Waterman, A, X Skinner
Atty. Gen, of State, Chas. NJ. Smith,
| T. Carpenter, Georgia A. featter.
Parties applying for any of the above must
say advertised and give the date
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
MORTON MARVIN has purchased for his
son Horace, and c. e. Wilson of Natick,
Mass, the stock, goodwill and lease of the
| Aldrlch boot ana Shoe store. The young
men will take possession February |. Both
have had experience in this line of busi-
ness-the one as commercial traveller for a
prominent Boston firm and the other in the
store of the same firm-and both have friends
in Montpelier who will wish for them sue
cessful outcome of their undertaking.
CHILDREN on their way from school Mon
day noon discovered fire in the roof of
the house on Cedar street owned and
occupied by H. A. Bowman. An alarm
was given and Volunteer Hose, No. ], very
soon had stream of water playing upon
the flames, which were easily extinguished
A hole some three feet square was burned
in the roof and the water did some dam
age to pastering and carpets in rooms be-
low, but the total damage is not thought to
exceed $40 or Sl5. There is no sure theory
concerning the origin of the fire.
THE ArguS in its last issue alludes, in
what it doubtless considers an exceedingly
facetious manner, to recent erroneous
item in the local columns of the WATcHMAN
and adds, with its usual conceit, "Guess
the ArguS and Patriot was about right, as
usual" This is rich, in view of the Argus