The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-29
Montpelier and Vicinity.

Miss MARY PHINNEY has returned from
Boston.
II. c. SCOTT arrived Tuesday from Chi
cago, Ill.
Miss o. CAsAvAINT is teaching school in
MiddleseX.
f. II. BAscoM returned last week from
Muncie, Ind
T. r. MERRILL, the town clerk, is afflicted
with the mumps
f. =. JEwETT was quite sick last week
but is now better.
T. c. FLETCHER of St. Johnsbury was in
town Wednesday.
w. II. SIMMoNDs is working in the Mont
pelier steam laundry.
H. II. SCRIBNER attends the musical festi-
val at Burlington this week.
Mrs. c. d. MATHER of Boston, daughter
of Orange Fifield, is in town.
Mrs. NORMAN c. PECK is confined to the
house with sprained ankle.
RICHARD HYDE was absent from the bank
Tuesday on account OF sickness.
CH1LDREN's DAY will be observed at
Bethany church Sunday, June 0.
THE proposed excursion to Boston on
Memorial day has been abandoned.
HOMER HEAToN has sold lot of land on
Franklin street to Phillias Chenette.
H. G. HOLMES has sold a lot of land on
Franklin street to Frank Paro for $500
THE Montpelier military band will begin
a series of open-air concerts next week.
CHARLES DODGE and Mary A. Lovely
were married last week by Justice Lord.
CAPTAIN ID. f. LONG was absent from the
store several days last week by sickness
THERE will be service of dedication at
the Church of the Messiah Sunday, June o.
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niece of Hon. +. p. Walton is visiting in
town.
REV. a. j. HoUGH will preach at Mont
pelier Center Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock.
S. A. Moss of New Berlin, n. Y. friend
of Miss Edith Adams, is stopping at the
Pavilion.
c. II. DAVENPORT, Esq, editor of the
Brattleboro Reformer, was at the capital
yesterday.
A PARTY of young people will go to Ber-
lin pond Decoration day to indulge in a
" fish fry"
MRS BURGESS, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
f. =. Jewett, is expected this week from
New York.
JOE G.. BROWN, who has been confined to
the house by sickness since his return last
week, is better.
A STATED conclave of Mount Zion Com
mandery Knights Templar, will be held
Friday, May 81.
C. c, DUDLEY, Mrs. F. I. Pitkin and
others are in attendance at the Burlington
musical festival.
Mr.. AND Mrs. H. C. WEBSTER are in
Orwell, visiting Mrs. Webster's sister, Mrs.
V. " Blackmer.
DANIEL CLARK, money-order clerk at the
post-onice, will spend Memorial day at his
| home in Groton.
VERMONT LODGE, l. o. O. F., conferred
! the second degree on two candidates
Wednesday evening.
A NINE of juvenile base ballists defeated a
team from Northheld last Saturday by a
score Of twelve to ten.
AN Ascension day communion service
will be held at Christ church Thursday
morning at 1880 o'clock.
MRS. FRED f. SMITH and Mrs. j. NJ.
Archibald went to Boston last week re.
turning Tuesday evening.
REV. G. T. RAYMOND, pastor of the Bap
tist church, will speak next Sunday on the
subject of home missions,
MISSES MARY AND GERTRUDE DEWEY
who have been in Boston for several weeks
were expected home last night.
THE scales on South Main street, belong
| ing to w. c. Lewis, were repaired last week
and new platform was put in.
Mrs. M. e. TUCKER of Brandon is in
town for a short visit on her way to join
her husband at DiXfield, Maine,
CHARLES f. NEWTON of Montpelier and
Alta b. Rogers of Brandon were married or
Monday at Christ church rectory.
The date for the opening of the Canadian
fishing campaign, mentioned in last weeks
issue, is fixed for Monday, June 3.
THERE will be religious services in the
school-house in the Benjamin district, Ber
lin, Sunday afternoon at three o'clock.
MRS. FRANK SNAY of Rutland has come
here TO spend the summer with her husband
who is working on the federal building.
COLONEL GEORGE w. HOOKER will b,
here to preside at the grand campfire, june
Is, the first day of the Grand Army fair.
AN excursion party from New York an(
Boston starts next Saturday for Muncie
Ind. f, H Bascom goes with the company
Mrs. G. w. EHLE and Master Archie Ehl,
of Minnesota and Miss Mary E. Smith o
New York are visiting at Colonel Fred Il
Smiths.
The post-office will be closed Thursda,
from ten o'clock A. NJ. to five p. M. Tn,
carriers will make the usual mornin,
delivery trip, but in the afternoon no mai