The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-09-18
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The Northfeld fair has been postponed
day, opening this morning II the weather is
favorable.
REV. LESTER WARREN is to preach in
Middlesex next Sunday at half-past two
o'clock p NJ.
A FAIR will soon be held for the benefit
of the new Catholic church to be erected on
Barre street.
MR.. f. A. HowLAND, Governor Dilling-
hams private secretary, was in Montpelier
over Sunday.
ALICE MOODY, who has been visiting at
Dr. G. e. Hunts, left Montpelier for Bos-
ton Monday.
SRLINDA LUsHA and Henrietta Dewey left
last Friday to enter the convent at Marys-
vile, Canada.
Mrs. b. f. FIF1ELD is quite seriously
ill at present with nervous prostration and
other troubles.
CAPTAIN II. j. CoFFEY, superintendent Of
the Soldiers Home at Bennington, was in
town yesterday.
e. ID. REED of Buffalo, son of the late
Edward Reed, was in town Saturday en-
route to Richford.
w. A. BRIGGS went to Boston on Saturday
last. Mrs. Briggs had gone to the same
place few days before.
w. T. DEWEY is building barn in the
rear of his residence on Baldwin street. 1t
will front on Terrace street.
Mr.. AND Mrs. o. d. CLARK were blessed
last week by the arrival of very young
daughter in their household.
JOHN G. WING has been appointed to as
sst States Attorney E. w. Bisbee at the
present term of county court.
Mrs. j. L. MARTIN and daughter of Brat
tleboro are visiting Mrs. Martins parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Dewey.
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died in Oneida, n. Y, last week Tuesday,
has been brought to town for interment.
A PARTY of nine ladies and gentlemen
from BunnelPs boarding-house took
pleasant outing at Mirror Lake, Sunday.
II. w. SEAvER, son of j. r. Seaver, a
letter carrier in the Jamaica Plain branch
of the Boston post-office, is visiting his
father.
THE Montpelier baseball club were beaten
by the Northfeld club at Riverside park,
Northfeld, Saturday afternoon, by score
of II to 8.
MISS MAUD SMITH of Council Bluffs, Ia.
who has been visiting at Mr.. G. III. Ship
mans, went to Waterbury, Monday, on a
brief visit.
HARVEY BURNHAM has gone to Connecti-
cut to act as a local salesman for sewing
machines His wife will remain here for
the present.
LILLIAN ID. SLACK, former clerk in our
post-oflice, has been married to Frederick
G.. Jones at Maiden, Mass. They will re-
side at Maiden.
union Christian Endeavor picnic which was
to have been held at Mirror Lake to-day is
postponed to a near pleasant day.
On next Sunday morning Rev. G. w.
Gallagher takes for his subject. "Open the
Doors" In the evening he will speak on
The Third Element of Success"
j. w. F. WAsHBURN, of the Vermont
Mutual Fire Insurance Co., is on two
weeks vacation. A portion Of the time will
be spent at Saratoga and New York.
REV. DIR. FREEMAN of Charlotte supplied
the Baptist pulpit, Sunday, Rev. G. L. Ray
mond being at Charlotte assisting in two
weeks series of evangelical meetings.
CHARLES c. UPHAM, a grandson of ver-
mont's illustrious senator, William Upham,
has returned to his home in Canton, Ohio,
after a visit of three weeks to Miss Annette
Upham.
Mr.. AND Mrs. w. E. ADAMS, their two
children, and Mrs. F. w. Morse, went to
Boston yesterday. Mr.. Adams will make
purchases for his fall and winter stock Of
clothing.
dence at the corner of Elm and Court
streets. Some five hundred feet of water
pipe is about to be laid to supply the prem
ises with water.
THE band concert Friday night was given
at the School street stand instead of at the
Pavilion, owing to illness near the latter
place. An excellent programme was well
rendered as usual.
w. NJ. FISHER of Claremont, n. H., form
erly resident of Bethel, was the guest of
w. b. Smith, Monday. He had been visit
ing a brother at Plainfeld and was on his
way to Claremont.
GEORGE W. LESLIE, for several years
book-keeper at the Montpelier National
Bank, has resigned to take effect October l..
Levi Bixby, teller, will take Mr.. Leslie 8
place and Will Stowell will succeed Mr..
Bixby.
The types last week made foreigner of
Leighton p. Slack, one of the law students
who recently entered the office of S. c.
Shurtleff, ESQ Mr.. Leighton halls from
Cavendish, Vt, not from " Canada as the
item had it.
JOSEPH II. FLINT and wife of Worcester has
made a visit of a week on l.. A. Flint On
Saturday they returned home. While at
the station the horse started TO run, but was
stopped by Mr.. Flint after he had received
bad shaking up.
THE Ladies' Aid Society OF Trinity church
will meet at the residence of the pastor,
Rev. A. j. Hough, Main street, this
"Wednesday afternoon and evening. The
Ladies' Home Missionary Society will elect
officers at this time.
II. S. MARVIN, of the firm of Marvin &
Wilson, entertained a company of friends
on Saturday evening last his twenty first
birthday A gold watch was presented
him, and the party enjoyed pleasant even
ing OF social festivities.
THE balloon which went up at St. Johns
bury fair last week Wednesday was dis
tinctly seen in Montpelier The aeronaut
made landing at Cabot, but resumed his
flight, landing finally at Huntington.
Thursday he passed through Montpelier en-
route for st. Johnsbury
FRANK A. SHERBURNE, of Marvin &
Sherburne, went to Boston, Saturday, to join
the excursion party of grocers which left
that city for Washington on Monday. He
will be gone ten days. Mrs. Sherburne and
their child accompanied Mr. Sherburne to
Boston, near which city she will visit rela-
tives.
RANDALL HANAFoRp, while badly ntoxi-
Gated last Saturday night, is supposed to
have made an attempt at suicide at least
he says he took four morphine pills, and he
became quite seriously sick in the course of
the evening DIR. Templeton gave the man
an emetic, and on Monday he was at work
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