The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-08

more reliable hands.
MRS ROBERT CLARK has bought OF G..
II. Bennett two lots in the rear of the Hill
side, paying S400, and will erect a large
tenement-house on the site.
AN inyi itation has been extended to Yer
mont Lodge of Odd Fellows by Brooks
Grand Army Post to participate with them
in the Memorial day exercises.
THERE will be religious services at the
school-house in the Jones' Brook district
hereafter every Sunday afternoon, instead
OF once in two weeks as formerly.
, THE public library benefit at the opera
house will have attractions that alone
should fill every seat each evening. See
programme elsewhere in this paper.
W. A. LORD, Esq, went to Boston Tues
day to attend the opening ball game on the
South End grounds between the Bostons
and New Yorks. He will return Thursday.
j. b. ROGERS, who will graduate this
year from the Syracuse University, has
been engaged as special instructor in sci
ence at the Seminary for the next school
year.
THE Fisher block, recently vacated by
johnson 81 Cotton, is being repaired, and
will be occupied by Oscar Templeton as
an auction room and store for second hand
goods.
The remains of the late S. p. Redfeld,
WuO ultu Ill CultdRO, TtDTuhTy %, were
brought here for interment Tuesday. There
were brief services at the grave in Green
Mount cemetery.
The Woman's Auxiliary of Christ church
has made up large mission box which
will be sent this week to st. Johns school
at Fort Bennett, Dakota. The box is
roughly valued at about S115
HARRY M. CUTLER closed his labors at the
First National Bank on Monday and will
begin work in the treasureIs department at
the Office of She National Life Insurance
Company on Friday or Saturday.
AT the meeting of Trinity Christian En-
deavor Society, Sunday evening, the resg-
nation of NJ. f. Burnham as president was
accepted, and G. E. Newton was unani-
mously elected to fill the vacancy.
REV. G. w. GALLAGHER began, Sunday
upon fundamental principles of Christian
faith. The subject next Sunday evening
will be, Why we believe in God"
GEORGE BUTTERFLY has arrived from
Fort Payne, and brings very chilly reports
of the state of affairs in that region. George
Cayhue came as far as New York city,
where he has been joined by his wife.
THAT portion of the ground floor of the
Reed block formerly occupied by Towner
& Sons furniture store is being fitted up
by w. o. Standish for his meatmarket
which is now located in the basement.
CHARLOTTE DREW, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Learned and granddaughter of
III. w. Drew, was baptized last Sunday
afternoon, at the communion service at
Bethany church, by Rev. G. w. Gallagher.
REV. l.. NJ. HARDY, principal of Bishop
Hopkins Hall, Burlington, was in town
last week and engaged Miss Mary Eady of
this place as matrou of the hall. She leaves
Thursday to assume the duties of the posi-.
ton.
The Wetmore & Morse Granite Company
has about twenty men at work in the sheds
at BARR and thirty men at the quarres
Work on the new buildings on Hubbard
meadow will begin in about week or ten
days.
JAMES F. MAHoNEY, student in c. W.
Porter's law office, has been suffering during
the past week from picturesque facial en-
largement, due not to the mumps, but to a
collision with baseball while celebrating
the glorious centennial.
F. III. BAscoM has resigned the Office of
noble grand in Vermont Lodge of Odd
Fellows, as the pressure of business affairs
gives him insufficient time to attend to the
duties of the position. A successor will be
chosen at the meeting this evening.
JAMES F. MAHoNEY went to Burlington
last Friday and was examined by the civil
service board for the position of railway
postal clerk w E. Nichols of Northfeld
also took the examination. James is conf
dent that he got there all right
ABOUT twenty-five members of Brooks
Post G. A. r., went to West Berlin Sun
day forenoon to attend a memorial service
at the church. Several members of the
Northteld Post were also present. AT the
close of the service the graves of deceased
comrades were decorated.
THE old post-office building, on South
Main street, will be moved this week to the
rear of the adjoining land owned by Gen
eral p. p Pitkin, administrator of the late
Dennis Lanes estate. The rear part of the
building has been bought by G.. II. Heath
Esq, and will be moved from its present
location to Mr., Heath's land on Barre street.
FRANK ii. BAsCoM is in Concord, n. H..
Oh business Mr.. Bascom has rented the
rooms in the Rialto block formerly occupied
by Gleason Il Field and will have them
handsomely furnished for an office. He is
having two large signs painted by ID. S.
Guptil-one for the Muncie Company and
the other for the Union Electric Car Com
pany.
The excursion party OF Vermont capital
lists to Muncie, Ind, under the manage
ment Of f. III. Bascom, will leave next Sat-
urday afternoon. Governor w. p. Dilling-
ham and State Treasurer w. II. Dubois go
with the company Among those from
Montpelier who participate are Colonel
Fred E. Smith and wife, Morton Marvin
and III. N. Taplin.
THE carriers report for the Montpelier
post Office shows the following amount of
mail matter to have been handled during
the month of April: Delivered-Mail let
ters, 1876; local letters, 650; mail cards.
3,027; local cards, 297; papers, 1O,4S4. Col
lected-Mail letters, 1909; local letters
4l6; mail cards, l,427; local cards, 2OS
papers, $50. Registered letters deliv-
ered 81.
FOLLOWING is the full vote on the four
ballots for county supervisor at the meeting
of the Board of Education yesterday: Neces-
sary for a choice, ten. First balot-Booth,
seven; Graves, four; Armitage, A. Lamson.
one; Stanton, two. Second ballot-Ditto.
Third ballot-Booth, nine; Graves Armit-
age and Lamson, three each; Stanton, one;
Fourth ballot-Booth, ten; Graves, two;
Armitage, three; Lamson, four.
A CARGO of cattle was loaded on to car
at the Montpelier C Wells River station
Sunday afternoon, and the animals whiled
away the time during the evening by test
ing the powers of their lungs. Residents in
the vicinity, although appreciating the
efforts of the gentle creatures to furnish a
first-class vocal entertainment, would not
repine if the next lot were consigned to
quarters beyond the village limits.
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