The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19

REV. J. EDWARD WRIGHT gave the local
association of teachers an interesting and
useful talk on " Reading " last Friday even
ing. Mr.. Wright is competent to speak on
this important subject both as a much
neglected accomplishment, much sighted
branch ofinstrnction in the public schools,
and in its purely literary and educati onal
aspects. Here is a field Of unlimited xtent
for useful effort.
REV. HOWARD f. HILL preached in the
chapel Of Bishop Hopkins Hail. Burlington,
last Thursday morning. After the sermon
the school medal was awarded by the
principal to Miss r. NJ. Remington of Hines
burgh. Honorable mention was made by
the principal, in this connection, of Miss
Grace NJ. Houghton of Montpelier, who
stood equal with Miss Remington and the
result was only settled by the final ex-
animation.
FOLLOWING is the programme of the music
to be rendered by the band Thursday even
ing at the School street stand: March,
Review of the Guard, Robinson; over
ture, I" Banditenstreiche, suppe; "Cele-
brated Menuet," Boccherini; Une Serenade,
air, varie, for baritone, Chapelle, E. j. Rob
erts; selection, " Ernani," Verdi; romance,
" Springs Awakening" Bacch waltz,
" Immortellen," Gung'l march, " Captain
Stevenson" Reeves.
THE wheelmens parade, last Thursday
evening, attracted considerable attention
a
appearance. There were twenty-five ma
chimes in line, and among the riders were
George H. Rolfe, f. o. Cheney, W. G.
Tapliu, j. j. Williams, Harvey Welch, G.
f. Robinson, Frank Mcclure, William
George, A. II. Brown, o. w. Hutchinson,
ID. L. Sanders, l.. A. Cooper, B. Marvin, l..
A. Remission, Wilbur Lowe, Daniel Clark.
ABOUT forty of the friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Foster took possession of their Court
street residence last Friday evening and
proceeded to make merry, the occasion be-
ing the wooden wedding of the host
and hostess Ice-Cream, cake and lemon
ade were served during the evening, and
the evening passed very pleasantly. Among
the numerous presents given to Mr.. and
Mrs. Foster were an extension table, six
dining-chairs, chamber-set, high chair, etc.
JOHN l.. PIERCE of Montpelier and Miss
May E. Adsit of Burlington were married
last Wednesday at the latter city. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. l.. G..
Ware, and was strictly private, only few
of the intimate friends of the parties being
present. G. A. Knapp of this place was
among the number. The couple left the
same day for short wedding tour to Mon
treal, and on Saturday returned to Mont
peier taking up their residence on Loomis
street.
GEORGE GALE, a mason from out of the
state, now in the employ of George Ripley
has rather indifferent opinion of his fell
low lime-slingers in Montpelier, and re-
Gently offered to bet that he could lay more
mortar in one day than any man in town.
Edward Dovey took him at his word and
expressed his willingness to back Ezra
Crapo against him for one hundred dollars.
Thereupon Mr.. Gale suddenly subsidized into
profound silence and declined to enter the
competition.
DR.. U-TA-wA-UN, the Indian medicine
man, is at present sojourning at the Mont
pelier Jail. The doctor was at Barre over
Sunday, and for some reason became exceed
ingly lively. One of his kittenish demon
strations consisted in playfully pinching
the ears of his devoted spouse with pair
OF forceps and in other ways amusing him.
self at her expense. Officer Bemis arrested
the vivacious sachem and fine OF about
$40 and costs was imposed for breach Of
the peace Being unable or unwilling to
settle the account against him, the doctor
was incarcerated in due form.
A. w. FERRIN and Miss Laura Sabin were
married last Wednesday evening at the
church of the Messiah The ceremony was
performed by Rev. j. Edward Wright, in
the presence of a small company Of invited
friends. The church had been beautifully
decorated for the occasion with flowers,
evergreen and potted plants, the work be-
Thurston, Miss Mary Mcclure and Miss
Grace Reed. Messrs. Harry L. Cutler, Joe
g. Brown and Charles f. Lowe officiated
as ushers. Following the ceremony at the
church private reception was given to the
relatives and immediate friends at the resi-
dence of the bride on Barre street.
THE local real estate exchange has en-
joyed lively boom during the past week
and numerous transfers have been made
Francis O'Gorman bought of G. Fl. Heath a
lot on Barre street for S40O. Francis be-
came dissatisfied with his purchase later, as
the lot was not square, and exchanged with
! Mr. Hnaf for Lot oft . .1a
sions Edwin F. Hutchins has sold to the
Mechanics Building Association a lot of
land on Barre street, adjoining Martha Gill
mans, for $1,000. j. f. Holmes has bought
of Chandler w. Paul four-acre lot on the
Worcester branch road, paying $1,000.
Charles II. Cross has sold to Eliza b.
Rublee piece of land on School street for
S2,315. Mr.. Cross has also sold to Eliza V.
Guernsey his lot on the corner of Cedar
and East State streets for 81 900. p. p.
Pitkin has sold to Pitkin and Barron, ad-
illustrators of the Dennis Lane estate, lot
of land on South Main street for $500. Har-
vey f. Freeman has bought of G. III. Heath
lot on Ridge street. paying $500.
LAST Sunday was observed as Children's
day by the Baptist society, the Sunday
school giving an interesting concert in the
evening. The audience-room had been
handsomely decorated for the occasion by
Mrs. j. II. Burpee, Miss Helen Burpee
Mrs. Towner and Mrs. Leland. A beautiful
banner of white daisies surmounted the
pulpit, and the altar was adorned with
potted plants and flowers. The exercises by
the children were under the direction of the
superintendent, j. II. Burpee, and passed
off very creditably. The programme was as
follows: Responsive reading, Psalm cxlviii;
doxology, congregation; prayer, Rev. q. Il.
Raymond hymn, school, responsive read
ing, The Time of Flowers" recitations,
by Ada Hutchins and Mabel Seaver; hymn,
For All Thy Love-" school, responsive
reading, The Lord Likened TO Fruits and
Flowers;" hymn, school; primary class
exercises, "Rose-buds," by three little
girls; hymn, "Oh, Happy Summer DAY.! /"
school, responsive reading, Mrs. Towner's
class; recitations by MaHd Crossett and
Mabel Severance; hymn, " Grateful Praise"
choir; collection; hymn, There's a Song
in My Heart" choir; defamation by Will
fred Raymond; address by the PASTOR
hymn, "Hosanna Sang the Children"
school; benediction
THE Montpelier baseball team went to
Burlington, last Wednesday, and played a
return game with the University of Vermont
nine. The game was played at Athletic
Park, in the presence of a job lot of native
hoodlums, who did their best throughout
the contest to demoralize the Montpelers.
They howled and jeered as only Burling-