The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-12-04
Montpelier and Vicinity.

THERE was a pleasant whist party at the
Pavilion last night
THE public schools opened again on Mon
day. after recess of a week and half
A BRANCH of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen is being formed in Montpelier.
JOHN GLYNN, a moulder, won prize of
500 at fair held recently at Milford, Mass.
TWINS, boy and girl, arrived in the
family of Edward Chaplin on Thanksgiving
day.
CoMMUNIos service at the Methodist
church will be held December 10, instead of
next Sunday.
REV. G. T, Raymond preached the
Thanksgiving sermon at Barre on last
Thursday morning.
A. j. SIBLEy, deputy collector of internal
revenue, was succeeded on Monday by
Colonel c. S. Forbes.
JAMES MARKHAM is to conduct special
train of six Barre railroad cars, carrying a
monument, to Chicago.
MISS NELLIE BAsCoM received company
of about twenty-five of her young friends
on Thanksgiving evening
GENERAL STEPHEN THOMAS is to give an
address at Grand Army campfire at East
Topsham on December 10.
FRANK MARTIN and Miss Hattie Crawford
OF Barre were married on Thanksgiving day
by Rev. j. Edward Wright.
THE work of removing snow from side
walks in the village will be in charge of
Clark B. Roberts this winter.
THE Christian Endeavor Society of the
Baptist church held a sociable last night at
the home of Mrs. j. w. Leland.
REV. j. c. FLANDERS, the new rector of
Christ church, preached the first sermon of
his regular pastorate last Sunday.
DIR. H. S. BoARDMAN has moved his office
from Hotel Kempton to his new house at
l07 state street, adjoining the Pavilion.
MRS S. A. SMITH died at her home on St.
Paul street, of eryspelas, on Tuesday of
last week. She was twenty-one years old.
THE boilers to be placed in the new boiler
house of the Lane Manufacturing Company
will probably be in position by the end of
| the week.
| Special trains will be run to Barre on
| Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, to
accommodate those who wish to attend the
Catholic fair there.
THERE was Thanksgiving ball at Union
Hall on Wednesday evening of last week.
Henry Gravelin and William Campbell
were floor directors.
G. III. ALEXANDER is building barn,
twenty-four by thirty-two feet, on the prem
ises recently occupied by Charles Def
| Bancroft on Barre street.
AT the auction sale at Youngs stable,
!
! horses, owned by George Vale Of Oregon,
was bought by f. NJ. Irish.
FRED GooDCHILD, charged with the lar
ceny of medicines from DR.. U-ta-wa-un,
was tried at the office of g. w. Wing on
Monday and was discharged.
j. A. PREAvEy, who was arrested here
and tried in Barre for obtaining a set of
stone-cutters tools under false pretenses
and then selling them, has been released.
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| Gallagher breaches on Prayer" His
evening subject will be Lotteries and
Chances" The public are cordially in-
vited.
A YOUNG MAN who was arrested for
drunkenness on Thanksgiving day dis
closed on Clark b. Roberts, who pleaded
guilty, was fined and appealed to the county
court.
The Christian Endeavor Society OF
Bethany church has elected Rev. G.. w.
Gallagher delegate to the Young Men's
| Christian Association convention at Bur
lington.
ENGINE AND HOSE COMPANY No. had a
pleasant entertainment at their rooms on
last week Wednesday evening. supper
was served and there was rd-playing and
dancing.
GEORGE Fox fell from a staging on a new
house at Barre to the ground on Wednes-
day of last week, distance of eighteen
feet, receiving injuries in his back and a
cut on the head.
JOHN MCAyoY of Worcester has bought
lot on upper Barre street between the
premises of Francis German and tenement
belonging to the Heath estate, and will
build a house in the spring.
THE religious services on Thanksgiving
day were held at Trinity church. all the Prot.
estant churches but Christ church uniting
Rev. A. j. Hough, the pastor, preached a
discourse on "The Illumined Home" A
special service was held on Wednesday