The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10
1R, W., WEDNESDAY,, JULY 10, 1889.
Montpelier and Vicinity.

ROBERT DEWEY is at home for fortnight's
vacation.
WARREN DoDDs of Boston was in town
last week
EIGHT electric lights were put in the pub
lie library last week
Mr.. b. f. Goss is the guest of Mrs. o. II.
Smith for a few days.
Mr.. AND Mrs. WILDER p. HUNTINGTON
have baby daughter.
Don't speak ill of the Briggs that carries
us safely over the Fourth.
ii. NJ. WH1TcoMB went to Boston last
Wednesday for a weeks stay.
Miss LOUISE GrsBURN is visiting at the
home of Hon. Hiram Carleton.
Buy your tickets for the G. A. r. fair,
July 16, II and is, at Montpelier.
AGENTS are canvassing the town for a
History of the Johnstown Flood.
V. L. SLAYToN and wife have been spend
ing the past week at East Elmore.
PROFESSOR j. A. DEBoER and f. L. Laird
are at Groton pond for few days
ERAsTUs CAMP leaves to-day for an ex-
tended visit with relatives in the West
PROFESSOR T.. A. BISHOP preached at AL
bany and Barton Landing last Sabbath.
THE G. NJ. Lyon house on Elm street will
be occupied by the family of Henry Lowe.
IHF NreScentS Will cross DdIS WlUn Ine
Plainteld club at Plainfield next Saturday.
NJ. E. SMILE and John l. Tuttle left for
Portland, Maine, the 4th, to be gone a month.
S. G. LEWIS spent the Fourth at Crafts
bury and won the second prize in the hurdle
race
c. H. Cross has sold to Mrs. Rublee the
Burnham house on School street. Price,
$500.
Don't forget to attend the G. A. r. fair
at Montpelier, July Ii, II and IS. Tick
cts S1.00
MR.. WATSON WEED of Meadville, Penn,
is to preach in MiddleseX next Sunday at
9: Is P. NJ.
Miss MINNIE j. REYNOLDS, formerly a
resident of Montpelier, is visiting at M.
Marvin's.
Miss IDA S. ALwARD of Nashville, Tenn,
is visiting at Professor Banpied's on Sem
mary Hill.
The Montpelier laundry has put on a
WATERFOWL, n. Y.
REV. w. A. EVANS will preach in the
school-hOuse at Berlin pond next Sabbath
at four o'clock p. NJ.
w. A. JONES, accompanied by his two
children, is visiting in St. Johnsbury, VT,
and Haverhill, n. II.
THE pulpit of the Church of the Messiah
is to br occupied by Rev. G. G. Vinal of
Kennebunk Maine, July IA and o.
Mr.. AND Mrs. L. p. GLEASON and Mr..
and Mrs. II G. Gleason attended the funeral
of Mr.. HuZziel Gleason at Waitstield last
Friday.
ANDREW HoDGDoN has purchased the
Thomas III. Cave house, corner of Cedar
and East State streets. The price paid was
about $1,000.
THE condition of Colonel Z. p. Jewett is
somewhat improved Skillful medical coun-
sci from New York gives ground for en-
couragement
THE quarterly Methodist Preachers
Meeting of the Montpelier district began at
Trinity church yesterday morning and will
continue to-day.
l.. NJ. HUTCHINSON returned from Yer
mont City, Dakota, Monday, and went to
his former home in Worcester, where his
wife is seriously i'll.
Mr.. A. A. HADLEY, formerly in charge of
the music department at the Seminary, now
director of music in Judson Institute, Ma
rion, Ala, is in town.
Mr.. BROCK DARLING, formerly a student
at the Seminary, now connected with the
Daily Democrat Gazette, Davenport Iowa,
is in town visiting friends.
THOSE who propose to teach in the schools
OF Washington county for the coming year
will find the supervisors notice of dates of
examinations on the eighth page of this
paper.
Miss NINA CRANDALL of LIE Grande, Ore
gon, is visiting Mr.. A. o. Cummins. She
will soon return to her home, accompan-
led by Mrs. Cummns and a niece of Mrs
Cummins.
A PICNIC party consisting of Messrs. e. p
Johnson, ID. f. Long, Abraham Long, A.
ID. Farwell, l.. b. Cross and their families
and Mr.. c. H. Cross, spent last Friday near
the Berlin reservoir.
ii. j. CURTIS has bought the house re.
Gently vacated by w. T. Dewey and con.
templates removing the same to a lot on the
south side of State street, below the resi-
dence of Peter Badord.
EVERY time pretty bomb bursted in the
air at the State street display there came
from the lips of young and old that well,
known murmur of satisfaction: O-o-o-o-on
A clear case of turning on the 'ose.
Mr.. AND MRS. S. o. STAPLES and daugh'
ter spent the Fourth with Mr.. and Mrs C.
b. Gallison at East Montpelier. Mr.. Staples
made it interesting for the neighbors in the
evening by fine display of fireworks.
"GosH!" exclaimed visiting countrymau
on the Fourth, noticing the unsettled con
dition of the state-house steps. The fire.
crackers that blew up that air sdewalb
that way must hev cost as much as two
shillin's bunch, dunn 4 they didn't"
! Mr.. ANDREW j. PHILLIPS of Chicago, Ill
is visiting friends in town, after an absence
of seven or eight years, and is warmly wei
coined. He has kindly consented to sing in
Bethany church next Sunday morning
Very many will be delighted to hear him.
WHILE workmen were preparing to tai
the Waterman on East State street, as
Wednesday, the cap blew off the gate OF
the pipe at the corner of Hubbard street
| The water flowed with great force down the
hill until shut off at the gates connecting
with that main,
Mr.. AND MRS w. w. PRESCOTT of Battle
Creek Michigan were among the arrival,
! in town last week. Mr.. Prescott was form
erly principal of the public schools of the
town and subsequently for few years pub
Usher of the WATCHMAN. Both have many
warm friends here, who remember then
pleasantly and greet them cordially.
The sociable given by the ladies of Trim
ity church at Mrs. John Peck's, Vine street
last Friday evening, was in every way
success. large number were present
and all seemed to have a good tiAe.
very interesting original article on Th'
Dream of Child " was read by Mrs Franl
Sherburne, Messrs. Will and George New
ton of the Seminary also added to the in
terest of the occasion by the rendering o
| some deClamations.