The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-23
Thursday, January "A. Companions will
assemble at one O'Clock p. NJ.


THERE is to be a whist-party at the rooms
of the Apollo Club Thursday evening.
PREPARATIONS for the Montpelier military
band fair are progressing rapidly, and the
date of its occurrence will be made known
in a day or two.
GEORGE w. GUERNSEY is making the de-
signs for the new Catholic church to be
erected on Barre street. The cornerstone
is to be laid July 4.
REV. w. S. BARNES of Montreal preached
in the Church of the Messiah last Sunday
forenoon and evening, on exchange with
Rev. j. E. Wright
THE two Dodge brothers who were
fined last week for breach of the peace are
residents of Elmore, and not of Woodbury.,
as stated last week.
G. w. SKINNER, the jeweler, and Frank
Donahue, recently law student in the Office
of j. A. Wing, started for Fort Payne Ala
bama, last Thursday night
COLONEL FRED E. SMITH attended the re-
union of the Sons Of Vermont in Boston
last week Tuesday evening and was one of
the speakers at the banquet
LEWIS RIVERS of the Boston bargain-store
is to take the position of clerk in Babcock' $
drugstore in place of f. d. Bosworth who
goes to Fitchburg February l.
THE Trinity Young Peoples Society of
Christian Endeavor meets for a social gath
ering Friday evening at the residence of
Miss Martha Bullock, s Winter street.
THURSDAY of last week was a weather.
record breaker. The mercury gamboled
about in the sixties, and even in the shade
the thermometer registered over fifty.
THE regular monthly meeting of the
Womans Foreign Missionary Society of
Trinity church will occur Friday evening,
January 20, at the residence of Mrs d. l..
Fuller.
GRAND MASTER HENRY NJ. HALL of Bur-
lington visited Vermont Lodge, No. ., |. o.
o. f., last Wednesday evening. The lodge
Is soon to purchase new regalia and organ
iZe another degree team
COLONEL Il. r.. RIKER slipped and fell on
the sidewalk Monday afternoon, on Elm
street, opposite George Howes' residence.
Mr.. Rik,n was severely shaken up and sus-
taned dislocation of the shoulder.
II. G. WEBSTER left for Pennsylvania last
Monday. He goes to Walters Park SAM.
tarium, at Weaversville, for medical treat
ment. A telegram received yesterday
his safe arrival in New York
f. w. BANCROFT was in Rutland last
week rehearsing for the performance of the
to be given there next month.
He was in town over Sunday, but returned
to Rutland Monday, to remain until Friday
CH1EF-ENGINEER PECK met and conquered
his second fire Sunday morning. The chief
handled his forces like general and showed
that the bailiffs had made no mistake in
him as the head of the fire de-
partment.
The friends of Miss May L. Griffin will
be pleased to learn that she has accepted
position as instructor in elocution and
school music in the Normal School at Truro
n. S. Her work for the winter term com
menced January T.
THE Capital Guard Is to attend the
centennial celebration of Washington's in
iuguration in New York, April /. Four
of Vermont militia, accompanied
by band and a battery, are to represent
he state on that occasion.
RICHARD BLACKALL, tinman in the hard
ware store of Barrows & Peck, sails from
Boston next Saturday for England, where
le will remain for a couple of months visit
ng relatives. Mr.. Blackall expects to re-
urn about the 1st of April.
THE extra meetings which were held last
week at the Baptist church have been dis
continued. Considerable interest was mani
ested and the work of the church is pro-
yressing under the management of the popu-
ar pastor, Rev. Mr.. Raymond
THE meeting of the Board of Agriculture
It Berlin Corner opened Monday night with
| good attendance. The schools were dis
missed and teachers and pupils were inter-
sted listeners. A full report will be given
~ Transient Boarder next week.
REV: A. b. TRUAX occupied the pulpit of
Trinity church Sunday forenoon and even
ng, The morning sermon was 70 lowed by
baptismal service. Three children and
me lady were baptized and four members
we're read into the church by letter.
GENERAL p. p. PIrKIN is a member of the
ommission recently appointed by the gov
rnor to make arrangements for "A repre-
entation of the National Guard of Vermont
i the centennial celebration OF Washing
on's Inauguration in New York, April 80.
JOSEPH LAMoRY was brought before JUS
ice Lord Monday forenoon for intoxication
lie paid the usual fine and disclosed on j.
\. kelton of the Union House. Mr. Kel-
on denied having furnished the man with
rs ammunition and the court ordered his |
discharge
T. T. RANNEY, the salesman in Taplin's
store, will move his family to
VT, about February l. Mr.. |
'anney, in company with a gentleman from
.ebanon, n. H., has bought out dry-goods |
tore in Springfield and goes to take charge
I the business.
GEORGE S. WEST exhibits lilac twig
nth well-developed buds. The pussy |
,lllows and other forms of vegetation |
lso were showing the untimely effects of |
lidwinter's ETHEREAL mildness." But these |
enterprises have been nipped in |
ne bud-their inevitable destiny.
HERBERT c. GLEASON; who formerly sang
! Christ church, is supplying II. ID. Hop |
ins, Jr, S place in the Bethany church choir .
uring the latter'S absence. Mr.. Hopkins |
as resumed his duties at the Office of the
ermont Mutual, but is still unable to sing
n account of his extreme hoarseness.
ST. JoHNsBURY, Morrisville, Waterbury
nd Burlington are presenting their adj
antages as locations for the new insane
'ylum. What ails Montpelier as a locality
II the institution 1t has decided adj
antages, and If the trustees are looking for
ne best place they can not pass Montpelier
y. This matter should be canVassed and
laced in the hands of competent citizens to
'ok after while the opportunity is open.
Mr.. ISAAC AUSTIN Of Marshfield kent
rty hens the past year, which produced
m 7,2l2 eggs, or 60l dozen. They We're
lack Spanish and Brown Leghorn. Their
ed was corn, oats and bran, with such
hxings as are found at every farmhouse,
ith no patent or bought feed Hence he
fers that care puts patents in the shade.
r. Austin set ten of the forty hens for
)ultry-raising once each. Who beat this
cord in 1888?
THE mutilated body OF Michael Cronan of
iddlesex, for many years track-walker
J the Central Vermont, was found Sunday
orning at nine o'clock on the track be-
nan here and Mi1llapav n,,,,o. |