The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17


Mrs. e. p. JEwETT goes to New York to-
day to visit Mrs. Burgess and remain
through the centennial.
j. G. HoUGHToN has barganed for the j.
Monroe Poland house. The price to be
paid is reported as $4,000.
THERE will be no preaching service at
Trinity church next Sunday morning, as
the pastor is absent at conference.
THERE will be an Easter concert at Trim
ity church Sunday evening under the di-
rection of the Christian Endeavor Society.
Miss MARY FREEMAN has gone to Leb-
anon, n. H., to accept position as assist
ant teacher in the high school in that place.
EDWARD II. EDGERToN, law student in
the Office OF S. G. ShurtleT, has gone to his
home in Warren for two weeks vacation.
THE Wednesday evening prayer-meeting
CT Bethany society will hereafter begin at
half-past seven O'clock instead Of at seven
as formerly
THE thief who embezzled the gold pens
from Wings law Office has been discovered,
and the two quilts have been returned to
their place.
PETER MITCHELL has bought out the store
and stock in trade of II. S. Loomis, on
Main street, and will carry on the business
in the future.
MRS f. II. BAscoM will be absent from
town for few days. and the Saturday after
noon dances for the children at the Pavilion
will be discontinued
Miss ADA SHERBURNE of Chelsea, Mass
visited her brother, F. A. Sherburr
week. She left Monday for Groton, mere
she will teach school,
DIR. HIRAM T. CLARK of Worcester, has
purchased of Charles f. Buswell the Red
way lot, on Court street, and will erect a
large tenement house thereon.
A YOUNG horse, belonging to Henry Full
lerton got one leg down through trap
door in the barn floor Sunday morning, but
was finally resurrected without injury.
NJ. S. JOHNSON, a stone-cutter at the
Pioneer works, fractured bone in his left
ankle one day last week, while indulging in
a little athletic sport during the noon
recess.
OUR correspondents from all sections OF
the state report large yield of maple sugar
of excellent quality. The season is now
nearly over except in some of hill sugar
places.
THE rumored purchase of the j. w. Ken
dali house on Vine street by j. II. Senter
was a case of all but" The parties
failed to connect at the last stage of the
transaction.
THE Apollo Club minstrel entertainment,
announced for next Monday evening, has
been postponed, to allow the chorus more
time for rehearsal 1t will probably be
gwen ABOUT May l.
REV. ANDREW p. PEABODY DID, of
Cambridge, Mass, is to preach in the
Church of the Messiah next Sunday morn
ing, and address the children at the Sun
day-school service in the evening.
COMPANY II, Capital Guards will take
about forty-fve men to New York April 30.
Weekly drills are held at the armory, and
Captain Clark expects to put the men
through their PAGES outdoors, this week
and next.
THE last quarterly conference of the year
was held at Trinity church Friday evening,
Rev. A. B. Truax presiding. The usual
routine business was transacted including
the renewal of the local preachers and ex-
horters' licenses.
SOME of the sanguine artisans who re-
Gently went to Fort Payne to take advan-
tage Of the phenomenal wages offered in
| that locality have returned. The reality
! failed to pan out as rich as the reports had
led them to expect.
THE directors of the Vermont Mutual
Fire Insurance Company have voted to
make standing offer of 500 to any one
who will furnish evidence sufficient to con-
vict any person who shall set fire to any
property insured in that company.
THREE candidates We're initiated at the
regular meeting of Vermont Lodge last
| Wednesday evening Addresses were made
| by Grand master Ola Henderson of St.
Johnsbury and Past Grand Master A. w.
Hall of Burlington. The meeting closed
with a banquet.
FRANK DoNAHUE, who went to Fort
Payne last November is reported to have
inhaled largely the exhilarating ozone of
the BOOM He invested between $500 and
$1,000 in real estate, on his arrival, and
would now be able to sell out for many
times that amount.
THE musical programme for the special
Easter morning service at Christ church is
as follows: He is Risen. Rees Christ our
Passover, Mllard TIE Deum in f fiat, Buck
Jubiate in A flat, Wels Hymn 9S, Mozart,
Vliet Hymn 105, Webb, Trisagien, Haven.
FOLLOWING is the order of Easter music
at the Church of the Messiah; Organ Pre-
lude, Gulmant; Christ the Lord is Risen,
Mozart; Christ our Passover, Tours; Solo,
Calvary, by Miss Phnney, Rodney; They
Have Taken Away My Lord" Stainer;
Holy, Holy, Holy" Gounod; Prelude,
Handel
The lists have been coming in at lively
rate for the past week and the work of the
board of listers is nearly completed. A
large number of new polls have been added
since last year, but there will probably be a
decrease in the property list, owing to the
| division of the estates of several leading
citizens who have died during the past
year.
SERVICES at Christ church during the
week will be as follows; Wednesday, at
four o'clock in the afternoon; Thursday,
holy communion at half-past ten in the
forenoon, with an offering for Jewish mis-
sions Friday and Saturday, at half-past
seven in the evening. The Sunday-school
festival will be held at four o'clock in the
afternoon on Easter day.
In our issue OF November 2S, 1885, we had
the pleasure of chronicling the marriage OF
Judge Hiram Smith of Cameron, Missouri
who, while a soldier of the old Vermont
brigade, lost a leg and arm at the battle of
the Wilderness. We now have the fur
ther pleasure of announcing the fact that
he is to be appointed assistant commissioners
OF pensions, under Corporal Tanner.
THE Central Vermont railroad has sue
ceeded in getting an injunction TO restrain
the Barre Railroad Company from crossing
at grade on Depot Square in Barre, thereby
preventing the connection of the Montpelier
branch and the branch to the quarries
The Barre company propose to make a
fight, as they have paid all land damages
and moved all but one or two buildings.
THE Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine held a
meeting at Masonic hall, Friday evening
After the initiation of the candidates
among whom were several from Vergennes
Brandon and Barre, the Mobiles sat down to