The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-22
Montpelier and Vicinity.

WILL PRATT has returned from Florida.
ORANGE FIFIELD is sick with pneumonia
Mrs. S. c. VAIL leaves this week for the
| West.
MORTON MARVIN returned last night from
! Muncie.
MRS. CORA PRESTON of Marshfeld is visit.
| ing in town.
f. =. JOHNSON went to Windsor Monday
to buy horse
A. j. STONE and family returned from
| Florida Monday.
Mrs. G. II. WILDER made a short visit in
! Boston last week.
G. H. PossoNs of Glens Falls, n. Y, was
in town Thursday.
EDGAR j. Bolton, son of G.. w Bolton, is
! very sick with the mumps.
| A. LONG was absent from his store Satur.
day on account of sickness.
1. r. Mouton is expected back this week
from Wellesley Hills, Mass.
SEVERAL parties from here enjoyed an
outing at Berlin pond Sunday.
Mrs. HoRNBRooK of Northfield is visiting
her sister, Miss Kate Donahue
EX-GOVERNOR ROSWELL FARNHAM OF
Bradford was in town Thursday.
MRS. j. d. CLARK of Springfield, Mass,
is visiting Mrs. Wooster Sprague.
THE Montpeliers will play the North
fields here next Saturday forenoon.
FRED LoNG of Boston, son of d. L. Long,
is in town for visit of few weeks.
ID. c. ROBERTSON of Montreal, Canada, is
studying law in G. II. Heaths Office
Hon. AND Mrs. CHARLES DEWEY have re-
turned from their extended western trip.
Mr.. AND Mrs. II. c. WEBSTER start to-day
for a visit in the western part of the state.
I
ably, too-at Bethany church last Sunday.
G. III. HEATH has sold a lot of land on
Barre street to Francis O'Gorman for S40O.
Mrs. GEORGE A. PECK and daughter at
tended the musical festival, recently held
at Rutland.
SOME unknown persons embezzled a load
of wood from William Gould's wood-pile
Sunday night.
A SPECIAL communication of Aurora
lodge, No. %, will be held at Masonic hal, /,
Monday, May 81
The work of repairing the walks and
steps in the state-house yard was COM
menced Tuesday.
JOHN G. WING and c. E. Demeritt went
to Berlin pond fishing last Saturday. John
caught three little perch.
Hon. e. p. WALTON is much improved
in health, and last Sunday enjoyed ride
out to the Langdon farm.
JESSE VILEs of the Pavilion has bought a
horse of Benjamin Chester of Marshfeld
paying, it is reported, $3.50.
The dignitaries of the Montpelier q Wells
River railroad made trial trip over the
Barre extension last Sunday.
A LARGE flock of gypsies encamped over
Sunday on the Langdon road, between
Montpelier and the Junction.
II. w. KEMP, j. w. Brock and several
others contemplate taking fishing excur-
sion to Canada in the near future.
THE household effects of Mrs j. Monroe
Poland were sold by auction last Friday
afternoon at her former residence.
REV. A. j. HoUGH was one of the speak
ers at the district convention of Odd Eel
lows at Lyndonville last Thursday.
A SPECIAL convocation of King Solomon
Chapter will be held at Masonic hall Thurs.
day, May 3D. Work-M NJ. degree.
The Montpelier Military band is so situ-
ated that it will be unable to give an out-of-
door concert till after Memorial day.
REV. j. EDWARD WRIGHT is to preach in
the Morse ol-house, East Montpelier
next Sunday afternoon at 2:t5 o'clock.
AT the last meeting of the bailffs the
resignation of Hiram Atkins as a member
OF the board was presented and accepted.
MIR. AND MRS. f. l.. LAIRD have moved
from Hotel Fullerton and taken rooms in
ID. A. GuptiPs house on East State street.
REV. j. e. WRIGHT returned from New
Orleans last Saturday and occupied the
pulpit OF the Church of the Messiah Sunday.
REV. G. w. GALLAGHER, the pastor of
Bethany church, is to preach in Wrights-
vile next Sunday afternoon at two o'clock.
THE regular preaching service at the Bap-
tist church was omitted last Sunday, on ac-
count of the absence of Rev. G.. T. Ray
mond
The committee in charge of the fair to be
given in June by Brooks post has put an
agent on the road to superntend the sale of
tickets.
HENRY YATTA and G.. G. Evans have
opened barber shop in the rooms at the
Pavilion recently vacated by f. X. DeLot-
tinville.
Mr.. f. W. BANCROFT is to sing in Burling-
ton on Friday evening, at the last concert
given this season by the Burlington Musi-
cal Club.
Mr.. AND MRS. w. A. BRIGGS and G. IL.
Wilder participated in concert in the Con-
gregational church at Bellows Falls last
Friday evening
MIR. GEORGE BANCROFT of New York
was in town last week buying horses. He
purchased a fine carriage horse of b. M -
Shepard for $500.
Lucas NICHOLAS, George Kelton and
hosea wheeler are 10 open TINS week an
auction and variety store in the Fisher
block on Main street.
BROOKS PosT, G.. A. r., will attend me-
mortal services at the Church of the Messiah
Sunday, May 26. Rev. j. Edward Wright
will deliver the sermon
THOMAS MAHoNEY, a postal clerk under
the Cleveland administration on the St.
Albans and st. Armand route has been re-
moved and was in town Sunday.
A LARGE party went to Greensboro pond
the first OF the week for three days pis-
catorial campaign. Among the number
were @. #. Lowe and Huber Brewer.
TRINITY CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR SOCIETY
will hold a social Wednesday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. W. @. Taplin. A short liter
airy entertainment will be furnished.
Two baseball mines, under the manage
ment OF Orrin Cross and "Tutti Pierce,
played game on the Union school-grosnds