The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02


and evening in the church vestry. The
children of the six younger classes of the
Sunday-school were treated to n supper,
served from five to seven o'clock, and in
the evening, after the removal of the tables,
an interesting Christmas entertainment was
presented.
THE Chautauqua class met last week Fri
day with Mrs f. H. Eaton. The programme
was appropriate TO the holiday season.
Each one present told a short Christmas
story and presented their right-hand
neighbor with a Christmas Gift. Several
selections and poems were also read and
the meeting closed with an informal social
good time"
THE harmony of the Hobo " club is Sc
riously disturbed by numerous internal
dissensions which threaten the permanency
of the organization. Three of the more hi
lariouS members recently went on tear "
and smashed an ACCORDION and sundry other
articles of the clubs property. The rest Of
the members threaten TO put the law on to
the offenders and make them foot the bill.
EDWARD MANLEY and Frank Ford from
Barre filed up, Monday afternoon, with some
of the NN pizen that circulates freely
on festive occasions. The pair amused
themselves in the gutter on State street,
near the bridge, and wandered around until
they happened to meet an officer, about six
o'clock, when they were taken to Mr.. Dud-
ley's hotel, after sampling Vic. MOrrow's
l lnullNs btlOIt - JuSllNt - VI w llEs NtNtIl-
day afternoon, they paid their S96l and
skipped out.
THE funeral services of the late Mrs.
Alma T.. Baker wife OF Edward Baker Of
| this place, WI b were 10 have been held in
Bethany Chur n at one o'clock yesterday
afternoon, wee postponed to ten O'Clock
| this "wednesday forenoon. Mrs, Baker
died recently in Boston, at one of the hos
pitfalls. where she had gone for treatment.
| Her remains were to have been brought to
Montpelier yesterday forenoon for inter-
ment, but failed to arrive, necessitatng
postponement of the funeral services.
THE boarders at the Union House were
richly entertained last week by the actions
of a young couple from Waterbury, who
were married on Christmas day and came
to town to enjoy their honeymoon. AT the
| dinner-table, the other day, the buXom bride
| seized the pickle-jar, and handing it to her
| swain, inquired, in tender accents: " George,
dear, won't you have a piclle?" Wal, by
| gosh, Sary," said George, I've had so
many sweet things lately that ! dunno but
| I'll eat pickle to sorter antidote 'em."
THE annual meeting of the Church of the
Messiah was held Monday evening. The
present board of officers was reelected, as
| follows; Senior warden, Albert Johonnott; ;
junior warden. l.. b. Huntington; treas
urer, Fred l.. Blanchard auditors, G.. II.
Heath, a. w. Ferrin and A. ID. Farwell;
clerk, g. G. Eaton; collector, George Nc
! AlllSter; executive committee, f: l.. Eaton,
ID. r. Long a. w. Ferrln, Il. H. Peck Mrs
/ Z. H. Heath, Mrs. IL. a. Peck ana Mrs. A.
ID. Farwell; pew agent, a. ID. Farwell'
AT the monthly business meeting of the
Trinity Christian Endeavor Society, held
last Sunday evening, it was voted to add "a
missionary and Sunday-school committee
to the list of standing committees. Misses
Hayden, Bullock and Billiard were APP
pointed on lne former GoinIhl,,ee , anu Misses
HICKS ann an, blrtel anu MI. hainey on lhe
Ial'er' me reports rom tlie oIlIceIS T showed
lHe OISdulHd'loh 10 ne III d lhoSJ HouIlSHlHS
condition, tWenty-one new mem OcrS having
/ hppu added 1urinr the month of December
|
AT the church meeting held in Bethany
! cbona1 Monday evanino Pav- q = Smit il
| 'l ~ - ~ . - ~, -
was CHOSEN moderator ana me IOllOWlng
collector & & Rallord. treosurer r. n
Stratton: auditor j. w Brock. sllrvevor
" pabo,cly. ,,ru1or+i,1 ,o,,,,,;.,.
-. ~ - -, i,ri''i N'iiliii ,''T
| Hiram Carleton, ID. q. Kemp and &. l..
Smith After the usual reportS from the
cnIn,ni+tees troosurnr and otbnr o0innrs tho
UlctlliE duJouIutN 10 StNtH - tl'th next
Monday evening. II was probably the
most largely attended meeting OF its kind
o'u' A''" III '''o '""'
IHE evening service at the Methodist
church sunday evening was IN charge oi
the Iadles OF the woman Foreign MIS-
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