The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-10-02

MIR. AND Mrs. ALMoN WORCESTER of
East Warren are spending short time in
Montpelier as guests of their daughter, Mrs.
George Huntington.
GEORGE G. BUswELL of Montpelier and
Kate Jones of Gilmore were married at
Christ church by Rev. Howard f. hill last
week Wednesday morning.
REV. CHARLES S. HALE of Claremont,
n. H., will officiate at Christ church on
October and 13. The hours of service are
now 1920 A. NJ. and 700 P. NJ.
Mr.. WRIGHT desires to have his hearty
thanks conveyed to his neighbors and the
firemen for their efforts to save his property
at the fire in his shops a week ago.
A HARVEST BALL" was given last night
by Mrs. Fred Brainard, at the residence of
Mr. George Brainard There was dane
ing in barn." and very jolly time
THE Chautauqua Circle of Bethany church
will meet with Mrs. G. II. Shipman, Friday
afternoon at quarter past two. All ladies
are cordially invited to join the circle.
Hon. JOSEPH POLAND attended the re-
union of anti-slavery pioneers at Boston
last week. Mr.. Poland says he was unable
to find another Vermont man among those
present.
A LOT of thirteen acres of land on Barre
street has been purchased from w. f. Hub
bard by A. j. Sibley and II. w. Kemp
for $4,000. 1t will be divided up into build
ing lOUS ana sofa OH.
WEDNESDAY, morning Of last week Officers
Davis OF Northiield and Camp OF Barre
forced open the rear door of the saloon of
John OGrady and searched the premises.
No liquor was found.
THE family of Professor f. j. Goodnow
of Columbia College, which has been here
during the summer, returned to New York
yesterday. Professor Goodenow had pre-
ceded them few days.
The Ladies' Library Guild will give
supper in the vestry of the Unitarian church
of the library, and an admittance fee of
twenty-five cents will be charged.
THE annual meeting of the Ladies' Aid
Society of the Church of the Messiah will
be held next Monday afternoon at two
o'clock. The Young Peoples Guild of the
same church will meet in the evening.
THE Trinity church Christian Endeavor
Society has chosen Mrs. w. G.. Tapin and
Mrs. NJ. f. Burnham delegates to the state
convention at Rutland. Rev. A. j. Hough
and Rev. G. 7. Raymond will speak at this
convention.
A MAGIC LANTERN entertainment was
given at the residence of j. T. Sabin last
Friday evening by Waite Sabin and Clifton
Heaton. Some fifty or sixty young friends
paid twO-cent admittanCe fee and wit
messed the exhibition.
a SUIT has Dbtu Dy lIdnEuOn 81.
Davis against Gardner Hatch for $1,000
damages for enticng his wife away in the
fall of 1887. L. j. Deav'tt has been APP
pointed referee He will examine testimony
and report at the present term of the county
court.
DAVID L. SANDERS and Thomas Marvin
have bought of Fred r. Stevens a lot of
land in the rear of First avenue which will
make four building lots when dvided-two
on Seminary avenue and two on Ridge
street Mr. Marvin will build a tenement
house and Mr.. Sanders'a residence.
THE electric lights have been little
irregular for night or two The reason
has been that repairs on the wall of the
boiler-hOuse have made it necessary to shut
off water and depend on the engine for
power. A small cotfer-dam was built in
making the repairs, which are nearly fin
| ished.
A PAIR of horses attached to a lumber
wagon ran away on Main street, yesterday
noon, starting at e. w Bailey & Co. store
and stopping when they came up against
! the electric light pole in front of Temple 8
store Some slight damage was done the
wagon, and little girl narrowly escaped
! being run over.
THE lower flat of the Hutchins house,
owned by the Mechanic Building and Con-
structiOn Co., has been rented to Mr.. Day,
employed by the Wetmore & Morse Gran
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finished of the thirteen being built Three
more will be in condition for rental by the
! end OF the week
Mr.. SIBLEY and Mr.. Blakely of the Yer
mont Savings Investment Company have
secured the Office at Hotel Kempton, oppo
site the post-otce, now occupied by DR..
Boardman, which he will vacate about the
1st of November. The new Office will bt
made attractive, and, being centrally located
will be an excellent location for the Savings
Institution.
The ladies of the Church of the Messiah
will tender a reception to Rev. j. Edward
Wright in the vestry on Friday evening o.
this week. The occasion will be in recog
milton of the completion of twenty years
pastorate that has been unusually pleasan
to both the pastor and parish 1t is hoper
that as many of the fr ends of Mr.. Wrigh
as possible will attend.
THE pianoforte lecture recital given at tn,
opera house on September II was a mos
highly enjoyable and instructive entertain
,nent. Mr.. Perry stands at the head Of hi
profession as an eXecutant and is altogethe
unique as a speaker in his chosen field. Th
audience was much disappointed that Mis-.
Award was unable to take part. Mr.. Ban
croft very kindly consented, however, Il
sing an extra number, much to the delgh
of his hearers.
The second reunion of the Fourth Yer
mont regiment Will occur mere OCTOBER IL
The executive committee will meet at tel
O'Clock in the morning. At half-past one il
the afternoon the social reunion will occu
at Capital hall; at four o'clock the busines
meeting will take place, and at seven in til
evening there will be an address by Colone
George w. Hooker at Capital hall, followe
by campfire and speeches, including on
by Governor Dillingham;. At half-past min
in the evening there will be banquet AL
the railroads in Vermont will carry bot
ways for a single fare.
SHEPPIE" had difficult customer to fl
the other evening. A young gallant brough
in his chest girl with a request that Ber
would fit her with pair of shoes. Tn,
"maiden" was questioned as to the STYLE
kind, etc, of foot gear that was desired
Receiving no very ineligible answers, Ber
requested to be shown the CATERS his Gus
toner had on. She forthwith raised he
skirts somewhat higher than was reall
necessary, disclosing feet and brogans of
decidedly masculine appearance. An aC
companying explosion disclosed the joke
and Bert Immediately handed round tn
cigars.
GENERAL GILMORE was in town Tuesday
The general has just returned from Gettys
burg, where he has been making arrange
ments for ouarterinp the NermOnterS mex