The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09


A READING and personaton is to be given
at the Seminary Friday evening at eight
o'clock by Fred Losey of the Rochester
University. 1t is understood that Mr..
Losey is an artist Of great talent.
A MEETING of the Ladies' Library Guild
is called at the library rooms for Monday
afternoon, January II, at three o'clock.
Business of importance demands general
attendance. Per order guild committee.
REV. S. G. BEACH of Dedham, Mass.
superintendent of the mission work of the
American Unitarian Association in Northern
New England occupied the pulpit of the
Church of the Messiah last Sunday forenoon
and evening.
GAMALIEL WAsHBURN LODGE or PERFEC-
T1oN, A. and A. S. Rite, holds ita regular
communication, for the election OF officers,
at Masonic hall Tuesday evening, January
10, at seven o'clock. The election is to be
followed by a banquet.
THE delegates of Post Stannard heartily
favor and will urge the election of Colonel
Fred t.. Smith of Montpelier for commander
of the department of Vermont at its annual
encampment, to be held at Brattleboro Feb
ruary IA and 15.-F'ree Press.
THE following are the officers of Stephen
Thomas Camp, Sons Of Veterans, elected at
the last regular meeting, who are to be in
stalled Friday evening: Captain, o. d.
Clark; first lieutenant, Charles a. Smith ;
second lieutenant, f. j. Falon.
THE present week is observed by the
churches as the annual Week of Prayer.
On Monday and Tuesday evenings union
services were held at the Baptist church
This evening the service will be at Bethany
and Thursday and Friday evenings at
Trinity church
AT the annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Montpelier National Bank, yes
terday, the directors chosen were James r.
Langdon, II. S. Loomis, George w. Scott
e. p. Walton and Clark King. James r.
Langdon was elected president and E. D.
Blackwell cashier.
The r. c. Bowers Granite Company, at
the annual meeting held Friday, January
I, elected the following officers: President,
X. c. Bowers vice-president, f. f. Smith
treasurer, f. l.. Eaton; secretary, III. a.
Bowers. The company paid ten per cent
dividend for the past year.
Mr.. A. S. WILEY of this place recently
bought ten dressed pigs seven months old,
of Forrest Morse of East Montpelier which
weighed $500 pounds. The porkers are to
be shipped to George II. Holden & Co.,
Swampscott, Mass. This 10 the best lot of
pigs brought into this place.
A MEETING of Mount Sinai Temple is to be
held Friday evening, January Is, at which a
large class from all quarters of the state is
to be initiated into the order of the Mobiles
rehersal only, will be held next Friday
evening, January II, at Masonic hall.
The stockholders of the First National
Bank held their annual meeting at the bank
yesterday afternoon The old board of
directors was reelected, as follows: j. A.
Page, Charles Dewey j. w. Ellis, p. p.
Pitkin, Fred f. Smith. The board then
chose j. A. Page president and Charles
Dewey vice-president.
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pany, No. 1, held Friday evening, January
4, the following officers were elected: Fore
man, James NJ. Boutwell,; first assistant,
G. g. Ramsdell; second assistant, f. l. Pit
kin; president, w. I. Dewey; vice-presi-
dent, a. ID. Farwell secretary, o. ID,
Clark treasurer, George O. Stratton.
THE annual meeting of the Colby Wringer
Company was held at the general office in
Berlin last Monday afternoon. Colonel
Fred f. Smith was chosen president and
w. II. Cowell treasurer. The following
board of directors was elected; Colonel f.
K. Smith, Hon. Charles Dewey, l.. p. Glea-
son, j. 7. Phelps of Boston and j. S. Batch
elder of Waterbury.
THE annual meeting of the Trinity Sun
day-school was held last Friday evening.
7. T. Ranney was elected superintendent
Professor Morey, first assistant; Mrs. ID. l..
Fuller, second assistant; w. c. Tapin, secre-
tary; Robert Hargin, treasurer; f. A Sher-
burne, librarian; Bert G. Niles, assistant
librarian. 1t was voted to add new lot of
books to the library.
The following entertainments are booked
for Blanchard opera-house: Saturday, Feb
ruary 2, "Only a Farmers Daughter" +"
under the management of G. r. Gardner;
Thursday, February Z, Little Lord Faunt-
leroy" by the W. II. Mathews Co.. under
the management of T. II. French Friday,
February 10, Mr.. James j. Sullivan's Black
Ia th.,
of Mr.. Sullivan,
THE music-box which was sold by ticket
at Slaytons bookstore was drawn by Frank
Carr, who held the lucky number-123. In
all, 125 tickets were sold at 81 each. OF the
two pictures which went to the persons
guessing nearest TO the number of seeds in
a certain squash the larger one fell to Eli
Cattle and the smaller one to George Cayhue.
The squash contained 30S seeds and Catie's
guess was 300 and Cayhue's, 307.
THERE was smaller attendance than
usual at the regular monthly meeting of the
Montpelier Preachers Association. Rev.
f. w Hamblin of Wiliamstown read an ex-
cellent paper on "The Advantage of Posi-
ton" He claimed that America was the
best land in the world in which to live, and
referred eloquently to the many advantages
enjoyed by its people over those of any
other age or country. The paper was fol-
lowed by general discussion.
THE Prdcticdl Mechanic is a monthly
journal of mechanics, engineering and in
dustrial news, published at Worcester,
Mass. The price is one dollar year. We
enter it in our clubbing list at seventy-five
cents and commend the publication to the
attention of subscribers who are artisans in
any craft We have a number of sample
copies of the January number, which we
will furnish on application, or a sample
number may be ordered of L. S. Blanchard
x Co., publishers, Worcester, Mass.
The quarterly meeting of the directors of
the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Com
was held last Wednesday. After the trans
action of the usual routine business, official
announcement was made Of the death of
the late G. T. Sabin, vice. president of the
company and member of the board of di-
rectors. committee was appointed to
prepare appropriate resolutions of regret
and sympathy. III. n. Taplin was elected
vice-president of the company, but the
vacancy in the board of directors was not
filled.
SERGEANT ALARMS PHINNEY contem-
plates making quite extensive improve
ments on the grounds and walks about the
capitol, having been authorized to do so by
the bill passed at the last session of the
legislature. The heavy granite steps are to
be taken down and relaid next spring, and
the gravel walks are to be leveled and will
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