The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-19
extension of the Montpelier & Wells River

gennes Saturday night for short visit.
ST1LLMAN ID. ALLEN has sold his lot on
Liberty street to A. b. Grant for $500.
DIR. A. B. BisBEE sang in c. F. loves
! place in Christ church choir last Sunday.
Mrs. DIR. BRIGHAM of Grand Rapids,
Mich, is visiting her father, W. G.. Ferrin.
w. A. LORD, Esq, has been confined to
the house by sickness for the past ten days.
Miss CARRIE Cross will start for New
| Haven, Conn, on Saturday, for a months
visit.
REV. G. T. RAYMOND exchanged last
Sunday with Rev. Mr.. Hall of Berlin
Corner.
Mr.. WRIGHT expects to preach in
Wrightsville next Sunday afternoon at two
o'clock
WILLIAM T. DEWEY has moved into his
house on Baldwin street recently pur-
chased of II. ID. Hopkins
| REV. G.. w. PERRY of Rutland, the state
geologst, was in town last week arranging
the cabinet at the capitol.
THE Children's day concert at Trinity
church, Sunday evening next, will com
mence at half-past six o'clock.
f. b. SHEPARD has arrived from the West
and is stopping with William Brock He
expects to remain for the summer.
THE members of the senior class of Nor
wich University were in town yesterday,
1
WALTER SULTAN had a knee badly in
! jured while loading cars at the Montpelier
& Wells River station one day last week.
! REV. j. HARRY HOLDEN is to preach in
Middlesex next Sunday afternoon at 215
o'clock, and in Waitsfield at 1880 o'clock in
the evening.
The Ladies' Library Guild has received
the generous gift of $50 from the Apollo
| Club. The club merits the commendation
of the community.
THE Barre extension OF the Montpelier &
Wells River railroad was opened for travel
last Monday. Three passenger trains each
way will be run daily over the road.
REV HOWARD F. HILL is at Rutland this
week, attending the Diocesan Convention,
Colonel Fred f. Smith and others from
Christ church are also in attendance.
THE public exercises of Washington
County Grammar and Montpelier Union
School will be held at the opera-house next
Friday evening, beginning at eight o'clock.
GEORGE B. MCLEAN has moved into the
house on Bailey avenue recently pur-
chased by T. j. Deavitt. Mr. Mclean is
foreman in the Wetmore & Morse polishing
shop.
The members of Hiawatha Lodge of Odd
Fellows, at Barre, who belong to Thomas
| Wildey Encampment are soon to withdraw
and establish an encampment in connection
with their own lodge.
AT uhe SUNDAY evening meeting OF Irln-
ity Christian Endeavor Society, George j.
Newton was chosen delegate to the annual
conference at Philadelphia next month. M.
f. Burnham is the alternate.
THE name of James r. Langdon, Mont
peler, has been on the WATCHMAN's sub
scription list continuously from the issue of
| the first number, and if not the oldest is
one OF the Oldest names on the list.
Mrs. A. A. EARLE of White River juno
tion was in town yesterday to give her tes-
timony before Special Examiner Edgerly
in the application of her mother, Mary
Larabee of Craftsbury, for pension.
WILLIAM X. SANDERsoN, secretary and
treasurer of the United States Clothes-pin
Company, returned Saturday from two
months trip taking orders in Pennsylvania.
He also visited the scene Of the Johnstown
calamity.
Mr.. AND Mrs. HENRY CLAY SCOTT, re-
turned Saturday night from their wedding
tour, and are to remain at the residence of
Mrs. Scott's parents, on Barre street, for the
remainder of the week. Their future home
is in Chicago.
The state Board of Health will examine
the sanitary condition and ventilation of
the state house on Thursday of this week.
DIR. Charles L. Allen of Rutland, secretary
of the board, has called a special meeting
for that purpose.
The sewer on Barre street became
clogged last week. and, owing to the
heavy rains, many of the cellars were over
flowed. An excavation was made on Mon
day at the corner of Main street to locate
and remove the obstruction.
THE state Board of Health, which meets in
this village on Thursday, will be invited to
go to Williamstown, we understand, to ad-
wise as to measures to prevent the spread of
smallpox, in case there should be further
development of the disease in that town.
OVER twenty applicants for pension re-
ported for examination to the board of
surgeons on Wednesday of last week, an
unusually large number AS the board is
limited to twenty examinations in one day
several applicants were compelled to wait
another week.
EDGAR CUMMINGS dedicated his new barn
on Seminary Hill, Monday, in approved
style. About eighty couples were present
and tested the stability Of the flooring by
dancing thereon right merrily. Refresh
ments were furnished by Mr.. Cummings,
and every one present enjoyed a royal time.
THE St. Bernard Fishing Club returned
last Wednesday from weeks campaign at
Chapleau, Canada. III. W. Kemp, j. w.
the members from Montpelier. During
their seven days in camp the party caught
2,ol9 trout, each weighing from one-fourth
of pound to four pounds.
BARNEY RoAKEs, an employe at the stone
sheds on Barre street, met with painful
dtClucht idob W tuHtSudy. n piece OF steel
shot from a drill which he was manipu-
lating and embedded itself in his wrist,
severing an artery. The wound bled pro-
fusey, but was carefully dressed by DIR.
Chandler, and Barney is doing WELL
THE Mechanics Building and Construc-
tion Company is negotiating with parties
in Richford, VT, for the erection of several
cottage houses on their lands near the
Pioneer shop in Berlin. There is a grow
ing demand for houses and II the company
had a score of cottages for sale or rent they
would find customers for them at once.
WE learn from the 81. JOtnSbury Cdledo-
nidn that Congressman Grout has engaged
James f. Mahoney of Troy, N. Y, for his
private secretary Mr.. Mahoney used to be
in Montpelier in the Office of Secretary of
State Porter" James is still with MS, and
was greatly astonished to learn that he
" used to " infest Secretary Porter's Office
THE heaquarters of the Burlington &
Lamoille Valley railroad will hereafter be
at Montpelier. AT meeting held here on
Monday the following gentlemen were
chosen direetors j. r. Langdon, j. Gregory
Smith, b. p. Cheney, w. Ii. H. Bingham
and Albert Tuttle, j, II. LangdonT was
| alpptad nraai1ant q II Childs CLARK and II