The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-12-11

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THE afternoon temperance meeting will |
take the place of the usual evening service |
in the Church of the Messiah next Sunday
The Chautauqua class meets Friday after
noon at fifteen minutes past two with Mrs. |
G.. II, Shipman. There will be no meeting |
next week.
The skating was excellent on the Lane
Manufacturing Company's mll-dam last
week and the ice was thronged with young
people each day and evening.
REV. Mr.. WRIGHT gave very pleasant
socable to the members of the Yolng Peo-
pies Religious Fraternity of the Church of
the Messiah last Friday evening.
SHERIFF DUDLEY went Tuesday morning
to Rutland to deliver to the house of cor
rection Mcleod, the dog thief, and young
Magoon to the United States court.
A CAP was blown off a four-nch water
pipe at the old electric light station Sun
day evening, and the premises were deluged
with water before it could be turned off.
REV. A. j. HoUGH conducted the funeral
of Ezekiel Holt on Wednesday of last week.
Mr. Holt lived near Wright's Mills, and was
about seventy-five years of age at his death.
THE meeting of the Bethany Literary So
ciety announced for this week will be held
on Friday evening at the chapel John
Wickliffe will be the subject of study and
discussion.
PROFESSOR L. a. BISHOP is to conduct the
services in the Morse schoo-house, East
Montpelier, next Sunday afternoon, at
fifteen minutes past two o'clock, in place of
Mr.. Wright.
MANY people about town are guessing on
the height of the tower on the new federal
building For the sake of the guessers we
would state that it is eighty-four feet from
the ground to the top of the final.
THE communion service at Trinity church,
which would have been last Sunday had
the usual rule been followed, was post
poned till next Sunday in order that the
Seminary students might be present
The question to be debated before the
Grammar School lyceum, next Friday even
ing is: ReSolred, That the execution of
Major Andre was justifable." Affirmative
leader, p. w. Holden negative, E. j. Bailey.
Mr.. ROGERS, contractors foreman, has
raised the flagstaff on the federal building
The Stating is quite completed, furnaces
have been put in, electric lights provided
and work on the interior is vigorously
pushed.
JOHN LovETT of Warren complained of
one Wood of that town for clubbing and
killing his turkeys-some thirty being
mssing-and a hearing was had at Warren
yesterday. Wood claims that the turkeys
were trespassing
THE EARTH is the name of a new weekly
paper at Burlington, published by Barrett
/
The publishers express the purpose, should
this venture succeed, to issue an evening
daily in the near future 3"
ASA MAGooN son of Asa Magoon, who
was hung for the murder of Streeter, was
arrested at Peterboro, n. H., on Tuesday of
last week for jumping bail about three
years ago. He was brought to Montpelier
and placed in Jail Wednesday.
REV. j. f. WRIGHT will give temper
ance address in the Church of the Messiah
on Sunday next, December 10, at four
o'clock P. NJ. Progress and Tendencies OF
the Reform Work will be presented. A
most cordial invitation is extended to all
F. II. BAscoM has presented to Brooks
Post, Grand Army of the Republic, relic
from Lookout Mountain. A bullet i'm
bedded in block of wood cut from tree
on Lookout is made into gavel, and makes
very attractive souvenir of the memorable
! fight
ALEX MCLEOD, vagrant giving no very
satisfactory account of himself, was arrested
Friday at Wells River for stealing a dog be-
longing to a stone cutter in this village.
] On trial before Justice Smile he was fined
50 and costs, the whole amounting to 1881.
! Failing to pay, he was sent to the house of
| correction.
The loose stones on the streets recently
covered with crushed rock were serious
/ injury to sleighiDg during the edition of
! winter just now exhausted. Another, it is
| reasonable to presume, will be issued soon
and these same loose stones will again be-
come nuisance which the street commits
soner should make haste to abate
RAPHAEL TUCK & Son, 29S and 300 Broad
way, New York, send the WATCHMAN some
very elegant specimens of holiday cards. We
do not remember to have seen or examined
more beautiful specimens of this delightful
branch of art, many of which are certainly
rare in design and exquisite in execution. If
we were dealer in this line of goods
we should know Just where to seek for
articles that will sell
SAMUEL PARSONS, agent for l.. p. Wait &
Co., directory publishers, Newburg, n. Y,
is canvassing this village for new busi-
ness and residence directory. This firm
has published directories for many towns
and cities-recently one for Barre, which is
said to be very satisfactory. Undoubtedly
the work will be well done, and all should
cooperate with the agent TO make II COM
plete and trustworthy.
MUCH has lately been said in the papers of
the Boston rose" Mrs f. p. Jewett picked
some fine specimens of this flower in her
garden in this village yesterday, December
| 10, the reception of which we take pleasure
in acknowledging The witch hazel uu-
folding its fantastic petals at time when
the leaves are falling and the frosts descend
ing, has hitherto presented an illustration
of floral audacity and hardihood, but the
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The following officers were elected by
Brooks Post last week Tuesday evening"
b. A. McKenna, commander Qe-elected);
H. b. Wedge, senior vice-commander IRE
elected; G. b. Putnam, junior vice-com-
mander; j. Q. Newton, qnartermaster; A.
j. Glysson, surgeon; William Canning,
officer of the day (re-elected); John Birtell,
officer Of the guard (re-elected) T. l.. Cassi-
want, chaplain; c. r. Bagley and II. b.
Wedge, delegates to the Department En-
campment John Birtel and George Loomis,
! alternates
WILLIAM LINE, sergeant OF the signal
corps, stationed at Northtield, furnishes the
following meteorological summary for No
vember Mean barometer, 30,O63 highest
Q6th), 30629; lowest (22d) 29377; mean
temperature, 35S'; highest C}d), 5So; low
est Q7th), 12o; greatest daily range QSth),
81; least daily range Q5th), %; prevailing
direction of wind south total movement
of wind, 5,479 miles; extreme velocity
(north, 10TH, 80; total precipitation 3.45
inches number of days on which .01 inch
or more of precipitation fell, Is; number of
clear days, / fair days, 8; cloudy, 20;
dates OF frosts 18th and 18th.