The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-03
Montpelier and Vicinity.


Mr.. WRIGHT expects to preach in Middle
sex next Sunday at 215 p.
LAST Sunday Professor Bishop preached
at Waitsfeld and Moretown.
PROFESSOR ID. S. BLANP1ED is instructing
some private pupils in music.
THE friends of G.. w. Parmenter will be
glad to learn that he is better.
miss GRACE REED returned to her home
in Cambridgeport, Mass, Monday.
S. S. BALLARD has moved his family and
possessions to a tenement in Barre.
w. M. NEWTON of the Seminary preached
at the Morse school-house last Sunday.
EDWARD e. BLAKELY returned from his
extended western trip Sunday morning
RUMoR has It that lottery ticket panned
out $4,000 to one of the granite workers.
RoxANA SILLowAY has sold her place on
First avenue to Joseph b. Silloway for $500.
Mrs. j. p. FLANDERS is visiting her
daughter, Mrs George p. Arthur, at Brad
ford
REV. HOWARD f. HILL will preach at
Wright's Mills at half-past two o'clock next
Sunday.
PROFESSOR HlLLERY of the Seminary is
making preparations to sail for Europe
in August.
EDWARD l.. SMITH, son of Carl Smith will
spend the summer, or the greater part of it,
in Colorado.
THE Methodist Ladies' Aid Society will
meet on Friday with Mrs. John w. Peck
on Vine street.
CHARLES DEF. BANCROFT has bought
lot on East State street just above the place
of Mr.. Guernsey.
MRS. ID. S. WHEATLEY and j. 7. Sabin
have been engaged to sing at Trinity church
during the summer.
Wy II
fell on the stairs at home Tuesday, receiv-
ing some severe hurts.
The Plainfield nine won a game of ball
from the Montpelier nine, Saturday, by a
score of thirteen to twelve.
MEssRs. WILDER AND SCRIBNER took part
in Mrs. Miller's benefit concert at Water
bury last Thursday evening.
MANAGER VILEs has greatly added to the
outward attractiveness of the Pavilion by
an equipment of new awnings.
PROFESSORS BISHOP AND MoREY of the
Seminary spent four days, last week, in the
Adirondacks at Plumadore pond.
SEVERAL young men of the Will Brock
Carl Bancroft, Dick Hyde clan will camp
at Highgate Springs this summer.
ORRIN DALEY has sold to Horace Bliss his
place on ST. Paul street, now occupied by
Rev. Mr. Raymond. Price, $500.
Miss AMY b. F1sKs kindergarten closed
a successful term and year last Friday.
There will be a vacation of two months.
THE First National Bank has declared a
dividend Of four per cent from its earnings
of the past six months. payable July 1st.
COLONEL j. H. LUCIA and Mrs. Charles
Reed and family went yesterday to Queen
City Park, Burlington, for two weeks
stay.
WAITE. son of j. T. Sabin, went to East
IL 1aut Cat,t L.,
months of July and August with an uncle
and aunt.
l.. BUNNELL Cross was attacked by a
curious malady thought to be apoplexy,
on Tuesday, but later in the day was able
to be out.
THE marriage of Joseph G. Brown and
Helen r. Woolson is announced to occur on
Tuesday evening, July 9th, at the home of
the bride-elect.
WORK has begun on the cellars of the
Building Company on their land near the
Pioneer works and some of the buildings
will be going up next week.
BETHANY Christian Endeavor Society will
hold union service in Bethany chapel
next Sunday, the Methodist and Baptist
societies uniting with Bethany.
THOMAS DEWEY will take in Washington,
ID. c., Philadelphia and other interesting
American points in his vacation this sum
uItr, which Will DePln MONDAY.
THE object of the Grand Army fair, which
Will be held as elsewhere announced is a
very worthy one. Everybody should buy
ticket Give the veterans a rousing
benefit
COMMUNION services will be held at
Bethany church Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock. There are several candidates for
admission and number of children will be
baptized
DIR. r. III. PADDOCK, former resident of
Vermont, but for some years a practicing
physician in Chicago, has come to Mont
pelier to reside. His daughter will enter
the Seminary.
MRS. PHEBE LAWSON of Barre has rented
of the Mechanics Building and Construction
Company the clearinghouse at the Pioneer
shops in Berlin for one year. She takes
possession this week.
Mr.. AND Mrs. MERRILL RUSSELL signed
the deed on Saturday conveying their
property on Baldwin street to T. j. Deavitt
Mr.. Russell has leased of Erastus Hubbard
house on Elm street, where he will reside
Miss ANNA j. CHANDLER will go to Peeks
kill, n. Y, about the middle of the current
month, to remain for year or so with rela-
| tives. Mrs. &. NJ. Chandler expects to 90
to Peekskill in September for the winter, al
| least.
Mr.. WATSON WEED of Meadville Penn.
! is TO Degln his engagement with the L nj
tartan societies in Warren, Waitsheld and
MiddleseX next Sunday, preaching in
| Warren at II 100 A. NJ and in Waitsfeld al
| 1880 p. NJ.
July !, Rev. Howard f. Hills term o
office as town superintendent expired by
limitation He has held the Office eight and
one-fourth years consecutively and has
performed its duties very satisfactorily
| Requiescdt,
STATE STREET patriots are going to lei
off a few fireworks on the Fourth. Through
the efforts of w. A. Briggs about 500 were
raised for the purpose. The affair will take
place down by the Riverside" There will
be some choice selections.
Il. j. DEAvITT has procured an addtiona
pension for Seth p. Silloway of Montpelier
from S4 to S24 month, with 81 ,643 arrears
Mr.. Silloway was an inmate of the Soldiers
Home at Bennington for time, not being
able to support himself with his pension o
81 month.
A STICK of timber sixty-two feet long anC
perfectly straight, from Moretown, wa!
drawn through the streets, last Monday, OF
its way to the Wetmore q Morse quarry
at Barre. The wagon broke down on State
street, but was quickly repaired. Our in
formation in this matter is derricked,
WE are shown some gooseberries, no