The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-02-06
Montpelier and Vicinity.


c. w. LEARNED returns to New York city
to-day.
FRANK II. BAscoM returned from Boston
Saturday evening.
Miss NJ +. LONG has gone to Boston to
spend three weeks with her sister.
G. w. SKINNER, the jeweler, returned last
Thursday from Fort Payne, Alabama.
ROSWELL PECK gave pleasant whist-party
at his residence last Thursday evening.
THE ladies' union prayer-meeting will be
held in Bethany chapel Thursday evening
A LITTLE girl baby put in an appearance
at the house of Fred Blanchard last Sunday.
Miss DORA WELLS has found situation
at the head of a thriving school in Cory,
Penn.
FRED MCCUEN and Bert Shepard went to
Montreal this morning to attend the car
nival.
A SERVICE of sacred song will be held in
the Church of the Messiah next Sunday
evening.
Mrs. f. w. MORSE gave pleasant drive
whist party at Hotel Kempton last Thurs
day evening.
A. o. CUMMINs went to West Millbury
last Friday to attend the funeral of the late
e. H. Aldrich
REV. w. l.. ANDERSON of Stowe occupied
forenoon and evening.
Miss CARRIE Cross returned last Friday
from Boston, where she has been visiting
for the past five weeks
THE Cotton boys Willard, Theron and
Harry-were at home over Sunday from
their work in Connecticut.
A. j. HOWE has been appointed Mont
pelier agent for the Vermont Bible Society
in place of the late j. G. Emery.
A RAILWAY item of considerable interest
is furnished by our Wiliamstown cor
respondent. 1t has an air of business.
f. ID. BoswoRTH left last Sunday night
for Fitchburg, Mass, where he takes the
position of clerk in Boutwell's drugstore.
THE members of Trinity society are to
hold church sociable at the residence of
Henry Smith, ON Court street, next Friday
evening.
THE Trinity Society of Christian Endeavor
is to give a social and musical enter
tainment at the church vestry about Feb
ruary 20.
THERE were sxty-five guests registered at
the Pavilion on Monday, the majority of
whom came to attend the annual Odd Eel
lows meeting.
THERE will be a regular communication
of Gamaliel Washburn Lodge of Perfection
A. and a. S. Rite, at Masonic hall Tues
day evening, February l..
f. E. DoNoHUE who went to Fort Payne
with c. w. Skinner, concluded to locate
and "grow up with the country and has
already hung out his shingle.
THE regular lesson in the dancing course
will be given by Mr.. Arthere Black at the
Pavilion on Thursday evening of this week,
instead of Wednesday, as usual
THE Ladies' Sewing Society of Christ
church will meet with Mrs. III. r. Bixby
Friday afternoon at two o'clock. Gentle
i'm Vite1 a a gix p'ploplx
Do not forget the Masonic excursion to
Boston February l3. II and To- Tickets,
S5,75 for the round trip, good for ten days.
Sold only by f. III. Bascom, Montpelier, VT.
Mr.. ARTHERE BLACK, the dancing-master,
has issued invitations to a reception and
dance to be given at the Pavilion Wednes-
day evening, February 90, in honor of his
pupils,
f. II. TowNE started Friday night for
Fort Payne, Alabama, to remain about
month He intends to return by way of
Washington and attend the Inauguration of
President Harrison.
THE regular monthly meeting of the
Apollo Club will be held Thursday evening
at the club-rooms. Ten or twelve applca-
tions for membership have been received
during the past month.
NJ. NJ. CUTLER started on the road Monday
as special agent for @. /. Hood & Co. of Low
ell, Mass. His route is through the South,
and he intends TO visit Fort Payne, Ala
bama, before returning.
THE first train over the new Barre rail
road, from Twingsville TO Montpelier, was
run yesterday and took an excursion party
OF Odd Fellows TO attend the Grand En-
campment at this place.
The meeting of the stockholders of the
Wetmore & Morse Granite Company, for
the election OF officers, will be held Feb
ruary II, at ten O'Clock A. NJ, at the Office of
! the water commissioners.
Miss LENA SHEPARD OF Marshfield was
unable to sing in Bethany choir last Sun
day on account of illness. Mrs. f. IL.
Puffer was in her old place as alto of the
choir at both the evening services.
The sale of the contents of the Capital
drugstore was begun last Saturday by John
Tuttle, under the direction of General Pit
kin, administrator OF the late Dennis Lanes
estate. The rest of the stock will be closed
out next Saturday
THERE will be union service Of the
Trinity, Bethany and Baptist Christian En-
deavor societies next Sunday evening in
Trinity church vestry the two latter so
cieties having been invited by the former
! to join in the service.
| THE regular prayer-meeting at Trinity
church was omitted last Sunday evening on
account OF the union concert at Bethany.
| The Christian Endeavor service, which was
held at half-past seven o'clock, took the
place OF the usual meeting
THE Bethany Ladies' Reading Club OBJ
served its red-letter day at the residence OF
Mr. G.. w. Scott, Monday evening, at the
invitation of Mrs. A. j. Howe. Each men,
ber responded to the roll-call with quota
| tion from Shakespeare. The exercises
consisted OF readings and vocal and instru-