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


engagements for February T.
THE funeral services of the late NJ. d.
Gilman were held yesterday forenoon at the
Pavilion parlors, Rev. j. Edward Wright
officiating. The arrangements were i'm
charge of Colonel Fred T.. Smith. The
members OF the family and the friends at
Montpelier were present; also Mr. and
Mrs. Cushman of Providence, Il. l., and
DR.. Nichols and wife of Barre. The follow
ing gentlemen served as bearers: Hon.
Charles Dewey, Hiram A. Huse, Esq,
Secretary of State g. w. Porter, j. &.
Houghton, j. S. Vles and Il. ID. Hyde.
The remains were inferred in Green Mount
cemetery.
THE grand encampment Of Vermont Odd
Fellows will hold its annual session Tues
day, February ., in the rooms of Ner-
mont Lodge il opera-house block The
grand lodge meets Wednesday, February &,
at the same place. The headquarters will
be at the Pavilion hotel. The committee on
credentials, of which Frank II. Bascom is
chairman, will occupy room No. on the
Office floor. The grand lodge books and
regala arrived last week and are now in
place at the hall. Montpelier has been
selected as the permanent home of the
grand lodge and the coming session is eX-
pected to be the largest ever held in the
state.
THE Central Vermont railway will sell
tickets to Washington and return at all
stations between Essex junction and Hart
land for S13 Tickets will be good, going,
from February 2S, to arrive at Washington
March 4, and, returning, to arrive at destina-
tion March s, all dates inclusive. The route
is via New London. Members of the YER
mont party who are making their arrange
ments to 90 with Colonel j. j. Estey (who
suggests leaving Thursday, February 2S),
intending to go via New London, will please
write him as soon as possible, advising him
W % Sto dot hav will
require, in order that he may engage such
accommodations in advance.
one of Montpelier's enterprising young
"hustlers " found himself, in the course of
little trip across the country last week
obliged to wait for several hours in quiet
town in the back districts before he could
make the proper railroad connections. He
concluded that he might as well employ
the time in replenishing his somewhat
emaciated purse and repaired to a drug
store to lay in stock in trade With a
little benzine and ether, mixed with con-
siderable aqua purd, he cOncocted a fluid
" warranted to take the spots out of clothing
by single application" and started out to
canvass the town. His stock of twenty
bottles was soon disposed of at ten cents a
bottle, with the exception of one that he
kept for home use. AS the ingredients cost
only twenty cents, the financial returns were
very satisfactory.
AT the annual meeting of the Apollo Club,
held Thursday evening, January g. the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the year en-
suing: President a. j. Sibley; vice-presi-
dent, IL. w. Kemp; secretary, James L. Sa-
bin; treasurer, Joseph G. Brown: managers,
A. j. Sibley. III. w. Kemp, l.. Bart Cross,
Thomas l.. Wood, NJ. NJ. Cutler. The mem
bership of the club has been largely in
creased during the past year and the
appearance of the rooms much improved
by the addition of new furniture and fix
lures. The present prosperous condition
of the club is due in great measure to the
retiring president, l.. b. Cross, and the
members, recognizing this, rendered him a
vote of thanks for the efficiency of his adj
ministration and his devotion to the in
terests of the club. The annual report of
the treasurer shows handsome balance in
the treasury. Measures are in progress to
provide series of musical and social en-
tertainments during the winter, to which
invitations to members and their friends will
be extended.
ing for st. Augustine's society, purchased
of j. Il. Langdon for $1,000 the lot of land
on Barre street known as the Rublee lot
as a site for new church editce The lot
is the one adjoining Mrs Hyde's. 1t has a
street front of 135 feet and is POO feet deep.
Yesterday afternoon Rt. Rev. L. DeGoes-
BRAND of Burlington came on to inspect the
purchase and confirm Father OSullivan's
action. The bishop was accompanied by
Fathers Cunningham of Brattleboro and
Reynolds of Bellows Falls, who, after in
specting the lot, expressed themselves as
much pleased with the choice of Father
O'Sullivan. The work of laying the foun-
datiOns for the new church will be COM
menced as soon as possible in the spring.
Father O'Sullivan intends to have the
church built of granite, and the proximity
of the location to the Wells River railroad
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greatly lessen the expense OF transportation.
The society is to be congratulated on hav-
ing secured a site so desirable for the pro-
posed building.
The local paper at Saratoga, n. Y, com
ments as follows upon the performance of
Mrs. f. l. Pitkin as "Serpolette in the
Chimes of Normandy given in that place by
the Sherlock sisters last Tuesday and
Wednesday: There are many lovely sing
ers in this world, numerous excellent act
resses-the combination is as rare as a day
in June-to paraphrase the adjective. In
Mrs. F. |. Pitkin of Montpelier the Sher-
lock sisters discovered this combination,
and they wisely determined to commit to
her keeping the exigeant role of Serpo-
lette. She looks, sings and acts the char
acter almost to-perfection was hanging on
the pencil-tip just there and all but dropped
on to the page, but the combination is so
rare that the minor phrase to the life >
iuuSb ne uStu ~ llODllt anu Sparkling
countenance, a light, lissome figure, a sweet
soprano voice and thorough familiarity
with libretto and score, projected on to the
mimic stage a rendition of which many a
more lofty aspirant might be proud. The
village and the citizens corps are under
many obligations to this lady, for to her in
large degree is due the success of last
night"
THE newly-elected officers of Vermont
Lodge, |. o. o. f., were installed Wednes-
day evening, January 2. The ceremony
was performed by Past Grands Guernsey,
Keegan, Sanders, Seinas and Rumrill,
acting respectively as district deputy grand
master, grand marshal, grand treasurer
grand secretary and grand warden. The
officers were as follows f. IL, Bascom, n.
g.. Charles o. Foster, " G.; T. T. Ranney,
recording secretary; Il. A. Sherburne, per-
manent secretary; ID. w. Dudley, treasurer
George Tromblee. warden; w. A. Taylor,
conductor; Melvin Z. Kent, o. g.; W. A.
Jones, |. g.; A. 7. Keith r. S. n. G..
John Lance, l.. S. n. g., e. o, Cheney,
Il. S. V. g.; j. Volholm, l.. S. V. g.; Willis
Hanaford, II. S. s.; Orville Dewey, l., S. S. ;
ID. l.. Sanders, chaplain; ii. ii. Scribner,
musical director and organist; G. o, Foster,
ianitor Past Grands Charles Selinas, ID.
L. Sanders and Charles Guernsey were
appointed finance committee, #. A. Sher-
burn, d. L. Sanders and A. T. Keith were
elected trustees and f. III BasCOm and f.