The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-06

report will advise acceptance, with few
slight changes
MIR. AND Mrs. f. w. MORSE spent Sun
day at the Sea View house, Old Orchard
Beach.
NJ. f. SMILE is back from Peaks Island,
Maine, where he spent vacation oil about
month.
ARTHUR II. BRUCE has purchased of f.
n Wright a lot of land on Stckney avenue.
Price $500.
REV. LESTER WARREN will preach at
MiddlcseX village on Sunday, August 10, at
one o'clock P. NJ.
Mr.. AND Mrs. EDWARD d. HYDE and Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Cutler are at Manchester
by-the-Sea, Mass.
a SMALL party of young ladies and gentle
men had pleasant picnic at Berlin pond
on last week Wednesday.
GEORGE w. s. IDE of Orange, Mass
formerly postmaster at Calais, is spending
few days in this vicinity.
JAMES r. LANGDoN and family, f. G. Keith
and wife and Miss Lizzie Stimson are at the
Manisses house, Block Island.
C. w. LocKLIN returned last week from
Terminal City, n. s., to which place he
went with an excursion party,
THE Kings Daughters will meet with
! Miss Clara Adams tomorrow CThursday)
evening at half-past seven o'clock.
on the 25th instant. The indoor woodwork
of the buildings is being repainted.
CHARLES A. OwLER, formerly well known
in Montpelier, and now living at Rochester,
n. Y, is in this vicinity on business
Mrs. S. d. HALE of Keokuk Iowa, was
expected here yesterday. She will visit at
the home of her uncle, j. p. Flanders.
SEVENTEEN members of Canton Mont
pelier assisted in instituting Canton Ninton
! 1T norr an, lost xuaalr Tnaqlay pvppipn
REV. HENRY l. CUsHMAN and family of
Providence, II. l., were the guests of Colonel
j. II. Lucia last week and portion of this.
l.. S. GATES returned on Saturday from
his home in Brandon, where he has been
for short time reCuperating from his recent
illness.
S.H LEE, civil engineer at Fort Payne,
Ala, is visiting NJ. A. Pratt and F. e.
Donahue. This is his first visit to New
England.
THE seventh lecture in the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union course will be
given by Rev. G.. T. Raymond the second
Sunday in September.
w. A. BRIGGS is the composer of a song
entitled /" a Fancy" recently published by
Smith e. Co. of Boston. 1t is dedicated to
Mrs, II. G. Pierce of Rutland
IT transpres that the town of Berlin has
appraised the Montpelier water-wOrks at
basis. Man proposes, but -.
CARL BANCROFT and Fred Shepard have
gone to Cleveland, Ohio, which is the home
of the latter. Mr.. Bancroft will 60 to
Chicago before returning home.
CAPITAL GUARD began this week to drill
twice a week in preparation for the encamp-
ment at Bradford The drills will come on
Monday and Thursday evenings.
THE band is to give but one concert a
until off la
The last one was given on last week Friday
evening, and was unusually good.
DIR. BARTLETT and wife from Williams
town, Mass. are taking their wedding toul
through Vermont. They were guests al
George B. B. Denny's last Saturday.
REV. G. w. GALLAcHERs new book
Zone Mans Struggle" published by Funk
g. wagnalls New York, is out and on sale
1t is neatly printed and is an interesting
story
THE Gold Medal baseball team played a.
Northfield on last week Wednesday. The
Northfields won by score of eleven tC
seven. A return game will be played hert
to-day.
A large number of Montpelier people viii
take advantage of the reduced railroad
rates and visit Boston this week or next
The great Grand Army parade is on Tues
day next.
A DAY of field sports on Nicholas meadow
is being arranged for next week Thursday
, Two games Of ball between the Northtiel'
: and Montpelier teams are included in thu
attractions.
THE sparring match at Capital hall oi
last week Saturday evening attracte,
about two hundred spectators. numbe
of matches between local and out-of-towl
sparrers took place.
THE horse of George W. Parmenter raj
away on Saturday evening, starting on Stat
a tl.a nfS StnfA Maf,
A streets the animal fell and one side wa
severely scraped and cut.
THE storm of last week Thursday nooi
Topped off many branches of trees and di,
5 much damage in other ways. Montpelier
, however, escaped with less damage thai
did some neighboring towns.
j. f. CURRAN has succeeded in obtaining
= a pension for Peter Jerd of West Randolph
4 who filed his application on June 30, 1864
| Mr.. Jerd now receives Sl7 per month"; ant
. $4,000 of arrears was granted.
THE evangelist who has been holding
= meetings in "A tent at the corner of Main an,
1 Jay streets folded his tent and ended tn,
T meetings on Sunday evening. He has no
, been as successful as he hoped to he.
, JUDGE HIRAM CARLETON has as his CUES
o.. Rev. Hiram Carleton, DID, of East Sand
u wich, Mass, who arrived in Montpelie
t yesterday DR.. Carleton is an uncle of tn
T. Judge, and the latter is his namesake.
8 AMONG those reported as present at tn
! opening of the Spirtualist camp-meetin
u services at Queen City park on Sunday wer
# Mr.. aud Mrs II. G. Smith, Miss Addie
n and Miss Maud f. Phillips of Montpelier.
= C. E. DEMERITT, John Hurley an,
Clinton f. Town have returned from
fishing trip of two weeks in New Hampshire
They had the best of luck in entcng den
zens of shady streams TO their fatal hooks.
FRED T. AUSTIN, a former student a
Norwich Univ ersity, has been engaged a
drum major of the band He comes herr
next week and will remain with the ban,
through the National Guard encampment
d THE checklist of Montpelier voters ha
been posted. Any legal voters who hav
IS been omitted can hand their names to tn
town clerk, or to G, Def. Bancroft, VIII
IS has been authorized to make up the check
list.
e BROOKS Posi- goes to Boston on Sunday
by way of the Wells River road, TO atten
q the Grand Army encampment. 1t is hope
that there will be good turnout of con
10 rades. The special train will leave at eigl
~ p. NJ.