The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-12-23
Rev. G. w. Gallagher officiating. Mrs.
Flagg was eighty.nine years old.


Flagg was eighty-nine years old.
WHILE Adolph Barney was driving home
from Middlesex last Sunday a freight train
frightened his horse, which ran, overturn-
ing the sleigh and throwing Barney out.
One arm was badly cut, and he received
other bruises.
NUMEROUS repairs and improvements
have been completed at the Pavilion, in the
way of ceilings and walls, and new store
room has been fitted up in the basement.
New paper, whitewash and paint have as
sisted in Frightening the interior.
LEWIS d. RUSSELL returned last week
! from vacation, and was Immediately ar
rested on information filed against him.
lie was held in $500 for keeping nuisance
and 500 for keeping liquor with intent to
sell. Thomas Osborne furnished the bonds.
A coTILLoN PARTY will be held next
week Wednesday evening in the new hall
at East Montpelier, and everybody is in.
vited. The Montpelier orchestra furnishes
music Ii you want any reference as to the
hall, ask any one who attended the dedi-
cation ball last week.
THE officers-elect OF the Sons of Veterans
are: Captain, Dell l.. Saunders; first lieu
tenant, Aland G. Fay; second lieutenant,
Ion, a. G. Fay, and G. A Smith delegate
to annual encampment, Thomas Dewey
alternate, G.. g. Bagley.
ONE must go away from home to learn
the news-if false report of sickness preva-
lent here is news. Aside from the prevail
ing malady, the grip, or what passes current
under that name, there is no serious sickness
here, and nothing to j1stify some outrageous
reports we have heard recently.
MRS. ELSIE BRUCE of East Montpelier is
going South for the winter. Lawson G.
Cummings, her brother is boarding at the
Exchange for the present, and has room
in Ellis block where he nvents and perfects
devices for making the sportsman's life as
comfortable as possible. He is at present
at work on gun that will shoot around a
| corner.
e. b. McDUFFEE of Bradford, former
student at the Vermont Methodist Semi
nary, has been elected orator for the class of
R IN Dartmouth college. w. G. Belknap
OF Berlin has been elected president OF the
class for commencement week, and by virtue
of the Office then held will be the perma-
nent president.
The third entertainment in the lecture
course of the Ladies' Library Guild was a
lecture last Thursday evening by Jahu De-
Witt Miller, on Our Country's Possibil-
tiles and Perils." 1t was well attended
and thoroughly enjoyed. AS the express
that evening was late, Mr.. Miller did not
reach Montpelier until about nine o'clock.
During the hour of delay the audience re.
solved itself into sewing circle.
BURLINGTON people enjoyed a unique en-.
tertanment, last Wednesday evening, hen
Fred w. Bancroft gave his Evening OF
Old English Ballads" at the parlors OF
the College-street church Mr.. Bancroft
sketched the evolution of the English bal.
lad from its birth until the present time
intersper rising his lecture with vocal illustra-
tions. 1t was delightful entertainment.
The Bethany Sunday-school will have
Christmas exercises in the chapel, next
Sunday evening. The annual Christmas
concert for the children will be in the
on Christmas thoughts. The music by the
choir will include Christmas anthem by
Buck; The Birthday Of a King" Neb
elungen; and TIE Deum arranged from
Wagner.
BERNARD A. McKENNA emerged from
Jail, last Monday noon, on his own recog.
nizance of about 81 400. Worcester viii
also eat its Christmas turkey with little
lemon, as Lemon j. Holden has been baied
out pro tenn, James S. Wilson furnishing
the necessary $500 bonds. G. |. Cady is
now the only inmate of the Jail. and will
eat his holiday corned-beef and cabbage all
by his beastly self.
The Free Press says Montpelier has moi
been decided upon as the place for holding
the next encamDment of the Vermont Ma
tional Guard, but that does not necessarily
mean anything. The matter is practically
settled, and refusal of the Langdon and
Nicholas meadows has been obtained The
entire red tape about the affair may moi
have been unrolled yet but it is pretty safe
to say that the militia will be here next fall
|, WHILE returning from Putnamsville
Monday night, DR.. c. N. Hunt narrowly
escaped serious injury. The kingbolt Of
his carriage came out when he was driving
J at quite brisk pace, throwing the doctor
some distance on the frozen ground and
wrencbing his left arm severely. The force
of his fall may be judged from the state
ment that the momentum of the carriage
was so great that it was turned top dowr
! in the highway.
Order of Protection, elected last week, are
Warden, g. A. Lang; V. W., Merrill Russell
chaplain, III. o. Kent; secretary, E. E
Towner; treasurer, G: F. Buswell; fnancia
secretary, d. s.; Wheatley guide, w
Blanchard; guardian, Richard j. Blackall
sentinel, G. g. Butler; trustee for three
years, L. j. Keegan; medical examiner, DR.
Kemp; delegates to grand lodge, A. III
Brown and II. M. Pierce.
REV. Mr.. LEWIS delivered discourse il
Christ church, last Sunday evening, on the
love of dress, and what It led to-extrava
GRANGE, selfshness, and pride Woman
, lovely woman, could, after returning from
church, describe the bonnets of her femi
. nine friends, but the text, the sermon. thu
hymn-they had gone in one ear and ou
ever and ever, although Mr.. Lewis did no
express such dreadful sentiment.
, WITH lemon and pound OF quinine OF
one hand and handbook ON How to b,
Cheerful " in the other, and large striped
assortment of grip all around, was the con
, dition in which we found T. r. Merrill Jr.
, last Monday. "Going to play to-night?'
"Yes," replied the suffering band. Leader
as he buried himself in the bedcothes
, Eyes; I'm going to play am in purgatory
8 saving consecutive fifths on broken ID owl
3 bass fddle-achoul achou! What's you
hurry?'
I A CHILDREN's service is to be held in tn
7 Church OF Messiah, Sunday evening, as
= sisted by the choir-Fred w. Bancroft
tenor; Miss Ella NJ. Waite, soprano; Mrs
:, Hattie p Willard, contralto, and Bert NJ
: Shepard. bass. In the morning the choi
g will render the following programmed
organ g i pTeduoe Hande
~ %o1UVloky Uky
~ DeuHl III Fay
D .Chan
Ihere We're shepherds. Vincent
Duet Hail TO the Monarch, alto aud tenor. MarstoI
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4 resuNal Mendelssohn
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