The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-17
Montpelier and Vicinity.

REMEMBER the grand celebration of the
Nations birthday at Montpelier The COM
mittee of arrangements are planning for the
grandest celebration ever held in Vermont
There will be procession of antiques and
horribles, with cash prizes for the best cos
tunes; bicycle procession and races, with
$50 in prizes game of baseball between
the University of Vermont club of Burling-
ton and the John Morrill, club of Boston;
balloon ascension by Professor j. X. Allen
of Providence, who will take with him two
or three passengers; ball-game between
the two best stone-cutter mines in New Eng
land and a $500 display of fireworks.
Make your arrangements to come to Mont
pelier Half-fare on all railroads
Mrs. JAMES S. PECK has returned from
Burlington.
CHILDREN's DAY will he observed at Beth
any church nexr Sunday.
A WALL of red sandstone is being built in
front of the new National Life Insurance
building.
Miss LIZZIE GENTLY of Manchester, n.
H., is now singing soprano at st. Augustine's s
church.
Mrs. A. d. BANCROFT and family, start
on Thursday for Chicago, to visit rel
atives in that city.
REV. MR. WRIGHT is to exchange pulpits
with Mrs. S. G. Pratt of North and East
Montpelier next Sunday.
AT the last meeting of Canton Montpelier
the degree of patriarch militant was
worked on five candidates.
The bridge across the branch on School
street is receiving new floor and new rail-
ings. The job is about finished.
HENRY l.. f. SMITH has gone to the
Mount Pleasant house, in the White Noun
tains, to act as clerk during the summer
FRED A. BRAssAw and Edith A. Jacobs
] ia1 IN fHhnrs1aU pf
Rev. j. Edward Wright performing the
ceremony.
| MR.. T. w. WOOD arrived from New York
! Monday for his summer stay at Athenwood.
! As usual, he has hearty welcome from his
| Old townsmen.
G GEoRGE BRAINARD has gone to St. Johns
| bury and Danville on business connected
with his fathers estate. He will be away
! about ten days,
ELLERToN WAsHBURN went last week to
| visit his brother at Hanover, n. H., and
thence he goes to work at a summer hotel al
| Littleton, n. II.
REV. G. T. RAYMOND spoke at the Chit
teuden County Convention of Christian En-
| deavor Societies at Burlington ON last week
Wednesday evening.
E. Z. RAND and wife and ID. f. Long and
wife attended the marriage of Miss Flor
| ence daughter of Ex-Governor Farnham al
Mrs. F. II. PUFFER was absent from the
choir of Bethany church Sunday morning.
She has been with her husband at Manches
ter, n. H., since the early part of last week
INTELLIGENCE has been received from De
troit, Mich, of the death of Mr.. and Mrs
David Fleming, an aged couple who moved
to Detroit from East Montpelier in the fal
of 1888.
Miss BELLE FIFIELD goes to-day to Cam
| 1r,I 60 ntt tha
exercises at Harvard. She will also make
short visit with relatives at Lynn before re-
turning.
The convention OF Christian Endeavo
societies of Washington county will be helt
at Warren on July l. Rev. S. S. Martyr
of Windsor is to make an address in th
evening.
COPIES of the last issue of the WATcHMAN
June 10, are wanted. Subscribers in th
vicinity who do not care to preserve thei
copies will do us a favor by handing then
into this office.
7. p. MCGOWAN of the Boston Pilot is il
town on brief visit, enjoying, to emplo.
his own words, the picturesque beauty o
this restful resort which Boston people 81
much admire"
THE Ladies' Aid Society of Trinity churcl
will have a strawbury festival this after
noon and evening at the home of Mrs. +
A. Sherburne, and tea will be served iron
five to seven o'clock
w. S. ROBBINS, representative iron
Derby in the last legislature was in tow
on Monday on business with the Vernon
Mutual Life Insurance Company, for whc
} he is agent at Derby.
: ABOUT forty people from Montpelier an
vicinity went to Burlington, Monday even
ing, to attend the concert of the Theodor
Thomas company. They were all highl,
pleased with the evenings entertainment,
THE new track on the Wells River roa
from Montpelier to Barre Junction is nearl
laid, but a short piece at this end remain
to be completed, and the connection wit
: the Barre track at the junction has not ye
, been made.
! AT the annual meeting of the Nations
Car Company at st. Adams, James
Langdon was reelected a director, and a
{ the subsequent meeting of the directors h