The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-25


ALL the members of the Baptist choir are
i'll, and, much to the regret of the congrega-
ton, it has been found to be impossible to
arrange any special Easter music.
FIVE candidates received the degree of
friendship, and six the degree of truth, at
the meeting of Vermont lodge of Odd Fell
lows last week Wednesday evening.
BERT GREEN went to st. Adams on Sat
urday to take position in store at that
place He is succeeded in the store OF
George E. Taplin by Merton A. Curtis.
S. r. Colby, conductor on the Central
Vermont passenger train between the juno
ton and Barre, was on the sick list last
week, but returned to work on Monday.
THE new flag on the government building
was received on Saturday. 1t is six by
twelve feet in dimensions. 1t will float over
the building each day, except Sunday, from
eight to six o'clock.
been visiting in Philadelphia and New
York for the past month"; arrived home on
Saturday. On their way home they stopped
at Rutland for a few days.
II. Il. HAMMOND, foreman of the WATCH
MAN job office, returned from three weeks
absence on Monday. He is receiving con-
gratulations on the score Of the announce
ment in the birth column.
THE directors of the Capital Savings
Bank and Trust Company met yesterday
and voted to begin business on April 18th.
The Office will be at that of the Savings In
vestment company for the present.
THE main streets have been carefully
scraped and the winters accumulations re-
moved, 80 that, on the whole, they are in
about as good a condition as IL is possible to
have them at this time OF the year.
THE large diningroom of the Pavilion is
now being used. The change from the
small to the larger room at an earlier date
than usual was due to the large patronage,
which the small room was unable to accom-
modate.
REV. A. j. HoUGH went to Hartland on
Monday to officiate at the funeral of Mrs.
Z. Il. Smith. Mrs. Smith was grand
mother of Miss Gerty Smith, who was form
erly the soprano of the choir of Trinity
church.
SAMUEL K. BULLOCK, son Of Calvin l..
Bullock of Montpelier, died at Chicago on
the 18th instant of consumption. Before
going West he had lived here many years.
He was thirty years of age at the time OF
his death.
Mr.. AND Mrs. CHARLES j. SHRINER re-
turned last week from their wedding trip in
the West. They remained a few days at
the home of Mrs. Shrner's father, A. n.
Blanchard and on Friday went to their new
home in Boston.
THE copper gutter on the government
building has been leaking badly, as the ex-
pansion and contraction of the metal from
the heat and cold have broken the soldering
in many places. A large number of the
joints are being resoldered.
Miss CLARA CUsHMAN, a returned mission
airy from China, is TO speak at Trinity
church next Sunday, and the Easter service
will be postponed for a week. Saturday
afternoon Miss Cushman will be entertained
at a missionary tea at the home of Mrs. d..
l.. Fuller.
AT meeting of the Montpelier Board of
Underwriters, held at the Pavilion on Mon
day, the following officers were elected: Il.
w. Bisbee president; Joseph X. Egerton,
vice president; James T. Sabin, secretary
and treasurer e. W. Bisbee, Harlan w,
Kemp, Joseph X. Egerton, rating commit
| tee.
THE &C" supper at Trinity church on
last week Wednesday evening was much
enjoyed, largely by reason of the novel bill
| of fare from which the patrons of the tables
made their selections. A programme OF
music and literary exercises added to the
pleasure of the evening. About $35 was
netted.
f. w. BUGBEE, an enterprising vendor of
milk and cream, came out Sunday with a
nobby milk cart, the manufacture of the
| Parson Low Down Wagon Company, Earle
vile, N. Y. The vehicle is covered, is " low
| down between the aXles, arranged for cans
! anu BOXES, anu lS dlJOBeuutT d very ucdJ anu
convenient affair.
Mr.. AND MRS. HENRY d. HOPKINS have
returned from an extended visit in the
northern part of Vermont and Canada
! They have been summoned as witnesses in
the case of j. l.. Hutchins against the Cen.
tral Vermont railroad for damages received
in the Hartford bridge accident The case
! will ba tried in Boston early in June.
| The Good Templars had highly success
full sugar party last Friday evening, and a
large number of persons were present. In
! the course Of the evening a literary pro
| gramme was presented. After the pub
lie exercises regular meeting OF the lodge
was held, when three candidates, among
the number being Rev. A. j. Hough, were
initiated Six applications for membershir
| were received.
THF property of E. NJ. Irish at the corner
Of State and Taylor streets will be uset
principally by the Montpelier house es
tablishment. Mr.. Wheeler will have thu
upper part of the main building, and MIR
Young will use the store-house as a carriage
shed. The l. will be made into tenements
Mr.. Irish has not rented the store as yet, bu
a Burlington man has the refusal OF it.
A JOLLY party of about seventy-tve per
sons went to the home of Harrison LON
bard, ON the Worcester branch, last weel
Thursday evening, at the invitation O
Leonard Pray. Among the number wer
about twenty employees of the Pavilion, a
which Mr. Pray formerly worked. YER
pleasant evening was passed in dancing
card playing and singing, and refreshment
were served. The party returned in tn
wee sma hours, Mr.. Pray kindly furnishin
the conveyance.
A JAM of ice on the Winooski river nea
the residence of Colonel f. p. Jewet
brought the water up pretty high Monda
afternoon, and the trains to Barre on bot
roads were obliged to proceed cautiously
Late in the afternoon the jam gave way
and the water went down gradually. Du
ing the night, however, a portion of th
trestle of the Wells River road, near til
Dodge bridge, was carried away, and du
, ing the forenoon yesterday trains wer
unable to pass. The trestie was repaired b
noon.
Mr.. GEORGE WILLIS COOKE Is expected
. give a course of interesting and instructiv
lectures in Montpelier during the month {
April. Mr. Cooke has lectured in receI
: years before literary organizations in Bo
ton, Chicago, Providence, Philadelphia
: Sioux City, etc, and before the Northwes
ern University at Evanston, the Michiga
I Normal School at Ypsilanti, and the Pei
= | bOdy Institute of BALTIMORE and several