The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04


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AT the mid-week meeting in the vestry of
the Church OF the Messiah, this (Wednes-
day. evening, further extracts will be read
from Sir Edwin Arnold's new poem. The
Light of the World"
JONATHAN TA1corr of ST. Albans. a
brakeman on the Central Vermont railroad,
had two fingers on his right hand crushed
while coupling cars at the Junction last
week Wednesday morning.
CAPTAIN CLARK. Lieutenant Crossett and
Sergeant.maior Eaton of the national guard
attended the officers school at Brattl eboro
last week. Captain Clark made one of the
speeches at the banquet Tuesday evening.
A CALL for a meeting to organize a board
of trade has been issued by twenty promi-
nent business men. The meeting will be
held this evening at Capital hall at half
past seven o'clock, and every business man
in town should be present.
A UNION temperance meeting will be held
at the Rantist church next Sunday evening
under the auspices of the Good Templars'
lodge and the Non.partisan Woman Chris
tian Temperance Union. Rev. G.. w.
Gallagher will he the speaker.
w. f. SHAW of Haverhill. N. H., is TO
puhlish a directory of Montpelier. Barre.
| Williamstown. plainfield and Berlin. N A.
pike of Haverhill is soliciting advertising.
and G.. Def Bancroft is to furnish the adj
dresses of residents of Montpelier.
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Mrs. A. q. Trulan. died on Monday. after a
painful illness. and the remains were taken
! TO Whitefeld N H.. for interment.
"Dottv " would have been five wears old in
| Anril Mr.. and Mrs. Trulan have the svm.
pathy of this community.
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sun - i,'I 3;.,, ~, ,mI w .h ci
enough bridee. which was moved several
feet at one end. A. w. Alexander is at
work getting il into place again. The build
! inUs on the farm were also in imminent
danger from the ice for time.
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annealed' .Tobn Bergen becominS siIretv,
| Barnav also nleadad gniltv and vas fned
| S1o ~ IL disoIosad o, Ioonh r,oLinson
,ho 91Voh 10 70 ba,,a % heoringr +o,daU
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hohEh fIGGs' speClai pension examiner,
was III town last week getting evidence IN
| the case OF John dravelin: Inc case mas
neen pehulhg LOT ABOUT nIUeen years ana
MI, UraVemn ulen av L"e DI"iTiepoIo INSANE
no,y ha ,'r.ad IN bohaif ~ rala+i,,es
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HOWELL Register was gwen last
nighl III bne Vestry OF tne Ehurch Oh Ghe
MESSIAH ny members ot the Young People >
heIlglous Eraiern.Iy. "A Lew VINO are nov 1Jl
| memoers OF Lne frate!mty were present by
lnVltatloh. Inc occasion was OF the nature
OF sociaole' ana refreshments were serve d
THERE was a slight fire in one of the
rooms of the Hillside clearinghouse yes
terday morning. A fire had been built, and
when the person who built 1t returned to
look at 1t a lively blaze was discovered.
Inc carpet, floor' wall ana celllng were
more or less damaged lew pans Oh wafer
eXtlhgnlsheu the IL mes
EBENEzER MERRIAM died in Auburn,
Mass, February 9, at the age of ninety
years Mr.. Merriam formerly lived in the
! Mutt neighborhood in Montpelier, and will
be remembered by the older people. The
wife Of Mr.. Merriam was Clarissa Cum
mings, daughter of John Cummings, who
! lived in East Montpelier.
RAY, son of II. = Huse, Esq, was struck
| by sleigh Monday afternoon. aud an arm
and leg were injured, though not seriously.
street, when he was struck by the horse or
smart and 1eli. fortunately the horse dld
not step on him, ana the blow from the
slelgh was not nara enough TO break any
bones.
The giee and banjo clubs of the University
of Vermont were at the .Opera-house last
week Thursday evening and an interesting
concert was given. The glee club was COM
posed OF twelve members, and the banjo
club had seven. Perhaps the most inter-
estlng number on the programme was the
song to Lake Chanplaln," and " Silently
ing number The glee club took the honors
Of the evening, although the banjo club
played well. There was fair-sized audi
elce present.
THE Exchange hotel, Kelton g. Sparrow
proprietors, opened its doors to the public
Sunday morning. The house has been re.
modelled and newly furnished throughout,
and is now bright and attractive. The
building il heated by steam, and all the
convenienees of first-class hotel are pres
ent. Clark B. Roberts takes possession of
Mr. Young's livery stable, and Mr. Young
goes to the Montpelier house stable. The
hotel also has its own stable, but il will not
be used as a livery stable. There are sixty.
five rooms in the house
A SPECIAL act giving a pension of S25 a
month to Mrs Mary q. Peek. widow of
Major James S. Peck. has passed both
houses of congress. This case had been
considered hopeless, hut it was finally re-
ferreG to T. j. Deayitt. ESQ, who drafted
the bill and wrote a letter giving the grounds
on which the right to pension was based.
Mr.. Deavitt's views prevailed and the oill
he drafted was PASSED without change or
amendment. This fact helps to account for
/ Air Dpsvitt's LARGO and ineraasino nract;oe