The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-02-04

Ferrin.
THE Mitchell farm in Berlin, which was
purchased by Harrison Alexander for &c.
600, was sold at auction on last week Thurs
day to Newton Martin of Williamstown
for S4 800
THE Ladies' Reading Society of Bethany
church meets with Mrs. s. ii. o. Bosworth
ext week Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock.
The society met yesterday afternoon at the
home Of Mrs. e. Il. Skinner.
GEORGE w. WING, ESQ.,, was present as
grand master of the state at district Ma
sonic meetings at Bradford, Lyndonville
and Barton on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday evenings respectively of last week.
s. w. CoRsE's pair of Black Langshan
fowls were entered at the exhibition Of the
Bay State Poultry Association, at Worcester.
Mass, last week, and they won the third
prize against large number of competitors.
THE post-offce was closed from twelve to
six o'clock Monday afternoon, and the gen
eral delivery window was draped in mourn
ing, as marks of respect to Secretary
Window, whose funeral took place at that
time.
FORCE OF ten joiners were put to work
on the interior of Professor Burgess new
house yesterday The contract calls for
the completion of the job by May 1, but
Mr. Guernsey hopes to have it done before
that date.
NIX. r. W. OORSBi SUu1enJ III tHe SCHOOl
of Political Science at Columbia College,
| who also is connected with the University
of Vermont was in town last week Friday
! He made short calls at the Seminary and
the Union school
COLONEL u. NJ. MANsUR and wife of
Island Pond were among those in town Mon
day on their way to Burlington, to attend
the encampment of the state department
of the Grand Army Colonel Mansur is the
| retiring commander.
THE subject of the meeting of the Young
! Peoples Religious Fraternity on Monday
evening was Mary the Mother of Jesus"
! The meeting was made especially interest
| ing through photographs which Mrs. Wright
| exhibited and explained.
HORACE II. SCRIBNER went to Felchville
| on Monday to attend the funeral of his
uncle, Rev. Horace Herrick, who died on
Saturday. Mr.. Herrick will be remembered
by the older people in town as principal of
the old academy for some years.
THE operetta of "Red Riding Hoods
Rescue" will be given at the vestry of the
! Church of the Messiah, Thursday evening,
under the auspices of the Young Peoples
Religious Fraternity. The entertainment
begins at half past seven o'clock.
Miss JOHNSON has been compelled by
continued i'll health to resign her position
as a teacher in the Union school. Her sue
cessor is Miss Flora NJ. Terrill, well renem-
| DtTtu mere as IIb IOTlDtT pTtCtDlTtSS Vi lHe
school. Miss Terrill entered on her work
Monday morning.
The Bowers Granite Company's increas-
! ing business requires greater Office accom-
mOdations, and the rooms in the opera
! house building recently vacated by Mrs.
| Vail will be added TO those the company
! already occupies, making a fine and COM
modious suite of business apartments.
TuE railroad commissioners were here
/ F.lnxV Il
mary investigation of the death of Charles
l.. Carnright, who was killed by Central
| Vermont train at Barre about a month ago.
This investigation is for the purpose of see
| ing whether the facts warrant full exam
ination
BERT l.. TAYLOR. formerly of the Argus,
| but now connected with paper at Nam
chester, N. H., was in Montpelier from
last week Monday to the first of this week.
His eyes have given him considerable
trouble lately, but medical treatment and
this brief rest have relieved them so that he
is able to resume work.
Mrs. l. G. VAIL has rented the store on
| State street recently vacated by G. b. b.
| Denny, and last week removed her stock Of
millinery from the Opera-hOuse building to
that place. Mrs. Vail HAS formed a partner
ship with Miss Hattie Ladd and April the
firm under the style of Mrs /. 9. Vail &
Co., will open for business in the new
| quarters.
The Vermont Temperance Herald which
is the official organ of the Good Templars
of the state, made its appearance last week.
1t contains large quantity of miscellane-
GUS reading matter, contributions and news
relating to temperance work. 1t will be
published monthly. The current number
has a poem on " The Temperance Herald
by Rev. A. j. Hough.
THE body Of John Gravlin, who died on
| Sunday the Rrattlp hDrO linn
brought here yesterday. The funeral will
be Thursday morning. Mr.. Gravlin had been
at the asylum number of years, his mind
having been affected by injuries received in
connection with his service in the navy
His father and mother and other relative,
are residents OF Montpelier
THE Ladies Library Guild made through
its course of lectures the handsome sum o
S453 "a. AT meeting Monday afternoon il
was voted to devote $3.50 of it to the perm9
nent fund of the library, which now amount!
to nearly $3.50. Mrs. f. Il, Smith was
elected president, in place OF Mrs. H. r
Gleason, and Mrs. A. o. Cummins wa
elected one of the ice-presidents, succeed
ing Mrs. X. X. Peck.
THE Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
company received last week from Madison
Wis, postal money order remittance from
| policy-holder temporarily in that city Th'
sender writes "'The clerk of the money
|
quires What's the name of that place
It's a money-order Office all right, isn't il?
, So you see how far west the capital of Yer
mont has been heard Of"
, PROFESSOR j. w. BURGESS and wifi
arrived from New York Saturday Afternoon
and will remain here a week. The Mont
pelier friends of Professor Burgess will b
Interested in hearing that his book on Po
litical Science and Comparative Constitu
tional Law " is just out. 1t is a finel,
printed work, in two volumes, and is pub
lished by CHM & Co. 1t is undoubtedl!
one of the most valuable contributions t
the discussion of political science yet mad
in any language.
DXEY did not give the satisfaction tina
: was expected. The show was good for th
kind, but the kind was nearer a roaring
, farce than anything else. "The Sever
Ages is hardly up to "Adonis." In tn
, last scene the acting would have been reall,
good if the burlesque element had been lef
. out The Montpelier orchestra, augmented
to some twenty pieces, rendered its musi
in a manner that was very pleasing to all
No fault could be found with that part o
the entertainment.
MoNTpHIIRU lo1ua of Good Tamnlar