The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-02-25

montpelier ana vicinity.
CORRESPONDENTS are requested to send in
prOnptlV the names of the chief town Off
GERS elected next Tuesday, the taxes voted,
and to send also copy of the printed town
report, when there is such document. Do
not delay till the weekly budget of items is
sent, but forward the list and report at
once.
Mrs. X. 7. FOSTER is quite ill.,
Mrs. HENRY l.. e. SMITH is visiting at
West Shefford, p. Q.
Mrs. A. G. TRULAN and her little daugh-
ter Dottie are both sick.
w. CURRIER of Sunapee. N. H., has been
visiting ID. X. johnson for a few days.
THERE will be a communion service at
Bethany church next Sunday afternoon.
THOMAS II. CoRRY has received, through
j. E. Curran, pension of S12 per month.
A LARGE number of persons were bap-
tized at the Baptist church Sunday evening.
Mr.. AND Mrs. G. A. PECK have gone to
Washington, ID. c.. on the Raymond excur-
sion.
ABOUT S275 was cleared by the Woman's
Relief Corps from the business mems car
nival.
! THE Montpelier orchestra furnished music
for the old folks ball at Plainfield Monday
night.
The Ladies' Guild Of Christ Church will
! meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. S. L..
| Howe.
THE dancing school has been abandoned,
and it is. proposed to have few assemblies
later on.
HARRY NJ. CUTLER has purchased the
house of Ashley Hubbard on Summer street.
! Price, 5000
1HE house of the late Hon. E. P. Walton
| has been appraised at $1,000, and the library
and pictures at $500.
The next convention of Washington
| County Christian Endoovnr oooiotioo will DO
held at Warren in June.
THE engine Wells River" has been re-
paired and painted, and on Monday it was
used again for the first time.
The usual communion service will be OBJ
served at the Church of the Messiah next
| Sunday afternoon at half-DaSt four.
MIR. WHEELER, of the Union school, is
still unable to resume his school duties,
although he is gradually improving.
The Ladies' Reading Association of
Bethany church has its next reading at
Miss Mary Lewis at two P. M. March 3.
THE Non partisan Woman's Christian
| Temperance Union will meet with Mrs. ID.
L. Fuller this afternoon at three o'clock.
ONE new member was initiated and two
applications were received by Vermont
lodge of Odd Fellows at the last meeting.
THE Good Templars meeting on last week
Friday evening was of unusual interest.
Two applications for membership were re.
ceived.
GRAND MASTER GEORGE w. WING was
| present at the fifth district Masonic con.
vention at Burlington on last week Friday
evening.
THE Chautauqua class will meet with
Mrs. Clark King on Loomis street, next
Friday afternoon, at quarter past two
o'clock.
LEWIS GooDNATURE was tried on last
week Thursday for intoXication, but the
jury found him not guilty and he was dis
charged.
Mr.. WRIGHT expects to preach in the
school-house in Putnamsville next Sunday
at two o'clock in the afternoon. Subject
Salvation"
THE chicken-pie dinner at Bethany
church on last week Friday was well at
tended despite the weather, and about $4(
was taken in
b. j. REED, granite polisher, who LIVED
in Montpelier for some time and went t.
Northfield over year ago, died there OF
last week Tuesday.
Mr.. AND Mrs. JOSEPH FISHER left for Bal
tmore, Md, on last week Wednesday
They will make brief stop at Hartford
Conn, on their way,
AT the whist party at the Apollo rooms
last week Wednesday evening, g. A. Lanl
and Miss Sadie Wing won the first prizes
There were nine tables.
JAMES MARKHAM, conductor on the Mont
peler and Wells River road between Mont
pelier and Barre, was off duty on a vaca
tion last week. He resumed work on Mon
day.
THE store, storehouse and lot of land a
the corner of Taylor and State streets hav'
been sold by II. W. Bancroft to e. M. Irisl
for S6,750 Mr.. Irish will take possession
on March l.
JOHN JOHNSON, father OF ID. X. johnson
is very i'll at the home of his son. Mr.. John
son is quite elderly and has been nfirm fo
some time. He has been with his son fo
about year.
SELECTIONS from Sir Edwin Arnold's new
poem, "The Light of the World" will b'
read at the mid-week service in the vestry
of the Church of the Messiah this (Wednes
day. evening.
. THE University of Vermont banjo ant
gee clubs at Blanchard Opera hous,
Thursday evening. See notices in another
column and advertisement on eighth page
Give the boys a full house.
II is expected that the Wells River and
Montpelier railroad postal route will be OK
of March, and it will then be known as tn,
Lancaster and Montpelier railroad posta
Office.
THE Topic Club of Bethany Church will
meet at the house Of Miss Lizzie StimsoI
on First avenue, next Tuesday evening
March B. at half-past seven o'clock. Subject
General w. Il. Sherman" All interested
are cordially invited.
REV. A. j. HoUGH has been invited b,
Rev. Il. p. Frost to preach at the latter
church in Brooklyn on Sunday morning