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

boys were glad to surrender. Yet, the
ladies were surprised, for they had not i'm
prisoned the gentlemen they intended to.
Now who was sold?
Mrs. Emily j. Glyssou died March 10, at
the residence OF Mrs. Hutchins, OF heart dis
ease, aged sixty-seven years and six months.
Though recent resident here, she had en-
deared herself to all by her kind and
motherly qualities. She was the wife OF
DR.. Thomas b. Glysson, who long prac-
ticed medicine in Danville and Williams
town, and removed to Montpelier in 1852,
where she resided until last fall. Her two
sons and daughter mourn the loss OF q
good mother, and our people as we'll as
those OF Montpelier deeply sympathize with
them.
The village meeting of Monday evening,
called to rescind the vote of the previous
meeting in favor of electric lights, was well
attended. Hon. w. 2. Dillingham; made
extended remarks as to the price of electric
lights in other New England villages and
showed that the prices asked for Waterbury
were largely in excess OF those at other
places After remarks by Mr.. E. ID. Black
well and others, the vote of March 9 was re-
scinded, ending the matter of electric lights,
for the present at least. G. Il. Clough was
elected third trustee to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of j. G. Griggs.
Some arrests for intoxication were made
last week Disclosure was made upon GER
covered, but the party pleaded guilty on
trial to three offenses and was fined &C
cordingly. At the other place the evidence
of illegal traffic was deemed sufficient by the
justice and the penalty OF the law was i'm
posed. Legal fines and costs for intoxica-
ton were laid upon the parties arrested for
drunkenness. Out of regard for the feel
ings of others who have right to be con-
sidered in this matter and who need not be
caused avoidabe pain and modification,
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future even the appearance of evil will be
avoided.
Joel Remington of Minneapolis is at
home on six weeks vacation. Mr.
and Mrs. Dufur of West Randolph are in
town for week. - Fred g. Luce is in
Boston on business. - Jed Haskins has
moved to Waitsheld. - Frank Henry of
Cleveland aud Walter Henry of Saratoga,
N. Y, are visiting their mother.
Waterbury Center.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
| Union will meet with Miss Elizabeth Col
ley, Saturday afternoon, March 70.
A new.sugar festival is to be given by the
Grand Army and Woman's Relief Corps in
the vestry of the Methodist church on Fri
day evening, March q, to which all are in
vited. Supper ten cents.
Mrs. j. Smith OF Whitefield, N. H., is
stopping with her father Calvin Moulton
- Mrs. Olive Cheney has been spend
ing few days with Mrs. Sarah Cheney.
Williamstown.
An Easter Sunday school concert will
take the place of the usual service at the
Congregational church next Sunday.
Miss Desona Hopkins, daughter OF the
late James Hopkins, died at the old home
of pneumonia last week. She was in hel
seventy first year.
James Burnham's family will move OF
April to their " Chris. Hood place" The
" Enoch Howe house will be likely to bt
ready for sale or rent thereafter.
The entertainments by the Methodist and
Congregationalist societies last week wer,
pleasant ones. Rev. r. l.. Nanton's lecture
on the Tropics deserves wider hearing
The Universalists are to repair the out
side of their church and put in stained glass
windows. John Perry has this job. W.
hear the Methodists are thinking of paint
ing their church.
Messrs. Lynde & Cheney have just SO
cured the services of Scotchman, JohI
AcKissor, now of Barre, as foreman in thei
granite polishing shop. He is we'll spokeI
! of, and the arrangement is very satisfactor.
to our granite men.
The pressing need of more houses her
[ (some one thinks twenty-five more could b
rented now has led to the organization o
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pany," for the purpose Of building. Severa
thousand dollars worth OF stock have al
ready been taken by some of our leading
citizens
Gratefully remembered are the gifts O
: the late Mrs. Catherine Bass (who died il
Chicago more than year ago. to the treas
ury of the Congregationalist church here
AS loving memorial of mother ther,
has just come from member of the famil
a like gift to this " treasury" bringing tn
old time cheer and help and awakening tn
, Old-time gratitude.
Thursday evening at half-past sever
2 o'clock, Miss Clara Cushman. returne
= missionary, will lecture in the Methods
church, on Missions. At two o'clock in tn
afternoon Thursday there will be " mis-
sionary tea at the Methodist parsonage
and all are invited to meet Miss Cushmal
on the occasion. Subject of the sermon
next Sunday will be " Easter Thoughts"
Surprised at having to pay the America
Express Company twenty-six cents for e2
press packages that we have been accus
toned to pay only twenty-five for, W
, asked. Why the extra cent? The anSwe
> is found in the fact that the law of the las
legislature, levies four per cent tax o
the gross receipts of express companies TO
! business done wholly in the state. Wer
our legislators callow " enough to SUP
pose that it would end in any other wa
than that the citizens of the state must i
4 reality pay this tax?
The exhibition of an Edison phonograp
: by Mr.. Fred Dow of Burlington, on Thur:
1 day evening last gave great satisfactio
here. That IA circular piece of glass, abor
= the size of a silver dollar and the thickness
h. of sheet of ordinary writing paper, car
/ by its regulated vibrations, be made to tall
D sing, play, anything from a solo to bras
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