The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26

Miss NELLIE NJ. HARVEY Of Peacham, a
former teacher here, has been elected as
sistant in the Union School, thus complet-
ing the corps of teachers.
Mr.. AND MRS. G. H. Cross, Mrs L. Bart
Cross and daughter, Carrie, Mrs. j. w.
Brock and daughter, Helen returned from
Old Orchard Beach last Saturday
MISS OLIVE GUERNSEY returned from
Old Orchard Beach last Friday, and spent
Sunday in Waterbury. She will resume
her duties at the Seminary this fall.
Miss INEz BLANCHARD, who has been at
beach near Boston with her sister, Mrs.
Shriner for the past few weeks, returned
home last Thursday and is now critically ill.
CANTON MONTPELIER has been invited to
observe field day with the New Hampshire
Patriarchs Militant at Portland and Old
Orchard Beach, and will probably start
from here September !.
The fall term at the Seminary opened
yesterday, with promise of the usual large
attendance About 40 students had regis
tered last night, fifteen or twenty of whom
are Montpelier residents.
Miss OLIVE STOUT, stenographer in the
Vermont Mutual office, who for the past
few months has been in Cincinnati attend
ing her mother in her last illness, will re-
sumo her work this week
J. L. WALLACE, who has boarded with
j. f. Curran and family for the past three
Seminary this fall. A. j. Gross takes his
place in Mr.. Curran's office.
THE Ladies' Home Missionary Society of
the Montpelier district of the Methodist
church has agreed to support until educated
a girl pupil in the Jesse Lee Home in
Alaska, at cost of S75 annually.
| j. II, MCCLELLAN, basso of the Win.
ter Street church, Bath, Me-, is visiting
his friend F. w. Bancroft. 1t is hoped
! have "a nj of incy
Mr.. Mcclellan before his departure.
MISSES GRACE AND HELEN BGL11NGs of
| Lebanon, n. H.. and Miss Bertha NJ. Shaw
of Waltham, Mass, are visiting at w. r.
Weston's, on Liberty street. The two
former are nieces of Mrs. Weston.
OWING to the derailment of freight cars
on the Rutland division Of the Central Ner-
mont, last Friday morning, Mount Zion
| Commandery, knights Templar, had to
abandon their special car near Ferrisburgh.
| LAST Friday evening, y. c. Tabor had
| three cows killed by freight train on the
crossing near his residence opposite the
| Coffee House. The cows were good ones,
and who will bear the loss does not yet APP
! pear.
THE Apollo Banjo Club, assisted by Miss
! Josephine Hartman, eloCutionist, and Mas
| ter Arthur Dewey, six-year-old banjo
! soloist, gives its entertainment in Dubois
81 Gays hall, West Randolph, on Friday
evening.
b. L. TAYLOR of the ArguS and A. w
Barnum, stenogragher at the Wells River
station, took time by the forelock and went
| to Hanover on hearing the first report of
Almy's capture. and aided in writing up the
account which appeared in the Boston Globe
REV. A. b. TRUAX will preach in Cabot
Saturday afternoon, and hold quarterly
conference. He will preach in the church
and administer the sacrament on Sunday
morning, and will have charge of the even
| ing service.
IN oIder TO arouse and sustain interest
| the Good Templars will arrange competi
tive literary exercises for their regular Fri
day night meetings, and Miss Mae BularC
! and Bruce Mcdonald have been chosen cap
tains of the opposing forces.
THE Mount Zion Commandery was the
| eighth in line in the Bennington parade
The seven preceding communicates haC
passed beneath the grand arch without
demonstrations, but Mount Zion made a sa
lutte, and were given great applause by the
| crowd.
THE trustees of the Vermont Soldiers
Home met at the home on last week Thurs
day and elected II. a. Huse, Esq, a truste,
to succeed General p. p. Pitkn. Resolu
tions relating to the death of the latter wert
adopted.
ONE Of the state scholarships for Wash
ington county in Middlebury College i.
vacant, If any Washington county boy
wants it, he should address Hon. f. 4
Dwinell, Montpelier, one of the director.
for this county.
AT the reception by Odd Fellows to Gen
eral Underwood at Bennington, last week
Wednesday evening, Rev. A. j. Hougl
read poem entitled The Presents HON
age to the Past" in which the historic sig
nihcance of the Bennington fight was re-
ferred to in graceful stanzas.
a LETTER was recently received frou
Miss Annie S. Young missionary at Kiuh
wa, China. Neither she nor her friend,
have suffered any, as yet from the preva
lent discomfort She says, however, tina
the natives are bold and insolent, and ther,
is no telling what day may bring forth.
WHEN President Monroe visited Mont
pelier in 1917, Colonel e. p. Jewett, who wai
then school-boy, shook hands with him
Colonel Jewett, his friends will be pleased
to know, is now in much better health, ant
he proposes TO attend the reception t,
President Harrison to-day.
j. p, DONOVAN and j. Il. Curran hav,
been elected delegates by the Wabun Trib,
of Red Men, to attend the great council t.
be held in Boston tomorrow. Mr.. Curran
in the capacity of Deputy Great Sachem
went to Boston yesterday to aid in making
the preliminary arrangements,
THE members of Company II, Vernon
National Guard, who appear on the veteran
roll as announced at Bennington last week
are the following: Twenty years, Color
sergeant Charles f. Collins; fifteen years
Lieutenant S. A. Luke and Private Slattery
ten years, Captain o. ID. Clark, Leutenan
A. G.. Eaton and Sergeant j. w. Peck; fly,
years, Private Henry Butte fly.
AFTER FIVE days illness, Mrs. S. T
Noyes died of pneumonia at her home OF
Barre street, and was buried beside her sol
in the Cutler burying-ground The funera
was Thursday afternoon, Rev. G.. T. Ray
mond officiating. She was born in Berlin
her maiden name having been Lydia Wade
and she was fifty-nine years old. She leaves
one daughter, Mrs. S. @. Answorth o
Shelburne Falls, Mass.
THE guests of the Pavilion were enter
tanned on last week Wednesday evening 10y
the Apollo Banjo Club, which gave a fin,
concert in the parlors Several of the hote
guests also contributed instrumental selec
tions. The entertainment was given at tn,
invitation of Mr.. III. o. Thomas, one of tn,
guests, who, in a note received by the clul
on the following day, remarked that all pro
nounce it the best parlor entertainment
of the season."
AT the shooting for the centennial trophy
and Webb medals, last week Monday a