The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-23

were fifteen scholars and but one teacher
present
G. II. SHIPMAN and wife attended the
state Sunday-school convention at Newport
last week
THE general term of the supreme court
will be held here beginning on Tuesday,
October 20.
WILLIAM ScovILLE went to New Haven
Conn, on Saturday, to continue his studies
at Yale College.
e. e. SANDERS took twenty fancy fowls to
the Northfeld fair and received two first
premiums on them.
CHARLES A. STIcKNEY and wife have sold
piece of land near Prospect street to Fred
w. Nelson for $3.50.
Mrs. NJ. A. l.. BURBANK went to Newbury
last week to see her cousin, Miss Amelia
Bailey, who is very ILL.,.
The water-pipe on the south side of State
street, opposite Elm, is being taken up and
replaced by larger one.
Mr.. AND Mrs. w. h. WESTON went to
Windsor on Monday, to visit there and at
Lebanon, N. H., for week.
FRED e. SMITH will make hasty busi-
ness trip through the west, expecting to
reach home about October o.
o. NJ. FISHER has purchased the Sidney
p. Redfeld house on lower State street, of
H. N Iapnn, administrator.
THE Wagner palace cars to and from the
White Mountains over the Wells River
road have been discontinued.
THE Vermont Branch of the Woman's
Board of Foreign Missions meets next week
Wednesday at Bethany church.
A MAN who combines the gifts of violin
player, vocalist and dancer entertained the
populace on the streets yesterday.
MILES STANDIsH returned from Boston on
Tuesday night of last week, after a two
weeks visit with his sister in Boston,
THE non-partisan Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will meet with Mrs. j.
b. Morse this afternoon at three o'clock
Mrs. KATE HYDE WILSON and daughter
Mary and her sister, Mrs. ID. l.. Harbaugh,
and son, arrived from st. Paul. Mimi, Mon
day night.
Mrs. CoRNELIA RANSOM of Essex and
Mrs III. j. Parker of Burlington have been
visiting Mrs. G, b. b. Denny during the
past week.
THE Kings Daughters have covered the
inner door of the vestibule of Christ church,
thus greatly improving the appearance of
the interior.
REV. G. I. RAYMOND attended the funeral
OF Edward w. Ormsbee at Montpelier Cen
ter yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Ormsbee died
on Saturday.
III. X. SHERBURNE, who is to move here
from Barre about October /, will occupy
the g. M. Lyon house, just vacated by Mrs
Henry Lowe.
Company has been taken from the old
building to the new. Several days were re-
quired to make the transfer.
JESSE son of Philip King, injured one OF
the fingers of his left hand by the accidental
discharge of revolver, Sunday morning
The wound was not serious.
REV A. j. HoUGH gave his lecture on
" How to get there" at the Orange county
Sunday-school convention at Williamstown
last week Wednesday evening.
The state convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be held
at St. Adams, October 7. s and 0, and the
railroads will give special rates.
S. l.. HOWE, who has been station and
ticket agent for the Central Vermont road
Tor the past thirty-seven years, is to retire
from that position on November l.
j. f. DUTToN, who represented Bailey's
music rooms of Burlington, had three in
struments on exhibition at the South Rye
gate fair. He was awarded first premium
The rumor that A. w. Spaulding had
again left town made little stir on Mon
day. When an investigation was made
however, it was found that he was still
within reach.
MEssRs. MAXHAM AND DoNAHUE have sold
one-third interest in their Ascutney
quarry land to Sumner Kimball, and have
purchased another lot of 300 acres, on which
they will begin work.
GEORGE II. RoLFE of Boston, formerly in
the drug store of the late Roger III. Bixby
has been in town for few days to attend
the funeral of Mr.. Bixby. Mr.. Rolfe's many
friends are glad to see him.
EIGHTEEN pounds of water were taken
from the chest of S. S. Towner by DR.. Kemr
on Saturday morning The operation weak
ened him very much, but since recovering
from it he has been improving.
GEORGE c. PRATT of Plainfeld, who takes
the place of O. H. Carter on the grand Jury
panel, graduated from the seminary at the
recent commencement, and was awarded
the highest prize for defamation.
A NUMBER of local sportsmen accepted the
invitation of the Marshfield people to Join
in bear hunt on Friday of last week. The
bears thought it was a good time to clay
low" and the hunters returned bootless.
l.. P. GLEASON is taking his vacation in a
visit to Niagara county, New York, where
his wife and youngest son have been visit
ing Mr.. Gleason's parents for several weeks.
lie expects to return with them about the
first week in October.
j. d. Brown and family, wh) have beer
at the Pavilion the greater part of the sum.
mer, returned to New York on Saturday
but they will be here for time later on
Mr.. Brown sent carload Of horses to New
York ON the same day
THE friends of Rev. G. T. Raymond, and
the members of the Baptist church in par.
ticular, will be pleased to hear that he is tC
preach xt Sunday. He is now in town in
attendance at the state convention, and he
expects to remain until next Tuesday.
MONTPELIER lodge of Good Templars is
to observe its first anniversary on the even
ing of October with literary entertain
ment. Eleven members of the lodge at
tended the masquerade promenade of Barre
lodge on last week Wednesday evening.
THE executive committee of the Wash
ington County Christian Endeavor Society
held meeting in the vestry of Trinity
church last week Friday evening to make
arrangements for the county convention
which is to be held at Marshfield, October 16
THE delegates from the Church of the
Messiah to the Unitarian convention al
Saratoga this week, are Rev. and Mrs. j
Edward Wright and Albert Johonnott
f. W. Bancroft and mother also take advan-
tage of the reduced railroad rates to attend
n IT.