The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
Montpelier and Vicinity.


to speak at the Opera-house next Friday
evening on john and Jonathan" This is
next to the last entertainment in the course
under the auspices Of the Ladies' Library
Guild. Mr. Nourse is one of the most popu-
lar lecturers in the field.
THE Red Men enjoyed a banquet at their
hall Monday evening.
b. II. TYLER of Greenfield, Mass, was in
town Sunday and NJ nday.
ROBERT EMERY has been quite sick with
measles, but is now convalescent
THE Apollo Club began series of sing
ing-school lessons at its rooms last night.
Don b. CELLEY has received pension of
S12 month under the law of June 27, 1890.
THE member from Underhill, the bellig.
erent Bullard, was at the capital yesterday.
THE Good Templars had bean-ba "
sociable after their meeting last week Fri
day evening.
REV. II. L. THORNTON of Northfeld ex-
changed with Rev j. Edward Wright last
| Sunday morning.
LADIES GUILD of Christ church will meet
at Mrs. Charles Dewey's Thursday after
noon at two o'clock.
THE Montpelier orchestra will furnish
music at the ball OF the Barre Odd Fellows
next Friday evening.
BETHANY READING CLUB will meet with
Mrs. Charles Perrin, January 90 at two
| O'Clock in the afternoon.
REV. A. j. HoUGH gave his lecture on
" How to Get There at Swanton on last
week Wednesday evening.
GEORGE S. HERRICK has received an in
crease of pension from S4 month to $40
under the act of June, 1890.
The Chautauqua class will meet with Mrs.
! Clara Brainard on Liberty street next Fri
| day afternoon at two o'clock.
THE Grammar and Union schools were
| closed from Wednesday to Monday on ac.
count of the teachers institute.
G.. NJ. SToLP Of San Francisco, one of the
agents of the National Life Insurance Com.
pany. and wife were at the Pavilion over
Sunday.
Mr.. j. NJ. POLAND, whose health had
! been improving in the hospital at Chicago,
is now seriously i'll again. Mrs. Poland is
with him
COLONEL L. PRESTON of Rutland special
agent of the Building aud Loan Association
of Dakota, is in town in the interest of that
| organization.
THE Ladies Guild of the Episcopal church
had pleasant sociable at Mrs. Wallis mil
| linery rooms on last week Thursday after
| noon and evening.
DON'T forget the great poultry show at
| Capital hall next week. 1t will be an ex-
hibition worth seeing and worth coming q
good distance to see.
FRED w. MoULToN. formerly head waiter
at the Pavilion and wife were here for
short time yesterday, on their way from
Stowe to Lebanon, N II.
The regular Meeting of the non-partisan
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
will be held at Mrs. ID. l.. Fullers this
"wednesday afternoon at three o'clock.
Mrs. II. c. WEBSTER started for Villa
City, Fla, on Wednesday of last week, to
ioin Mr.. Webstec. Mrs. a. G.. Stone and
little daughter also have gone to Florida.
HENRY A. BOWERS was fined S25. .S5 and
given two months in the house of correc-
ton on Monday for third offense of
drunkenness. He was taken to Rutland by
Officer Hunt.
JUDGE MUNsoN was here on SATURDAY. to
hold session OF the court tor chancerv and
other business. Judge Thompson passed
through here on Monday on his way to a
court appointment
c. j. JACKSON, well.known resident of
East Montpelier died suddenly of heart
failure last week Wednesday morning. He
had risen, built fire and gone hack to bed
when few minutes after he breathed his
last
The Wells River railroad people are
awaiting the arrival of an air pump for the
locomotive Tramp before beginning to run
suburban trains between here and Barre
1t is impossible to say just when the service
will be in operation.
A UNION installation OF the Grand Army
post the Woman's Relief corps and the
Sons OF Veterans camp occurred at Grand
Army hall last week Wednesday evening.
The attendance was large, and the exercises
were interesting and impressive.
HOLDERS of keys to boxes in the old most
office must present them sometime this
month if they wish to redeem them in
money The returns to the department
authorities are made at the end of the
month, and they can NOT be changed later.
THE officers of Vermont Lodge of Odd
Fellows were installed on last week
Wednesday evening by District Deputy d.
l.. Sanders and Past Grands G.. w. Guern-
sey and I. r. Gordon. The retiring noble
grand, G. o. Foster, was presented com.
bination collar by members of the lodge and
encampment.
Mr.. WRIGHT's Sunday 1.-TWO o'clock P. M
appointments at the school house in Put
namsvile, with subjects, are as follows;
January Is. The Bundle of Habits" Feb
ruary |, Z" The Main Points of Unitarian
ISM" February 10, " A Reasonable View of
Certain Perplexing Passages in the Bible;"
March |, Salvation"
The capacity OF the new ventiator at
the Union School was well tested during
the teachers institute last week. In a
room in which about one hundred scholars
usually sit were nearly three hundred per
sons and at the end of three hours the air
was apparently as pure as ever, and the
temperature had not varied
AT the stockholders meeting of the Mont
pelier National Bank the following direct
ors were elected: James r. Langdon.
George W. Scott, Horatio S. Loomis, Clark
King and Albert futile. At "a meeting of
the directors, James Il. Langdon was
elected president; George W. Scott, vice
president; Levi Ii Bixby, cashier.
AN adjourned meeting OF the officers and
teachers of the Sunday school of the Church
OF the Messiah was held Monday evening.
Several designations from the board of
officers were presented, and the vacancies
were filled by the following elections:
superintendent, Wallace G. Andrews; sec
retary, Miss Minnie Clark; assistant secre-
tary, Miss Addie Phillips.
WOMAN living on Berlin side attempted
to pass under the coupling of two cars on
the Wells River road at the Main street
crossing on last week Friday and when di-
rectly beneath the train the latter started.
The woman grasped the draw-bar and was
dragged short distance. Her situation
was discovered, the train stopped and she
escaped without injury.
THE sOciable of tba Ehnrch ~ tbo Mosa.zl