The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-08

noon: The funeral services were held at
me chllds home in this village, Rev. G.. w.
Gallagher officiating.
THE relaying, in part of the plank walk
on East State street is appreciated by all
who have to travel that way. The good
work could, however, proftably be ex-
tended to the foot of the hill.
Mr.. AND Mrs. ID. w. KEITH and Miss
Keith of Chicago arrived here on last week
Thursday, and are at the Pavilion. Mr..
Keith is still quite lame his hip having
been broken some months ago.
Mrs. E. E. TowNER, Miss Mary f. Ma
con6er, from this place, and Rev. j. j. Hall
and j. n. Perrin, Jr., from Berlin, started
Tor Minneapolis on Monday. They go as
delegates of the Society of Christian En-
deavOr.
IHE following young men are temporarily
employed in the office of the Vermont Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Company Ned Hough-
ton, Dan Lucia, Edward Deavitt, Walter
Washburn, Carl Gleason, Fred Long and
George Ehe.
A MEETING of the stockholders of the Fort
Payne Coal and Iron Company living in this
vicinity was held at the Pavilion last even
ing, when Mr.. II. X. Keith of Kingston,
Mass, an officer, spoke in explanation of
the bonds issued last winter.
c. II. YOUNG of East MONTPELIER, while
returning home after the fireworks, met with
an accident near the house of r. b. Stevens
A strap of the harness broke, and he was
pulled forward by the horse and thrown out
His injuries were quite serious.
REV. j. f, MooRs, DID,, of Boston
preached at the Church of the Messiah last
Sunday morning. He also addressed the
Sunday-school of the church on the Holy
Land, giving very interesting account of a
trip made by himself and party of friends
in that country.
WILLIAM WILSON and Robert Devine
who were arrested for drunkenness on the
Fourth, were tried before Justice Smile on
Monday. The former was fined $40 Ga and
the latter S1O.51. w. H. Hunt, who was
arrested for an assault was fined 50. He
appealed, and E. NJ Irish became surety in
the sum of $50
SOME little people-Mesdame Nellie
Monlton, Julia Peck, Edith Blanchard,
Sallie Oviatt, Garlic Richardson, May Wet
more and Alice Blanchard-appeared at the
Opera-houSe, yesterday afternoon, in the
juvenile drama No Work, No Pay" The
affair was under the direction of Mrs. Fred
Blanchard and was exceedingly enter
tanning.
PARTY of seven boys started yesterday
for Eagle Camp" Grand Isle, where Rev.
q. w. Perry of Rutland is to conduct
boys outdoor school during the summer.
The boys are George Gallagher, Chester
Wright, Alfred Temple, Clifton Heaton,
William Morse, Hart Pierce and Louis
Brooks. Rev. j. Edward Wright accom-
panied them to the camp.
THE Apollo Banjo Club has been organ
lied, with the following members: f. Piper
and Morris Atkins, baniorines G.. X. Put
nam, banjo f. E. Blakeley and b. Z. Wes-
ton, guitars. Mr.. Putnam is business man
ager, apd Mr.. Atkins musical director. Mr..
Piper went to Lyndonville on the Fourth to
play with the Monarch Club of st. Johns
bury in the centennial exercises.
REV. A. j. HoUGH, wife and daughter
will accompany the Vermont editors on
their excursion to Nantasket Beach on Fri
day next. At the banquet in Boston, in the
evening, Mr.. Hough will read a poem en-
titled, " The Vermont Editor" Mr.. Hough
expects to preach in DuXbury and Kings
tofs, Mass, next Sunday, and Professor f
A. Bishop of the Seminary will supply his
pulpit.
GEORGE BUTTERFLY was arrested on Mon
day as one OF the miscreants who did dam
age to the house of Joseph Fisher and in
suited its occupants on the night before the
Fourth. lie was given a hearing on the
same day, and the case was continued to
August 10. Bail was fixed at 5000, and j.
ii. Senter became surety The police have
their eyes on others connected with the
disgraceful affair.
THE complimentary concert to Mr.. H. L.
Walker, teacher of music in the Burlington
and Montpelier public schools by the Phil
harmonic Society of Burlington under the
auspices of the leading citizens of that city,
last Thursday evening, was great success
muSlcally. A large number of tickets had
been sold, but on account of the weather
some OF them were not represented. Mr.. f.
w. Bancroft had one number on the pro-
gramme
CAPTAIN WRIGHT, superintendent of the
arsenal, says that four carloads of camping
utensils will be taken to Bennington for the
muster and celebration in August. In ac-
cordance with an act of the last legislature,
the two small cannon in the state house will
also be taken. On these cannOnis en-
graved " Taken from the Germans at Ben
nlngton, August l6, 1777." They will, no
doubt attract as much attention as they
dld at the centennial celebration in 1877.
Sun AND SHADE, the artistic periodical of
New York, has in its July issue a fine pic
ture of MIR. I. w. Wood, president of the
National Academy of Design. The picture
is the production of the New York Photo
gravure Company, and is beautiful speci-
men of the art. The same issue also con
tains photogravure of Mr.. Woods unique
picture, " Orchids" Both are fine repro
ductions of very delightful originals. Or
chlds is one of Mr.. Woods latest paint
ings and was purchased by Andrew Car
negie.
The young child of Mr.. and Mrs. W. p
Huntington was the cause of much laugh
able commotion on last Thursday afternoon.
The innocent had been given bunch of
paper flowers, the stems of which were
soon found to be missing. Now these stems
We're green and poisonous-and of course
the child had swallowed them! The doctor
was sent for, an emetic administered, but
with no satisfactory results. After the
little malefactor had paid dearly for its fun,
the stems were found safely slowed away in
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Personal.