The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-12-02

Shepard estate, has bought the house and
surrounding land at the corner of Main
and School streets Price paid, $4,000.
LITTLE JOHNNIE MARSH, while sliding
down the sidewalk on East State street yes.
terday, crashed into the cellar window of
the hose house, and was quite badly hurt
Miss MARY A. PHINNEY was at home
from Rutland during Thanksgiving. Miss
Phinney maintains her popularity as teacher
of vocal music in Rutland's public schools
An old-fashoned rousing success in the
shape OF minstrel show, TO be given for the
benefit of the Apollo Club, is all the orig
inators of the scheme will be satisfied with.
A THANKSGIVING party for the children
was held in Bethany vestry, last Friday
evening, and many were the gifts collected
to gladden. the hearts OF less fortunate
children.
STATION AGENT f. w THOMPSON arrived
last Monday, andis stopping at the Pavilion.
Mrs. Thompson is to spend the winter in
st Albans, with Judge Myron w. Bailey,
her father.
PROFESSOR RoUNsEvEL, the New Hamp-
shire phrenologist, is at the Exchange, ten
mis- shoes and all, feeling heads and dilating
upon the various bumpal idiosyncrasies of
his patients.
The mention, last week, of the Montpelier
gentlemen who were enrolled as members
OF the State Commandery OF the Loyal Le-
gion, should have included the name of Cap
tain D. o. Livingston.
WEDDING bells will Jingle, the evening of
December 7, when Paul W. Yancey and
Miss Jennie Madden are to be married at
the residence of w. j. Bagley They are
to reside at Waverly, Mo.
DR.. G. f. CHANDLER went to South Royal
ton, yesterday, and by the removal of cat
aTacts restored vision to Mrs Kemp, eighty
four years old. who has been totally blind
for the past half-dozen years
As the court bell tolled for the afternoon
session, yesterday, the corridors in the
courthouse presented the unusual sight OF
a crowd of ladies waiting for admittance to
the trial Of the pending " riot case"
The rehearsing of Christmas carols at the
Episcopal church has been delayed by the
illness of the organist, Horace ii. Scribner.
Mr.. Scribner has recovered his health, and
the first rehearsal will be next Sunday.
Hon. j. L. MARTIN of Brattleboro, with
Mrs. Martin and the two children, spent
Thanksgiving with the family of Edward
Dewey. The illness of the children neces.
STATED an earlier return than was antici.
pated.
The evergreen for the Christmas decora-
| ton of Christ church will be ready next
Friday afternoon at the usual place. AS ii
is desired to make the trimming more ex-
| tensive this year, all are earnestly requested
I
In addition to his other woes, States At.
| torney Stickney of Ludlow it is said, pro.
| poses to mike it hot for DIR. Olin w. Daley
at this term of Windsor county court. 1t is
| alleged that over 100 cases against the doc.
tor for liquor selling are on the tapis
| ARTHUR II. SABIN, from the auditors of
flee of the Central Vermont Company was
in town Monday and Tuesday on business
connected with the transfer of the station
agency to Mr.. Thompson, who has entered
upon the performance of his new duties.
JOHN WETHERBEE, for the past two years
a steward in the city hospital at Springfield
Mass, dropped dead last Saturday. About
a quarter of century ago Mr.. Wetherbet
was a clerk with j. w. Ellis & Co.. anC
married Miss Eliza Washburn of Montpelier
DIR. OLIN w. DALEY and bride wer,
greeted by cloud of reporters the moment
they reached the Revere house, in Boston
| So pertinacious were the newspaper mel
that the doctor and his bride were com
PEELED to seek the seclusion of private
boarding house.
THIRTY-sIX couples attended the Thanks
giving ball at the Pavilion. The music wa
exquisite, the toilettes of the ladies excep
tionally handsome, and the ushers - -ah
the "ushers wore the usual "immacu
late white shirt-fronts " with which the Ar
gus adorns them.
AT Christ church, Rev. A. n. Lewis i
preaching course of sermons to youni
people. The subject for Sunday evening
December 6, is Things Young Person
Ought To Know" Service begins at sever
o'clock, Strangers are welcome, and non
church-goers are invited.
d. A. GUPTIL and l.. Bart Cross hav
bought the Eliza Guernsey property OF
East State street and also all the adjoinin
land formerly owned by George W. Wilder
sixteen rods front and twenty rods deer
hn nl Ia il mt will ha saI
a great and desirable improvement.
REV G.. w. GALLAGHER has been electe
to fellowship in the Academy of Politica
and Social Science. of Philadelphia, an
also as a member of the Institute of Sacre
Literature, whose headquarters are at Chi
cago. The literary ability of Rev. Mr.. Ga
lagher has more than once been recognized
Miss MARY WILSON and Miss Bessie Fan
well returned, last Monday, TO Bishop HOP
kins Hall, Burlington. Carl Gleason an
his friend, Mr.. Merkle, had planned to aC
company the young ladies', and were muc
disgusted upon receiving orders, Saturday
to report at Rock Point Institute that night
They reported.
FRED A. HowLAND of Minneapolis is Wis
itng in Montpelier and Waterbury. A
secretary of civil and military affairs t
Governor w. p. Dillingham; and assistan
clerk in the house Of representatives at tn
session of 1890, Mr.. Rowland became wei
known in the state and made many friends
He has cordial welcome here.
G. A. CHANDLER, the wide-awake secrt
tary of the Boston Globe, passed throug
Montpelier, last Monday, on his way {
Montreal. Mr.. Chandler has been visitin
the Globes special correspondents in Yer
mont in the interests of that paper, and ha
arranged for some special features whic
will be of interest to Vermont readers.
SIXTEEN half-barrels and eight quarter
barrels of beer and ale, barrel of bottle
ale, four barrels, a half-barrel and two cask
of whisky, gin, etc, forty-six bottles o
brandy, over thirty bottles of whisky, an,
fourteen gallons OF various kinds of liquo
were seized at the freight depot of tn
Montpelier & Wells River railroad las
Wednesday.
AN amusing Thanksgiving episode oc
CURED at State street festive board
During the discussion of the turkey othe
topics were introduced, among them tn
lecture course. what is the next in tn
course?" inquired one lady OF the gentle
man at her right, whose thoughts were a
that moment on the menu. Coffee an,
fruit" was the absent minded reply.
A SINGULAR piece of good luck is that en-
joyed by the Vermont Mutual Fire Insur
ance Company. Although it has a goo,