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

Montpelier Office with Miss Elizabeth Bliss
as her assistant. Charles Galaise is to be
the night boy" in place OF Harry Oviatt,
who is to go into the National Life Insur-
ance Company's Office as elevator boy.
GRAND excursion through the famous
White Mountain Notchl The Montpelier
Wells River railroad will give its an
nual excursion to the White Mountains
Thursday, October l. A special train will
leave Barre at 7; 45 A. NJ. and Montpelier at
A. NJ, stopping at all stations on the line
OF the road; arrive at Upper Bartlett at
about P. M; return at 1 30, arriving at
Montpelier at I and Barre at 80 P. NJ.
Tickets for the round trip, Sl.5O. Excur-
sionists should take their lunch baskets.
For splendid attractions this excursion has
no equal, and as to price it is cheaper than
to remain at home.
A MEETING Of the executive committee of
the state Christian Endeavor Society was
held at the Pavilion last week Friday after
noon. Three members were present-M. j.
Norris of Burlington and G. f. Hayward of
ST. Johnsbury, e-presidents, and Z.
Towner of Montpelier, secretary. The
meeting was called to make arrangements
for the state convention, which is to be
held at Brattleboro on Tuesday and Wednes-
day, October 27 and 29, but as the attend
ance was so small it was decided to hold
another meeting soon. j. W. Baer, secre-
tary of the national Christian Endeavor So
ciety, is to be present at the convention.
REV. A. j. HoUGH is to preach at White
River junction next Sunday morning and
evening, and in the afternoon he will ad-
dress the Odd Fellows in the Opera house.
The Methodist church at White River
junction was built during Mr.. Houghs
first pastorate Recently it has been re-
modelled, and next Sunday it will be opened
again for use. Rev. q. II. Farnsworth, the
pastor is to preach at Trinity church. Mr..
EprnSwnrtb yui ha
formerly in business here. He has been
very successful in his present pastorate
having raised money to purchase a parson-
age, rem odeed the church. and removed
the debt from the church at Orcutt Falls,
Mrs. A. NJ. MEDLEY, the evangelist, of
Syracuse, n. Y, began her meetings here,
under the auspices of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, with a parlor meet
ing in the chapel of Bethany church Satur-
day afternoon when she gave an informal
talk on faith. Sunday afternoon at three
O'Clock she spoke in the church, her princi-
pal thought being that it is the duty of
Christians to do active rescue work An
appreciative audience was present. In the
evening she gave an address to a large
audience in the vestry of Trinity church on
Love" Monday evening, in the chapel
of Bethany church, an address on Social
Purity" was given, and yesterday after
noon at the regular meeting of the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union, she spoke on
the duties of mothers to their daughters.
The sixty-seventh annual state conven-
ton of the Vermont Baptist Association is
being held at the Baptist church this week,
beginning last evening, when a woman s
missionary meeting was held The con-
vention continues through Thursday after
noon. This morning at half-past ten o'clock
the annual sermon will be preached by Rev.
A. S. Gilbert of North Bennington and this
afternoon at four o'clock young peoples
service will be held, followed at five O'Clock
by an address by Rev. G. Ii. Spalding of Bos-
ton. In the evening at a quarter of eight
Rev. Dr. f. t. Lakewood of Boston will
give an address, and at quarter past eight
Rev. Dr. A. j. Gordon, also of Boston, will
preach sermon. Thursday morning at
half-past eight the public meeting of the
board of the convention will be held, and
in the afternoon various reports will be
made, and other matters of business at.
tended to.
A PLEASANT entertainment was given
under the auspices of the Ladies' Society
of the Church of the Messiah in the vestry
on Friday evening of last week. The rain
which fell late in the afternoon and the
sultry air doubtless affected the attendance
for it was not large. The entertainment
consisted of number of selections by the
Apollo Banjo Club, assisted by Master
Arthur Dewey, and the farce, "No Cure
-NO dy In6 DdlJO Praying WAS InuCu EN-
loyed, and the solo of Master Dewey, the
club accompanying, was applauded SC
literally that he was forced to respond
The farce was given by the following young
misses: Julia E. Peck, Sallie f. Oviatt
Nellie G. Moulton, Garlic NJ. Richardson
and Edith Blanchard. All did exceedingly
well, and the audience apparently enjoyed
the presentation very mnch.
ipbt of
afternoon was pretty active about Mont
pelier but in the village no serious damage
was done. A bolt struck the tower of the
Central station, knocking off a few pieces OF
slate and passing out througha gas-pipe and
the electric light wire. The shock displaced
the pendulum and hands of the clock Sc
that it stopped, but no great difficulty was
experienced in starting it up again. A
slight fire, too, was started in mass OF
shavngs, but it was quickly eXtinguished
The station was filled with people at the
time, as it was raining hard, and several
had shocks, some of them being severe
enough to cause headaches. Several of the
electric lights of the station, two at the
Pavilion and others were burned out. The
lightning also struck the bank of the Wor-
cester branch in the rear of Guptl's paint
shop. Persons in other places also had
shocks, and seemed to see ball of fire
close by.
yesterday of the sudden death of James III
Meade in his Off % at Sheboygan, Wis, at
about ten o'clock in the forenoon. Mr..
Meade was a Montpelier boy, a brother of
the late Captain A. A. Meade and Mrs. II.
S. Boutwell, of this village. His age was
sixty. He went West in early life and
finally settled at Sheboygan where as
manufacturer and banker he had amassed
fortune. He was one of natures noble
men. OF fine presence, intelligent, sa-
gacious, great-hearted and sympathetic,
he was man that won the love while he
commanded the confidence and respect OF
those with whom he came in contact. He
presents another instance of the busy men
of this generation, laden with many cares
and responsibilities, pushing, energetic, en-
terprising, falling suddenly by the way,
mourned widely and leaving gaps in the
ranks of business that will be hard to fill
vacancies in many hearts that cannot be
filed.
THE twenty-five-mile bicycle race of the
Barre Bicycle Club, yesterday afternoon,
created considerable interest in Montpelier,
as the course was from Barre to Montpelier
and return, the wheelmen keeping on the
Montpelier side of the river as they came
down, passing over the Main street bridge
and returning through Berlin. The round
trip was repeated to make the twenty five
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