The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-05


Mass ADA BLANCHARD teacher in the
Drew Ladies Seminary at Carmel, N. Y, is
visiting Mrs. II. M. Emery on College
street.
LEWIS A LAWRENCE spent Saturday and
Sunday with his parents on Barre street,
returning to White River Junction Monday
evening.
LEVI WATSON, agent of the Granite State
Provident Association. was in town the
first Of the week, doing business for the
company.
G. b. b. DENNY returned from Boston,
last week, with large stock of fall goods
and crack coatmaker whom he engaged
in the city.
NYE L. SMITH and wife, who went to Bos-
ton two months ago, have returned to town,
ard Mr.. Smith has again begun work for G.
f. Buswell.
Mr.. AND MRS. r. r. EDDY Of the Semin-
ary will visit their old home in Monkton,
during the latter part Of this week and the
first of next.
Miss KATE DUNCAN OF Bolton, who for a
week was guest of her niece, Miss Lou
Eaton, at the Union house, returned to her
home Friday.
MR.. AND MRS. A. ID. FARwELL went to
Grand Piles, p. g.. on Monday, to enjoy
two weelzs outing with members OF the
Lanrentiau ClubF
in Springfield, and has also been visiting in
the neighboring towns for the past week,
has returned to town.
Two former pupils in Perkins Institute
for the Blind gave an entertainment at Capt.
tai hall, Saturday evening, and remained
in town over Sunday.
J. e. CURRAN and family, and j. l.. Wal
lace go to Mirror Lake this week, and will
remain in camp on Colonel f. e. Smiths
grounds for two weeks.
Hon. AND MRS ALBERT DwNELL of
Calais called on friends in town, last week,
on their way to Saratoga, where they will
remain for few weeks.
SAMUEL MINoT JONES' one of Chicago's
successful businessmen, is visiting Profess
sor and Mrs. j. w. Burgess. Mr. Jones is
a cousin Of Mrs. Burgess.
THE report that the drugstore of Collins
Blakely was raided by officers, last week
Monday, and searched for liquor for two
hours, is pure moonshine.
j. G. BROWN and G. II. Baldwin have
leased a puring stream in Middlesex,
called Herrick brook for ten years They
tested its quality yesterday.
THE Pavilion hair-dressing rooms, which
have been closed for the last seven or eight
months, will be opened this week by Wilson
Allen, barber from Barre
THE Capital Soap Works, situated on the
ties, and the establishment will probably
be made into glue factory,
NJ. f. SMILE and j. L. Tuttle returned
from months outing at Peake's Island,
last Saturday. Neither has lost any in
flesh, nor gained much in fish.
G. w. MARsToN of Portland, Maine, the
well-known musical composer, is visiting
his friend, f. w. Bancroft, and will remain
in Montpelier for several weeks.
On July 90, i'll the hearing before the
probate court of the contested Hathaway
will case, the will was sustained, and j.
w. Brock, administrator, released.
&C. COTTON started yesterday for a FIVE
weofs' business trip in the South and West.
Beside other places, he will visit Boston,
New York. Cincinnati and Chicago.
REV. A. j. HoUGH will read poem at the
laying of the cornerstone of the new
Waterbury Methodist church. The cere-
mony will occur some time during the fall.
PROFESSOR E. A. BISHOP returned Mon
day night from Round Lake, n. Y, where
he attended a gathering of the principals of
Methodist seminaries in the United States.
G. w. LoCKLTN, the general agent of the
| Terminal City Company of Boston, has ar
ranged for bi-weekly excursions from Bur-
| lington to Terminal city, n. S., during Au-
| gust.
Miss NELLIE CANNING, who was severely
Il
winter, has recovered with scarcely scar,
and is now working in NJ w. Wheelock' s
| bindery.
[ G.. NJ. HARLOW and wife went to Windsor,
| last Saturday, to visit a brother of Mr..
! Harlow, who has been seriously i'll from the
liberation of an eye. They will return
! this week.
CARL BANCROFT "takes the cake" He
| was fishing in East Montpelier, last week,
| hV slx m and
hook landed a trout weighing one and
three-fourths pounds
CAPTAIN HoYT of the United States Army
visited Company II last Saturday. AS the
weather was unfavorable for drilling out
of-doors, the company drilled in its hall, the
captain making suggestions.
REV. j. EDWARD WRIGHT is to speak at
the Union temperance meeting in North
field next Sunday evening at half-past six
o'clock Subject: "The Progress and
Trend of the Temperance Reform"
CAPITAL GUARD will appear in their new
dress-uniforms, and give dress parade on
the capitol grounds, tomorrow evening
The boys are doing good work in drill and
we expect, will make a favorable impression
at Bennington.
f. A. DwINELL and family, accompanied
by friends from Plainteld, making party
of a dozen or more, went to Groton pond
Monday, where they will remain at least 8
week testing the piscatory resources OF thai
sheet of water
FRED p. AUSTIN, the regimental drum
major, will begin drilling the Military Bant
next Monday. Mr.. Austin will be in towr
during the week, instructing in maneuvers
each evening, and will accompany the band
to Bennington.
f. e. THOMPSON, veteran of Brockton
Mass, employed in the branch pension
Office of 7. j. Deavitt, at that place, is af
tlicted with disease of the cheek bone
just below the right eye, and may eventu
ally BECOME blind.
The recently-elected officers of the Bap
tist Christian Endeavor Society are: Presi
dent, T.. e. Towner; vice-president, Hugl
Hatfeld treasurer, William Shay; secre
tary, Mrs, Don Dodge; corresponding secre
tary, Helen Burpee.
PRESIDING ELDER A. b. TRUAx will hole
a quarterly conference in the parlors o.
Trinity church on Friday evening, and will
also preach and administer the Sacramen
on Sunday morning, and have charge Of the
Sunday evening meeting.
Miss OLIVE STOUT, stenographer in thu
Mutual Insurance Company's Office, ha'
been called away by the illness of he
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