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


be ten cents.
REMEMBER the Catholic picnic and ath-
letic tournament at Missisquoi Park, to-
morrow. The Montpelier Military Band will
accompany the excursionists, and a good
dinner will be served. Round-trip tickets
from Barre or Montpelier, 81.
Mrs. w. o. SrANDIsH, whose attack of
the grip settled in her eyes, has had a
very serious time for the last two weeks.
and by medical advice lives in darkened
room. She is slightly improved.
REV. AND Mrs. j. G. FLANDERS went to
st. Albans Monday. They Join the rector =
father, Rev. A. b. Flanders, and his family,
and the whole party 90 to st. Albans Bay
to spend four weeks at summer cottage,
the property of Rev. A. b. Flanders.
MRS. e. f. KINNEY and her daughter,
Miss Alice X. Kinney, went to Plain6eld,
Monday, where they will visit for two or
three weeks, remaining until after the re-
union of the Kinney family, which takes
place at the old homestead August 10.
Mrs. A. j. CHANDLER, Miss Anna j.
Chandler and Mrs. A. Roberts 90 to Cara
louise lake, p. O., to-day where they will be
joined by members OF the Simpson family
from Peekskill, n. Y. They will spend
four weeks at the summer cottage there.
ALBERT JoHoNNorr recently bought four
his Office on Berlin side, two of them front
ing the Berlin road and two the Mortified
road. The purchase was made of Mrs. II
w. Hyde, $4,000 being paid for the whole.
THE Ladies' Home Missionary Society
held tea with Mrs. ID. L. Fuller on Mon.
day afternoon and evening, and prepared
clothes for the Jesse Lee home in Alaska
AS carpenters in Alaska are not numerous
the building for this home will be sent from
San Francisco readV-framed
L. p. GLEASON returned Friday night
from attending the first semi.annual Ameri.
can Furniture Exposition, held in New
York. Mr.. Gleason says that 125 manufac.
turers, representing all sections of the
United States, displayed their goods, and
that the finest furniture came from the
West.
A WEEK ago last Monday night, the
Wabun Tribe OF Red Men reelected the
following officers for the next six months
S. w. Corse prophet; G. A. Lang, sachem
j. G, Brown S. S. The remaining officers
of the tribe are elected for one year, and
their present term of Office does not expire
until December.
A DIsMIssING council, consisting of the
clergyman and lay representative from
most of the churches in Washington county
met at the Congregational church in Berlin
yesterday The council considered the
resignation of Rev. j. j. Hall. Rev. c. S
Smith and Hon. Joseph Poland of this vii
lage attended.
F. E. LAIRD, j. A. DeBoer, c. o. Thurs
ton "a teacher in Pennsylvania) and S. F
Tower "a teacher in Boston, all of Dart
mouth College, class of "a, sat down to sup
per at the Pavilion last Friday, and after
wards went to the residence of Rev. j
G. Flanders, also a member of the class o
'S4, and held small reunion.
TtJu paw Canita1 Guor1 upiforns or.
here. They are the United States regulation
uniforms, comprising fatigue caps anC
fatigue and dress uniforms. The dress
uniform is a single-breasted frock coat will
white trimmings. According to orders, Com
pauy II will leave here for Bennington Fri
day morning, August IA, on the 6:25 train.
Z, r. SKINNER will soon place new gas
plant in his works on Berlin side. In com
pany with II. b, Wedge, his superintend
ent he visited New York, Philadelphia
Baltimore and Frostburg, Md, last week
in search of the right plant, and returned
Sunday morning. Nothing definite is ye
decided, but the new plant must come.
AN item has found its way into some o
the state papers to the effect that Sherii
E. W. Howe, who brought suit against
A. Luke of the Volunteer Hose Company
has withdrawn his suit on the payment o
| $50 by Luke. This is an error. Not CEN
was paid by Luke. The suit was with
drawn for entirely different considerations
SOME of the Seminary buildings an
| grounds are undergoing repairs. The mort
| self-boarding house has received a coat c
| paint on the outside, and most of the room
| have been papered; two new tennis court
| have been made on the campus; and tn
whole north part of the campus will
| plowed, leveled and seeded, some tim
during the fall.
THE Washington county bar met at tn
courthouse, yesterday afternoon, u.
Stanton in the chair, and elected b. f. f
field, II. A. Huse and G. Ii. Pitkin con
mittee to draft resolutions on the death {
Hon. c. w. Porter, to be presented at tn
fall session of the county court. The ba
will meet at the courthouse little befor
two o'clock this afternoon, and attend MI
Porter's funeral in body.
AT the meeting of the Woman's Christia
Temperance Union, last week, Rev. NJ
| Whitney of Marshteld led the opening d
votional services, after which he gave stron,
encouraging and helpful words to the Unioi
The programme on young woman's wor
for temperance was then taken up wit
much interest. The subject of temperanC
teaching in Sunday-schools will be discusse
at their meeting next Tuesday afternoon.
FOUR carloads of camping utensils wer
taken from the arsenal on Monday an
Tuesday, and will be sent to Benningto
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sent to muster last year; and the tw
cannon in the state house, relics of the ba
tie of Bennington, and one belonging to tn
state at White River Junction, will also b
sent. Captain e. n. Wright, custodian
the arsenal, goes to Bennington next Tue
day.
THERE is little wonder that Montpelit
has had an unusual number of runaway
lately. At any time in the day one ca
step on to the street and see teams standin,
about without teamster or halter. A hors
may be thought perfectly safe, or too muc
lacking in vigor to move unnecessarily; Y,
there is no telling when bright idea wi
take possession of even a brute's unde
standing. To leave horse without hitcl
ing is carelessness, and there is always
possibility of its resulting seriously
DANIEL MCGOWAN of the Barre quarrie
who was up recently for intoxication, di
closed on III. E. Coffrin. MCGOWAN claim
that, being a stranger in town, he could NJ
get the wherewithal TO quench his thirs
and that he gave Coffrin 50 with which I
procure liquor as he understood that Co
frin had influence with the saloonists. Nj
Gowan claims that Coffrin neither procure
the liquor at that time nor returned th
money, while Coffrin declares that he di
return the money. A suit will be brougl
to recover the So.
E. H. THOMAS of Rutland was in tow