The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28

JWO D ClOCk.
THE non-partisan womans Christian
Temperance Union will meet at Womaus
Relief Corps hall this Wednesday, after.
noon at three o'clock.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
OF Trinity church will meet with Mrs. w o.
Chapman, No. II St. Paul street, Saturday
afternoon Mt three o'clock.
S, G. SHURTLEFF drove in from Chelsea
last Saturday. 1t was a wild and rocky
journey, but 1t was better than staying in
Chelsea, according to s. G.
The Ladies' Reading Club of Christ
church will meet in the rooms Of the
Woman's Relief Corps, Saturday evening,
December 81, at Z: 80 o'clock.
THE issue of the Argus last week con
tanned pictures and descriptions of the
Worlds Fair buildings and was credi-
able piece of newspaper work.
Miss IDA HUBBARD, formerly teacher of
vocal music at the Vermont Methodist Sem
mary, has gone to Winter Park, Fla, where
she has fine position in a seminary.
REV. AND MRS A. b TRUAX are sincerely
thankful to their friends who so generously
remembered them, and whose presence so
cheered their household, on December 8.
The leap year party at West Randolph
last Friday night, was attended by Ray and
Harriet Huse, G.. X. Putnam, Ned Stevens
Louis Hathaway, Ed Blakely, and Miss
Eliza George.
NEXT Monday will be a holiday with the
United States officials. The post-office will
be open from eight to ten o'clock A. NJ, and
from four to six P. NJ. Carriers will make
| one delivery-at eight O'Clock in the morn
ing.
JAMES B. COFFIN died at his home on St.
| Pau street, early Sunday morning, after
| long illness of consumption. Mr.. Coffin
was a member of Brooks post, G.. A. r., and
| that organization attended the funeral yes
| terday afternoon.
AN opportunity will be given to the peo-
Pile of Montpelier and surrounding towns to
see the Living Whist" at Blanchard
opera-house some time in January 1t will
| be presented under the able management
of Professor George Gilmore.
THE boarders at Hotel Kempton had
! fine Christmas tree, loaded with the delica-
cies of the season. Among the fortunate
ones who secured first prizes were DIR.
! Cleaves, who captured pumpkin, and
| Postmaster Goodenough who lassooed a
! jack-in-thebox.
Miss GRACE HoUGHToN and Miss Laura
Ropes are among the later arrivals of Mont
| pelier maidens away at school. The enact
ated appearance of these returning misses
testites to the severe asceticism practiced
| at the various institutions engaged in the
evolution of the American girl.
FRED w. BANCROFT gave his Evening
with Old English Ballads" last Thursday
afternoon, at the residence of Mrs. +. d.
| Hyde. About fifty ladies' were present.
Madame Hyde, Mrs. Hyde, Mrs. Cujler and
Mrs. Wilson received After the recital
| lunch was served. 1t was a novel and de-
| ightful entertainment.
THE annual meeting of Bethany society
was held Monday evening, Joseph Poland
presiding. These officers were elected
Secretary, Rev. G.. S. Smith; prudential
committee, T. j. Deavitt, DIR. IL, S. Board
man, George S. Stratton; treasurer, j. v.
| Babcock; collector, Will Smith The meet
| ing adjourned for two weeks.
AT the annual meeting of the New Eng
land Order of Protection these officers were
elected Warden, Nye L. Smith; V. W..
Frank K. Smith; secretary, E. K. Towner;
treasurer, Charles f. Buswel f. S, ID.
s. Wheatley: guide William Blanchard, =,
| sentinel, 5. w. Corse; chaplain, w. +.
Waterman; trustee, Fred Chapman.
DETROIT offers to Montpelier or any other
town in the country horrible warning.
The diphtheria epidemic among the school
children there has been traced to the fact that
they exchange lead pencils, all of them be-
ing dropped into one box at the end of each
session The average child, of course, puts
a pencil into its mouth fifty times a day.
DAVID BARTON, the itinerant aspen leaf
was fined S1O.0l, last Wednesday. for in
toxication. Peter Amour and wife were
arrested the same day, charged with pur-
veying the liquor that caused Davy's down
fall Mrs, Pete claimed that all she gave
the pencil pedler was jamaica ginger, and
after being tried she was acquitted. Pete s
trial is set for Thursday of next week.
THOMAS w. WooD has presented to the
Apollo Club one of his fine water colors,
which he has christened "Our Rip Van
Winkle." The subject is Eben Batchelder,
a famous fox-hunter of this vicinity not
many years ago. The old hunter stands
upon the brow of hill, gun in hand,
shading his ewes with his hand as he gazes
across the valley of the Winooski. Besides
being faithful portrait OF "Old Eb," the
picture is a magnificent specimen Of water
color work. The technique and coloring
are faultless, The picture will be valued
highly by the club, and given the place of
honor upon its walls
THE Unitarian society held its annual
meeting, Monday evening, and elected the
following officers: Senior warden, A
Johonnott junior warden, II 5. Loomis
treasurer, j. G.. Brown; clerk, Fred Blanch
ard auditors of accounts, r. X. Peck and
#. l.. Eaton; pew agent, A. ID. Farwell ex.
ecutive committee, +. w. Morse, A. j. Sib
ley, j. Eli Goodenough, A. G. Blanchard
Mrs. o. III. Richardson, Mrs. f. Blanchard
Mrs. q. w. McAllister; committee TO sup
ply pulpit, A. Johonnott and Clark King
committee to solicit subscriptions, j. G.
: Farwell Fred Blanchard, Mrs. @. ii. Heath
Adjourned for two weeks.
The "experence party" given by til,
Young Peoples fraternity at the Unitarian
vestry, last Thursday evening, was well at
tended aud much enjoyed. Nineteen dollars
had been earned in many ways, and eacl
contributor narrated his or her experienc,
in scooping together dollar. Miss Watson
was awarded the credit for the most uDiqu,
, experience, which included driving trucl
team and backing boots The "experi
ences were interspersed by four tableaux
duet, Miss Eva Bancroft and Miss Nell
Colby; drum major act by Dean Slayto!
that would have made Fred Austin pal,
t with envy; Quaker song, in costume, Berth
+ Dewing and Charlie Wing; boating song
Dean Slayton; 80 Old Man Moses" Charli
t Wing and Dean Slayton.
THE Free Press, last week, contained tn
following interesting item; " 1t is state'
: that the Kellogg will case in New Yorl
1 city has been decided in favor of Mont
pelier. This means over $500, 900 for neS
r public library, "a chapel and gateway a
: Green Mount cemetery" IL also means tha
the f. Il. correspondent is for once in hi
existence mistaken. Where he evolve
! such "a remarkable tid-bt of misinformatiol