The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-06
Montpelier and Vicinity.

MRS RICHARD DoDoE, living back of the
Blanchard block died last evening.
Mrs. CLARA BRAINERD- -BLoDoETT of st.
Jobnsbury was in town over Sunday.
MRS g. II. CowINa and son of Boston are
spending the winter at the Exchange.
COLONEL RUFUS r. RIKER has been very
i'll, the past week, with pleuro-pneumonia.
THE week of prayer is being observed at
the Congregational and Methodist churches.
THE Bethany Reading Club will meet
next Tuesday afternoon at Nellie Barrows'
A. s. EMMoNs of Woodstock is the new
clerk in the drugstore of Lester II. Greene.
JANE AND MARIA MOSES of Berlin have
been seriously ill with the grip, but are
convalescent.
ED. F. MURRAY returned last Saturday
night to his medical studies at Bellevue hos
pital, New York.
ALANsoN NJ. SLoCUM OF Berlin, aged
sixty-six years, was found dead in bed last
Thursday morning.
CALVIN DEwEL has finished his labors as
clerk for Brooks q Deming, and gone to his
home in Lowell, Mass.
II. B. WEEKS of st. Albans, and d. r.
Sortwel and wife of Cambridge, Mass,
spent Sunday in town.
AT Christ church, next Sunday evening,
Rev. A. n. Lewis will preach upon Talk
ing, or the Idle Word"
THE First National Bank and the Mont
pelier National Bank declare semi-annual
dividends of four per cent
THE week of prayer was observed at the
Baptist church last week Tuesday, We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday.
MRS. GEORGE II. SMILE of Hardwick is
in town. caring for her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Joseph Fisher, who are ill.
Mr.. AND Mrs. s. ID. HOPKINS of St. AL
bans attended the funeral of Colonel II. ID.
Hopkins, brother OF Mr. Hopkins.
REV. w. j. O'SULLIvAN was called to st.
Albans yesterday morning by the illness of
Rev. d. j. O'Sullvan, his brother.
Mrs. ID. G.. FIELD was in Waterbury last
Saturday, called by the illness and death of
her mother, Mrs. Bartholomew Gould.
A NEW bulletin board has been placed in
the Central Vermont station, giving the
time Of arrival and departure of trains.
THE Apollo Banjo Club goes to Randolph
Center tomorrow to plunk harmony at the
closing exercises of the Normal school.
FRED CARR has finished work at the
Waterbury asylum, and is back again in
his old place at the telephone exchange.
Miss MARY FREEMAN is taking Miss
Kate E. Robbins place as teacher in room 3
of the Union school, Miss Robbins being i'll.
d. P. ROBINSON OF Charlottetown. P. E.
l., has taken a position in the Central Ver-
mont ticket office, and assist in the freight
house.
THE Chautauqua Circle will meet with
Mrs. Arthur ID. Farwell next Friday after
noon at two o'clock. Quotations from
Lowell.
ED. BLACKWELL and John L. Pierce were
last week, at Burlington, elected to men,
bership in the Commercial Travellers
Association.
Mrs. r. X. BUNNELL was pleasantly re-
membered by her boarders on Christmas
morning, receiving gift Of new dining
room chairs
DIR. X. l.. CLEAvEs is suffering from a
much-swollen finger. He pinched it in a
pair Of forceps and blood-poisoning appears
to have set in.
CLARK B. ROBERTS was married last even
ing to Miss Tenie ID. Deal, at the home of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Deal, in Waterbury.
FRED, son of DR.. II. T. Whitney, left last
Monday night for Sioux City, Ia, where he
has position as stenographer for the Farm
ers' Trust Company.
Mrs. SoLLY PIERCE of Hardwick was in
town last Saturday on her way to her home
in Richmond. where she is to open dress
making establishment.
REV. G. w. GALLAGHER goes to Norwich,
CONN.,, To- OnlBDt as Witness IN DlgdIny case.
He is to exchange next Sunday with Rev.
l.. W. Bacon of Norwich.
b. b. SLOAN and "Brownie " Butterfly
left last Monday for pastures new in the
drugstore line-the former to Pennington,
n. H., and the latter to Bradford.
OK and after January IL, the book and
stationery stores will close at seven o'clock
on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday even
ings, and at half-past seven on Wednesday
evenings.
AS Rev. Joseph Brelivet OF Northfield
has been assigned to the parish at Barre by
Bishop De Goesbriand, Rev w. j. O'Sulli-
van has now entire charge of the Mont
pelier parish.
JOHN III. SEETER last week sold TO j. NJ
Boutwell, for the Langdon Granite Com
pany a unique creation of the desk manu-
facturer's art-a handsome roll-top desk,
with typewriter drop in the center.
VERMONT LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS has
elected: n G., Horace ii. Scribner V. G.,
Cyrus X. Bagley; recording secretary, Ar
thur Il. White; corresponding secretary, f.
A. Sherburne; treasurer, W. f. Waterman.
JAMES t. PHELPS OF Boston, George
Briggs of Brandon and Levi X. Fuller of
Biattleboro were in town over Sunday, to
attend the annual meeting Of the National
Life Insurance Company, Monday afternoon.
CHARLES II. CHRISTIAN died last Friday
OF consumption at the home OF his aunt,
Mrs. Nettie Il. Spear. He came from Port
Kent N. Y, about three weeks ago, and
the remains were taken there last Monday
morning.
THE officers OF Vermont Lodge Of Odd
Fellows will be installed this wednesday,
evening by District Deputy w. NJ. Emerson,
assisted by delegation of officers. The in
stallation will be followed by lunch in the
banquet hall.
A correspondent writes: "Onions, cooked
or raw, are said to be an effectual antidote
for la grippe. Very likely they are since
they evidently belong to the same grade
OF civilization. Simiiid similibus ctrdatur."
Better try them.
THOMAS FITZGIBBoNs ran afoul of the
majesty Of the law in the person OF officer
Hunt last Saturday, and his majesty
promptly hailed him before Magistrate
Smile. AS 1t was second offence OF in-
toxication, Fitz was assessed Sl5.61.
A BEAUTIFUL blueeyed cherub, scarce
week old, was left on the doorstep of Iss-
quire William A. Lord, one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lord welcomed the little
stranger, and viii was seen yesterday buy
ing crib. "The Lord will provide"
THR Standard Light and Power Company
has been blasting the ice in the river from
the dam at the foot of Main street 20 point
near the Pioneer works to prevent the
aattinO hack of the Nyatpr which VVaa intar-