The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-02-24
Waterbury,

Mr.. Keene's big sleigh next Saturday,
| superintendent Wallace and Mrs. Crossett
acting as chaperones.
The Young Peoples Society OF Christian
Endeavor has elected Miss Lottie Carpenter
as delegate to the county union at Williams.
town. Several others will also attend Mr..
A. III. Cheney has charge of a praise service
in connection with the convention.
The remaining entertainments Of the lee
| ture course are as follows: March Q, lecture
by Mr.. Sanford; March Z, concert by the
! Montpelier orchestra, assisted by Mr.. Ban
croft, vocal soloist; March IL, concert by the
| Boston Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Club.
The Ladies' Union of the Congregational
church advertised to give an entertainment
at the church parlors, Tuesday evening.
| Professor Porter ii Dale was announced as
the leading attraction OF the programme,
and large number were expecting to be
| present.
The ladies' aid society OF the Methodist
| church gave an entertainment, with refresh
mrnts, at Barrett's hotel on Monday even
ing of this week A large number were
| present, and the exercises were highly en-
| ioyable. Thanks are due the Barretts for
generous favors rendered
On Saturday, the 18th, coffee was given
In compliment to Miss Eta Straw by Mrs.
W. +. Dillingham;. The members Of the
| Chautauqua Circle were present, and pro-
gramme was carried out, which in part
pleasantly COMMUNICATED Miss Straw's for
mer connection with the club.
A special meeting of Winooski Lodge, f.
and A. NJ, was held last Wednesday even
ing Tolls order has a good deal of work to
do in initiating new members, and in rails
| ing those now members to higher degrees.
Several went from this place to the dedica-
ton of the new Masonic hall at Richmond,
| last week
A juvenile Young Peoples Society of
| Christian Eudeavor was formed at the Con-
gregational church last Sunday afternoon
Thirty-four members joined, with prospects
| OF more later on. The meetings will be held
on Sunday afternoons, and Miss Hammond
OF Burlington will address the society at their
| meeting next Sunday. The officers chosen
are AS follows: Superintendent, Mrs. Charles
| Green assistant SUPERINTENDENT, Lottie
Carpenter president, Pearl Randall; vice
| president, Frank X. Griggs; secretary and
| treasurer, Mary Haines Sunday school
committee, Mabel Carpenter; social com
mittee, Ned Wells lookout committee.
Frances Wheeler.
Colonel Herbert s. Foster of Burlington
was in town last Thursday to install the
| officers of the local camp of Sons of Vete-
rams. Colonel Foster is member OF the
Vermont Department, Sons of Veterans.
and Is also captain in the regular army
being detailed as military instructor for the
cadets of the Episcopal Institute at Rock
Point, Burlington. The officers OF the post,
which were installed, are as follows
commander, f. L. Griffin; junior-vice com
mander, Walter II. Sleeper; chaplain,
Leslie d. Durkee; first sergeant, Byron l..
Palmer; quartermaster sergeant, Arba T..
A. Durkee; sergeant of guard, George G.
Grout; corporal of guard, George Smith;
G. Russ; color sergeant, George Conant;
picket guard, Henry Pixley. The post is
now hourishing and there are several an
plications for membership
b. r. Wallace took short vacation at
Stowe last week. - DIR. Spiller and Mr..
Atherton, his assistant, have been making
their customary canvass of the optic orbs of
the village. ~ Mr.. Brassaw. Young
man at North Dnxbury, died of quick con-
sumption, at the age of thirty five, last week
Wednesday. - Jonas Stearns has moved
into Mrs. George g. Demmon's house at
Mill Village. - Professor Frank Graves
and family OF Swanton are in town. -
Mrs. e. NJ. Bowman has returned from her
visit at Montpelier. - Mrs. Sarah Blair
is home from Waitsteld and has begun
work at the Little hotel. - Fred A.
Rowland and mother spent Sunday and
Monday at Ex-Governor Dilingham's. Mr..
Rowland proposes to remain at Lancaster,
where he will occupy the law office of the
late ex-Congressman Ray. Ira Oaks
deputy county clerk, came from Montpelier,
Saturday night, for a short visit with his
many friends. - Mr.. Rhodes had run
away last week, but no serious damage was
done. - B. F, Anterior of Lawrence,
Mass is home for another visit. - Levi
Graves has been very ill with bronchitis.
- Clayton Guptil, youngest son of w.
K. Guptil, is ill with pneumonia. -E.
l.. White of North Duxbury has been on a
Tenney is slowly recovering from his ill
ness. - Mrs. Frank Anterior is suffer-
ing from serious sprain of the ankle
Dora Tate came from Olcott, Monday night.
having taught two very successful terms of
school at that place.
Williamstown.
Mrs. Olney F. Seavers father died last
week in Washington.
Charles Morse has been laid aside from
work Tor two or three weeks past, by illness.
DR.. G. G. Ellis & wife, now of Somerville
leo.
1t is feared that the father of Ernest Rid
dell will have TO lose a hand, from blood
poisoning.
Lee Hall, stone-cutter employed in Cross
Brothers granite works, had a thumb
crushed Friday.
There will be an auction sale of hay, stock,
ETC., at Mrs. Chester Martins farm on Sat
urday of this week
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
George Edwards, last Sunday week, and
died on the following Tuesday.
The demand for ice was never so great
before as this season. Perhaps double any
quantity in the past will be put up.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Warner are to move
from South Barre to the house of their son
in-law, Ed Adams. welcome to them.
Mrs. j. NJ. Bass is so poorly that her
daughter Lora, now a resident of South !
Dakota, was telegraphed for on Saturday.
On Wednesday last the mercury touched |
twenty-eight degrees below zero. Work at
the stone sheds was much interfered with. |
Rev. Harvey Webster has vacant tene.
ment or two to rent in his large house near
the village cemetery George Nichols has |
the care OF them.
Carl Benedict has been tempted by larger |
pay than he was getting in Waterbury TO
go to St Johnsbury, to take charge of the |
steam laundry there.
John Roberts, Welshman in the employ |
OF the Greason, Morse & Co. granite firm as
Jumper, had his right hand caught in the |
derrick on Saturday last and lost forefin-
ger and parts of the second and third fin
gers.
The event of the week here will be the