The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-09-21

of the Messiah last Sunday. Mr.. Weeks
will board at the Pavilion during his resi-
dence here,
DIR. CHARLES e. CHANDLER has been
quite i'll with pleurisy, but was better yes
terday
Mr. AND Mrs. A. d. G1LLEY went to
Boston on Monday, to remain about two
weeks,
Mrs. s. S. TowNER has returned from
Massachusetts, where she had been since
July /.
POSTMASTER GooDENouGH began yester-
day tour of inspection of the postoffices of
the county.
w. Il. DUDLEY Of Davenport, Iowa, for
mer student at the Seminary, has been in
town this week
CARL GLEASON entered Amherst College
last week. Mrs. Gleason was at Amherst
with him for few days.
MISS BESSIE WELLS of Waterbury and
Miss Annie Wells of Burlington have been
visiting Mrs. j. W. Brock.
The village trustees have ordered all tele-
phone and electric light poles painted, and
the sagging ones Strengthened.
A GENERAL TERM of the supreme court is
ordered to be held at Montpelier on the
fourth Tuesday of October next.
Mr.. AND Mrs. S. S. SIAs, and Thomas c.,
Martha G. and II. Caroline Sias OF Cam
bridge, Mass, are at the Pavilion.
THE ladies' guild OF Christ church is to
meet with Mrs. F. A. Adams. on Thursday
afternoon at half-past two o'clock.
THE excellent concert given by the band
at the Pavilion stand, last week Friday
evening, was enjoyed by large crowd.
THE Cotton Manufacturing Company,
which shut down on Friday of last week for
repairs, will start up this week Thursday.
FRANK w. FRENCH of Boston, who is
stopping at the Pavilion, gave a dancing
party at the hotel TO friends Saturday even
| ing
Mr.. AND Mrs. F. w. MORSE went on Mon
day to Bluff Point near Plattsburgh, n. Y,
to attend meeting Of New England pas
senger agents.
Mrs. w. B. CHANDLER and son Malcolm,
who have been visiting Mrs. NJ. A. l.. Bur-
bank, start for their home in Minneapolis,
Mimi, to-day.
WILDER GIBSON died on Wednesday of
last week, at the age of eighty-two years.
The body was taken to St. Albans on
Thursday for interment.
REV. G. A. SAVAGE of Orange, N. j., oc-
cupied the pulpit of Bethany church last
Sunday. He is expected to preach at the
same place next Sunday.
THE father of the house." If age entities
him to paternal honors, will unquestionably
be Junia Sargent, the member elect from
Pittsford, who is eighty-three years old
The new house and stable of Fred Blanch-
ard, at the corner of School and Loomis
streets, are approaching completion. The
grounds have just been carefully graded.
A DETACHMENT of Montpelier democrats
went to Richmond, last week Wednesday
evening, to assist in a serenade given to the
newly-elected representative Of that town.
REV. G. w. GALLAGHER preached al
Orange, n. j., last Sunday, and will preach
again at that place next Sunday. During
his absence he will visit Washington, d. G
FRANK w. FRENCH of Boston left the
Pavilion yesterday for Newport. He has
leased the Memphremagog house at thai
place for six months, with the privilege o
purchasing if he wishes.
H. S. BOUTWELL, found a prolific toad
stool in his wood-shed recently. Springinl
from the same parent toad" in grouI
not exceeding a foot in extent, were ovel
eighty well-formed " stools"
Miss ELLA NJ. WAITE is visiting he
brother-in-law, j. T. Sabin. Mr.. Sabin re
turned, on Monday, from visit of ten day
at Laconia, n. H., where Mrs. Sabin is
The latter is somewhat improved in health,
Miss GERTRUDE DEWEY and Mrs. Georg,
c. Alber are the delegates of the King
Daughters TO the district meeting of Epis
copal ladies at West Randolph, this week
The ladies' guild send Mrs. A. n. Lewis ant
Mrs Frank Adams. MIR. Lewis also will
attend.
TICKETS TO the Library Guild lectur
course are being sold by members of tn
guild, and Miss Macomber, at the library
; has a quantity which she will be glad to sci
to those who find it convenient 80 purchas
= there. The course is an unusually goo,
one, and there will probably be large pat
. ronage.
a AMONG those who have gone from Mont
pelier to Washington to be present at tn
1 national Grand Army encampment ar
Colonel j. II. Lucia, A. n. Blanchard Mrs
Mary B, Peck, Mrs. Amanda T. Newcom
a and Mrs. F. e. Smith George E. Whit
has gone with the Sherman Military Ban
of Burlington.
A SPECIAL train was run from Montpelie
to Lanesboro, Saturday evening, and 80
persons from Montpelier, Plainfeld an
Marshfeld attended the reception an
dance which Edwin Lane gave in his ney
representative. The affair was pre-
nounced success.
DEPUTY REVENUE COLLECTOR S. B. WIG
GIN, who has been in town for about 81
months on business connected with mapl
sugar bounties, returned to his home a
5 Sandwich, n. H., yesterday. After remain
: ing there short time, he will report at Bo:
a ton, and, very likely, will be assigned agai
to revenue work in this state.
. The members of the non-partisa
= Woman's Christian Temperance UnioI
4 with lady friends, met at the home Of Mrs
i d. L. Fuller, last Thursday evening. Afte
: short literary exercises, DIR. Nichols of tn
y Kelley Institute who had kindly consente
s to be present, gave very instructive an
. entertaining talk. Coffee and cake wer
then served.
. The total enrolment of the public school
Q of the village was 407 yesterday. There ar
hfty-seven scholars in the high school, an
one of the new rooms is used to accomm,
date those who cannot be seated in the hig
school room. The new course of study
being introduced, and Mr., Blanpied is we
n pleased with the manner in which it hf
worked thus far.
U FIRE was discovered about one of ii
windows of the barber shop of II. G. Smitl
. on State street, about nine o'clock Sunda
" morning, The door was broken in, and TIL
fire eXtinguished. The latter had caugl
Is from a lamp used to heat water for Shawn
purposes The door to the room was
n badly damaged that it had to be replaces
The damage by fire was slight,
g ID. r, SoRTwELL is confined to his roo
at the Pavilion by bruises and strains r
If ceived through fall at Wells River Satu
daV NIGHT WhiIa oh 70 n,