The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-06-29


ably sail next week
Hon. j. p. DoLLIvER of Iowa, who made
a ringing speech to the delegates at Bur
lington, is the law partner of @. H. More of
Fort Dodge, Ia, son-in-law of our towns
man, A. o. Cummins.
WE regret to hear that Hon. Joseph Po-
land is confined to the house by illness
arising from difficulty with an ear, but an
operation, 1t is hoped, will again restore
him 20 his usual health.
EDGAR S. WOODWARD, lately clerk at the
store of Lester III. Greene, is now at work
in drug store in Lancaster, N II. He
has been succeeded in Mr.. Greene's store
by w. K. Poole of Bradford.
w. E. BAKER, recently messenger boy at
the telegraph office, has gone to. Lowell,
Mass, to become an operator in the West
ern Union Office in that city. His place has
been taken by f. p. Blaisdell of Plainfeld.
THE pupils of st. Michael's school held
closing exercises at the Opera-house on
Thursday evening of last week. The hall
was filed with an interested audience, and
the exercises were given with spirit and in
telligence.
REV. A. n. LEWIS went to New Haven,
Conn, last week, to unite in marriage his
daughter, Miss Hope Lewis, to William A.
Borden. The wedding was at Christ
Episcopal church, the rector assisting at
the service.
| Vermont road closes now at 8: 45 o'clock
five minutes earlier than formerly. The
evening mail over the Wells River road
| will arrive at Montpelier at half past eight
until October l.
| Miss MARY POLAND enters Smith College
next fall Miss Mary Rankin, granddaugh-
! ter of the late Judge Poland, has just grad
uated from the same institution, and last
week she, her sister Isabel and brother
Walter, took the steamer for Europe.
Miss KATE GILBERT, who had been in
Boston the past winter, studying music at
the Conservatory of Music, is now at home
at Northfield. Last week she was in Mont
| pelier visiting friends. Her years work at
the conservatory has been quite successful.
AT the convention of the Woman's Home
Missionary Society of the Montpelier dis
trict, at Northfield on Wednesday and
Thursday of last week, Mrs A. j. Hough,
! Mrs. ID. l.. Fuller, Mrs. Frank Hayden and
Mrs. II. X. Sherburne had prominent parts.
THE Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet next Thursday afternoon
at three o'clock in the parlors of Bethany
church. The subject will be " The Fran
chise Movement and Its Relation to Tenn
perance." All interested are invited to at
| tend.
THE heavy rains of Monday night washed
Clay hill severely, and young flood poured
down Loomis street, doing considerable
damage. Lumber and timber were carried
from Fred Blanchard's new residence, cor
ner of School and Loomis streets, some dis
tance down School street.
Miss AGNES o O'NEILL of Springfield Mass,
and Thomas Cronogue of New York city were
married on Monday morning at st. Michae's
Cathedral After short wedding trip the
couple will live in New York. The bride is
sister of Miss Helen ONeill, former em-
ploye of the WATCHMAN office.
G. S. WHITTIER's horse started up sud-
denly, Monday forenoon, from the front of
the market, and there was prospect of a
first-class runaway Quick as flash, how
ever, Bert Stearns caught the lines, and in
a second or two he had the animals at a
stand. still. 1t was well done.
HENRY A. BOWERS will be escorted to
Rutland by Officer Hunt to-day. Bowers
was released on promise that he would go
to work and earn money enough to pay off
the fine imposed by the county court. His
promise was not kept and it was deemed
necessary to send him to Rutland.
AT the annual meeting of the Chautauqua
circle the following officers were elected for
the year 1929: Miss Ella Bailey, treas
urer Mrs. Frank Hayden vice-presdent;
Miss Mabel Guernsey, secretary. The clos
ing exercises will take place next Friday,
July /, in the hall at East Montpelier.
TWELVE Montpelier members of the
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor will go to the convention in New
York, which begins on July 6. 1t is ex-
pected that about two hundred will go from
Vermont. E. E. Towner, the state secre-
tary, has charge of the arrangements for
those going from this state.
THE Kings Daughters picnicked at Lang
don's pond on last week Wednesday, and
about twenty-five were present. A regular
meeting of the society was held, the presi-
dent, Mrs. Denny, presiding. Quotations
We're given, and selections were read by
Mioun iva nd Nrg n q l.
ton, A fine collation. was served
THE number of applications for sugar.
bounty licenses received at the Montpelier
office, thus far, Is surprisingly small-only
about 1000. Some 1000 blanks have been
sent out in the entire district, 5000 or 5000
having been sent from this Office Either
the number of persons to take out licenses
will be quite small, or there will be great
rush in the next two or three days.
THERE was a pleasant wedding, June %,
at the residence of 0. III. Hartt, Worces-
ter, Mass.-his daughter, Merena K. Hartt,
and Herbert G. Stoddard the contracting
parties. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. d. III. Stoddard under a wedding arch
of buds and flowers. The presents were
many and valuable, useful and ornamental.
THE photographs of the graduating class
at the Seminary were by Hardy of Boston,
and the negatives were made by A. Bart
Trees, posing artist for the photographer.
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and secured snug place in the remem-
brance of more than one member of the
class of '92, They cordially commend him
and the firm that commands his services to
to future graduating classes.
A PAIR of horses owned by e. NJ. Irish
and driven by Clark b. Roberts, while be-
ing driven near the railroad track some
three miles below the village, on Sunday,
became frightened at train and rushed
on TO barbed wire fence. The fence had
to be cut to get them out and they were
found TO be badly cut, No permanent in
jury will result, it is thought DIR. Wake
field is caring for the wounded animals
The jurymen, side judges and several of
the deputy sheriffs who were here at the
March term of the county court, met, with
ladies', at the Exchange hotel and enjoyed a
dinner, last week Friday afternoon There
were about sixty present. permanent
association was formed, and N. w. Keith OF
Barre was elected president Janus Crosset
of Berlin, treasurer, ana Mrs. Crosset, sec.
retary, 1t is intended to have an annual
meeting and dinner.
Miss BELLE FFIELD leaves for New York,
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