The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-20
Montpelier and Vicinity.

pelleT.
T. j. BoYNToN and family went to Camp
Watson on Monday.
NEW plank walks have been laid on both
sides of Bailey avenue.
Miss josie TRUAx is keeping books at the
store of II. A. Bowman.
A PARTY Of about eighty Barre people
visited Mirror lake on Sunday.
THE Lane Manufacturing Company has
shut down for ten days for repairs.
THERE was a Sunday school concert at
the Methodist church, Sunday evening.
THE new house of D. ID. Nelson on Ter
race street is well along toward completion.
HENRY l.. CHANDLER, one of whose chill
dren died last week, is himself seriously i'll.
COLONEL A. A, FLETCHER and Thad NJ.
Chapman OF Middlebury were in town Mon
day.
REV. G.. w. GALLAGHER and family
started yesterday morning on their vacation
| trip.
II. G. GLEASON returned yesterday from
Ny. '''
The choir Of st. Augustine's church pic
nicked at Mirror lake on Monday of last
| week.
THE lawn at the east of the National Life
Insurance Company building is being re-
graded.
n GhANDSON VI 1eV. "A. n Lewis, TWO
years of age, died on Saturday at New
Haven, Conn.
A, j, PHILLIPS OF Chicago, we under
stand, is to sing tenor at Bethany church,
next Sunday.
I. w. WooD started for Minneapolis,
Mimi, on Monday. He will be away
month or more.
ALFRED BoULETT is putting up house
on Berlin street on lot of land purchased
of Dr. j, ID. Lance.
LUTHER CREE has bought of Eugene A,
and Myrtle H, Smith land and buildings on
Charles street, for $500.
The drain-pipe on lower State street has
been extended to the National Life Insur-
ance Company building.
L. j. DEAvITT, ESQ, has moved into his
house on Baldwin street, recently occupied
by Rev. G. w. Gallagher.
Mrs. j. w. BURGESS gave an exceedingly
pleasant reception at " Redstone +" on Fri
day afternoon of last week.
f. w. BANCROFT is to give his " Evening
of Old English Ballads at Waterbury,
next week Tuesday evening.
GEORGE BRA1NERD went to Hyde Park,
yesterday, on business of the Vermont Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Company.
MIR. AND MRS H, G. Cotton are taking a
carriage drive in the southern part of Ver-
mont and northern Massachusetts.
THE Epworth leagues of the Montpelier
district are to have an excursion and picnic
at Providence Island on August g.
MISSES CARRIE AND NELLIE ALLARD are
away on two weeks vacation, portion of
which will be spent in st. Johnsbury.
Miss MARY L. MUTT of Lasell Seminary,
Auburndale, Mass, is in town for few
weeks, the guest of Mrs. c. L. Bixby.
S. c. SHURTLEFF, ESQ.,, was at Sheldon,
last week, representing the st. Johnsbury
& Lake Champlain railroad in a chancery
case.
G. DEF. BANCROFT is taking a three weeks
vacation, which will include visits at Bos-
ton, Peabody, Mattapoisett and Plymouth,
Mass.
THE dance of last week Wednesday
evening was in Blanchard's hall, instead of
at the Pavilion. About twenty couples
were present.
BENJAMIN WALKER and wife of Chicago
are visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs d.
T. Knapp. They will remain here the rest
OF the summer.
REV. j. II. HINcKs, now of Atlanta, Ca,
is expected here this week, and during his
visit of few days he will be the guest of
Hon. Joseph Poland
A LAWN party was given by Miss Mary B.
Carleton, daughter of Judge Hiram Carle-
ton, Saturday evening, About forty young
people were present.
VhiSo ANNA KINNEY gave Il udy
party, Monday evening, and some fifteen
young ladies assisted her in cele chatting her
seventeenth anniversary.
G. III. SHIPMAN and family went to Bos-
ton, on Friday of last week. Mr.. Shipman
will be away about a week, and his family
will not return for month.
A PARTY of twenty-nine Raymond excur-
sionists took dinner at the Pavilion on Fri
day They were on their way from Bur-
lington to the White Mountains.
REV. f. S. WHARTON, pastor of the Will
liam street Methodist church, Delaware, o.,
is at S. j. Blanpied's for few weeks Mrs
Wharton is Mr.. Blanpied's sister.
Mrs. 1. NJ. CAMP of Chicago has been Wis.,
iting at the home of III. N Taplin and
this week she will be at Barre and Wash.
ington. She will go to Boston later.
THE senate on Monday confirmed the
nomination of j. Eli Goodenough as post
master of Montpelier. Mr. Goodenough is
to be congratulated on his deserved pro-
motion.
The local firemen are asked to meet this
wednesday, evening, at half past seven
o'clock, to consider the matter of entering
} the hand-engine contest at Mddlebury
July 2S.
Miss ELLA NJ. WAITE has severed her
connection with the Vermont Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, and went to Cambridge
on Monday to remain at home with heI
mother.
THE Sunday school of the Church of the
Messiah is to picnic at Langdons grove to.
morrow afternoon. The train leaves at 3 ;5C
O'Clock, and the return train leaves the
grove at 7;25.
, A DRY bridge at the farm of George O.
Boyce gave way few days ago while a
load of hay was going across it, and the leg
} OF one OF the horses was broken, The ami.
, NAL was killed.
MIR. AND MRS. III. @. BANCROFT and Miss
Greenleaf left Montpelier on Monday for
Kennebunk, Me-, where they will remain
for short time before returning to their
home at Columbus, o.
? THE band attempted to give a concert at
the Pavilion stand last week Friday even
ing. II had time for just one number before
hard shower descended and scattered the
band-men and the audience
, II. A, HUsE, ESQ., is editing Vermont
edition of the American Biographical
Series" which the Transcript Publishing
Company will issue, and Senator Morrill,
is to write the preface and introduction
A. w. BARNUM, stenographer at the Wells