The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-08-17
Montpelier and Vicinity.

from Maine on Thursday.
THE Good Templars are to have picnic
at Beniamin's Falls to-day.
w. II. SPEAR, who formerly lived in
Montpelier, is visiting in town.
THE guests at the Pavilion enjoyed
pleasant evening of progressive whist Mon
day night.
REV. G. F. CARTER of Burlington preached
at Bethany church, last Sunday morning
and evening
JOHN G. BULLOCK, years ago a resident of
Washington county, with his daughter is
at the Pavilion.
STATE and Main streets are being cleared
of the surplus accumulations and they look
much more tidy
A BROTHER of w. H. Cowell, who is on
the editorial staff of the Washington Star,
is visiting Mr.. Cowell.
HENRY FREER assisted the Barre band
during the races at Barre on Friday and
Saturday of last week.
Mrs. ERNEST LHEUREUx, who has been
at work in the probate office, is now keep
ing books for H. A. Bowman.
Miss ALICE SCovILLE, who is now teach
ing at Oak Park, near Chicago, is visiting
at the home of p. H. Hinkley
The Sunday-school of the Baptist church
picnicked yesterday at Benjamin's Falls,
and the Barre Baptists united with them
GhOhGE IL LANE, DdlSy Lane ana MIS-.
I. s. Brophy went to the White Mountains,
last week, with the intention of remaining
some weeks.
CANTON MONTPELIER worked the degree
of Patriarchs Militant upon Grand Repre-
sentative j. X. Egerton of Northfeld, last
Monday night.
MRS l., RUSSELL, who has been visiting
friends in Montpelier for the past four or
five weeks, left for her home in Franklin
VT, on Monday.
THREE new members were admitted to
the Good Templars' lodge, last week
Wednesday evening. The lodge now has
eighty members
THE granite posts in front of the Pavilion
grounds have been cut down, so that they
! are now connected by but one rod, while
| there were two formerly
A NUMBER of Montpelier people are in at
tendance at the district campmeeting at
Northfield, which opened on Monday and
will continue through Sunday next.
THE funeral of Nora OGrady, daughter
of John O'Grady, was held Monday morn
ing at ST. Michael's school-house. The de-
ceased was twenty-five years of age.
Miss LULU ELLIS, Misses Mamie and Ad-
Jeanie @. Walker and Mr.. Frank Mcclure
are on an excursion to Lake George.
Mrs. j. ELI GooDENoUGH and Mrs. w. G.
Andrews, who have been at Nahant, Mass.
will return this week. Mr.. Andrews will
go to Nahant to accompany them home.
A. A. HADLEY, formerly organist at the
Church of the Messiah and instructor in in
strumental music at the seminary, was in
town last week, visiting at the home of Mrs
Simeon Dewey.
A. E. DOWNING of Northfield was in town
yesterday, with half-dozen hounds, which
he was willing to dispose of for a considera-
ton: The dogs attracted considerable at
tention on the street.
The heavy rain of last Friday did not
prevent the attendance of a large number
OF persons on the excursion to Weirs, n
H.. Some 400 went from Barre and Mont
pelier, and all had very good time
The next union meeting of the Washing
ton County Young Peoples Society of Chris
ton Endeavor will be held at Waterbury
september 2. The state president, Rev. G.
Marten OF Bennington, will be present
IT'has been estimated that the granite
cutters of New England have lost 50, 800 900
in the four months of the strike. James G.
Patterson, Hartford, Conn, contractor
says this sum would have bought up the
whole business.
Hon. III. A. HUsE and w. A Lord, ESQ,
N, We're the speakers at a fiag;raising at East
Montpelier, last night The Montpelier
Military Band furnished music, and a del.
egatlon OF Montpelier people went with it
on special train
The Board of Civil Authority will meet
at the town clerks Office in the Courthouse
on thursday evening at Z: 80, to correct the
checklist and make additions thereto
Every legal voter should see that his name
is on the list, and on right.
LESLIE l.. PERRY, son of G. w. Perry
state geologist, is rearranging the specimens
IN the state cabinet, and giving them their
Diennlal busting. He is himself quite pro-
hclent in the specialties which render the
| present n ha ooh Iit,at
in that office.
A SUNDAY-scHooL is being conducted
Sunday afternoons in the vicinity of the
Pioneer mills by Harry Cotton and William
smith OF the Bethany Christian Endeavor
society. There has been an average at
tendance OF about thirty scholars, and the
school has been quite successful.
PETER G. DEWEY is putting in the founda-
tion OF block on his lot at the southwest
corner of Elm and School streets. A path
mad been formed across the lot. and the
foundation walls of course cut it off. AS
the sidewalk on the opposite side of Court
street does not follow the line, the street is
now narrow at this point
INQUIRY is often made at the post-ofice
why no mail goes out on the noon express
| 10 Boston. Postmaster GOodenough states
that mail on the 1895 afternoon train reaches
Boston, via Rutland, at six o'clock the next
morning, and as mail going by the noon
express could not be delivered the same
evening, the 1885 mail is practically as con-
venent.
THE managers of the fourth annual tour
nament OF the Rutland tennis club have
sent special invitation to the tennis play
ers OF Montpelier to be present and contest
for the prizes offered. The tournament
takes place this week Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday. Entries may be sent to c.
Nj. Lyman, Rutland, and no entrance fee
will be charged visitors.
GEORGE b. b. HARVEY, who succeeds
Ballard Smith as editor-in-chief of the New
YORK World, is native of Peacham and be-
gan newspaper work on the Argus He was
also Tor time connected with the Spring
field Republican, which is regarded as the
best school of journalism in the country.
Mr.. Harvey gets the title of " colonel " by
having served on the staff of Governor Alb.
bett of New Jersey.
A MEETING of the Union school district
was held at Capital hall, last week Wednes.
day evening. The following officers were
elected; Moderator, Fred l.. Eaton; clerk,
Hiram Carleton; chairman of the pruden-
ual committee, j. H. Lucia; treasurer, A. j.
Slbley; collector, K. NJ Irish auditors, G.
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