The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-20

MRS A. n. BLANCHARD has returned
from visit to her daughter, Mrs. G. j.
Shriner Of Boston.
EDITOR ATKINS is in Washington, ID. c.,
attending conference Of the democratic
national committee.
REV. e. A. BISHOP preached at Bethany
church last Sunday morning. There we're
no evening services.
w. G. BELKNAP returned last Monday to
Dartmouth College, after vacation spent
at his home in Berlin.
MR.. AND Mrs. ALBERT SPARROW went to
Calais, last Saturday, called by the serious
illness OF Mr. Sparrow's mother.
G. N, ARMS was somewhat under the
weather for a day or two last week, but is
regalning his accustomed health.
THE band will give promenade concert
in village hall Saturday night at eight
o'clock. Admission, ten cents.
WILL RIVERS resumed work in the Wet
more x Morse sheds, last Monday, after a
nine months lay off with a broken leg
MRS WILLIAM DILLON, mother of John
w. Dillon, died in the Horn of the Moon "
neighborhood last Sunday, at an advanced
age.
JOHN BuRNEY of Fitchburg, Mass, treas
urer Of the Montpelier Slate Company, was
in town for few days last week, on bust
ness.
MRS ED. II. GILMAN, whose husband
died about two weeks ago, died last Satur-
day of pneumonia. The house has been
closed.
Miss ANNA G. LANGDoN Of Northfeld, as
sisted by Miss Agnes Dooley gave piano
recital in the Seminary chapel, last Friday
evening.
DR.. o. l.. WATSON went to West Topsham
yesterday, to attend a meeting of the COM
missioners on the estate Of the late Chester
Mills.
DR. HARRY CHURCHILL, a former Mont
peier resident, and cousin of G. A. Smith,
died at Highmore, S. D., recently. He left
a wife.
Mrs. CHARLES T. SABIN and daughter,
Miss Jessie, expect to start for southern
Delaware the first of February, to remain
until spring.
No sooner has Esquire Kemp returned to
his office after his illness than his ex part
ner, John II. Senter, took up the grip where
Mr.. Kemp left off.
BECAUSE of illness, f. W. Bancroft did
not sing in the Unitarian choir last Sunday,
and a trio was sung by Mr.. Shepard, Mrs
Willard and Miss Waite.
Mrs. II. n. TAPLIN and her mother, Mrs
Il. =. Jolliffe, leave next Sunday evening
for Winchester, Va. where Mrs. Taplin is
to spend couple of months.
CHARLES MARION and John O'Grady have
taken possession of the store formerly run
by Fred Stevens. and have put in a stock of
shingle nails and heavy hardware.
THE Bethany Reading Club will meet at
Mrs. I'll. Z. Cotons S next Tuesday afternoon
There will be no observance of the Red Let
ter day which occurs on this date.
THE train over the Central Vermont rail-
road which erstwhile left for Barre at Il: So
P. NJ. now departs at 2:25, and the one which
rolled out at 6:47 now moves at Z; co.
ID. f. Long appeared at his store last
Monday for the first time since the grip as
sailed him, many days ago Even Monday
his articulation was very pianissimo.
ALICE L. BAILEY, wife of s. G. Stuart,
died at Everett, Mass, January 10. Mrs.
Stuart will be remembered as the grand
daughter of the late Gamaliel Washburn.
The grip has temporarily paralyzed the
local-news industry. The local columns of
about every paper in the state consist now
adays of chroniclings of illness and death.
e. w. BRowNELL, Jr., secretary of state,
was in town last Thursday, mailing blanks
to the various town clerks in the state on
which to make returns of vital statistics.
The Baptist Christian Endeavor Society
has elected for president +. E. Towner;
vlce-president, Miss Jennie Hopkins; sec
retary, Miss Clara Severance treasurer,
Don Dodge.
THOMAS BURGEN, the youngest of the four
Burgen brothers, died of pneumonia, last
Monday, and will be buried from ST. Aug
ustlne's church to-day. A Mr.. Goodbeau
of Barre was buried from that church Sun
day
AT the animal meeting of the Capital
Savings Bank and Trust Company, last
Thursday, George l.. Blanchard was
elected a trustee, vice e. e. Blakeley The
rest OF the old board was re- elected. The
officers will be chosen soon.
The following relief committee has been
appointed by Brooks post, Grand Army of
the Republic, one for each day of the week,
Edward Baker, j. L. Elder, III b. Wedge,
L. l.. Casavant, N. q. Peck.
AFTER tom" Wood had been helped
upstairs to the club room, deposited in
chair, and his pipe brought to him, he ex-
planned that he was just recovering from a
severe attack OF sciatic rheumatism, and
was just getting 50 he could help himself
DAVID MITCHELL of Burlington and Jo-
seph Mitchell of Boston were in town last
Thursday, to attend the funeral of their
brother, Peter Mitchell. j. w. Brock, ad-
minlstrator OF the estate, is invoicing the
stock of goods in the store, and will offer it
for sale.
AT the suggestion of George K. White,
leader OF the Montpelier orchestra the or
chestra selections are now printed on the
Opera-house programmes. This is an ex-
cellent idea. People like to know what the
orchestra are playing, whether they under
stand it or not.
The remains OF Lorenzo Jones were
brought to Montpelier last week from Chi
cago, where he died January 3. He was
born in this vicinity about forty-f
years ago, the son of Alonzo Jones, and
was resident here for many years. He was
brother of Mrs. 4. A. Ordway.
FOURTEEN persons, mostly employees,
were i'll with the grip at the Exchange
hotel, the past week. 4. A. Mutt and
Henry Libben waited table Sunday and
Monday, and were as graceful as a ton of
coal. Tom" Wood was scheduled for
Monday, but cancelled his engagement.
HARRY ROBERTS died at his home on
Baldwin street, last Thursday of quick
consumption, the result of an attack of the
grip and pneumonia He leaves wife and
one child. The funeral was held Saturday
afternoon, Rev Mr.. Lewis, assisted by Rev.
Howard f. Hill of Concord, n. H., ofliciat-
ing.
The famous Germania orchestra of Boston,
under the direction of Emil Mollenhauer,
is TO give concert in Blanchard Opera
house the evening of January 26 assisted
by Mrs. j. Dunlop Smith of Barre, a reader
OF considerable talent. The orchestral pro-
contains SeVeral attractive NUM-