The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-06-22


not been taken down and 1t ought not to be.
1t adds to the effect of the building.
THE Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor of Bethany church had a lawn
party at the home of Miss Mary Macomber,
last night
DAVID RING of Waterbury and wife are
now at the Pavilion, the former being em-
ployed as head waiter and the latter as the
pastry cook.
THE Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
OF Trinity church will meet, ON Saturday at
three o'clock with Mrs. w. o. Chapman,
No. II st. Paul street.
THE Christian Endeavor Society of the
Baptist church has elected Rev. G.. o. Web
ster a delegate TO the national convention,
which is to be held next month in New
York.
Miss MARTHA LONG has had her house
repaired and the piazza enlarged, doubtless
to accommodate the large number of
friends who find it so pleasant a meeting
place.
j. G. BROWN was elected member of the
executive committee of the Vermont Associ-
alton Of Life Underwriters at the an
nual meeting at Burlington on last week
Wednesday.
AT the annual state convention OF the
Protestant Episcopal church, held at Brat
tleboro on Wednesday of last week, Colonel
Fred e. Smith was elected delegate to the
general convention.
WILLARD g. WALKER has rented his farm
and milk route to E. l.. Hersey for one year
He is to erect two-story residence on the
lot off East State street on which he has al
ready partly completed barn.
T. w. WooD arrived in Montpelier last
week, and his numerous friends were glad
to see him here again. He will remain in
Montpelier until sometime in July, when
he will probably go to Minneapolis for a
few weeks.
THE body of Fred, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Newell S. Lord, and that of Helen, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Phillips, arrived
from Chicago on Friday of last week, and
both were inferred at Green Mount ceme-
terry after service conducted by Rev. A.
N. Lewis.
THE office of the Kelley Institute has
been handsomely fitted up, and Manager
Foster is busily engaged in advertising in
the papers of Vermont, New Hampshire
and Northern New York. A large number
of advertising pamphlets are expected soon
from Dwight, Ill.
PROFESSOR e. G. MoREY, formerly of the
Seminary, who for two years past has been
studying at Harvard University, will teach
next year in the Roxbury Latin school,
Boston. Professor Morey and Miss Ida S.
Award, also formerly of the Seminary,
were recently married.
THE repetition of the Apollo Club min
strel show, which had been put down for
Thursday evening of this week, will not be
given until fall. The decision is undoubt-
edly wise one, for it is now too warm
weather to secure the best patronage for an
indoor entertainment.
SOME 200 granite-cutters from Barre WIS.,
tied Montpelier, on Saturday, for the pur-
pose of meeting the local cutters socially
and talking the situation over There
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status of the matter, and there is no evil
dence that an immediate settlement is at
all probable.
CAPITAL GUARD was inspected on Friday
of last week by General Gilmore, Colonel
Estey, and Lieutenant Atkinson of the
Sixth United States Infantry. The inspec-
ton was on the state house grounds. and it
was quite brief on account of the rain. AT
ter the company had been dismissed Lieu
tenant Atkinson referred to its appearance
in complimentary way
A FINE Newfoundland dog, belonging to
a State street business man, was set upon
one day last week by a couple of bulldogs
which have way of doing their fighting in
company. The Newfoundlander was no
torn out. Dogs of the vicious character of
the two in question should be under some
sort of restraint. Dogs, as well as persons,
have rights
MONTPELIER Masons received a number
of honors at the state meeting at Burlington,
last week. George w. Wing was elected
grand high priest of the grand chapter of
Royal Arch Masons; Collins Blakely, grand
lecturer; j. E. Curran, district deputy.
Mr.. Curran was elected grand principal
conductor of the work of the grand council
of Royal and Select Masters, and c. H.
Heaton, grand treasurer. Mr.. Heaton was
also elected grand junior warden of the
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Mr.. Wing was made treasurer of the grand
lodge.
f. S. BALDWIN, sometime assistant editor
of the WATCHMAN, sails for Liverpool on July
16, and his plan is to spend two full years
in Europe in studying history and political
economy. A month Of the summer will be
passed in London; then he will travel for a
time in Scotland, and in the fall he will go
to Berlin to enter the university. He will
remain at Berlin for year, and the follow
| ing year will be spent either there or at an
English university. Mr.. Baldwin is the
holder of fellowship from Boston Uni
versity, by the terms of which he is per-
mitted to study abroad for two years.
THE number of summer patrons of the
Pavilion promises to be large. The arrivals
in the past week have been Rev. Dr. Cyrus
M. Fay and wife, Mrs. l. f. Cooper and chill
dren, Mrs. A. G. Hawley, Miss Hawley,
Miss Williams and Lucius p. Hawley, of
Brooklyn, ana Mr. and Mrs. y. A. hayward
of Brockton, Mass. Mr.. Keith and family
of Chicago are expected on the 23d inst, and
DIR. Hurd will be here about July l. About
the latter date III. G. Bancroft and family of
Columbus, Ohio, are expected Also and F.
G. Keith of Cleveland, Ohio, will arrive
about the middle of July. The bowling al
ley of the hotel will probably be finished
and ready for use next week.
ST. JoHNsBURY ACADEMY celebrates the
semi-centennial Of its existence on Friday
of this week. A generation ago, a great
many Montpelier boys and girls attended
this school, which outranked any in the
state for thoroughness and practicalty of
instruction that was unique. 1t was at that
| time under the management of Mr.. James
X. Colby who we believe has rarely been
equalled and never surpassed as an instruc-
| tor, particularly in the English branches
and in the department of natural science.
He was peerless teacher, teacher in the
highest and best conception of the office,
and wise and judicious ruler of youth.
Among the alumni of the first two decades
| of the academys existence Mr.. Colby will
be the grand central figure in the obser-
vances OF Friday night aud his memory the
! object of homage sincere and DrOfOund