The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20
Montpelier and Vicinity.
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GEORGE A, ScRBNER is home from school
at Boston.
REV. A. N. LEWIS is visiting his home in
New Haven, Conn.
II. NJ. PIERCE went to Boston, Monday
evening, on business.
NAPOLEON GRAvELIN and Moses Dumas
went to Chicago last week.
STATION AGENT E. w. THOMPSON was in
New York few days last week.
JOHN CHIMNEY was arrested Fast day for
intoxication. He disclosed on himself.
Mr. AND Mrs. f. L. EATON are parents of
daughter, born Monday, the 18Th inst.
j. ID. Brown CARED seventeen horses to
New York from this station, last Saturday.
HIRAM M. PIERCE, Miss Josie Pierce and
Mrs. @. A. Lang visited in Burlington last
week.
E. X. WOODS from Baltimore, Md, has
bought the dental business of the late DR..
Clark.
FRED w. BANCROFT is convalescent, and
hopes to sing in the Unitarian choir next
Sunday.
Miss CABLoTTA TRUAx has gone to Han
over, N. H., to work for the season in a
millinery store.
JOHN PIERCE, now travelling for Ferguson
& Adsit of Burlington, spent Monday night
at Levi H. Bixby's.
The Ladies' Guild of Christ church is to
meet with Mrs Moulton, Thursday after
noon at two o'clock.
THE Chautauqua Glass will meet with
Miss Helen Burpee, Elm street, on Friday
afternoon at two o'clock.
j. V. BABCoCK has disposed of his two
hen-hawks. Some one wanted them more
than he did, strange to say.
Mr.. AND Mrs. A. L. BAILEY of st. Johns
bury and Mr.. and Mrs. Jason Clark of Will
liston spent Sunday in town.
CHARLES w. GAMMoNs of Boston, special
agent of the National Life Insurance Com
pany, was in town over Sunday
GEORGE II, WILDER is in town, running
the music store. Mr.. and Mrs George w.
Wilder have both been quite ill.,
THE new engine, "a. f. Sortwell," made
its trial trip over the Montpelier & Wells
River railroad last Sunday morning.
THE Womans Christian Temperance
Union will meet with Miss Eliza Rublee
next Thursday afternoon at three o'clock
THE Central Vermont railroad announces
its operation Of eight lake steamers plying
between Ogdensburg and Chicago. Quite
fleet.
THE social life at the poor farm received
an impetus last Monday evening, when Mr..
and Mrs. Richardson were rendered sur
prise party.
THE prohibition state committee met last
Friday afternoon at the Pavilion, and voted
to hold the state convention at Rutland
some time in May.
GEORGE b. WALTON has been appointed
Vermont agent for the Boston Cash Regis
ter Company, and says he has got the best
thing on the market.
CLARENCE f. MoULToN has taken rooms
at DR.. Boardman's. DIR. E. X. Woods, the
new dentist, fills the void in the family of
Welch and McCuen.
Mr.. AND Mrs. NJ. p. PERLEY of Enos-
burgh Falls and Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Slack
of Springfield have been spending the past
week at the Pavilion.
FRED w. BANCROFT is to give his Even
ing with Old English Ballads at North
field, next week Wednesday, and at New
London, Conn, May 6.
THE next chorus rehearsal for the mu-
scal convention will be held next Tuesday
evening at eight o'clock in the vestry of the
Church of the Messiah.
Mrs. JAMES E. CURRAN received on Tues
day telegram informing her of the sudden
death of her father, Tristram F. Palmer, at
South Chelmsford, Mass.
THE Bethany Topic Club met at George
w. wings, last evening, and resolved that
young ladies should have equal privileges
with young men in college.
THE partitions in the Montpelier & Wells
River railroad offices have been built over
so that passage-way now runs from the
entrance to the rear rooms.
THE remains of Mrs. Nina Dewey Bos-
worth were brought to Berlin from Omaha
last week, and the funeral was held Friday,
Rev. A. j. Hough officiating.
Mr.: WRIGHT expects to begin his fort
nightly meetings at the Morse school-house
East Montpelier, next Sunday at q 10 P. M
with sermon upon "Our Indebtedness to
the World"
MAMMA" said little girl, Easter Sum
day, why does our minister always say
lastly in the middle of his sermon?" That
is question which has puzzled older and
wiser heads.
Mr.. AND Mrs. j. F. DUTToN are parents
of daughter, born last Thursday. Mrs.
Samuel Estabrook, who has been with Mrs
Dutton the past three weeks, has returned
to Hardwick
SUPERINTENDENT BALDWIN, Auditor Rey-
nolds and Car Agent Magiff Of the Central
Vermont railroad were in town last Friday,
coming in President Smiths private obser-
walton car, st. Lawrence.
The final meeting, this season, of the
Ladies Reading Club of Christ Church will
be with Mrs. James Peck, in the rooms of
the Woman's Relief Corps, Tuesday even
ing, April 26, at quarter past seven.
REV. Mr.. GALLAGHER will speak next Sun
day morning on "The victorious power of
the gospel" and in the evening, to the
young people, on Dangers from being in
trusted with important responsibilities.
w. A. BRIGGS is receiving the condolences
of his friends in the loss of his whiskers,
with which he was rash enough to part last
week for the first time in three years. His
closest friends found it difficult to penetrate
his disguise.
A PLACARD posted on the bulletin board
in the Apollo Club rooms narrates that III.
l.. Averill cordially invites the Apollo
Club to attend the Mary Howe concert"
What the members want to know is whether
they will have to buy tickets or not.
The Bethany Reading Club gives a recep-
ton next Friday evening at half-past seven
o'clock, in the chapel of Bethany church.
This is the closing of the clubs reading
conrse and red-letter day, and in addition
to the guests of its members, an invitation
has also been extended to the Topic Club
ID. j. CANARY, fancy bcyclist, who was adj
vertised to ride ON his eye. .winkers and per-
form other feats of daring last week, was
unable to come to Montpelier on account of
spell of sickness. Superintendent Nor
gan of the Overman Wheel Company was
present and expounded the merits of that
ful La of fvrh aI