The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-12


from public gaze for season.
Ross MANLY, Jesse Moss and f. w Scott,
three sturdy wheemen of Ti6in, o., were at
the Exchange last Friday night. They are
making tour OF the East on their bicycles,
and had been ten days making the journey
thus far. They left Saturday morning for
Portland, Me-, and are to visit Boston,
Providence, Newport, and other eastern
cities, making the return trip by rail.
MRS ARTHUR A. BENNETT of st. Charles,
ILL.,, is visiting at the home of George II.
Bennett. Her husband is favorably re-
membered in Montpelier as one of the
brightest and most promising graduates of
the Washington County Grammar School
under Professor ID. ID. Gorham. He is now
mayor of the ilourishing city of st. Charles,
and one of its successful and prominent
business men.
THE surplus earnings of the post-offices in
nine counties in Vermont are deposited
with Postmaster j. Eli Goodenough of
Montpelier. During the ten days from July
l, over $500 has been received from 2l0
Offices One postmaster in Franklin county
cracked the record by sending silver dime
to Mr. Goodenough on Tuesday, as the gross
receipts above expenses Of his office for the
three months ending July L.
Mrs. GEORGE WHEAT, former resident
of Montpelier, died last Friday in st. AL
bans, aged thirty-three years They moved
to st. Albans about a year ago, Mr.. Wheat
having position as fireman on the Central
Vermont railroad. The body was brought
to Montpelier, Monday morning, and funeral
services were held at st. Augustine's church,
Rev. w. j. OSullvan officiating The
burial was in the Catholic cemetery.
G. B. DURKEE, at the Pioneer Mills, has
been very remiss in paying his wster-rents.
Superintendent Foster was unable to col
ect the rents due April !, and last Monday
night went up and shut off the water. Mr..
Durkee's father appeared on Tuesday
I NftNrr ftaal alt1lt
dollars fine, and the water was turned on
again. Mr. Foster is anything but hard
man to deal with, but he proposes to treat
everybody alike in the collection Of water
! rents.
A QUIET home wedding occurred last
| Wednesday evening at the residence of l..
| B. Brooks on Barre street, when Miss Grace
L. Morse, sister of Mrs. Brooks, and Walter
| A. Barrows of Westboro, Mass, were mar
ried by Rev. j. Edward Wright Only the
immediate friends of the bride and groom
were present. The newly-wedded couple
left on the midnight train that night for
Boston, where Mr.. Barrows has a respon-
sble position with the Boston and Albany
railroad
p. ROBERTS Il Sons recently shipped
thousaud-dollar monument to John Retting
of Brattleboro. The firm has received
from Mr.. Retting a very fiattering letter of
acknowledgment. He declares that the
monument is the best in the Brattleboro
cemetery, which contains many fine speci-
mems of monumental work. He expresses
his entire satisfaction with the manner in
which the Messrs. Roberts have filed their
contract and congratulates them upon the
excellence of their work.
THERE will be an excursion to Highgate
Springs on Thursday, under the auspices Of
St, Augustine's church of Montpelier, fro II
Barre, Montpelier. Middlesex and Wate =
bury. The Montpelier Military Band will
accompany the excursion, The ttaiu w
leave Montpelier at $40 A. NJ arriving at
Missisquo Park at eleven o'clock retur :
ing, will arrive at Montpelier at 6:35 TIT
fare is only 81 for adults and fifty cents for
children. Take your lunch-basket and 90.
All well-behaved people will be welcomed.
The bureau of awards Columbian Ex-
position, rendered Mr.. Thomas w. Wood a
nomination as one of the judges of painting
on the international committee. 1t was q
mark of high distinction, but Mr.. Wood
has come to Vermont to rest and enjoy the
glories Of a summer among the Green
Mountains, and not even the protfer of this
high honor could beguile him from his pur-
pose Later on, Mr.. Wood will visit the
Exposition but he prefersto go in his own
time, untrammeled by official responsibility
and in all this he is, as usual, very sensi-
BILE man.
A CERTAIN well.kuown individual in
Montpelier, whose reputation is somewhat
shady, recently went into the store OF
reputable business man in town and asked
for sheet of paper and envelope. One of
the firms letter heads and envelopes were
given him to get rid of him. On this sheet
of paper he wrote a dastardly letter to lady.
The letter was shown to relative, and the
writer of the vile stuff has not yet seen the
end of the dance he has started. If he
thought the proprietor of the store whose
name was on the letter head and envelope
Il wohld be suspected Of writing such letter
he was very inuuh mistaken, iiand the
chiakenI has come, home to )rfopst sooner
Ia than lie eexpected.
h JAr the sefiiiaaaual meeting The Keeley
League. held last d Wednesday, evening, the
y following officers were elected: President,
John G. Wing; oHrst lyice-presdent, Major
i j, bgElIer SECOND Eice-presidsnt. William
" Stevens; recording, secretary, f., II: HartT
Mooney treasurer, Philip-Prior; executive
I committee, j. G. Wing, P. L. LYONS Will
(; lam Tierpey, ~, ,McCornlek.l William Dill
lon, A. Cutts, j. W, Mooney, r, Words
Da WORTH "a asslsise and T Il. Snow On mo-
d tion Of Manager E,f NJ. Foster, a vote of
thanks was rendered P, L. Lyons the re-
tiring president, of}the fidelity and ability
with which he has discharged the duties Of
the otice dttrfdg tile past six months,
n THE people who 6nd companionship in
the stars swho Fegretfuliy bid. goodbye TO a
celestial friend in its courses round the sun
y and welcome its reappearance, rejoice to see
+, the lovely planet Venus gittering again in
. the southwestern skies. Her career as
n evening starts young, but if She is sought
at early dusk she will be found ON the hor-
izon few degrees south of the sunset
IL point. % The observer must, however, get up
out of the village streets and use some con-
venieut hill top for an observatory. She
\ will nightly rise higher above the horizon
and increase in brilliancy, and will be ,he
bright particular star " of the autumn
months. Her consort, Jupiter is morning
star, and if one is awake after midnight the
great planet may be seen shining in the
east with regal splendor.
j. w. SAULT. well known in Montpelier
has recently been taking a carriage drive
through the state, and in letter to The
St. Johnsbury CdledoniGn has the following
to say of Montpelier: Montpelier may
we'll be proud of her building boom. Quite
a number of new houses are being erected
there this year, and this gives the capital
touch of life which most favoraby i'm
presses the stranger within her gates, She
has just put in the electric fire alarm sys-
tenn, too. A few of her citizens, who be-
lieve still in doing just as their fathers did
one hundred years ago, object d to the new
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