The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-03-01
Err, VT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH I, 1898.

THE "Wife for Wife" company was
billed for Barre last Wednesday evening,
but did not reach the Exchange hotel from
North Adams, Mass, until nearly midnight.
They played In Barre last Monday night
| Instead,
AT business meeting OF Bethany Chris.
| tian EndeavOr Society, held last Sunday
evening, Harry Cotton was elected presi-
dent; Will Smith, vioe-president; Minnie
Arms, secretary; and Rufus Robinson,
| treasurer.
Six gentlemen from Waterbury are TO be
initiated into Vermont lodge Of Odd Fell
lows this evening preparatory to instituting
field lodge will be present and work the
| first degree.
THR March term OF Washington comfy
! conrt will convene Tuesday, March II. Hon.
| Russell 8. Taft presiding. There are two
| hundred sixty. one cases on the docket, Of
which sixty'one are liquor cases and thirty
are divorce cases.
e. b. PIKE of Pike Station, N. H., was In
| town last week. Mrs. Pike has been stop
ping for several weeks at the home OF
George Trombly, her father, and Mr. and
| Mrs. Pike left last Monday for a trip to
| Syracuse and New York.
G. s, EVANS OF Boston, chief pOst-Office
| inspector for New England, called on Post
master GoOdepongh last Monday. He had
been to Barre and st. JOhnsbury making
arrangements regarding the leasing of the
| post-Uffices at those places
Mr.. AND MRS. LEVI A. PRARsoHs were
| given pleasant surprise party last evening
ON the tenth anniversary Of their marriage.
! They were the recipients of several valu.
able presents from friends in Montpelier,
East Montpelier and Barre.
@. II. MERRILL OF Shelburne Falls Mass ,
| the well-kuOwn bonifaoe OF the Crawford
| and FabyRn houses, was at the Pavilion on
! Tuesday. as was G. II. Morse of the At
lautic Advertising Company, and George
II, Quimby Of Des Moines, la.
EvERY room, even to the sky parlor, at
the Exchange Hotel was full last Saturday
night and Sunday. Among the guests were
| twelve CONNER cial travellers " no are ac
customed to make their plans to spend Sun
day a. that popular hostelry when in this
| part Of the state,
Mrs. ANTOINE LABoUCBERR died Tuesday
| morning at her home on Clay hill after a
long Illness, the last few yea of which 81 Q
has been almost totally blind. Her funeral
will be held to morrow morning from st.
! Augustines church, Of which she was a de
won't communicate
THOSE who have been accustomed to call
the Arthur Tandy" sawed off" We're
| inclined TO change their minds during the
deep SHOWS of last week, when the noisy
little screecber plowed her way through the
| drifts, making every trip last Wednesday.
and nearly on schedule time.
A wELL-DEsERvED compliment TO the rare
musical talents Of f. W. Bancroft Is shown
in his engagement as soloist on Good Fri
day, at the Park street Congregational
church, Norwich, Conn, when "The
Legend of the Cross " by Buck, is TO be
rendered by full chorus and orchestra.
To whom It may concern The WATCH.
MAN does business at its own office. If any
individual has failed to receive from us
anything for which be has paid or con-
tracted, directly or through an authorized
agent, he will have satisfaction on stating
his case at this office in person or by mail.
THE first meeting of the University clut
since its organization was held last evening
at the residence Of hon. b, + Fiheld
where the members were entertained with
a supper. A paper on Popular Supersti
tions in New England" " was read by Rev
A. n. Lewis which was followed by gen
erai discussion, and readings by j, A
DeBoer,
TGe following letter finds publication
not-it is perhaps proper to say-at the in
stance of Captain Hutchinson, lis wife, OF
his attorney:
woRoesTRR, Vt, Feb. q. 1898
Dear MI and Mrs. Hutchinson; want to exp pres
my sympathy with you tn in your irving expert
ences Of the present, and my confidence III jour en-
tire freedom from any wrong intent In the matter
Very sincerely yours, p, II, CARPENTER, Paste
Congregational church.
JAMES 7. SABIN returned last Saturda!
from BlOOmingdale, N Y, where he wen
two weeks ago to visit Mrs. Sabin He ef
her much improved in health, with he
courage strong for an ultimate cOmplet,
recovery. She will not return 10 Mont
pelier until warm weather. Her large cir
Gle of Montpelier friends earnestly hop
that her exprctations Of restored health ma
! be fully realized.
THE Free Press yesterday contained tn
surprising information that Mrs. H. w
Bancroft and Rev. @. F. Carter of BuIling
! ton had been appointed the state advisor
committee on music in the woman's build
, ing at the Worlds Fair. MIR. Bancroft
prompt denial that he had snrreptitiousl
, become benedict was sufficient proof tha
=. the Free Press had, for once, made a Sigh
, mistake.
GroR0B SHORES OF Kent's Corner wa
I dangerously, il not fatally, injured Tuesda
morning. lie was riding down a steep bill
on a load Uf household goods, and wa
thrown under the forward traverse OF tn
sled. The horses ran and one runner wen
, over Mr.. Shores head fracturing his skull
DR.. G. II. Chandler was called and TIRE
panned the skull, but it is as yet uncertai
whether the injury will prove fatal.
/ THOSE who take kindly to meteorolOgics
records will be interested in a leaf from In
diary of the late Judge II. II. Keith, whic
= was shown u representative Of tn
1 WATCHMAN IL was dated March, 1868, an
r showed that the temperature March twrlft
' was fourteen below zero, the thirteenth
r twenty-five below, the fourteenth. twelve
the fifteenth, sixteen, the sixteenth, eigh
0 cen, and the twentieth, twenty below zero
( r. d. YAw, the Iowa horse-dealer, VIII
o has been at the Exchange Hotel for tn
t n st two weeks, started for his home las
Monday evening, He was accompanied b
K Mark Petit of Coventry. Mr.. Petit is
i recent graduate of the Kelley Institut,
. and since his stay in Montpelier has demon
| strated that he is an expert as trainer an
driver OF colts So pleased was MIR. va,
, with him that he made him tlattering oift
: TO return to Iowa with him.
4 A DISTRICT meeting OF Royal Arch Ms
q sons was held last Thursday afternoon an
evening in the hall of King Solomon char
ter Representatives from Waterbury chaI
/. ter of Waterbury, Whitney chapter Of We'
y Randolph, Mt. Lebanon chapter OF Bra
ford, and Granite chapter Of Barre weI
present and tonk the parts assigned theI
on the programme as published last We'll
r Charles Nj. Foster, manager OF the Keelr
\ Institute, was the only candidate initiated
Il A banquet was served TO the visiting brett
Z rem AT six O'Clock.
REV. Ii. f. REYNOLDS, president OF th
Il Vermont Holiness Association, preached