The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-01-25

! triumph OF virtue over vice.
EDWARD RI1TENHousE BLACKWELL. died
| Tuesday after noon at his hune on
| Main street, of general debility, aged
| nearly seventy-nine years. The day before
| last Christmas he caught severe cold and
has failed gradually ever since Mr. Black
well was born in Hopewel, N. j., June
26, 1914. He was by profession a civil en-
| gineer, and was, during the years Of his ac-
tive lie, largely connected with several
| important enterprises- among them the
! Erie canal, portion of which was named
for him He laid out the city OF Cleveland,
| Ohio, and all the upper part OF Manhattan
| island, and he was for many years men,
| Der of the firm of Clark, Reeves & CO. of
! Philadelphia, and was largely interested in
bridge building He came to Montpelier in
! 1878, and was treasurer of the Sabin Spring
Company for several years. He leaves a
widow and two children-E. ID. Blackwell
and Mrs. j. g. HOughton, both Of Mont
| pelier. His funeral will be held from his
late home. Thursday afternoon, Rev. A. n.
| Lewis officiating.
A VERY pretty home wedding occurred
last Wednesday evening at the residence
OF Mr. and Mrs. Edwin NJ Guernsey, on
! Vine street, when Miss Mabel, their daugh.
ter, was united in marriage to Justus l..
Batchelder, Only the immediate relatives
| and friends OF the bride and groom were
present at the wedding ceremony, which
was performed by Rev. G. w. Gallagher.
] ~ bno WthulUE EtCbDblOu which IOllOwen,
! Carl G. Bancroft, b. NJ. Shepard, NJ. r. At
| kins and Louis j. Hathaway served as
| uShers. The bride and groom we're assisted
in receiving by Mr.. and Mrs. Guernsey and
| Miss Anna, parents and sister Of the bride
and by Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Farwell a
large company OF invited guests was pres
! ent from eight 10 ten o'clock, and the con.
| gratulationS that were showered upon the
| happy couple were sincere and heartfelt
! The wedding gifts were numerous and valu-
able, among them being a handsome center
table from Rev. and Mrs. j. Edward Wright,
who were represented by Mr.. A. ID. Far.
we'll The newly-wedded couple went at
once to their new home on East Liberty
street.
REV. g. w. GALLAGHER preached an in
teresting sermon last Sunday evening His
| subject, A welcome home" was from the
words " But the father said to his servants,
bring forth the best robe and put it on him,
and put ring on his finger and shoes on
his feet" The speaker referred to the com
forting fact that God always welcomes
sinners home, and that the very arches of
heaven ring with joy whenever prodigal
returns. Many interesting examples were
I given of children who wandered away from
their old home and lived in sin, but were
| finally brought to realize the mercy and
/ goodness of God. The prodiga son came
home in rags, but robe, the garment of
prince IN those days, was put on him. and
when people repent and turn to God they
become heirs of God, kings and priests unto
/ God, and they are clothed with the robe of
righteousness The ring with which the re-
! turning prodigal was adorned was in those
oriental times pledge Offering AS every
| important or official document was stamped
| with the seal OF ring, so a ring gives to a
| child OF God the pledge of power and of
Gods authority, not only in the hand but
in the heart. Mr.. Gallagher closed his
eloquent and interesting discourse with an
elaboration Of the idea that the shoes that
were placed on the young mans feet were
symbolicsl of freedom, dignity and service
MRS. GEORGE W. REED invited the
! Shakespeare club to meet with her last
Monday afternoon, when, in place of the
usual programme, the ladies were delight
| fully entertained by Miss Trotter of Mon
treal, guest of Mrs. Reed with a talk of
| an hour or more on a trip abroad taken by
! her last year. Miss Trotter is not only
bright aud observing, but has the charming
/ Iacuity oil describing in a most entertaining
manner the scenes amid which she travelled.
Her descriptions of the rocks and fortifica-
| tions OF Gibraltar, Of her experience in the
Mediterranean when the steamer Utopia OF
the Anchor line was lost and two hundred
and fifty persons were drowned and of the
churches, cathedrals and people OF Rome
and Venice, were most vivid, and the little
| group OF ladies forgot for a time the speaker
in their intense interest in her graphic
words. No less interesting was her descrip-
she visited. her laughable experience in
climbing the leaning tower of Pisa, the in
cidents of life on board au ocean steamer
and the launching of the steamer Stella at
| Venice, when the ancient ceremony of we'd
ding the ship to the Adratic was performed
in the presence of the king and queen and
the nobility of Italy. At the close of her
impromptu talk the ladies of the club were
invited to ask any questions, and those that
were propounded only led Miss Trotter into
descri ptionS of incidents of fresh interest
The vote of thanks rendered Mrs. Reed for
her hospitality, and to Miss Trotter for her
instructive and deeply interesting talk, was
unanimous and hearty.
The six errors in the business directory of
Montpelier as published in Waltou's Yer
mont Register for 1898, to which attention
was called last week, led certain smart in
dividual to challenge the writer of the item
TO make good his promise to furnish another
batch equally as large. Here are fifteen
more in the same town, and the end is not
yet The italics are ours. The name of
Mrs. L. u. Smith, deceased several months
ago, is found amoug the hairdressers Peter
G0tier among the masons, and Mrs. S. l..
Gtading with the milliners. George ii.
Wilder of Littleton, n. H., is down as
piano tuner, III. NJ. Pierce Of Boston as a
coal dealer. G.. c. Woolson as tailor and
A. j. Converse as fruit dealer look little
strange, while the photography OF the name
OF Richard BlackhdN as a tinsmth is some.
what awry. b. Greenwood has not dealt in
carpets and oil cloths for nearly a year, and
the lumber firm of T., G. Putnam x Son be-
longs to Middlesex. Over a year ago the
office of president of the Vermont Methodist
Seminary was abolished but Rev. j. ID. Bed-
mans name still appears in that capacity.
Alland G. Fay of Littleton, n. H., and A.
ID. kimball are said to be lawyers, whereas
they have been practicng their profession
elsewhere for some months. Rev. John
GallighGn, who left town two years ago, is
said to be a Catholic clergyman here. Rev.
S. q. Hayford, a former travelling Unitarian
preacher in this vicinity, is in AS good
Methodist, and-but this is enough for one
week. Perhaps the WATCHMAN was not so
far wrong when it said The value of the
Register must suffer discount when such
faults begin to appear"
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