The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-06-28

Miss Kate Gilbert is home from the Bos.
ton Conservatory of Music, accompanied by
a lady friend.
Will Woodbury. and David Lockln have
opened a barber shop in the basement OF
the Stebbins block.
The low water in Dog river necessitated
| the use of steam in the works of Cross
Brothers last week
Miss Edith Abbott of West Randolph is
here to attend commencement, visiting at
the home of Mrs. NJ. s. Gilchrist
The engine companies went out for prac.
tice last Saturday evening. The boys of
No. took the cake for rapid work and dis
lance water was thrown.
Mrs. Carrie Gale, Mrs. Myron Gould and
Miss Della Kimball went to Nantasket
Beach last week where they were Joined by
Mr.. Gould from Denver.
Cadet BENEFITS father, mother and sister
OF North Bennington are in town for the
J week. His brother rode from Bennington
| to Northfeld on bicycle Monday.
The Universalist ladies' circle met last
! Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Newell
Byam, on Prospect street. The Mortified
| Cornet Band was in attendance.
The Mortified Juvenile Temple enjoyed
a picnic to Berlin Pond last week. They
| were accompanied by their superintendent,
Mrs. Frank Plumley, and Mrs. h. N. John
| son.
The Congregational society has called
meeting for the .ternoon Of July & to see If
the society will vote to sell to DR.. George
| Nichols piece of ground adjoining his
| yard.
Holy communion will be observed at the
Congregational church next Sunday. The
| meeting preparatory will be held in the
| church parlor on Friday afternoon at half
past two o'clock.
| The wife of Jesse Allen died last Thurs
day OF general debility, aged seventy.three
| years. Funeral services were held at her
late home on Friday morning Rev. |. p.
Booth officiating and the body was taken to
Morrisville for burial.
Rev. Allen Judd, the acting Episcopal
rector, has arrived in town with his family
| and is occupying the house next south of
| w. f. Cushman's on Central street He
was accompanied by Rev. Mr.. Judd of Mar
| shalltown, Ia, brother of Mrs. Cushman.
Joseph Watson, who has been in the
home of o. ID. Edgerton for the past year
and was one of the graduating class from
| the high school, returned TO his home in
Keene, N Y, last week. If possible, he
will return and enter Norwich University
this fall.
The members of Company F, under Cap
| tain F. l.. Howe, had their first outdoor
drill of the season last Saturday evening,
and made fine appearance. G.. D. Stevens
| has been promoted to first corporal and
Moses King to first sergeant, NJ E. Chase
has also been appointed sergeant
The Good Templars' lawn party which
was to have been held last Friday evening,
was postponed until July 4, when it will be
! held at the residence of j. III. Orcutt. Ice
cream, cake and lemonade will be served,
and general good time is expected, to
which all are invited. Fireworks in the
evening.
A spirited horse driven last Sunday morn
ing by Amasa Pearsons became unman-
ageable, and in its struggles one of the
broken shafts of the buggy was driven into
the animals side, instantly killing it, The
horse was valuable Sterling colt owned
by A. N Spauding of Roxbury. Mrs. Car
penter, mother of Mrs. Pearsons, was in the
buggy, but escaped unhurt.
A large congregation gathered in the
Methodist church last Sunday afternoon at
four o'clock to listen to the baccalaurate
sermon before the graduating class at Nor
witch University, by Rev. Sylvester Donald
son. The cadets and graduates were seated
in the front pews. Rev. Drs. w. S Hazen
aud /. p. Booth assisted in the opening SER
wees, MIR: Donaldson preached practical
and thoughtful sermon from words found
in James iv: II, What is your life?" 1t
was an interesting, sucCinct, and at times
eloquent, unfolding of the reasons for
state OF probation on earth. In his address
10 the class, MIR. Donaldson emphasized the
fact that the education thus far obtained
was only the skeleton on which the young
men before him were to build in future
years. The company drill under Cadet Cap
tam Madison, the riding school aud dress
parade took place Monday afternoon Tues
day afternoon came the bayonet drill under
Cadet Lieutenant Hurlbut, in the evening
the Sheldon prize speaking in Concert Hall
and later the banquet of the Alpha Sigma
III fraternity at the Mortified House The
programme for to-day and Thursday has
hp nI1h liGha nI,a i,
with strangers, and the commencement
season thus far has been one of the most
successful in the history of the institution.
The sixth annual reunion of the survivors
OF the old Thirteenth Vermont regiment.
held in Northfield last Thursday and Fri
day, was the most successful in the history
of the organization. Colonel A. c. Brown
of Montpelier presided at the opening SEES
sion, Thursday forenoon. PRAYER was of.
fered by Rev. w. S. Hazen and Hon.
Frank Plumley delivered a cordial address
of welcome. After dinner at the Mortified
House, the members of the association Wis.
tied the grounds of Norwich University sud
witnessed several evolntious in skirmish
drill and riding. Subsequently a meeting
was held at which the following, officers
We're elected for the year ensuing: Presi-
dent, James b. Scully of Burlington; vice
president, Henry O Clark of East Orange.
n. j.; secretary, John II. Lyon of Colches.
ter; treasurer, Heman w. lien of Burlng.
ton; executive committee, G.. l.. Marsh of
Enosburgh Falls, j. II. Lyon of Colchester,
X. o Sturtevant of SwanJon, A. G. Brown
of Montpelier and the president, ex-officio.
A campfire and banquet was held in the
evening. Among the speakers were Col.
A. @. Brown. Captain Lonergan, Dr. George
Nichols, @. III. Dunton of Poultney and R.
o. Sturtevant of Swanton. Tue Column.
bian Quartette furnished music, and Mrs.
lila Marsh Johnson sang several patriotic
selections The veterans had not forgotten
that they voted Mrs. Johnson in as daugh-
ter of the regiment in 1862, and they gave
her soldiers welcome. The rain Friday
morning prevented holding in the cemetery
the exercises dedcating the monument that
has been erected over the grave of Colonel
f. v Randall, and Armory Hall was again
utilized. Colonel A. G. Brown reported
that the expenses of the monument had
been fully paid, and presented the same to
the association. In behalf of the regiment,
w. w. Holden accepted the same in CAPT
tai speech Letters from absent sons of
Colonel Randall were read, and Rev. e. II.
Randall, brother of the colonel, made an.
propriate remarks. The dedicatory address
was delivered by Colonel Albert Clarke,
secretary of the Home Market Club, Bos-
ton, and was an eloquent production, to
which no brief abstract would do any kind
at mat A ~ II O.