The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-26
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| afternoon, at three O'CLOCK.
ALBERT s. SPARROW attended the funeral
OF Thomas Ring, father of Mrs. Sparrow, at
| Waterbury last week Mrs. Sparrow was
unable to go because of Illness.
REV. II. A. SPENCER, the newly.appointed
| financial agent of the Vermont Methodist
| Seminary, will occupy the house owned by
him on Seminary Hill after May 1.
ELISHA MAY Of St. Johnsbury occupied
seat with the members OF Washington
| county bar last Thursday, during the me-
mortal services for Joseph A. Wing.
Mrs. S. A. Moss of New Berlin, N. Y,
and Fred Adams, dining-car conductor on
| the New York Central railroad, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Q. Adams, their parents.
w. b. STEARNs of Plymouth, N. H., claim
agent for the Boston, Concord & Montreal
railroad and Col. u. NJ. Mansur of Island
Pond were at the Exchange on Monday.
AT the special conclave of Mt. Zion Com.
mandery Knights Templar, held last Thurs
day evening, two candidates from Barre re-
ceived the orders. A banquet followed the
| ceremonies
MISSES May Minor, Cora Frost and
Sarah Laughrey started for Chicago last
Saturday evening, where they are to work
for o, G. Barron in the Raymond & Whit
comb hotel
REV. FATHERS d, j. OSuLL1vAN Of St.
Albans, Shannon of Underhill, Donahue Of
Northfield and Whitaker of White River
Junction, were guests of Rev. w. j. O'Sul-
livan last week.
L. G. BURNHAM OF Burlington, Grand
Patriarch of the Grand Encampment of
Odd Fellows for Vermont, will make an
official visit to the encampment at Mont
pelier, Thursday evening, May 4.
o. Nj. FISHER, the representative of Ja-
cobs, Whitcomb q Co., Boston, is now at
the home base, 26 Federal street, where he
will remain for three or four weeks to at
tend to the wants of his customers in this
region.
THE members of the Womans Christian
Temperance Union have accepted an invi-
tation from the Barre union to join them
in a reception to be held Thursday after
noon at the home of Mrs. G.. b. Nichols in
that village.
GEORGE NICHOLS says he was not dis
charged from the Montpelier bindery, but
left for reasons of his own Whatever his
employment may be in the future, he thinks
he can vindicate himself from the charge OF
chronic WEAKNESS"
PROFESSOR GEORGE ELMoRE and wife
: went to Portland, Me-, last week to witness
dancing carnival and incidentally to get
pointers for the entertainment to be given
at the opera house by the little folks, May
3, under his direction.
BY mutual consent, Rev. A. j. Hough
and Rev. A. II. Webb will occupy theil
former pulpits next Sunday. Mr.. Hougt
will move his family to Brattleboro next
week Thursday, and Mr.. Webb will arrive
in Montpelier the same day.
MATTHEW DENNIS, in the employ OF Bar
rows q Peck for the past two years, fin
ished work there last Saturday. He ex
poets to leave for Utah next week in com
pany with William Blanchard, late of tn,
firm of Blanchard & Blackall
EDWARD II. DEAvITT was in town owe
last Sunday from the University of Vernon
Il
ulations on the success of the o. V. NJ. base
/ ball team, of which he is manager, durin,
5 its recent trip through the South.
SUPERINTENDENT JOEL FOSTER has re
J paired the break in the water-pipe near tn
| corner of Liberty and Main streets. 1t wa
found that the four-inch pipe was broker
al, ut three feet from the hydrant in iron
of the residence of j. A. Locklin.
The Congregational ladies gave a well
, patronized supper in the chapel last Thurs
: day evening. A pleasing programme, whicl
included cornet solos by Walter Hoton
readings by Miss Kate Z. Robbins ant
songs by H. d. Hopkins was rendered.
AN item in the Warrington Star of Apri
% says that Commodore George Dewey o
the bureau of equipment, navy department
) has decided to resign that Office to accep
the detail as member of the light-hous,
, board, to succeed Commodore Gills, who
retires May II,
THE work OF invoicing the stock in the jew
elry store of G. W Skinner was completed
last week. I. c. Phinney is in charge of til,
store until Z. ii. Baldwin, the new pro
. prietor, is able to close his business il
Nashua, n. H. He is expected in Mont
pelier some time next week.
3 THE pamphlets on Scientific Temper
, ance Instruction." received by five or six o
the teachers in the graded school, are care
fully prepared and issued monthly by Mrs
HINT The fpapbprs will bave M hill a N ~
as the local Woman's Christian Temperanc,
Union has already paid the yearly subscrip
3 tion price.
MAJOR j.. f. CuRRAN has broken VI
housekeeping for the summer, and Mrs
Curran went last Friday TO South Chelms
ford, Mass, where her aged mother is Sc
riously i'll. Major Curran will remain il
3 town TO attend 10 his pension business anC
to the affairs of the New England Order o
Protection.
t MARSH o. PERKINS of Windsor, deputy
grand commander of the Grand Command
cry Knights Tempar of Vermont, anC
kittredge HaskinS of BrattleborO, CRANE
D commander, are expected to be present a
' the meeting of Mt. Zion Commandery mex
Friday evening. The order Of the temple
will be worked.
4 REV. G. w. GALLAGHER occupied the pul
? pit at Bethany church last Sunday morn
ing and preached TO large congregation
a
! were glad to again hear his voice. and hi
sermon was Of more than ordinary interest
He is to exchange next Sunday with Rev
j. s. Bayne of Hadley Mass.
A SEw time table went into effect on tn,
Central Vermont railroad last Monday OF
the Montpelier and Barre branch. Th'
noon express south now leaves Montpeie
, at 1925, instead of 1890, and the mixeC
train in the morning from Barre now leave
that station at $40 instead of 9;l5. Thl
main line timetable is unchanged.
j. A. DEBoER, actuary of the Nationa
l., Life Insurance Company, is the author OF al
: article in the anniversary number of thu
Spectator, an insurance journal, which ha'
$ received much favorable notice. 1t con
{ tains exhaustive statistics which cover
t period of over twenty years in the eXpe
rience Of life insurance companies.
s THE delivery team OF o, ID. Scribner raj
down Main street Monday morning at
lively gait 1t collided with the Whitcoml
laundry wagon and the team of H. G. Web
, ster in which were Mrs w. C Taplin anC
a child. They, fortunately, were not seriously
. injured. The horse was finally caught al
the rear of the Webster furniture store.
, AMONG those from Montpelier who at
l,1 81. lt.,..