The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-12

MIR. Hopkins Is a son OF the first rector OF
st. Mary's parish and a grandson of the late
Bishop Hopkins. So well pleased we're the
people Of the parish with him that arrange
ments have been made whereby he will
supply that pulpit regularly until perma-
nent rector is chosen.
The granite firm of II. A. Davis e. Co. is
contemplating moving from the Davis 4
Phillips sheds, where they now do bust
ness, to the Andrews mill, of which they
expect to occupy the wood shop Should
they decide so to do they are to put in sew
eral polishing machines, as the water power
there would be abundant. 1t is also prob
able that their working force would be
considerably increased.
The twentieth anniversary OF the estab-
lishment OF Good Tempars' lodge in
Northfeld was celebrated last Friday night
by public meeting which was largely at
tended. Prayer was offered by Rev. w. S.
Hazen and the following programme was
rendered: Address, Hon. Frank Plumley;
music, Columbia Quartette; solo, Mrs. A.
E: Downing; reading, Mrs. @. ID. Edgerton.
The anniversary address was delivered by
by &. ID. Edgerton, in which he showed that
when the lodge was organized there were
10 charter members; now there are 237, the
largest lodge in the state. Six of the charter
members are still connected with the lodge.
Refreshments of new sugar and doughnuts
followed the literary and musical features.
Mrs. Il. #. Deering returned to Arlington,
Mass. last Monday. - G. K. Reed was
in Boston last week. - Mrs Peter Nor
ris was quite seriously i'll last week with
pneumonia. - Mrs. Emily Braley of
West Randolph is with Mrs. M. j. Wilson,
her daughter. - Mrs. Henry Howard OF
Jeffersonville visited Mrs. Cyrus Howard
last week. - Mrs. G. N. Whitmarsh is
still seriously i'll with lung trouble. -
Fred Webster and Clifton Hall go to Chi
cago this week. where they have positions
as bell boys in the hotel conducted by o. G.
Barron. - Miss Sarah Clancy is visiting
in St. Adams. Miss Marion Sanborn
is teaching in Websterville. - Charles
Dolan returned to his home in St. Paul,
Mimi, last Wednesday. - Miss Louise
Houghton of Barre visited her mother, Mrs.
Eunice Houghton, over Sunday. - Mrs.
winter in Lebanon, N. H., has returned
home. - Mr.. and Mrs George Wheeler
Of Barre visited at the home of Henry Fer
ris last week. Mrs. l.. e. Pope went
to South Barre, Monday, to visit her sister,
Mrs. George w. Smith. 60 Harry Web
ster was at his home over last Sunday from
Montpelier and left Tuesday evening for
Chicago
Waterbury.
Four attendants at the asylum were dis
missed this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Daley, Jr., are re-
joicing over the birth of a son.
Mrs. Covell spent Sunday with her hus-
band in Barre, visiting Mrs. Longren.
G. II. Haines will open his new grocery
store in the Burleigh block next Saturday.
Rev. l.. H. Elliot presented the Bible
cause to the people of Winooski last Sun
day.
Mrs. Thomas Farris was in Boston and
New York last week buying goods to stock
her millinery store
The ice in the river passed out so quietly
Saturday night and Sunday, that few people
were aware of the fact.
The Douglass house in Mill Village has
been purchased by Mr.. Russell Wrisley for
the consideration of $500.
Edwin Dillingham; Post, G.. A. r., has Sc
cured the services of Hon. Edwin f. Palmer
as orator on Memorial day
Next Sunday will be the last time that
Rev. Mr.. Davenport will offciate for the
Methodists as their pastor.
G. N Arms has sold the Hutchins place,
located next to his own dwelling-house, to
G. d. Robinson for the sum of 81 200.
Rev. Mr.. Lopgren of Barre preached in
the Congregational church last Sunday
morning and evening in exchange with Rev.
A. j. Covell.
Mrs, Pliny Woodward, of Woodward Hill,
slipped on the ice and broke her leg. DR..
Grout set it, and she is doing as well as
could be expected.
The lightning ran on the electric wires of
the asylum, Friday night and shut off a
good many of the lights there, in some
places melting the jets.
Rev. j. II. Buck, who supplied Bethany
church, Montpelier, last Sunday, spent
Monday afternoon and evening with his
seminary classmate, Rev. A. j. Covell
Charles II. Hanes is making great i'm
provements in the Ashley store, and will
soon be ready to greet his friends and sup
ply the necessaries of life cheap for cash.
Fred Somerville has been home on a
visit to his aunt, Mrs. Watts, of one week,
and returns to his studies at Worcester,
Mass. He seems delighted with his work
there
The success attending James r. Fullerton
in his profession as insurance agent goes to
show that the young men OF the place are
waking up to the fact that endowment in
surance is the thing.
Charles Keene is buying another lot OF
fancy-priced horses for New York parties,
to be shipped by way of the " horse palace
car" this week He bought the roam colt OF
M. o. Evans for 5000.
Next Sunday evening the services in the
Congregational and Methodist churches
will commence at 1880; Christian Endeavor
and Epworth League at 6:45; Thursday
evening prayer meetings at 1880.
Next Sunday evening the preaching SER
vice at the Congregational church Will be
omitted in order that the pastor and people
may unite with the Methodists in Rev. w
X. Davenport's farewell service.
Messrs. Hunt & Babbitt were in Boston
last week buying goods and will open their
store for business next Monday with large
stock of new goods in a new store, managed
with the ability of an old and successful
firm. We bespeak success for them.
Miss May Hammond of Burlington has
been spending two weeks with Mrs. San.
born and Mrs. Chase. Miss Hammond viii
be remembered by the young people of the
Christian Endeavor Society as an earnes
worker in that and the Junior Society.
Miss Phebe NJ. Chapman of Oakland, Cal.
is visiting her uncle, j. j, Colby and en-
joying her first experience east OF thu
"Rockies." The severe thunder storm which
greeted her the night of her arrival wa
more startling than California earthquake
and, of the two she prefers the latter
In accordance with a custom instituted
some time SINCE there will be union tenn
perance service at the Methodist churc
next Sunday evening under the auspices @
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
temperance sermon will be preached b.
the pastor of the church in which the sci
vices are held.
The following are the officers of the lodg
of Odd Fellows, lately organized in thi