The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-13
Mrs. e. Humphrey Allen will take her

ROBERT j. HARGIN has been missed from
his accustomed place In the Central Yer.
mont freight office for the past week. He
Is confined to the house with an old
fashioned case of " the shingles"
REV. DIR. GEORGE w. PHILLIPS of Rut.
land preached at Bethany church, last Sun.
day morning, on the theme of "Lost Lives
in this World" His subject in the evening
was Religion the Basis of Honesty"
The Baptist congregations of Montpelier
and Barre will hold union baptismal SER
vice at the Baptist church in Montpelier to-
morrow evening at seven o'clock. Rev. p.
q. Abbey OF Barre will preach the sermon
Mrs. AUGUSTUS Goodrich has returned
from her long visit to the West and will
spend the winter with her children here.
Her friends will be glad to learn of her inn
proved health, and that she greatly en-
joyed her trip.
THE MONTPELIER DRAMATIC CLUB pre-
sented " Crawford's Claim" to a small au-
dience, in Blanchard opera house, last
Thursday evening. The manner in which
the play was brought out was deserving of
larger house.
FREIGHT traffic on the Central Vermont
railroad is unusually heavy at present.
Over 600 cars were handled between Mont
peler and Montpelier Junction last week,
and the business is correspondingy heavy
on the main line
lists at the production of the Pirates of
Penzance" " at Howard opera house, Bur
lingtou, on Friday and Saturday evenings
of this week. for the benefit of the U. V.
NJ base ball club.
THE Christmas Sunday-school festival of
Christ church will be held on Sunday after
noon, December a. at six clock The
service will be full choral, with an address
by the rector, and the Christmas tree will
shed its fruit for the children.
AT the regular meeting of the Capital
Question Club, held last Friday evening,
F. e. Howe was elected president, and Ned
e. Roberts secretary. The question to be
discussed next Friday evening is whether
organized labor is necessity.
"CRAzY SARAH" a wandering tramp in
Vermont for the past twenty years, dropped
dead on the street, in johnson village, last
Wednesday. Her STOPPING form, faded
gown, and grotesque makeup, were well
known in Montpelier, where she has been
seen several times during the past summer.
Over $500 was found sewed up in the scanty
rags that covered her.
THE following officers of Brooks Post, G.
A. r., for the year ensuing were elected at
the last regular meeting: Thomas l. Casa
want, commander; J. Q. Newton, S. VIC;
William Canning j. V. c.; H. B. Wedge,
Q. NJ; G. w. Ainsworth, surgeon; L. NJ.
Hutchinson, chaplain; e. p. Sloan, o. ID. !;
Lewis Wood, o. G.; n. G. Peck and d. ID.
Fellows, delegates to department encamp-
ment; George w. Colby and Charles A.
McClosky, alternates.
H. r. BRENNAN's STAR THEATER COM
PANY will begin two weeks engagement
at Capital Hall next Monday evening with a
choice repertoire of new plays. Miss Min
ME DeLange, the talented emotional actress,
MIR. Brennan, the favorite comedian, and
strong supporting company, will be present.
Mr.. Brennan's loss at the recent fire in
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than $1,000. but he has procured an entirely
new outfit of properties, costumes and
scenery, and is by no means cast down by
his misfortunes.
THE show window in the jewelry store of
Phillips g. Lucas has attracted much atten-
ton during the past week The scroll
work in the background, from which the
compliments of the season stand out so con-
spicuously, is made of wood and is the ham
diwork of II. A. Dewey, the efficient assis-
| tant in that store. The general effect of the
window is credit to Mr.. Dewey's good
taste, while the artistic work displayed
shows him to be an artist as well as an ex-
| pert workman.
THE social and supper held last Friday
| evening in the vestry of the Church of the
Messiah, was supplemented by an attractive
musical and literary programme, which in
cluded violin solos by DR.. X. Longfellow
Cleaves songs by Mrs. f. l. Pitkin and Dr.
A. B Bisbee, reading by Miss Rose Lucia
| and banjo duet by NJ. +. Atkins and g.
X Putnam. Mrs, Lillian 7. Baker was the
accompanist The funds in the treasury of
the Ladies' Society connected with this
| church received substantial addition from
this pleasant gathering.
"ZEB," a comedy that has made thou
sands laugh in all the principal cities of the
| West, was the attraction at Blanchard
opera house last Monday evening. 1t drew
a very meager audience. The character of
&" Zeb " is new to the comedy stage. Some
of the scenes of the slender plot are laid in
the natural gas belt of Indiana, and the rest
in Chicago. The play has an heiress, a
villain, and all the necessary elements of
the regulation comedy drama. 1t is replete
with specialties of a high order, the most
pleasing of which was the singing of the
"Zeb" quartette.
THE third entertainment in the lecture
course will be given in Blanchard opera
house Friday evening, December 10, by the
Bay State Concert Company, composed of
the following talent Miss Gertrude Ed
mands contralto; Mrs. e. Humphrey Allen,
soprano; Mr. j. G. Bartlett, tenor; Mr.. Fritz
Giese, violoncello; Mr.. Frank o. Nash, ac-
companist. Miss Edmands and Mr.. Bart
| lett have many friends in town who will be
very glad to hear them once more, and with
such talent the concert throughout is sure
to be one of unusual excellence.
AMONG the many pretty things to be seen
at the jewelry store of G. III. Baldwin is a
collection of hand painted china, the work
of Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs. G. S. Whittier.
These pieces were left over from the sale
held recently by Mrs Baldwin and Mrs.
Whittier and are beautiful in design and
workmanship. Some are in Royal Worces-
ter finish, and the display includes dainty
| plates, celery trays, brush trays, spoon
trays, and cups and saucers. This collec-
tion has been much admired since it was
placed on exhibition, and reflects the high.
est credit upon the rare taste and artistic
skill of the ladies who did the work.
AN information against Henry Mackin,
who kept small grocery store in Middle
sex village, was filed last September, charg.
ing him with selling Intoxicating liquor To
one of the Guyette boys. Papers were
issued for his arrest, but Mackin got wind
of the fact and skipped. Deputy Sheriff
! Graves of Waterbury was in Cambridge
last week and espied Mackin there. He ar
rested him, brought him TO Montpelier and
lodged him in Jail, Saturday evening. Judge
! Lance came down from Cabot, Monday
morning, and fixed the bail at $500, which
MacBin was unable to procure and he was
remanded TO the care of Jailor Dudley.
! COMMANDER SARGENT, of Vermont divi
sion Sons of Veterans, has issued in gem
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