The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-03-29
change over last Sunday. His fund of sto-
rieS is az inexhanatihle az ever.


WATCHMAN, next week, will contain full
report Of the services OF the day.
The sound of the stone hammers was
heard In one of the stone sheds on Barre
street last Sunday-a press of work, it Is
said, necessiiating Sunday labor.
7. J. BoYNToN started for Washington
last Saturday with large grip crowded
with applications for post. t.offices in Yer
mont He will be absent about a week.
Mr.. AND Mrs. w. p. HUNTINGTON ard
Mrs. W. T. Dewey are at Black. bury, S. c.,
for two weeks. They will stop two or three
weeks in Washington on their way home.
THE letter on page four from Rev. j. Ed.
ward Wright, on the postal service of Ger
many, will be most entertaining and in
structive to the readers Of the WATCHMAN.
Mrs. GEORGE TRoMBLEE has not been a
visitor at Montpelier, as stated by the
veracious Argus last week, and was not
nearer Montpelier than town in New
York.
MRS. FRED BLANCHARD will entertain the
ladies' reading club connected with the
Church of the Messiah next Friday after
noon. Tennyson will be the subject for
consideration.
b. /. KENDALL, ticket agent and train
dispatcher for the Montpelier & Wells River
railroad, was called to Enosburg Falls last
Friday by the death of an aunt He was
accompanied by Mrs. Kendall.
BROOKS PosT has secured the services of
the Methodist Seminary Banjo Club to fur
nish music the evenings of April II and 1S,
when Rev. A. j. Hough lectures in Capital
Hall for the benefit of the post.
THE beautiful ceremony of blessing the
palms, at st. Augustines church last Sunday
morning, was followed by an eloquent SER
mon by Rev. w. j. O'Sullvan on the sig
niticance of the trlumphal entry of Christ.
w. FL. HERRIcK has been appointed con-
stable OF Mddlesex. "Will" !" has back
bone enough to effectually quiet such dis.
turbances As have disgraced that village Of
late, and which his predecessor dared not
tackle.
THE young man who was amusing him
shooting at and wounding pigeons is adj
vised to drsist from such sport unless he is
anxious for little free advertising in the
WATCHMAN.
CAPTAIN A. L. KIMBALL of Trevot, Me-,
who graduated from the Kelley Institute
last January, is in town. He came to
Montpelier to accompany a new patient,
and is receiving warm welcome from his
old associates
HENRY STACKPoLE of Bolton has pur-
chased, for 81 $50 the farm OF Solon f.
Cummings in East Montpelier. George j.
Colt has rented tire house. and Mr.. Cum
mings has moved his family to West street,
on Seminary hill.
REV. w. r. DAVENPORT OF Waterbury
addressed the Chaulauqua class last Fri
day afternoon, at the home OF Mrs. c. Ell.
Shipman, on Greek Women" The class
voted him hearty expression of thanks for
his entertaining talk.
BARNEY RoAKEs was surrendered by
Thomas Morariy, his bondsman, last
Wednesday, and lodged in Jail to await his
trial this week in an intoxication case. Pat
rick Roakes his father, entered az surety
tor him, and he was again released.
SAMPLES of maple sugar are coming in
rapidly at the government testing station.
The sample that tested the highest thus
far was from d. NJ. Dickenson of Cambridge.
The best sample from New Hampshire was
sent by Alouzo McCrilis of Sand wich.
THE papers recently sent to the post
office department at Washington on the re-
cent examination for clerks have been re-
turned. Thomas Mooney and Rufus Wig
gins failed TO pass The standing of Henry
Cate was eighty.two, and that of Homer
Flint Sc l6.
A STATED conclave OF Mount Zion Com
mandrry of Knights Tempar will be held
next Friday afternoon at four o'clock in
Masonic hall. IL is expected there will be
three candidates to receive the orders and
six petitions to ballot on. A banquet will
be served at six o'clock.
THE attractions at the vestry of the Church
Of the Messiah this afternoon and evening
will be unusually strong In addition to
the supper that will be served by the ladies
from half-past five to seven O'Clock, fancy
articles in great variety will be on sale and
pleasant social time is assured.
GEORGE G. BUzzELL, baggage-master for
the Central Vermont railroad between
Montpelier Junction and Barre, has pur-
chased of Judge Stanton, administrator Of
the estate of the late Joseph b. Silloway,
ha A rlv
pied by him. Consideration 81 200.
THE oyster supper to be given by the
| Ladies' Guild If Bethany church in the
| chapel tomorrow evening is sure to be
largely attended. The ladies of that so.
cey have reputation in the culinary line
| that is always remembered when supper
under their auspices is announced.
NED ALEXANDER and Thomas Ford were
| experimenting last week with bottle which
cont aimed gunpowder. The result was what
might have been anticipated. The Alex
ander bov hal his hair singed and his face
badly cut with broken glass, while Ford
was slightly injured and badly frightened.
THE village trustees have voted the use OF
Capt. al Hall every Thursday evening for
six weeks TO the members of Company ii
for drill purposes. Captain Tutherly, the
| officer from the regular army detailed to in.
spect the several companies in the state
will be present tomorrow evening for that
purpose.
REV. j. EDWARD WRIGHT and family
have left Berlin, Prussia, where they have
spent the winter, and are to travel on the
continent until their return in June. They
are al present in Paris. Their address unit
Nav IL is care Pare's Banking Company
and the lance Bank, Bartholomew Lane
London, E c., England"
DR.. W. &. BURROUGHS of Kentucky, the
physician for the new Kelley Institute al
Ru land, arrived at Montpelier from Dwight
1 l., last Monday, where he has been taking
II special course OF instruction. Manager q
NJ. Foster accompanied him to Rutland
Tuesday morning, and the institute there
will be opened this morning.
Holy WEEK services will be held a
Christ church this evening at half past seven
Thursday evening, at the same hour, with
holy communion; Good Friday at the same
hours as on Wednesday; Saturday,, Easter
even at four o'clock, with baptisms; OF
Easter day at half past ten, with Sunday
school festival and carol singing at ioul
o'clock.
ThE house on the Caldwell farm in Eas
Montpelier owned by Mrs. A, j. BuInham
and occupied by John Gallison was burneC
last Wednesday night, together with all tn,
household furniture. bedding and provi
sions. The family were asleep and barel /,
had time to escape in their night clothes
WA asasa..