The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23

SDenulnH ner NdCdllOH WiuH DTOIner III
Malone, N. Y.
Mrs. c. G. PUTNAM, JR., and daughter
Eula were called home from Salisbury
Beach last week by the death of Mr. Put
MANS mother.
Mrs. ID. ID. DAVIS is visiting in Wells
River. She was accompanied there by Miss
Lincoln of Maine, who recently visited Mrs.
Davis in Montpelier.
WILLIAM p FLANDERS of the Union Life
Insurance Company of Portland Me-, is
visiting John p. Flanders, his brother. The
latter is gradually failing.
MISSES MARY TRoMBLEE, Lou Ellis and
Gertrude MeneCke, and Mr. Wilkinson
went to Mount Mansfield last Monday, re-
turning Tuesday evening.
CARL G. BANCROFT. John p. Adams and
Ralph b. Denny left for Chicago last Satur-
day evening. They will go as far west as
Omaha, Neb., before their return.
REV. FATHERS CARMoDY of Bristol, Gelot
of Mddlebury and Mcl lughlin of Barre
were guests of Rev. W j. QSullivan on
Monday and Tuesday of this week.
MARSHALL T. WooD, o. the Montpelier
Military Band, sprained one ankle while
scufling at muster, and will probably be
confined to the house for some time.
Mrs. G. PROCTOR and family of Brook
line, Mass, were in town last week on their
way to their home from South Woodbury.,
w. E. POOLE, clerk in the drug lstore of
Lester III. Greene, went to his home in Tops
ham last Monday, and will go from there to
New brunswick for a vacation Of two weeks.
REV. G. O. WEBSTER returned from his
vacation last Saturday and occupied his pull
pit Sunday. The Free Press had Rev. p. G..
Abbey of Barre officiating there last Sun
day.
J.G. WING, Major j. l.. Elder, Lee Badger
William Canning and William Dillon were
among the speakers at he Kelley lawn
party held last Saturday night at North
| field
Bethany church last Sunday evening re-
mained after the service to enjoy the organ
recital, given by w. A. Briggs, which fol-
! lowed
Mrs. E. A. FLINT and +. II. Webster of
| Oakland, CAL, her brother, who have been
visiting friends in Vermont, go to Newark,
n. j., to-day. Mr.. Webster will return to
| California later.
GEORGE A. THORNTON was thrown from
the delivery wagon of Herbert A. Chap
man, his son-in-law, last Monday, receiving
severe injuries to his right side, and a frac-
ture of the right wrist.
THE ladies of Brooks Relief Corps will
picnic at the Barre quarres to-day. They
have invited the members of Brooks Post
|
| of Veterans to accompany them.
A HUGE boulder weighing 1900 pounds,
has been placed over the grave of the late
| Colonel II. g. Mutt in Green Mount Gem
etery 1t was lettered by Weston & Smith,
and is the only one of the kind in the Gem
etery.
REMEMBER the picnic to- day at the Barre
granite quarries for the Woman's Relief
Corps, Brooks Post, Sons of Veterans and
friends. Train leaves Montpelier & Wells
River station at half past nine in the morn
ing. Fare for round trip, fOrty-fve cents.
FREE lecture will be given this (Wedues-
day. evening to ladies in Bethany parlors
on dress reform, physical culture and
progress by Mrs Margaret B. Egbert OF
should hear this lecture. See notice in
business column.
The members of the local Good Templars
lodge and of the Womans Auxiliary to the
Kelley League have accepted the invita-
ton of the Kelley League to meet will
them for joint session and social gather
ing, which will be held at the club room o.
the Kelley League ON Thursday evening
l. n. CHASE shipped two carloads of Jer
sey cows to Jersey Plain, Ohio, last Wednes
day, where they are to be used for dairy
and breeding purposes. They were ar
extra-tine lot, that had been picked up al
fancy prices, and attracted much attention
when they were loaded at the Central Yer
mont station.
AN excursion to Queen City Park, Bur
lington, will be run by the Central Vernon
railroad on Thursday, August "a. Th'
Spiritualist camp-meeting is now in session
there, and the park is at its finest. Th
fare from Montpelier for the round trip ol
that date will be ninety-five cents for adult
and fifty cents for children.
PROFESSOR HENRY P. FORBES of the Can
fnt, Hh.., al 10 Tod
preach in East Montpelier, August y ant
September 3, in the East village, at clever
o'clock, and in the North village at hal
past one. He is IA brother of the late Rev
George +. Forbes. whose memory is widel.
revered in Washington county.
Coz. j. II. BRIGHAM, master of the ma
tional grange, will be present at meeting
of the Central Vermont Pomona Grange a
Shady Rill Friday, September l. and will
deliver an address. Alpha Messer, maste
of the Vermont state grange, will also b
present. The occasion will be a notabl
one and should attract large gathering
ALTHOUGH the members of Company
were deceived in the man they took to Rut
land as caterer this year, they were no
obliged to go hungry Hannah Butterti
filled the position of cook to the satisfaction
of every one. That the meats were done t.
turn and the table all that could be de
sired, member of the WATCHMAN staff cal
testify from experience.
A MONTPELIER audience dearly loves
good minstrel show, and no company ha
appeared here for some time that gave NOR
genuine pleasure than did Gortons min
strels last Saturday evening. The audienc
was enthusiastic and frequently demande
encores, which were good-naturedly given
The entertainment was excellent from frs
TO last, and the company will be welcom
when IL comes again.
REV. A. n. LEWIS preached a sermon a
Christ church last Sunday on the presen
financial distress, in which he urged al
Christian people TO pray that congress ma
be directed in all their consultations to
way out of darkness. He announced
series of prayer services, to begin ol
Friday evening, August 20, at 1880. A shor
lecture after the service. Strangers wei
come, and all seats free.
THE discovery was made by Policeman
Demerritt, last Friday evening, that fire
alarm box Is, corner Main and State streets
had been tampered with. The keyhole wa
plugged in such a way that 1t would hav
been impossible TO insert the key and opei
the box. 1t was doubtless the work of boys
who did not realize the Importance of tn
! mischief they were doing, az they would
have done had they been detected in doing il
THE Central Vermont railroad will rul
special trains to the Horse Breeders Exhi