The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-30


| Tuesday of next week and closes on Fri
day. Fare one way on the railroads.
meeting of unusual interest is promised.
A HUNGARIAN employed on No. 6 bridge
had the fingers of his right hand badly
crushed Tuesday morning. His injured
! hand was dressed by Doctors Lance and
| Fisk
THE marriage of Fred X. Hastings and
Miss Elizabeth A. Bliss is to occur next
| Wednesday evening, September g. at the
residence of Harlow M. Smith on Barre
street
PROFESSOR W. u. BENNETT of the Uni
verify of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, was in
town Monday and Tuesday for brief visit
with Mr.. and Mrs George II. Bennett, his
parents.
| THE sacrament of the Lords Supper will
be administered in Bethany church next
Sunday afternoon. A preparatory lecture
will be given in the chapel this (Wednes-
day. evening.
j. H MORGAN has a Waltham watch
which has run four months with variation
of only five seconds The time was taken
! daily by c. n. Phillips, who claims that this
record cannot be beaten.
TEAMS driven by Fred Worthen and Levi
T. Mallory collided on Barre street last Sat
urday evening. Miss Maud Worthen, who
was riding with her brother, was thrown
out and severely bruised.
NED STEVENS Is SIlll CllllCdlly Ill. a con-
sultation on his case was held last week by
! Doctors Macomber, Bsbee, and James of
Waterbury. DIR. j. Henry Jackson of Barre
also visited him last Sunday.
GEORGE NJ. Goss has quite curiosity in
the shape OF mounted tarantula, with its
nest, which was sent him from southern
! California. The nest is work Of art and
must be seen to be appreciated
II. NJ. PIERCE is moving his household
goods to Brighton, Mass The members of
| his family, who have been stopping in
Montpelier and vicinity during the summer,
will go to that city next Monday.
THE feast of St. Augustine, the patron
saint of the Catholic church in Montpelier,
occurred last Monday. Mass was cele-
brated by Rev. w. j. O'Sullivan, the pas
tor, at eight o'clock in the morning.
Mrs A. o. CUMMINs, with her daughter,
| Miss Flora, leaves on Monday for six
weeks absence in the West. She will first
visit the Worlds Fair and then go to Dakota
to visit her son, Mr.. Bert Cummins.
The deposits of the Capital Savings Bank
and Trust Company have increased 5000
during the month of August. This is a
"run " in the direction that is gratifying to
the institution and flattering to its manage
ment.
The members of the Bethany Christian
Endeavor Society celebrated the sixth ami
versary of the organization of the society
n
the home of Miss Lucy j. Bradshaw in
Berlin.
LET all the dwellers in the valley of Wells
| River and in all contiguous territory re-
member that the great annual fair at South
| Ryegate comes off on Wednesday and
| Thursday, September 90 and 21. No end OF
| attractions.
THE woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet Thursday afternoon in
Beteany chapel at half past two. Final ar
rangements for the state convention are to
be made, which requires the presence of
every member.
| A LARGE number of students at Vermont
Methodist Seminary, wlch opened yester-
day, have registered in the business course,
and this new department bids fair to be
even more popular than its originators had
dared to hope.
REV. w. j. O'SULLIvAN has engaged F. w.
Bancroft to deliver his new song lecture on
" Irish Songs and Song Writers " for the
benefit OF st. Augustines society some
evening in September. The date will be
announced later.
A FAIR audience gathered at the opera
house last Thursday evening to witness the
production of A Social Session" Those
who enjoy laughing at nonsense were
pleased with the performance, which was
not above mediocre.
PASSENGERS for Montpelier on the Mont
pelier & Wells River train that should have
arrived at Montpelier at noon last Friday
were detained between South Ryegate and
Boltonvlle several hours by derailed
freight car, caused by a broken journal.
f. e. KENDALL OF Boston, formerly OF the
Harvard Male Quartette, sang with the
choir at the Church Of the Messiah last Sun
day evening. His splendid voice was also
heard with much delight in several songs
at the Apollo Club rooms Monday evening.
WILLARD HOLDEN left last Monday for
his annual vacation, during which he will
visit Boston and Worcester, Mass. and
Middletown and Hartford, Conn. Mr..
Cilley, substitute postal clerk, was sent
from Boston to take his run during his alb
sence.
BEAR in mind the meeting of the Central
Vermont Pomona Grange at Shady Rill
next Friday evening. The addresses by
Alpha Messer, master of the Vermont state
grange, and Colonel j. ii. Brigham, master
OF the national grange, will be we'll worth
hearing.
THE Marquis de Lafayette chapter of
Daughters of the American Revolution met
with Mrs. Burgess, Tuesday afternoon, Au-
gust 30. Several interesting Revolutionary
letters were read. The next meeting will
be held at Mrs. Newcombs, Thursday,
September 2S.
THE house of Lorenzo ID. Hill, near East
Montpelier Center, was struck by lightning
last Sunday evening. The electric fluid
shattered the chimney, tore off plastering
in several rooms and stunned the inmates
of the house, but fortunately the building
was not fired.
A HORSE owned by e. l.. Putney and
driven by Harry harrington broke its bride
while hitched on the west side of Berlin
pond last Sunday, and ran around the pond
to the residence of Clark H. Stewart, where
it was stopped. The only damage was
broken bride.
TIE annual shoot for twenty-five pounds
OF rite powder between Herbert Slayton
Henry Mcleod and Mark Tobey of Calais
and IL. Q. Cummings of Montpelier occurred
On the farm of Mr.. Cummings in East Mont
peler last Friday and resulted in Mr.. Cum
mings bringing home the powder
j. j. WILLIAMS received a patent Last
week on device for repairing pneumatic
bicycle tires. The Hartford and Columbia
companies have secured the exclusive right
to use the patent, on which they pay MIR.
Williams royalty. He was offered large
sum for II by these companies, but prefers
not to sell it.
The heavy rains of Tu esday seriously in
terfered with traffic on the Central Vermont
railroad. Washouts at Bolton and West