The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-01-04

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| please both their subscribers and themselves
| in the greater fulness and dcompletenessof its
local news service.
THE Pike Manufacturing Company OF
Pike station, N. H., the largest manufac-
turers OF scythe.stones in the United States,
| II looking for location In Vermont or New
| Hampshire for the establishment Of branch
| factory The business men OF Lebanon,
N. H., are making an effort to induce the
| company TO locate in that town and it is
intimated that II adequate Inducements
should be forthcoming this desirable indus
try might be secured for Montpelier.
THE annual meeting of the Baptist society
| was held in their vestry last Thursday
evening. The officers elected for the en-.
suing year are: Mrs. K. f. Leland, clerk;
| George III. Guernsey, treasurer; H. NJ.
| Files, collector; George Goodwin and Don
Dodge, auditors; II. NJ. Fales, Henry ID.
| Hopkins, George Goodwin and G.. II.
Guernsey, trustees; j. II. Burpee, Sunday
school superintendent; Miss Matte Felt,
secretary and treasurer, and Don Dodge,
! librarian.
DANIEL F. LoNG, last evening presented
! the Apollo Club with large etching on
| parchment entitled "The Harvester" It
| Is enclosed in a handsome inlaid frame, and
will he striking ornament to the walls OF
| the club-room, Accompanying the picture
was graceful letter to Mr. Will G. Berry,
! president Of the club, asking the members
to accept the gift with compliments of the
season. A unanimous vote of thanks was
| rendered the donor, and he was voted n
| prince of good fellows.
The severe and untruthful "roastinp"
that Miss Annie Ward Tiffany and her com.
pany received last Thursday morning. AT
the hands of the Free Press kept many peo-
| pie away from the Opera house, last Thurs
day evening; but those who attended wit.
messed an easy, natural Irish comedy, de-
| hghtfullY brought out by Miss Tiffany and
her excellent company. The play abnunded
in striking climaxes and strong situations,
and Miss Tiffany, with her rich Irish
| brogue, her liielike acting, and herSiultless
delneation of true Irish character, free
| from vulgarity or coarseness, placed her.
self en- rapport with her audience and re-
peatedly received their enthusiastic ap.
pause.
PHILIP KING, for many years in the em-
ploy of Timothy j. Hubbard and lately of
Erasus and John e. Hubbard, died of
| pneumonia, early last Sunday mornbg
! aged tfty-one years. He leaves a widow
aud two chidren-Jesse N, and Mary,
widow Of the late Elhridge Ainsworth. Mr..
| King was quiet and exemplary citizen,
| and a man who made many friends. Under
the name of Philip Gregory he served three
years in Company Z, Tenth Vermont Vol
unteers, during the civil war. After his
discharge, in 1864 he came to Montpelier,
where he had since resided He was a
Baptiste Society, and these organizations
attended his funeral in body at ST. Au-
CUISINES church on Tuesday.
The members of the Chautauqua class
held their annual Christmas gathering with
Mrs. &. II. Shiptnan, last Friday afternoon.
| Each member of the class carried one pres.
ent, and was Obliged to go through the mazy
intricacies of a cobweb party before she was
able to obtain the gift intended for her.
The threads, which were gathered in the
front hall, reached from cellar to garret.
from the barn to the front yard, aud from
the flour barrel in the pantry to the clock
in the front parlor. The unwinding pro.
Cess created no end of amusement. The
literary features included quotations from
CHRISTMAS stories by each member of the
class, and PLAYING Chsutauqua ga,nes in
| which the perpleyiEg foreign and geograph.
ical names taxed the active minds of the
ladies' conposng the class
Mr.. AND Mrs. STEPHEN r. Colby were
| the subjects of genuine surprise party
tst Monday evening, on the occasion OF the
ninth anniversary of their marriage. Over
seventy five friends took possession of their
pleasant home on Court street about eight
| O'Clock. Steve" was attending a Masonic
lodge meeting. Mrs. Colby gracefully sur
rendered, and sent d messenger for her bus.
| band. After refreshments had been served,
Albert Brown presented Mr. aud Mrs. Colby
| hat-trec AMI mantel clock, in behalf of the
company present aud a few who could not
be there. Mr.. Colby made happy re-
sponse. The evening sped swiftly, and on
the departure of the guests the wish was
often expressed that Mr.. and Mrs. Colby
| might live to celebrate their silver and
golden anniversaries.
The annual conclave for the election of
officers, of Mt. on COnmandery, Knights
Templar was held in Masonic hall last FRI
day evening. Fred l.. Enon was elected
eminent commander; James f. Curran,
geueraiSsimo; Twin o. Hibbard of West
Wheatlry prelae; Stephen r Colby,
senior warden; George D. Wheeler of Barre,
junior warden; Frank A. Dwinell treas.
Mrer; Charles II. Heaton, recorder; E. l..
White, standard bearer; j. w. Council Of
Barre, sword bearer; +. A. Phillips of West
Randolph warden; II. c. Webster, first
captain of the guard, f. ID. Blackwell,
second, and A. c. Blanchard third. The
committee on the revision of the bylaws
made their report, which was adopted, one
feature of which is that each member shall
hereafter pay 50 per year Tor dues.
A VERY pretty party, indeed, was the
leap year dance at the Pavilion last Friday
evening. The legislature has denied women
the right of suffrage, but it cannot prevent
their arranging cotillion, and carrying
the affair 10 u successful issue-nOt in leap
| year. About wenty-Seven couples danced
to very excellent Iuasic by the Montpelier
orchestra. The gowns of the ladies were
very pretty, and The dancing orders were
models of good taste. Lunch was served,
aud when, at a modest hour the last figure
wes danced, several gentlemen were for
tunate enough to be escorted home 10y their
fair entertainers, Mrs. b. f. Flied and
Mrs. j. g. Houghton were the mttrons
The ushers were Miss Cutler, Miss Elield,
Miss Dewey and Miss Phinney, and the
floor was under the careful management of
Miss Huse, Mrs, Walton and Miss Laura
Ropes.
The "Lum Smith Publishing House " of
Philadelphia, Penn, has been sending out
circulars announcing its feverish desire To
give away 1900 beautiful magic lanterns,
absolutely free" In order to obtain one, ali
that was required was to send your name
aud ten cents, for which you would receive
lantern and package of rare colec-
tions," which included about everything
from six highly-cOlOred French plclules F"
10 tooth powder aud excelsior hair oil. A
Montpelier young man seut ten cents, about
three weeks ago, aud after waiting fort.
night receivedan envelope of rare rot, and
the cheering intelligence that he could pro-
cure lantern by buying S25 worth of the
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