The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-03
that he is to build a block in Barre the COM

morning with a large carving knife, neces
stating the services Of physician to sew
! up the wound.
| ERNEST KGzER, driver of the mail wagon
| OF Z. B. Roberts, has left that position and
/ Is working in the freight depot of the Gem
! tral Vermont railroad. His place il taken
by Arthur Emery
Mr.. AND Mrs j. ELI GoopENouGH, and
Misses Lulu Ellis, Mary Mcclure and Char
! lotte Ropes are to attend the wedding of
Frank Mcclure and Miss Jeane Walker AT
Burlington this evening.
The body OF Patsey Hanrahan was brought
| to Montpelier from Mddlobury last Thurs
day. Funeral services were held AZ ST.
Augustne's church, Rev. w j. O'Sullivau
officiating, and the interment was in the
] Catholic cemetery.
The ladies of Trinity church will hold a
reception this evening in the parlors of the
church to welcome the coming and speed
the outgoing pastors and their families
An enjoyable occasion has been provided
for aud is anticipated.
WHILE in Montreal recently, A.. A. Slim
| son purchased a handsome black mare for
| Hon. b. r. Fitield for the use OF his dauph-
ter. The animal Is of Morgan and English
breed, and her fue appearance has attracted
much attention on the streets.
FRANK REYNOLDS of Cambridge was the
guest OF Waite Sabin over last Sunday. He
is attending the Burlington High School,
and went to Barre, Saturday afternoon, to
see the base ball nine from that institution
taken into camp by the Goddards.
GEORGE III. WILDER has been engaged as
flute soloist in the Profile House orchestra
for the coming summer. The orchestra is
to be led by Hoffman, the renowned New
| York violinist of New York, and every
member is soloist of wide reputation.
THE quartette whist club held its last
meeting for the season at the home of n. G.
Tabor last Wednesday evening, when about
forty invited guests of the club were present
Through the courtesy of f. w. Morse a
special train was furnished for the return of
| the party.
GEORGE NJ. SCRIBNER made his first pub
lie appearance as drum major in the parade
of last Wednesday. The way in which he
twirled the baton was a surprise to every
one, and demonstrated that with a little
marching practice he will make a drum
major second to none.
The open season for trout-fshing COM
menced last Monday, but because of the con-
tinued cold weather of the past two weeks
and the consequent full streams, no local
Ananias has been heard from who had the
hardihood to report good catch, or even to
tell about the " big one that got away"
THE table girls at the Exchange Hotel
gave a sugar party to their friends and the
boarders of that hostelry last Friday even
| ing. Dancing was sandwiched in b tween
dishes of sugar, aud the affair was a happy
one. The sugar was furnished by the Off
cials at the testing station who board at the
hotel.
JOHN NJ. GoLDsBURY died Tuesday morn
ing, of consumption, at the home of Mrs.
LathrOp Lewis, aged fifty-seven years. He
was brother of the late Mrs. j G.. French,
and was at one time well.known citizen
OF Montpelier. During the past winter he
worked for DR.. d, q, Kemp, taking care of
his horses and driving for him.
! A DISEASE which battles the skill of vet
/ criuary surE8Nus has been cioatiag l4vages
among the horses of Hawkins Brothers of
! Calais II resembles black diphtheria.
| Five horses have died and two have been
killed by order of the state board of health,
as were three dogs that showed symptoms
OF the disease. The members of the family
are also reported ill.
! JONATHAN WOODBURY., father of f. j.
/ Woodbury., died last Friday of heart disease
| at the home of Clarence A. Gale, his son-in~
| law. MIR. Woodbury. was seventy-seVen
! years Of age, and was at one time we'll
| known citizen of Berlin. His funeral was
/ held Monday afternoon from the home of
/ Mr.. Gale on Barre street. Rev. f. +. Whit
/ hatn OF Berlin officiating, and the burial was
in the cemetery at Berlin Corner.
A PLEASANT select party was given at the
Pavilion last Saturday evening by Mr.. and
] N j.,
honor of Miss Mamie Trombley sister of
Mrs. Pike. Invited guests To ill six tables
OF whist were present, including Bertran
| Pike, son of Mr.. Pike. dainty lunch was
served in the small dining-roOm and the
affair will long be pleasantly remem bered
by those present.
A RECENT issue of the Argus contained
the following local item. " "Winn r. Dana
and Miss Ida NJ. Shuttle were married at the
| parsonage by Rev. A. j. Hcugh last Satur-
day This was correct except the name of
the groom, the name of the bride, the place
| of marriage and the one who married them.
| William =. Dana and Miss Ida NJ Shelton
were married that day 10y Justice T. II.
Hinkley in the parlor Of his residence on
Seminary hill.
THE trustees of the Vermont state insane
| asylum met at Waterbury on Monday aud
| opened bids for constructing the additional
! building for the state for which the last leg
islature made provision Only two bids
We're received. The lowest, by T. w. Rog-
| ers OF Brandon, was S37 900. The other, by
Pellett Brothers of Worcester, Mass, was
| S43 coo. The contract calls for the erection
| OF four separate buildngs-the administra-
| ton building, chapel, kitchen and laundry.
SHoPLIFTING is an old weakness of
! the venerable Lady by the lakeside, but
we had not until quite recently caught
hef lifting any of the WATCHMAN's
! goods She was found on certain morn
ing Of last week, however, with a para
graph in her possession which she had ap-
propri ated bodily from this paper, disguis-
ing the theft by changing two or three lines
at the beginning. 1t related to the little
episode OF George NJ. Powers aud the furni-
ture
JOEL FOSTER had a narrow escape, Tues
day morning, from serious injury and pos
sibly from sudden death He was at work
in the small room under Capital Hall, when
a pile OF iron pipe weighing several tons
toppled over on him. A work bench beside
which he was standing broke the fall OF
the pipe and prevented serious injury 10
Mr.. Foster, although it took eight men to
lift off the heavy weight that pinioned him
down. His hips were bruised, and it was
anything but a pleasant experience.
LUKE NEE died last Saturday morning of
pneumonia at his home on Clay hill, after
an illness of only three days, aged seventy
four years. Mr.. Nee was a native of Ire
land. He came TO this country in 1872, and
has long been known in Montpelier as a
quiet, industrious and honest ciuizen He
leaves a wife and three daughters His
funeral was held Monday morning from ST.
Augustine's church, Rev. w. j. O'Sullivan
officiating, and the burial was in the Catholic
cemetery.
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