The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-03-29
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
G1ME RAGGED THE W1TCHM1N
HUNTERS FOR NEWS.
II. NJ. PIERCE of Boston is in town.


lung fever.
HARRY WEBSTER spent last Sunday in
Northteld.
G. G. PIERCE and family spent last Sum
day in NUrtbfeld.
Mr.. AND MRS. HENRY L. COBB OF Burling-
ton are visiting in town.
Mrs. PRUDENCE DENNY OF Northfield is
visiting g. b. b. Denny, her son.
Miss BESSIE FARwELL il at home from
Bishop Hopkins Hall, Burlington
THE venerable Hiram S. Huse has been
quite seriously i'll, but is improving.
MRS J. II. SENTER was seriously i'll last
week, but is reported much better.
MISSES BLANCHE KELToN ard Kate Kent
visited last week in West Randolph.
THE residence of DR.. Wakefield has been
connected with the telephone exchange.
Miss Lucy HUTcHINs returned from Fort
Edward Institute last Saturday evening.
IRA Snow, the sexton, is confined to the
house with a threatened abscess on his left
leg.
Miss ETHEL BINGHAM of Essex Junction
is visiting Misses May and Ellie Grout her
cousins.
JOSEPH B. MORSE has purchased, for 1850,
the Rowland house ON Prospect street,
Berlin.
JACK GARDNER Is to return to his old
place az meat cook at the Exchange Hotel,
April l.
The Thursday meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be omitted
this week.
GEORGE SCoTT has moved his family from
Groton, and has rented a tenement in the
Reed block.
REV. A. b. TRUAx conducted quarterly
meeting and preached at Waterbury Cen
ter last Sunday.
The Bethany Topic Club meet with Mrs
c. II. Shipman, on Tuesday, instead of with
Miss Sadie Wing.
II. e SLAYToN has moved his goods to
the store on 5 ate street recently occupied
by Mrs l g. Vail.
w. II. LOMBARD has moved to the farm
near M NIP, llrr Junction owned jointly by
him and e. M. Irish.
PRESIDING ELDER A. B. TRUAx will con-
duet quarterly meeting at Middlesex next
Sunday morning.
Miss ALICE l. LADD of Midd' e'ex Center
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Harlow NJ.
Smith over last Sunday.
JOHN SMITH, the veteran tent and awning
maker, has opened shop over the livery
stable Of |. L. Sparrow.
BETHANY Reading Club will meet with
Mrs. Smile, State street, next Tuesday al.
ternOUn at two O'Clock.
GUY BULLARD of New York, formerly
clerk for ii q. Webster & Co, is renewing
old acuuaintances in town.
Mr. AND MRS N. ARMS have returned
to their home in Waterbury after spending
the winter at the Pavilion.
A YOUNG son of Isaac Craven has had his
face badly cut by running against barbed-
wire fence while coaslng.
RAYMOND, son of James T. Sabin. has re.
H.
has been since last September
NEW sugar will be served next Saturday
evening al Relief Corps hall for the benefit
of the Woman's Keeley League.
THERE will be Easter co 1certs next Sun.
day evening at the Methodist, Congrega.
tional and Unitarian churches.
The University Club will meet next
Tuesday evening st the residence Of j. q.
Honghton on Baldwin street.
w. j. BAGLEY OF the electric light station,
went to Rutland last Monday to assist in
| organizing an engineers club.
Mrs. II. e. BLISS and children went to
Boston last Moudav, where, it is said, Mr..
Bliss is running lodging house.
| AN enjoyable promenade concert was
given in Capital Hall last Saturday evening
by the Montpelier M litary Band.
| Mr.. AND Mus. w. II. CowELL returned
lasr Monday from their trip through New
Hampshire and Massachusetts,.
Fl. N. TAPLIN, president OF the Vermont
| Mutual Fire Insurance Company, went To
Casrleton on business, Tuesday.
w. A. BRIGGS has purchased of II. M
| Pierce his house at No. 7 Summer street
and will take possession April l.
HIRAM ODELL has entirely recovered from
| his recent illness and is again at work in
the feed store of f. w. Bailey & Co.
The earliest robins OF the season were
chirping in Montpelier last Sunday, and
many were the wishes" expressed.
Mr. AND Mrs G. L RoBERTs expect tc
move soon to Fitchburg, NJ ass, whore Ned
their son, is working in printing Office.
JOHN NEE is dangerously ill with perito.
nitis. A counsel of physicians last Monday
pronounced his case extremely critical.
THE Chantauqna class will meet will
Mrs. George Blainerd. at No. 7 Liberty
street, next Friday afternoon at two o'clock
WASHINGTON HILL. a brother OF Phillips
Hill of East Montpelier, died last Monday
week at Monroe, Wis, aged seventy-fouI
| years.
THE repairs on the organ in Christ church
are completed, and IL is pronounced nearly
as good as new by II. II. Scrbner, the or
ganist.
JERoME j. PRATT, formerly of Montpelier
is TO represent the Gold Melal Sarsaparilld
Company through New Hampshire thu
coming summer.
REV. III. f. REYNOLDS. president of tn,
| State Ill oinrss Association, conducted re
vival m eeiings at Granitevile last weel
wi good rrslls.
COLONEL A. G. Brown, Miss Elzabetl
Bliss and Miss Jessie Watson attended thu
funeral of Mrs. Will Marsh at Barre las
Saturday afternoon
DIR. G. e. CHANDLER performed Difficult
! operation last week on the son of Jane
| Morse. by which one Of his eyes was sue
cessfully Strengthened.
MR. AND Mrs. n. c. PECK gave their so,
Arthur party last Wednesday evening OF
the fourteenth anniversary of his birth
About fifty werr present.
Coz. A. G. BROWN took fifty. mile driv,
through the northern part OF the state, til,
latter part of last week. aud found excellent
sleighing all tho way.
w. A. LORD is to speak on "The Keele,
Cure at West Randolph next Friday even
| ing under the auspices OF the Woman
| Christian Temperance Union.
GEORGE HOLDEN has been circulating
petition favoring government telephon,
and telegraph service, aud has secured |
formidable list OF signatures.
MARSHALL LAvIoLETTE has been electe,
as delegate aud Frank l.. Pratt as alternat,
10 the Grand Court Of Furrsters, to be hel,