The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-07-19
Mortified Items.

The Juvenile Temple held an enjoyable
meeting last Saturday evening,
The Sunday evening service at st. Mary's
church will begin at a quarter before eight
until further notice.
The St. Johns Social and Dramatic Club
cleared SIS at the lawn party given last
week at Father Donahue's.
The Methodist Junior League held an
enjoyable penny social in the church par
Tors last Wednesday evening.
The members of Company f are now
drilling twice a week, preparatory to the
annual muster at Rutland next week.
Miss Agnes NJ. Dooley played the organ
at ST. Johns church last Sunday, and sang
two solos at the benediction of the blessed
sacrament in the evening
Lieutenant F. C. Kimball, commandant
at Norwich University, who is now at AL
fred, Me-, has been transferred from the
Fourth to the Fifth United States infantry,
his old regiment
The bakery wagon of L. l.. Montana was
struck by Central Vermont train at Tar
bells crossing in Barre last Wednesday.
Both horses were killed. The driver es-
capped injury by jumping.
The village meeting held last week Tues
day evening to consider the question of
lighting Mortified with electricity did lit
tie but talk, and the trustees were instructed
to proceed with their investigations and re-
port at some future day 1t does not at
present appear probable that the village
will have electric lights, this year at least
The item in the Northfield news last week
relative to the visit of Post-office Inspector
Willis to town may have created a wrong
impression He was not in Mortified for
the purpose of checking the accounts Of the
post office, but simply called on Postmaster
circuit. In the more than twenty years that
Mr. Orcutt has been postmaster in North
field, his accounts have never been checked,
except when he turned the Office over to a
successor.
The annual meeting of the Universalist
convention of Vermont and the Province of
Quebec will be held at Mortified, August
%, 80 and 81. This organization includes
about seventy parishes. The order Of SER
vices will be varied interesting and helpful,
touching, as they will, on every department
of church work. Well-known and able
speakers are secured to address the conven-
ton. The place of meeting is central, and
all the signs indicate that it will be one of
the largest and most enthusiastic gatherings
that this body has ever held. The entertain
ment by the Mortified parish will be on the
same plan as the convention inaugurated at
Woodstock and which gave such universal
satisfaction
E, ID. Metcalf of Buffalo, n Y, is spend
ing the summer in town. - John l..
Moseley is delegate from Torrent Engine
Company to the firemen's tournament at
st. Adams this week. - Henry Smith is
to occupy the c. e Reed house on Pleasant
street. - Mrs. BiXby of Chelsea is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Erastus Huntley.
- Carrie Glchrist returned TO her
home in Somerville, Mass, last Thursday
morning. - Maud Downing and Mrs.
G. II. Goss of Amesbury, Mass, were guests
of A. E. Downing last week. - c. A.
Gichrst of Somervile, Mass, was in town
last week. 80 G. T. Cross is visiting at
Maple Grove, p. g., his old home. 60
Mrs. n. W. Cady is convalescent from
serious illness with measles. - Sarah p.
Bowman of Greenwood, Mass, is with Syl-
vester Bowman, her brother, for the sum-
mer. - j. b. Shortridge is seriously
ill with dropsy. - The Misses Cum
ningham of Manchester, n. H., visited
Mrs. John Cross, their sister last week.
- Mrs. w. NJ. Rumbaugh and children
of New York were guests last week of j. &.
b. Thayer. - Maria GOrham, who has
been at the home of w. w. Frost for sew
eral months, has returned to her home III
Coventry. - Genevieve Gourley of Mel
rose, Mass, is visiting in town. -
Hattie Thresher is visiting sister in Boston.
- A son has been born TO Mr.. and Mrs.
G. NJ. Davis. - frankie Wakefield went
to Stafford Springs, Conn, Tuesday night,
where she is visiting Mr.. and Mrs, Clarence
Booth. - Father Lonergan of Windsor
was the guest Of Father Donahue last
Thursday. - Mrs. j. NJ. DesRochers of
Lowell, Mass, is visiting at the home of j.
E. Dole, her father. - Mrs. 5. Ill. Kent
is still dangerously i'll. Her children We're
all with her last Sunday. - ii. l.. Ken
yon has moved the town clerks office to
Stevens block - Il. w. Howe was in
Waitsfeld, Woodstock and Hanover n.
H., all of last week setting monumental
work. 60 Joseph Denny, eighty-tive
years old was seriously injured last week
by falling through scutUle in his barn.
- Mrs. George Pettibone and daughter
of New York are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. f.
L. Howe. - w. V. Soper of South
mother, last Sunday.
Brookfield.
The Raymond cottage is occupied this
summer by party from Philadelphia
boarders at William @. Clark's.
Mrs. j. b. Perham has been with her
daughter, Mrs. Samuel Mills of Ryegate,
the past week A son was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Mills on Sunday of last week.
Rev. w. S. Palmer, ID, of Norwich,
Conn, has been visiting in town the past
week. He preached at the Second church
last Sunday morning and at the First church
in the afternoon.
Bertha Raymore was married on Thursday
evening of last week TO Mr. Stowell of Cali
forna, Rev. G. H. Morse officiating. They
will 90 to their future home in California
early in September.
Spencer Graves has had quite serious at
tacks of heart failure recently. - Mary
Frink attended the Christian Endeavor
convention in Montreal. =-G G. w. Burt
| of Philadelphia is visiting his son, Harold
Burt. Mrs George Rice of Massachu-
sets, accomps MED by daughter and two
sons, is visiting friends in town. - An
ME Clark is spending few weeks with her
aunt, Mrs. Phllbrick, at beach on Long
Island Sound.