The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-17
NUMBER 20.

court, and an argument on the preliminary
motion In the Kellogg will case.
The first meet of the Capital Cycle Club
was held last Thursday evening. Twenty
four mmbers OF the club met on State street
and went to the electric light station to
meet the Barre club As the sixty wheels
came down Barre street they made pretty
picture. The weekly meets that it is pro-
| posed to hold promise to be feature of
| the summer.
w E. DUgUR was thrown from his bicycle
| last Sunday while riding to Waterbury by
running into another wheel. He struck
heavily on his right shoulder, cracking the
collar bone. He pluckly rode to Water
bury, took dinner and rode his wheel home
Doctors Lance and Fisk reduced the frac-
ture Sunday evening and he IS doing as
well as could be expected.
THE invitations are out for the soiree mu-
slcale to be given at the Apollo Club rooms
this evening by George II. Wilder. It prom
lses to be delightful social and musical
event Mr. Wilder is to be assisted by G. p
Shepard, II. d. Hopkins, G. A. Knapp and
Prof ID. s. Blanpied, reader. Eight O'Clock
IS the hour for the commencement OF the
programme.
The horse of Carl G. Bancroft became
frightened last Sunday afternoon while
standing in the yard, and ran up Loomis
street at lively gait. The buggy struck
the corner OF Oughtney Jangraw's house,
caromed and hit the house of Mrs. John
Nee, when horse and buggy were piled
in confused heap. The legs of the animal
were badly scratched, and the buggy was
sent to the hospital.
FORGIVEN" as presented by Mr. Bryton
and his excellent company at the opera
house last evening is one of the best roman
tic dramas, strong in climaxes, with clear
well-written plot, and its successful pre-
sentation last evening added another to its
! "a fu 1
fragrant story of genuine human interest
and the support of Mr.. Bryton was in the
main sympathetic and effective
Two people from Montpelier who were
driving to- Barre last Sunday Witnessed a
spectacle that is characteristic of one phase
OF life in Barre. In team they met there
We're four drunken Italians lying in the
bottom of the wagon, and the woman who
was attempting to drive was in such an adj
vanced stage of intoxication that she fell
from the wagon in attempting to turn out to
let the team from Montpelier pass
REV. A, N. LEWIS preached severely
practical sermon last Sunday evening from
the text, And they all with one accord be-
gan to make excuses" After remarking
that it was surprising sometimes to see how
many well people there were during the
week, and how many were unable to at
tend church on Sunday because of illness,
he considered some Of the excuses made by
people for not attending divine service.
The coat would have fitted any denomina-
ton in Montpelier,
! THE body of Norman w. Johnson, who
| died at the Soldiers Home at Bennington.
was brought to Montpelier last Friday and
| and buried beside that OF his wife in the
Cutler burying ground. Brief services
were conducted at the grave by Rev. j. H.
| Weeks. Mr.. Johnson formerly lived on the
| Pardon Stevens farm in East Montpelier
! He was a member of Company F. Second
/ nnt anip md II TO tNyn xyaA
old at the time of his death. He had b en-
an inmate of the home since last January.
REV. e. s. UFFoRD of Boston recent del.
egate to the Worlds Sunday-school conven-
tion held in London, lectured in the Bap-
tist church last Monday evening on Lights
and Shadows of London" His lecture was
illustrated by views taken with detec-
tive's camera, shown by stereopticon, and
was most interesting and entertaining. Mr..
Utford is the author of the gospel song
Throw Out the Life Line" and he sang 1T
with fine effect illustrating it on the cam
vas. He also rendered whistling solo
that was highly enjoyed.
PEOPLE on South Main street were start
led Monday forenoon by cries for help and
police issuing from the rooms occupied by
the Capital laundry. 1t appears that
Arthur Whitcomb went there to see about
some Laundry packages; A wordy war en-
sued between him and Fred Jerome, which
ended in Jerome savagely attacking Whit
comb and attempting to run him through
the wringer. Complaint was made to Grand
Juror Lucia and Jerome was arrested
charged with an assault. The case is to be
heard before Justice NJ f. Smile next Fri
day morning.
PRRNTIss G. WRIGHT died last Monday OF
, consumption at his home in Wrightsvillel
aged tifty-four years. He was son and
business partner for many years of the late
Medad Wright under the well-known tiru
= anfN dad r;e,ht lia I'm nnk.ro
will be held to-day, Rev. j. III. Weeks O
ficiating. Mr.. Wright was memb r
Company /, Thirteenth Regiment Vernon
: Volunteers and was drawing a pension fo
disability received in the Service. Fl
never married.
|, MRS. G. b. b. DENNY entertained at te
the members of the Woman's Christia,
Temperance Union and invited guests q,
Thursday evening of last week A com
, pany of some thirty sat around Mrs. Denny
hospitable board. Toasts were given an,
responses made by Revs. G. w. Gallapher
f A. n. Lewis and A. H. Webb and bv Hon
Joseph Poland, Mrs. Ellen Osgood, Mrs
, Laura Dunham Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. r
NJ Denny The occasion was a delightfn
one, many signs of progress were evident
ana the members OF the Union will take uI
their good work with renewed courage and
energy
The Goddard and Methodist Seminary
: teams put up good game of ball on the
! Seminary campus, Monday afternoon. Roth
sides made costly errors at times Follow.
, ing is the score by innings:
I : 9
Goddafdss..: q ID Sfds.:...,.,::. SSSds5i
Earned runs, V. NJ. S. l, Goddards 1. two
base hits, Sears; three. base hits. Yaw
bases stolen, V. NJ. S. II, Goddards 8;
struck out, by Standish 10, by Woodbury. /;
umpires, Jackson and w. Lance: time Of
game, two hours fifty minutes.
The Montpelier representatives of the
Chicago press excursion returned last Mon
day morning. Superintendent Russell of
the Rome, Watertown x Ogdensburg rail-
road gave them lively shaking up Sunday
afternoon, when the train of five cars was
run from Suspension Bridge to Oswego a
distance of l55 miles, in 1888 minutes. The
annual meeting of the association was held
on the train Saturday evening and the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the year en-
suing: President, c. S. Forbes of 81. A ihans,
first yice-president, T. Grout of Newport;
second vice-president, X. Brush of Cam.
bridge; secretary, L. M. Tobin of Swanton.
treasurer, Morris f, Atkins of Montpeiier: