The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
TOWN TALK TOLD IN TERSE PARA-
GRAPHS.
WILDER p. HuNrrNoro. is seriously i'll,

JOWu Ou mpHudy
MIR AND Mrs f. F. RAND returned from
Boston on Tuesday.
SoLoN f. CUMMINGS IL confined to the
house with scialica.
MR.. AND MRS. E. r. RAND visited in Mas
saChusetis last week.
MRS d. p. CLARKE is visiting her daugh-
ter Louie in Rutland.
JAMES r. LA>GDoN returned from Chicago
last Saturday evening.
Mr. AND Mrs GEoRGE BRAINERD visited
in Brattle boro last week.
W. s. Snow has purchased the trucking
business of NJ, w. Gould.
A DAUGHTER was born last week to Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Limoges.
Mrs JUsTUs BATCHRLDEs gave a drive.
whist party last Friday evening.
j. j KELLY and wife have gone to Bur-
lington to remain during the winter.
LKvI II. BixBY went to foston last Satur-
day noon, returning Tuesday morning.
REv. A. II. WEBB and Rev. w. r. Daven-
port OF Barre will exchange next Sunday.
BRUCE MCDONALD is the newly.elected
treasurer of the Methodist Sunday school.
GEORGE L LANE went to Boston on Mon
day, expecting to be absep several weeks.
The grounds around the plethodist parson-
age OH Hubbard street were graded last
week.
GEORGE BLANCHARD is building an addi-
| tion 10 his store-house at the rear of Blanch-
| ard block.
THE ChautauQua class VIII meet Friday
afternoon, at quarter past two, with Mrs.
G. b. Walton.
THE Bethany Reading Club will meet
with Mrs. TT. Deavitt, Tuesday, November
Il. at two o'clock.
MAJOR j. II. GoULDINo Of Brattleboro.
secretary of civil and military affairs, was
in town on Monday.
REV. II. A. SPENCER presented the claims
Of the Vermont Methodist Seminary at
Richmond last Sunday.
w. II. H. LULL, a prominent jcweler OF
| Attleboro, Mass, visited Captain II. G.
Lull his brother, last week.
j. w. BROCK is grading the public library
| grounds TO conform to the raised walks on
Main and School streets, and is laying a
concrete walk and driveway.
WEE" SrEARNs of Plymouth, n H.,
claim agent for the Boston & Lowell rail.
road, was in town last Sa urday.
THE Bethany Christian Endeavor Society
will hold " come-and- -hud-out social in
the vesiry on Thursday evening.
STATE SUPERINTENDENT NJ. S. STONE is to
conduct teachers institute at Enosburg
Falls the last four days OF next week.
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES an enter
tainment of much interest is 10 be given at
a date not far distant by the Kings Daugh-
| ters
Mrs SARAH L. KNEELAsD of Roxbury,
Mass second daughter Of the late Rev. DR..
| w. III. Lord, is visiting w. A. Lord, her
brother.
| MARTIN HENLEY, the accommodating day
clerk AT the Montpelier House, has closed
his labors theie and gone to his home in
Richmond.
Hon HIRAM A. HUsE lectured before the
students of Vermont Methodist Seminary
last Friday evening on Incidents in Ver-
mont History"
THE friends OF Mrs. joseph Galaise gave
her pound party last Thursday evening,
which stocked her larder in a most sub
stantial manner.
| Hunt tor iutOxicaiion last Thursday evening.
He left Justice Smlie's court $40 OF poorer
the next morning.
FRED SToLPH Of San Francisco, son OF the
general agent for California of the National
Life Insurance Company, is the guest of
Hon. Charles Dewey.
THE local lodge of Good Templars is try
ing the competitive system for the current
quarter. Miss Eula Cassavant and Bruce
Mcdonald are the captains.
GEoRGE A. KNAPP is taking a vacation OF
two weeks from his duties in the post ce.
He goes to Boston this morning, where he
will remain most of the time.
THE mammoth cabbage that has been on
exhibition in the window at Whitler'S
meat market was raised by Warren Ellis.
IL weighed twenty-une pounds.
d. ROBINSON, clerk in the ticket office
of the Central Vermont railway, left last
Saturday for visit of two weeks at his
home in Prince Edwards Island.
| W. A LORD entered as surety for Hausch,
the bigamist, in the supreme court last FRI
day, in the sum of $500, aud Hausch was
allowed 10 return TO Cleveland, o.
NJ. A. KENT welded the hammer at the
auction sale Of the farm OF NJ. K. Hamblet
AT Worcester last Friday. Herbert z. Gray
of Calais was the purchaser for 81 800.
COLONEL A. c. Brown has strung an adj
di iOnal wire over the telephone line be-
tween Montpelier and Waterbury to ac-
commodate the increasing business on this
circuit
G. II. T, SouTHARp OF Richmond, Me-,
and Dr. Alfred Hitchcock OF Pennington,
Me- directors in the Green Mountain
Kerley Institute, are guests of Manager G.
| NJ. Foster.
The concrete walk that was laid last
week between the residences of George w.
Wing and p. Jewett makes continuous
walk the entire length OF the north side OF
State street
A SON was born last Sunday morning to
Mr., and Mrs. D'n Earle. daughter last
Friday TO Mr.. and Mrs. Harry l.. Worthen,
and son last Wednesday to Mr.. and Nj s.
Fred Seymour.
THE county commissioners OF the state
will meet at Montpelier next Wednesday
| November 10, 10 talk over some proposed
radical changes in the management of town
liquor agencies.
ARTHUR LANE Of Chicago arrived in town
on Monday 10 meet his wife aud her par
ents, who have been stopping at the Pavil
ion for several days. Mrs. Lane is a niece
of ID. +. Knapp.
e. G. SCOTT and wife and E. G. Scott, Jr
OF Rochester, N Y, are at the Exchange
Mr.. Scott Is canvassng this srctlOn in the
interests OF a wholesale seed and nursery
firm Of that city.
Miss CARRIE j. JORDAN, the former eff
ctnt stenographer in he Argus office, wa.
in town over Sunday. She rolurnd TO Pike
Station, N. H., Monday, where she is al
present employed
MOUNT Zion CoMMANDERY, Knights Tenn
plar, sent large cross and crown OF roses
and carnations to the home Of N. w Frinb
last Sunday morning. IL was the handi
work OF Captain T. Percival.
THE Keeley Fair opened auspiciously