The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-06-07
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ton.
WILL Brown and Mrs Lizzie Brown of
st. Johnsbury have been the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Smith for the past week
They returned to their home Tuesday even
ing.
THE letter in another column from A. o.
Cummins, descriptive of South Dakota
Indian training school, will be found par
ticularly interesting, and will be widely
read.
G. G. CIRCUIT of Waterbury, battalion
sergeant ma ior of the First regiment n. G.
", was in town last Friday He has closed
his labors as steward at the Vermont insane
asylum.
MR.. AND Mrs. CHARLES SUMNER returned
to their home in Fitchburg, Mass, last Mon
day. Mrs. Sumner has been visiting for
several weeks with Mrs. Alfred Clark, her
mother.
NJ. S. STONE, state superintendent of edu-
cation, was one of the speakers at the re-
union of the alumni of the Peoples Acad-
emy of Morrisville, held there last Friday
evening.
Mrs. LAURA DUNHAM Mrs. G. G. Dudley
and Mrs. Ellen Osgood are delegates to the
county convention of the Womau's Chris
tian Temperance Union, to be held at Cabot
this week
MRs. ROME G. BRown leaves Minneapo-
lis, Minn to-day for Vermont, where she
will spend the summer with Mr.. and Mrs.
S. ID. Hollster of Marshheld her parents.
and Colonel and Mrs. A. &. Brown of
Montpelier.
MRS d. l.. FULLER has been chosen a
delegate from the local Non Partisan
Woman's Christian Temperance Union to
the national temperance congress to be held
in Chicago.
HARRY HUsE returned last Saturday
from Ashley Hall, Montvale, Mass, and
Miss Laura Ropes from Miss b. A. Clagett's
school, Boston, where they have been fc r
the past year.
THE strawberry supper to be served Thurs
day evening in the yestry of the Church of
the Messiah by the ladies of that society
will be worthy of the large patronage it is
sure to receive.
ID. S. WHEATLEY was able to ride out last
Thursday for the first time since the injury
to his eye six weeks ago. 1t is feared that
the sight of his right eye will be perma-
nently destroyed.
e. w. THOMPSON will vacate j. Edward
Wrights house this week and intends to
board at the Pavilion for the summer. His
family will spend large part of the sum
mer at St. Albans.
COLONEL E. P. JEwETr and Mrs. Shafter
will be happy to receive their friends on
Thursday afternoon, June 10, in memory OF
their ninety-second and ninety-tifth birth
days, respectively.
worthy patriarch of the Sons of Temperance,
and Mrs f. L. Densmore has been elected
in his place. Mr.. Jones has been appointed
a special state deputy
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION
NJ. S. STONE is one of the examining com.
mttee for the public examinations at Yer
mont Academy, Saxton's River, next week
Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. NORA WooDwoRTH and "the Kelley
Baby " went to their home in Jonesville
last week, both completely cured of the
morphine habit for which they have been
treated at the Kelley Institute.
COMPANY of Northteld and Company Z
of Barre are to unite with Company III TO
morrow for the annual June training, which
will enable them to receive instruction
from Captain Tutherly in battalion drill.
REV. j. Ii. WEEKS will close his labors as
acting pastor of the Church of the Messiah
next Sunday: 1t is expected that Rev. j
Edward Wright will preach and conduct
the services the following Sunday, June Is.
INSTRUCTIONS in stenography and type
writing will be given at the Vermont Meth
odist Seminary the coming year. A com
, pelent instructor has been secured, and
both Remington and Caligraph type-writers
will be used.
GEORGE +. HOLDEN is to represent the
populist party on this side the mountain al
the conference of the peoples party, to be
held at the Bardwell House, Rutland, July
1. Esquire Holden's courage is good, if his
converts are few.
JOSEPH PERRY, a stone-cutter, was ar
rested early last Sunday morning, by Po
liceman Demeritt, while sleeping off toe
copiouS draughtS OF " three per cent" Jus
tice Smile fined him S105l, Monday morn
ing, which he paid.
REV. Z. s. SMITH Joseph Poland, Miss
Amy B. Fisk and Mrs. Ellen Osgood are
delegates from Bethany church to the an
nual meeting of the Washington County
Conference of Congregational Churches
now in session at Waterbury.
CHILDRENs DAY is to be observed at the
Baptist church next Sunday. The music al
the morning service will be furnished by
the children, and Rev. G. o. Webster will
preach to them. In the evening a chill
dren's concert will be held.
CONDUCTOR HENDERSON of the Montpelier
and Wells River railroad broke one ankle
and sustained severe injuries about the
head by falling from his train at Lanesboro
last week Bart Fitzgerald is running his
train during his enforced vacation.
THE rite of baptism by immersion was
administered to eight persons at the Baptist
church last Sunday evening. A large con-
gregation was present. Rev. G.. o. Web
ster the pastor, preached the sermon before
the baptism from the words " Where Art
Thou?'
DIR. n. G. CLARK of Boston, secretary of
the American Board, will combine business
with pleasure, next week, in attending the
General Convention of Congregational Min
listers and Churches, and in visiting Mrs.
A. Q. Vail and Mrs. j. V. Babcock, his sis
ters
THE " M. S. Glee, Banjo and Guitar
Club will give concert next Saturday
evening in the seminary chapel, assisted by
Professor ID. S. Blanpied. 1t is hoped that
a large audience will be present. Doors
open at seven; concert begins at eight
o'clock.
LESTER II. GREEN, A. A. Stebbns, B. NJ.
Shepard, j. w. Peck, Q. II. Ferrin and
George NJ. Goss chartered steamer the
first of the week, and, with "a party Of in
vited guests, enjoyed trip ON Lake Cham
plain from Swanton to Plattsburg, n. Y,
and return.
AS soon as some mooted law points are
settled, special village meeting will be
called to see if the village will vote to con-
denim the Marsh property ON South Main
street. 1t is proposed to tear down all the
old shells in that locality and establish a
market place there.
FERvENT prayers for those at sea are ut
tered in Montpelier this week. Rev. j.
Edward Wripht and family sailed from