The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-01-25

| mained over Sunday.
CARLOS G. BANCROFT leaves next Monday
for New York, and will go from there to
Florida on a pleasure trip. He expects to
be absent several weeks.
On account of the limited space of the
| hall, ONLY pupils and their parents are ex-
pected to attend Professor Elmore's even
| ing juvenile class in dancing.
CHARLES LAMoRA is quite low with con-
sumption at the home OF Lewis Wood
Tucker Lamora, his brother, came up from
Boston, last Saturday, TO help care for him.
REV. A. j. HoUoH, Prof E. A. Bishop.
Presiding Elder A. B. Truax and large
delegation from Trinity church, will attend
the dedication services at Waterbury to-day.
THE gross receipts of the Montpelier post
! Office for the wear ending December 81,
| 1872, were S17 ,6S9 SO. The deposits received
| from fourth class pOstOfiices amounted 10
S2G,9i355.
LEVI II. ALLEN of Canaan, assistant door.
keeper of the senate, was waited into town
| last Monday night, and received a warm
welcome from his former associates at the
| Exchange hotel.
REV. DIR. w. J. HARRIS, the state do
cesan missionary, and Rev Simon b. Blunt
| of Barre officiated at the Episcopal church
! last Sunday in the absence Of Rev. A. N.
Lewis, the rector
A MEETING of the Betha iy Christian En-
uebVOr society was nblu lNSt Monday even
ing, when it was decided to have an old
fashioned singing school during the latter
part of next month.
A PARTY of twenty young people drive to
| East Montpelier this evening to hear the
lecture on "Old English Ballads " by f.
w. Bancroft. and to enjoy che oyster supper
| and dance that follow.
REV. G. w. GALLAGHER will preach next
| Sunday evening on the theme OF " The
| great gpCriNCa.p of the earips of
mons he is now preaching every Sunday
evening on the prodigal son.
A SPECIAL meeting OF Thomas Wildey
encampmant of Odd Fellows was held last
Monday evening for the comforting of the
three degrees on seven candidates \ sup
per was served after the ceremonies.
THE Central Vermont Pomona Grange
will hold its next quarterly meeting with
| Dog River Valley Grange at West Berlin.
February s. The Central Vermont will
carry people attending for fare one way
THE Chautauqua class will meet with
Mrs. Clark King at No. 10 Looms street,
next Friday afternoon at two o'clock.
| Select readings will be given by Pri cipal
| Blanpied, and each member is allowed to
! invite guest.
| The people OF East Montpelier and vicin-
ity will be privileged to hear f. W. Ban
| croft this evening in his " Evenings with
| Old English Ballads" at the hall at the
East village. An oyster-supper and dance
follow the lecture.
AT the adjourned meeting of the Congre-
! gational society, held last Monday evening,
j. " BabcOck resigned as treasurer and
was elected one of the prudential commit
tee in place of a g. Stone resigned The
latter was elected treasurer
WILDER =. HUNTINGTON writes from Au-
gusta, Ga, that he has gained several
pounds since his arrival there A fall of
lNEn M hos nf slaf rft lapt -n,1r
was puzzler for the " oldest inhabitant," ="
but enjoyed by the Montpelierites.
A DELEGATION from Brooks post and
| Brooks relief corps go to Williamstown this
afternoon TO assist in organizing a relief
corps there this evening. A special train
will bring them to Barre in time to connect
! with the last train for Montpelier.
| f. a. SHERBURNE, DIR. n. T. Clark, j. II .
/ Senter, Henry Libben, d. l. Sanders. Will
| Taylor, G. r. Bagles anC John Carroll
| drove to Cabot last Thursds, to a:tond the
public installation of officers of the Odd
Fellows lodge, held there that evening.
MUcH trouble has been experienced of
late IN preventing the water in the trough
at the head of State street from freezing.
The outlet troze last Sunday night and
Street Commissioner Roberts worked good
share of the day Monday before he could
| get IL open.
HENRY A. COBB of Burlington and Miss
Helen Burpee were married last evening
by Rev. G. o. Webster at the residence of
d. ID. Burpee on Winter street. recep-
tion from eight to ten o'clock followed the
! ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs. Cobb are to reside
in Burlington.
EDWARD l.. CoBB. travelling salesman for
II. w. Spur ~ Co. of Boston, was well
known in Montpelier. He often visited the
capital while travelling for Berry, Hall &
Co., and his genial, sunny disposition made
him nDpular with oil with w ba
acted business.
o. e. CLAY, travelling agent for the Excel
sior Granite Company, closed a contract last
week for monument to be erected over the
grave of the late Hon. Hiram A. Cutting at
Lunenhurg, and another for Alden Stevens
OF Bradford The latter is to be an elaborate
and costly structure.
THE supper and reception given last Fri
day evening in Bethany chapel to the older
members of the Sunday-school was very
pleasant affair. About one hundred fifty
members of the school and invited guests
were present, and fine literary and musi-
cal programme was rendered.
PRESIDING ELDER A. B. TRUAx will make
his last official visit to Trinity church next
Sunday evening. The last quarterly board
meeting of the conference year will be held
the Monday evening following. Mr. Truax
will preach and administer the sacrament
at the Sunday evening service.
AT the adjourned meeting of the trustees
of the Capital Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany, held last Monday afternoon, the old
board OF officers was reelected, namely:
L. j. Deavitt, president; Alexander COch.
ran of Groton. first vice. president; III. n.
Taplin, second vice-president, and Il. f.
Blakely, treasurer.
ABOUT twenty members OF the Good Tenn
plars' lodge participated in a sleigh ride to
NOrthtield, last Friday night. They visited
Northteld lodge. where special pro-
gramme had been prepared for their enter
tatnment, and reached home about midnight.
The Monitor " and four horses driven by
j. q. Adams carried the party.
EFFIE p, wife of Edwin Lane OF Lanes
boro, died early last Sunday morning of
heart failure superinduced by pneumonia,
aged thirty-seven years. She leaves an in
fant child aud a son five years old. Her
funeral was held from the Congregational
church in Planfeld on Tuesday afternoon,
and the burial was in the village cemetery.
THAT was pleasant episode last Wednes-
day evening, in the hall of Vermont Lodge
OF Odd Fellows, when III. III. Scribner, the
retiring noble grand, was presented with
handsome past grand and past patriarch
jewel, in recognition of his long and faith
full service in those offices. The presenta-
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