The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-21
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
THE NEWS AROUND AND ABOUT
MONTPELIER TOLD IN
P4RAGRAPHS.

street.
Mr.. AND Mrs. T. S. BRoPHY are in New
York this week.
HERBERT G. GLEASON returned from New
York last Friday.
Hon p, X. GLEED of Morrisvjle was in
town last Monday.
Mrs. G. A. LANG has been i'll with the
grip for the past two weeks.
MISS NELLIE TRoMBLY visited her sister
last week at Pike Station, n. III.
THE Bethany Reading Club met Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. M. e. Smile.
GEORGE H. WILDER of Littleton N. H.,
was in town several days last week
THE Union and Grammar schools closed
| last Friday for vacation Of two weeks.
THOMAS LAWRENCE has gone to st. AL
bans to work at his trade as stone-cutter.
w. III. CovELL treasurer of the Colby
Wringer Company, is away on business
trip.
Mrs. w. F. WATERMAN was in Hydeville
last week, called there by the illness Of her
mother.
MRS. M. A. l.. BURBANK has returned
from Boston and New York and is at the
Pavilion.
l.. r. LULL and H. w. Davis II Stafford,
Conn, visited their brother, L. r. Lull, the
| past week.
A DAUGHTER of James L. Buchanan, aged
| two years, died last evening Of typhoid
pneumonia
G. H. Cross went to Tilton, N. H., last
| Friday to attend the funeral of a nephew
on Saturday.
THE Chautauqua Glass will meet with
Miss Mary Macomber on Friday afternoon
at two o'clock.
G. j. GLEASON has his headquarters as
sugar weigher at the store Of K. s. Loomis,
on State street.
MRS. #. N. FIELD of Springfield Mass.
formerly Miss Eulie Eaton, is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. j. r. Seaver.
CAPT. Fl. G. LULL is to be the Memorial
Day orator at Warren, N. H., not Warren,
VI, as stated last week
MRS. CHARLES A. SMITH and Misses
Mollie Kane and Nellie Allard were in St.
Albans over last Sunday.
THE local Epworth League will give an
old.folks' supper in the vestry of Trinity
church next Friday evening.
THE ladies of Bethany Readi ng Club will
meet with Mrs. Fl. d. Hopkins next Tues
day afternoon at two o'clock.
THE firm of Chapman, Loomis & Co. has
been dissolved, Herbert S. Chapman hav.
ing retired from the business
NJ. j. WATERMAN of Waitsfield has pur.
chased for $500 the span Of roam horses
formerly owned by Fred Lane.
ABOUT fifty from Montpelier witnessed
the antics OF Dixey at the the opera house
in Barre last Thursday evening.
Miss EVELYN LEASE is spending the
Easter holidays with Miss Eliza Willard at
Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
JOHN S. WILKINS has moved back to
Montpelier. after an absence of several
years, and is located on Seminary Hill.
Miss ETA THOMPSON, of the WATCHMAN
composing force, has returned from visit
of two weeks at her home in Waitsfield.
AT the annual meeting Of the Public Lii
brary Association, held last Monday even.
ing, the old board of officers was elected.
THE subject announced for the Church Of
the Messiah mdweek service this evening
is :" The Heart and the Head in Religion" "
THE Sons OF Veterans will hold camp
fire in Grand Army hall next Tuesday even
ing, to which the public is cordially in
vited.
Miss Lucy j. BRADSHAW and Miss Lucy
Hutchins returned from New Orleans las,
Saturday, after an absence OF nearly three
months.
MRS. e. E. PIPER has closed her labors in
the WATCHMAN composing room. Mr.. and
Mrs Piper are housekeeping at No. 12l
Elm street.
+. w. BANCROFT is to sing in Buck.
Story of the Gross" at the Park street
Congregational church, Norwich, Conn. OF
Good Friday.
PRESIDING ELDER l.. l.. BEEMAN of Wind
sor preached at Trinity church last Sunday
morning. The rite of baptism was admin
istered to five young ladies'
REV. j. e. WRIGHT is to preach an Easter
sermon in the Union church in Middlese1
next Sunday at two p. NJ. Text: If it die
it bringeth forth much fruit"
REV. FATHER RoBILLARD of st. Albans
officiated at st. Augustine's church las
Sunday in the absence of Rev. w. j. O'Sul
livan, who was at st. Albans.
The Loyal Temperance Legion is making
hne progress under the leadership of the
superintendent, Mrs G. o. Webster. There
will be no meeting on Easter Sunday.
THE remains of the wreck near Browns
mills were cleared up last Sunday. A large
number of persons were present and wit
messed the work of the wrecking crews.
The proceeds Of the Easter sale, held in
Bethany chapel last Friday afternoon ant
evening by the Bethany Junior ChristiaI
Endeavor Society, were in excess OF $50.
DAN SWEENEY was hit in the left hand or
Tuesday with flying piece of steel, which
was imbedded so deeply in the flesh as tC
neoessitate surgical operation to remove it
ROBERT PRENTIss, for several years head
clerk for A j. Howe, has secured posi-
ton in the dry goods and carpet house O
Homer Fits, Barre, where he goes April 1
IHE st. Johns Dramatic Club OF North
field presented the drama, THE Shamrock
and the Rose" to a large audience a
Blanchard opera house last Saturday even
ing.
THE Woman's Christian Temperate,
Union will meet with Miss Eliza Rublee OF
Thursday afternoon at half past two o'clock
Subject: Temperance Teaching in tn,
kindergarten System"
MRS. A, 9, BROWN gave six-o'clock tei
on Tuesday to about forty young married
people connected with the Church of tn,
Messiah, which was followed by progres
sive whist in the evening
HoLY-wEEK services are to be held at st
Augustine's church on Thursday morning
at eight o'clock and Friday morning at nine
o'clock. Mass will be celebrated Easter
morning at eight and half-past ten.
THE members OF Montpelier Temple
Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine, will go on
pilgrimage to Rutland on Tuesday, April 3
for the purpose of assisting in conferrinl
degrees on large class OF candidates.
MRS. DUoKETT who figured in an unsavory
affair in Berlin not long since, and was re
leased on bail, was lodged in Jail las
Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff f. L. How,
of Northfield, her bondsmen having sur