The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-19
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.

MISS RUTH RUGa visited at her home in
st. Albans last week.
Miss ANNA GUERNSEY is at home from
Boston for the holidays.
HIRAM A. HUsE, ESQ.,, and j. S. viles
were In Boston last week.
A DAUGHTER was born on Tuesday to
Rev. and Mrs. l., e. Taylor.
Mrs. w. p. PHELPS and children have
gone to Nashua. N. H., to live
TWIN sons were born last Friday night to
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius s. Goodwin.
ALLEN d. MOORE has been granted a pat.
ent for a governor for steam engines.
j. G. ENRIGHT, states attorney for Wind.
sor county, was in town last Saturday.
The Tuesday Night Whist Club met last
| evening with Mr.. and Mrs A. ID. Gilley.
| POLICEMAN WooD was confined to the
house last week, threatened with lung fever.
Mrs. ALEXANDER COCHRAN of Groton has
! been visiting Mrs ID. f. Clark, her daugh.
| ter.
THE Chautauqua class will meet Friday
afternoon with Mrs. w. K. Laird, AZ East
! State street.
CLAUS OLANDT of New York conducted a
series of meetings with the students on the
hill last week.
c. A. WILLIAMSON, proprietor of the Will
hanson House, Lebanon, n. H., was in
town last week
Mr.. AND MRS. LESLIE PECK of Fitchburgh,
Mass, are visiting at the home of n G.
Peek, his father.
A LARGE amount of state, domestic and
foreign news and editorial matter may be
found on page two
MIDNIGHT mass Wilt celebrated at St.
! Augustine's siChurch next Monday nigth. A
fine musical programme is in rehearsal.
THE funeral Of Homer W. Heaton Jr
will be held this afternoon at two o'clock
from the home of his father on State street.
THE Methodist Sundays hool is rehears-
ing cantata that will be brought outIin
their vestry on the evening of Christmas
Day.
The busy fingers of the ladies of Christ
Church are decorating the interior OF that
edifice preparatory to the Christmas fes-
| tivities
THE Non-partisan Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will meet with Mrs. d.
, l.. Fuller to-day at three o'clock for special
business.
THE WATcHMAN next week will contain
a full account of the Christmas festivities at
the various churches. The day will be very
generally observed.
REV. CHARLES r. EAST of Northfield is to
preach to the Unitarian society in the
Union church in Middlesex next Sunday
afternoon at two o'clock.
ALL the commissioned officers of Com
pany III have received invitations to the
military reception and ball to be held at
Burlington this evening.
G. PAREUr was the lucky individual who
held the key that unlocked the metal box
containing $40 in gold at the drug store
of W. E. Terrll & Co.
s. W. CoRsE denies in toto and in wrath
the statement in the Argus last week that
he has bee n warned to vaeate the rooms oc-
cupied by him in Riato block.
AT the Church of the Messiah, last Sunday
evening, Rev. j. Edward Wright repeated
by request a sermon preached about year
ago on "The Mind Picture Gallery"
II. ID. HOPKINS has purchased of Colonel
Fred E. Smith for Madame Hopki as, his
mother, the lot next north of the residence
of Hon. f. A Dwinell on Seminary Hill.
DIR. JOHN LORD, the eminent historian
and lecturer, who died last week at Stam-
ford, Conn, at the age of eighty-three, was
a cousin of the late DIR. William FL Lord.
E. F. RAND badly sprained one hand last
week while setting a brake, and was laid
up several days in consequence. His run
was taken by Conductor James Markham.
CHARLES S. ROBINSON has had a serious
time during the past week with blood
poisoning in one hand, caused by cut from
a saw. AT present the danger s ems to oe
past
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Will meet WlJn MIS- Il. ~. IuJndHl
on Thursday afternoon at halfpast two
o'clock Subject: Selections on Depart
ment Work"
ILLUsTRIoUs NOBLE JAMES b. STEPHEN
SON. member OF Syra Temple, Pitts ourgh
Pa, was elected an honorary member OF
Mt. Sinai Temple at its annual meeting last
Friday evening.
MORNING PRAYER, sermon at the Holy
Communion at Christ Church on Christmas
morning al half past ten. Sunday school
festival and Christmas tree on Christmas
afternoon at five o'clock
THE Boston Museum Company will ap'
pear at Blanchard opera house, Thursday
evening, January 3, in the comic. opera
Prince Pro Tenn" This company is COM
posed of forty people, and carries its own
orchestra.
OUR repo t of the Mother Goose party al
Bethany chapel last week gave the c'edit
of the Bo Peep drill to Mrs. s. j. Blanped
and Mrs. G. II. More, when Mrs. Arthur's
name should have been used instead Of
Mrs. More's.
JAMES RoURK, an aged citizen, died last
week of paralysis of the throat. His funeral
occurred Saturday. He was born in Mont
peier in 1882, and has for many years been
trusted employee of the Lane Manufac
turing Company.
TIE arrest of James Hodgdon of Cabot
for perjury, growing out of the Marshield
"Jack' case, tried at the March term OF
Washington county court, occurred last
Friday. He was bailed in the sum of $500
for his appearance to-day.
REV. j. III. WEEKS, who so acceptably
ofliciated as pastor Of the Church OF the
Messiah during portion of the time that
Rev Mr. Wright was abroad will preach iu
that church the second Sunday in January
in exchange with Mr.. Wright.
A SUNDAY. SCHOOL Christmas concert will
be held in the Church of the Messiah next
Sunday evening at half past six. On Tues
day evening the Sunday school of that
church will hold a Christmas party IN the
vestry from half past six to half past eight
II is worthy of note that at the fair and
Christmas sale, held last week by the ladies
of the Church of the Messiah, no games OF
chaace, rafiling, or disposing OF articles by
ticket, or even by auction, was allowed-an
example that more than one religious So
ciety in Montpelier might well follow.
HORACE III. SCRIBNER was at St. Johns
bury on Friday to attend the funeral OF w
Ill. Herrick, his cousin, Mr.. Herrick vas a
prominent citizen of st. JohnsburY, had
been leader of the st. Johnsbury band for
years, ami was foreman of the sealing room
of the Fairbanks scale works for long